Continuous Shuffle - Online poker RNGs...

[drewjax]

I really wish I didnt know this.

I havent played at Fulltilt yet, and I dont know about the RNG at Stars et.al.
And I KNOW that its still random, and is still the exact same in the long run, yada yada, blah blah.......

BUT seriously,

I cant help but thinking as I am ready to click.......

BIG BUCKS, BIG BUCKS, NO WHAMMYS..........

And didnt that actually wind up being rigged.??????........

[Akverno]

After studying computer programming (specifically programming algorithims for randomnization seeded by system time) I assumed this was how all the sites worked. Never really bothered me.

Edit: I guess I should clarify a bit. Due to most randomization protocols relying upon system time to seed the randomnization, I assumed there had to be a second level (or more) randomnization seed to greater differentiate between the hands. I just assumed that they used the time the flop was dealt as the seed to randomnize the rest of the cards. And I'm also assuming that they have multi layer randomization built in that incorporates other factors as variables as well (chip size on the table, names, most likely a bunch of things the system can't control that are used to select a value for a variable in a function) I may be alone in that thinking though.

I guess I just mean to say that I assumed online poker was truly random, and the only way to have truly random poker would be to continually shuffle the cards.