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Absolute Poker cheats its players

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by TheSportsPredictor, Oct 18, 2007.

  1. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Story has been floating around, now hitting mainstream press. Absolute Poker had someone go on with a "super user" account which allowed the user to see the hole cards of everyone else. This enabled the user to basically steal half a million bucks from people by folding when his good cards were beat or by winning with crappy cards that no one expected to win b/c he knew he had others beat.

    The user is now being named as an AP part-owner: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/18/absolute_poker_cheating_allegations/

    Story is all over the blogosphere and poker forums and has hit the NYTimes blog: http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/the-absolute-poker-cheating-scandal-blown-wide-open/

    Will probably hit mainstream huge shortly.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Oct 18, 2007
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  2. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    Cheating in online poker? I'm shocked. Shocked.

    [​IMG]
     
    jgmacg, Oct 18, 2007
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  3. Idaho

    Idaho Active Member

    Guess I'll have to remember to not start gambling online so I won't have to avoid going to Absolute Poker.
     
    Idaho, Oct 18, 2007
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  4. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    I love playing poker and I play a whole lot of it. But this is exactly why I never, ever started playing online.
     
    old_tony, Oct 18, 2007
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  5. Norman Stansfield

    Norman Stansfield Active Member

    I thought you were a member of the Players With Yourself Club.

    Who loves ya, old_tony?
     
    Norman Stansfield, Oct 18, 2007
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