I have a question? I’ve been playing poker for over 40 years and have won dozens of tournaments.
I’ve been with you since April 6th.
I only won for the first two weeks,
then nothing for a week,
then I bought 4.4 million,
since then I’ve been playing for three weeks,
I’ve lost 2.7 million, and haven’t gotten a hand?
Is that totally abnormal?
How can that be?
I can say one thing. This is not a real money game. There are only small portion of players here play as real. Rest of them is either trying to learn or just playing for fun. If you play higher stake poker, you will realize that players are way more serious. Don’t worry too much. It seems you are having same stage as I am. You will get there.
AGAIN, rigged when you lose lol-SKILL when you win:).
Bring em in with lots of winning, after they are hooked, strip their stack, in hope of them buying chips. Come on man, it’s good business sense. 
My experience here at Replay regarding bank:
0 to 80M
then down to 2M
then lingering in the low stakes
(Always save a couple million so you never go broke)
Up to 10M at the end of last year
2025 - Nice run to 20M to 50M then back down to 24M
I’ve noticed players with over 200M eventually losing most of it.
During the entire duration of playing on Replay, one can notice those streaks.
I believe it’s the seat you’re in more than the skill of the player.
If you notice you’re winning 1/2 the hands dealt, you’re in the seat.
You didn’t become the Einstein of poker all of a sudden.
Then you get moved and cannot win a single hand.
You didn’t become brain dead moving over a table either.
For a visual, see it as a Tilt - A - Whirl ride.
For some riders, they feel ripped off on the ride when, for the entirety, the spin never catches.
For others, it’s spinning at 100% max.
Yeah so, if you’re standing at the rail of the ride as an observer, it’s obvious what is happening.
If the seats are numbered on the ride, one may take note after several observations,
which seats tend to rotate the most.
Then pay for the next ride and choose to sit in the numbered seat that you observed
was the best.
This poker site is no different than the Tilt-A-Whirl.
“How can it be never getting a hand?”
Well, entering a ring game when 8 of 9 seats are taken, you can bet your opponents
are already sitting on the hot seats.
You’ll never get a hand in that situation.
So, to answer your question, this IS totally normal to lose 2.7M and haven’t
a single winning hand.
In the higher stakes, it could be hundreds of millions without a winning hand.
Those players however are well aware of the tendencies of the site.
This would explain how one could only reach a certain level before their Replay bank gets
shot down and drained “without winning a hand”
I started to play seriously in the early noughties but lost interest after Black Friday. During Covid, I joined Replay, did alright, won a few tournaments, etc, then went back to work. I played a little in 2023, then wandered off until a couple of months ago. Since returning, I’ve driven my bankroll up to 32 million, having never, ever bought chips, and win tournaments fairly regularly.
With respect, the results are on you, not the site, as you seem to be implying. If you’ve lost 2.7m over three weeks, you’ve gotten hands. You can’t tell me you haven’t.
Having tracked my hands for extended periods, I can tell you I’m dealt roughly 10-15 pocket pairs in 4-6 hours of daily play, and that is not counting the small ones I fold to a preflop raise. In addition, about 35% of the hands I do take to a flop or win before are suited, and 25-30% are Broadway hands.
That said, I win only about 40% of showdowns, including those where everyone misses and checks down to the river. I take plenty of beats and have had runs that make me question whether the Replay algorithm is skewed against monsters. It isn’t. Random doesn’t mean regimented. The beats come in bunches and so do the winning hands. You’re just affected by the former to a greater extent bc they directly contradict your expectations.
If you’re serious about your game, put it under a microscope. Examine which hands you play, how you bet them, and when you bluff. I haven’t sat at a table with you, but it’s possible that you are predictable. Opponents may know how to get you off hands. You may not know how to get them off theirs. Think about playing specific hands in specific positions in more than one way so that you can keep your opponents off balance. I’ll link the first in a series of Daniel Negreanu videos in which he comments on his play in an online tournament in real time.
You also may be playing at the wrong level. I typically play tournaments with entry fees ranging from 50K-1M. Every so often, I play a 10 or 20K tournament and find it tougher sledding bc there are so many donkeys and calling stations. I still do well, but I have to simplify my game just like a doctor speaks to a patient in layman’s terms. Know who you’re ‘speaking to’ with your bets. I click on player icons all the time to see their ranking. That gives me a rough idea of their skill level.
