I have actually backtracked from my original post a little. I've been back at PKR for around a month now and in that time I have come to realise that there are a lot of bad players there and they contribute to it all.

I have seen players call big raises with 6-2 just because they were suited. I have seen players raise UTG with 9-4 just because they were suited. I have seen a lot of players play any two cards just because they are suited.

Obviously, these players are going to get lucky now and again and when they win a decent pot with a flush when they have 6-2, they think it's easy and keep doing it.

I actually did my own little test. I dropped down to the play money tables with the sole purpose of playing any 2 suited cards and seeing how many flushes I hit. I can tell you now, it wasn't many at all!

But at a 10 seater table it's highly possible that at least 3 players could have suited cards. Maybe differently suited so that when that lucky muppet hits his flush with 6-2, two other players have missed.

As for straights, it's a similiar story but not as bad. It's actaully easier to hit a straight than a flush (that's why flushes are higher ranked of course) and there are a few players who call with any 2 connectors, but the flush chasers are the kings and they far outnumber the straight chasers.

The good thing about straight chasers is they will pay you off. An example I had today was when I had a free flop from the BB with A-3 off suit. The board came down 2-3-5-7-4. By the river there were 3 of us left, mainly because we were all checking. Naturally my big concern was the 6. Being first to act, I checked to see what action would follow and I was perfectly happy to check it down because it wasn't a big pot at all. Well, player number 2 just pushed all-in, the next guy called and I folded. I folded a straight. I expected both of them to have a 6, but not so. One guy turned over 6-7 (an example of a straight chaser here. It was 6-7 off suit and he limped from early position), the other guy showed A-10. So we all hit the straight on the river, but the other guy with the lower straight just couldn't let go and he paid the price.

So now I think it's the players rather than the software