Foldfish, I was in the same boat as you (see the thread I posted here a year ago). I went on a huge rant and ended up getting chat banned, banned from the forums, and warned that i'd have my account and my funds totally locked permanently (~$4000). I wasn't a happy bunny!

I was 100% sure the RNG was fixed. I took my cash and moved elsewhere, I started winning again, but on both Full Tilt and Hollywood, it happened again after a few months. Losing to 1-2 outers on every given situation...it went on from Dec 07 to May 08.

I came back here because PKR really does have the internets weakest players - and yes i've had a few bad beats, but i've also had a few incredible suckouts too! (rivered a 1 outer yesterday, but I did put my money in whilst ahead so it wasn't that much of a donk-out).

You may not believe it, but it really is variance.

The only hands I find dodgy at PKR and will always avoid when I flop top or even two pair are one thats straight drawn from the flop. You can almost guarantee the straight will hit for someone, whether on the flop, turn or river.

What you need to understand is that the play here is extremely slow. Most players have no perserverance or patience and are willing to call anything at any raise.
There's no point getting shocked at losing when you have AA, after you get 4-5 people calling your reraise, because with each call, the best hand in poker becomes weaker and weaker! You just have to hope someone raises before your pos so you can reraise x20+, or even push your stack in.

Yesterday for instance, I had 1010 in an early pos, raised x4, short stacker called, then BB reraises x10 (way too weak in the first place, he had AA). I call, short stacker calls. 6h 7h 10d hits the flop.
Guy with AA bets $10, I slow play, call. Short stacker pushes the rest of his money in (around $23). Guy with AA reraises AI.
Short stacker shows 4h 9h and hits his flush on the turn. Says "thanks", and leaves.

1st place, 4h 9h
2nd place, 10 10
3rd place, A A

PF favourite, A A
PF 2nd fave, 10 10
PF 3rd fave, 4h 9h



My point is, if you get anymore than 2 callers when you're holding a premium hand you need to look out because the ones that call the junk will be willing to chase any draw at any price. Flop and preflop aggression is the key to winning here...