Are online poker decks static or dynamic?

Question

Do online poker sites create a static deck (1 - 52 cards are pre stacked and dealt top to bottom, just like in reality) then deal it, or do they choose the each card randomly as they are dealt, based on the cards that would be left in the virtual deck (dynamic)

Answer 1

dynamic

Answer 2

Most claim to have a dynamic deal, and some sites go so far as to specifically state that the deals are dynamic, based on a random number generator for each card dealt. They do, of course, use only the remaining cards in a deck, lol.

There is a theory that is making the rounds now that this dynamic dealing can be used to influence the outcome of a hand being dealt.

Because the sites want to have as many players win cash as is possible, and they fear the the better skilled players will dominate the site, they use this dynamic dealing to influence the outcome of a hand, by selecting which cards are to be dealt to which players, rather than just directly dealing the next random card.

For example, let's say we have two players in a hand, a skilled player who has won a lot of money on the site, agressively betting his AK hand. hand,  and a newbie player, with no winnings at all on the site, holding AJ. The flop is A J, 3, turn is K. The skilled player goes all in on his AA KK, the top two pair. The newbie calls with his AA JJ. On the river the random card generator puts out a King to be dealt, which would give the skilled player a winning full house. The dynamic dealing program then would set aside  the Ace, not deal it and then the program continues to set aside the randomly generated cards until a J appears, then deals it as the river card. The the less skilled newbie player then outdraws the skilled player to win on the river.

Even an audit of the random number generator will still validate the RNG because it is not compromised, it is the deal/distribution that is compromised.

Some players claim thay have detected a slight delay in river dealing by the site software when these outdraws occur.

This theory is called the Poker Action Flop theory.

You can read more about it here and then judge for yourself.

http://www.thedoverpro.com/poker-action-...

Good luck at the tables!