It's a bit the same as online BJ (yeah there is rigged software, but I'm talking the big groups like microgaming, crypto etc). You play 450 hands an hr so you see some crazy things. The sort of variance I never saw at a casino simply because you play SO many hands.

Doesn't mean you shouldn't be p!ssed off about it. After a series of outdraws I usually let out a few, but it beats keeping the rage in and letting it out on your cpu later

I play sngs (single table tournies) and just to give you an idea of the variance (and sngs have less variance than ring (cash) games):
-I've personally experienced 500 sngs breakeven. This is like playing 4hrs a day (8tabling) of ring and being even after 2 weeks (say 30k hands).
-One guy I know has had 700+ (think it ended up being 1100) breakeven run of sngs. This is like 3 weeks of ring, 4hrs a day (8tabling).
-Someone I know who is playing the WSOP circut this year (VERY good) has dropped around 50 buyins at one stage (this is the equiv of losing say a 400bb roll at limit holdem).
-I can name a few others who have had 40+ buyin drops, and these guys are very good, longterm players.
-I experienced a 90bb drop at omaha 8, which has MUCH lower variance tha limit holdem. About 75 of this was bad luck, and the rest from some poor play.

If it can happen, it WILL happen eventually. Bad beats suck but unfortunately thanks to maths they exist. Only thing we can do is be happy we got our money in there as a big fave.

Party doesn't really need to rig it's software. Last I heard they were raking in 1mil+ a day. They are also listing the company on the (london??) exchange.

ahhh I hate variance.