You Been Merged is just a saying that you got beat by a suckout that seems to happen alot more then you would think it would happen. but the real reason it happens is cause people play bad hands and get lucky. i know i have seem some horrible plays on this network get really lucky.

Yes but when you get beat by a suckout then say I have been sucked out on. By saying I have been merged you are saying its the networks fault.

People are just suspicious of online site because they play a lot more hands online because of the convenience and therefore they see crazier stuff. At least that is my theory. I could be wrong and full tilt proved that sites don't always play by the rules, but I think that if you are gunna offer poker in the U.S. you have to be legit with all the regulating they are doing.

good for you...its a saying because it happens alot on merge sites,not that hard to unferdstand,but if you fold fold fold and wait till you get AA or KK and you lose the hand,hence the saying not really that hard to understand!!

I understand the saying. I do not see the need to say it. Oh and btw it happens on every site. Not at all unique to Merge. Regardless of how I play or how I lose I have never in my poker career uttered those words.

When i get nasty beat on river i just say.. nice hand well played and i move on

but somtimes when my variance changes and i seem to get beat on every hand i use saying
"merge just turned the doom switch on me"

Well to be honoust I see it more at PStars then at merge rooms.
Quess someone started with 'merged' and someone take that over and another one and....
Same as 'JokerStars' for example

I don't like it either. I have heard it from poker stars a lot as well (I would assume that it would happen more at pokerstars, just because of basic logic. Pokerstars has more traffic than Merge, and thus more bad beats dealt and such...)
If you play the same number of live hands as you do online hands, you will see the SAME number of bad beats. You are playing poker. The best hand isn't going to win every time. Don't blame the site/network. As long as you can say that you played the hand the best you could and you got unlucky, that's all you can do

Hahaha i hear people say this all the time...poker is poker bad beats happen all the time you just need to roll with the punches and play a solid game. If you play well then eventually you come out on top and win some money. Hope everyone had fun playing this weekend.

Logically I will agree with you . However I think you can ask al most anyone that has played multiple merge accounts and I would be willing to bet that they would definately have sites that they prefer as opposed to ones they don't based on no other reASON except the way the cards fall for them vs. the other. Obviously no scientific fact to back that up but that is my opinion.With that said I was playing at a live game at a casino ring game this past weekend obviously no connection to Merge Gaming anyway long story short I won a $376 Pot with quad 8s. I had pocket 8s In Seat 2 the other fellow in seat 9 had AJ The flop came AA8, Turned another 8 , any way we were all in after the turn with only one out he did not get.Right after he lost he said outloud" Un FingBelievable "I Got Merged" I calmly leaned over the felt so I could see him and said. "U MAD" ? The table cracked up laughing even the poor guy that got the Bad Beat joined in the laughter. So No It is not merges fault however as with any language or slang if enough people use it and know what you are referring to when it is said, than I dont see the harm in using "merged" in reference to getting ones point across.

Lol just like jokerstar.

I use the term all the time, yes ok variance is just what it is but I mean come on I tend to see alot of miracle rivers for the behind hand way to much, the behind hand catches up and wins an incredible % of the time, I lost with AA over 20x's in one week last year all in a row, my style of play is very tight and agresive so that kinda hurts but all in all its poker and the donk chase factor is very high on line. Was in a $60 buy in mtt last year, mid game blinds 100-200, got AA mid board raised it to 800 bb calls, flop was nothing rainbow, I jam guy calla I had him coverd by aabout 6 bb's, he turns over 85o, flop was no help for him, I didnt understand why he called, turn 5 river 5. F#$k I got MERGED lol. That really put me on a bot, house accnt rigged theory real bad like. It is kind of incredible the how much the best hand loses on Merge in my book. Ol dirty Mr. Rivers and stanken varince lol gl on the felts ya'll!!!!