I understand how you feel, bc I’ve been through rough patches, but apply some common sense. This isn’t live poker. Replay isn’t holding you back in the hopes you splash for more chips. More likely, you’re taking your bankroll for granted bc you didn’t earn it from the bottom up. Again, examine your hand selection, your betting patterns, your bet sizing, and the level at which you compete.
Better luck in the future.
When you’re actively playing a hand on Replay, you can lean on your seats win percentage,
while making a decision.
Especially, when you’re unsure after the flop.
If you’re 1 of 10 in the previous hands compared to say 5 of 10.
This way you’re playing the sites tendencies along with the strength/winning %'s of your hands.
Total baloney.
I know that I will never convince you ex, but for anyone else out there, just know that this is total utter bs! It’s the kind of thinking that keeps gambling addicts in big trouble. Do not believe a word of this. There are NO HOT SEATS!
lol my friend, that happens to all of us I cannot comment on any other site as this is my 1st and only site I have played on, but here are my stats. I haven’t won anything big of late, and quite often finish 1 out of position
With myself its because I bet too often, as soon as I calm down, I get position, maybe not 1st, but in the “rewards” shall we say I cannot talk math because I don’t know math and numbers and I have a mutual understanding we despise each other after been away for a month and returning last week yes it can seem a little unfair when you lose for instance after the flop I had full house my opponent next to me went all in so did I he had a pair queens I had 54 the flop 545 turn in my favour the river a queen hit giving him q / 5 I lost and lost big time third hand of a tourney what can I say ITS NOT THE HANDS YOU PLAY THAT MAKES THE PLAYER ITS THE HANDS YOU DONT PLAY i think thats what i was told
No, I wouldn’t say it’s totally normal to lose 2.7 million over three weeks without winning a hand. It’s normal to lose 2.7million, sure. I’ve done it over the course of two or three rough days, but not over three weeks without any chips coming my way. Even if you take a beat on every showdown, you can still bet to make people fold and, at worse, players will fold to you in the big blind at some point in almost every tournament.
As for your seat theory, come on. Yes, I’ve gone cold or heated up after a table change, but I’ve done the same in a ring game without ever moving. Patience is a requisite characteristic for winning poker, as is aggression. It’s a bit of the Kenny Rogers, knowing when to raise and when to fold (calling should always be your third option). The fact is that a large part of poker is making your own luck. Taking pots when you aren’t Richard Pryor in Brewster’s Millions is a necessary skill to develop.
If your variance is as large as you say, and you went from 80 million to 2, it’s a safe bet the issue was bad play as much as bad luck. I mean, think your logic through. If your losses are solely due to Replay’s algorithm, then so are your winnings, and you’re just along for the ride.
Call the limpers from the blinds with the 45 early in the tournament, or from the button when it’s suited. It’ll pay off occasionally. Of course, if you do that and your opponent has slowplayed the queens and hits the river in your scenario, you’re still toast, but then it’s just his dumb luck and not your reckless play.
Later in tournaments, when I’m deepstacked, I’ve also raised with 45 suited preflop from mid to late position (3-3.5xBB) if I’ve been idle for a few hands. I might steal the blinds or make a continuation bet that takes the pot if someone calls and the board is right (nothing higher than a jack). Every now and then I flop the straight, the flush, or the boat, and get paid off handsomely. If the board favors the type of hands that call raises (Ax, Kx, Qx), I check and fold to any bet.
just to update 05/20/2025 today so far i have played 3/4 tourneys 5 sit and goes and managed at great grit and determination I have won 5 hands in total? Yet in 1 sit and go 50k buy in 1 player hit 3 consecutive F/H missed his 4th with only 3 aces then 2 straights REPLAY WTF how is this possible?? so you see Hilde its not just you it happens to us all unfortunately I cannot compare these results with any other site AS THIS THE ONLY 1 I BEEN ON SORRY BUT HEY ITS A GOOD LEARNING CURVE dont bet so much
Great advice
Great advice to all who blames luck for cards being dead for so long. I had live tournament and card dead for nearly 4 levels. What I should had done is just expand my range when blind is low and keep managing my stack as much as possible. That is all you can do. If you are going impatient, this might be your death trap. It happens to all of us and it will happen to you. So, just be who you are and keep trying to your best.
It seems that a good percentage of the first two cards I get are baiter cards based on some weird algorithm that works based on the tendencies of my specific participation in each hand taking into account the sampling of those first 2 cards. Then again I could be really paranoid and need to seek help…just saying.
well i asked mtyself the same question and said no I wasn’t then the voices started in my head so my psychiatrist said come on your coming with me ! just be careful admitting that 1 lol