Title: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: ItsMrAlex2u on February 13, 2007, 10:45:30 PM Nice email to receive, you couldnt see Pokerroom doing this !!!!
Hello, PokerStars has become aware of players who were working together in our Sit & Go tournaments to the detriment of other players. You were involved in at least one tournament with these players and as a result you may have been adversely affected. The players' accounts were closed and their funds frozen pending a thorough investigation, which is now complete. In a case such as this it is our policy to confiscate the colluders' winnings or balances and to distribute them to the players affected by their actions in as fair a way as possible. To confirm your credit, log onto your PokerStars account, go to the 'Cashier' screen and click the 'History' button. Your share will be shown as a "Credit Purchase", followed by the amount of the credit. I regret that we will be unable to answer questions as to how your specific credit amount was calculated. Likewise, we are not at liberty to identify the specific games or players in question. Suffice to say that they have been barred from the site and you will not encounter them again. The integrity of the games at PokerStars is of paramount importance to us and we will not abide cheating or collusion in our games. We work hard to police our games and prevent such instances. In the rare cases where collusion has actually occurred, we make sure that any players affected are compensated appropriately. Thank you for your continued play here on PokerStars. Please do not hesitate to let us know any time we can be of help. Best Regards, SteveW PokerStars Support Team Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: kinboshi on February 13, 2007, 10:48:33 PM Strength to strength.
The others should watch, learn and imitate. ;tightend; I bet you're happy too! Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: tikay on February 13, 2007, 10:52:38 PM Absolutely, 'Stars are the bizz. I had a simuilar e-Mail when I was playing big-buck SNG's on Stars, they sent me $900, right out of the blue!
Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: Longy on February 13, 2007, 11:43:59 PM Nice email to receive, you couldnt see Pokerroom doing this !!!! Hello, PokerStars has become aware of players who were working together in our Sit & Go tournaments to the detriment of other players. You were involved in at least one tournament with these players and as a result you may have been adversely affected. The players' accounts were closed and their funds frozen pending a thorough investigation, which is now complete. In a case such as this it is our policy to confiscate the colluders' winnings or balances and to distribute them to the players affected by their actions in as fair a way as possible. To confirm your credit, log onto your PokerStars account, go to the 'Cashier' screen and click the 'History' button. Your share will be shown as a "Credit Purchase", followed by the amount of the credit. I regret that we will be unable to answer questions as to how your specific credit amount was calculated. Likewise, we are not at liberty to identify the specific games or players in question. Suffice to say that they have been barred from the site and you will not encounter them again. The integrity of the games at PokerStars is of paramount importance to us and we will not abide cheating or collusion in our games. We work hard to police our games and prevent such instances. In the rare cases where collusion has actually occurred, we make sure that any players affected are compensated appropriately. Thank you for your continued play here on PokerStars. Please do not hesitate to let us know any time we can be of help. Best Regards, SteveW PokerStars Support Team Standard. Well for stars that is, the class act in the internet poker world. I have seen them do this kind of thing before, they constantly monitor the games to make sure they are clean. Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: RED-DOG on February 14, 2007, 12:08:35 AM *g *g *g *g *g :respect:
Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: byronkincaid on February 14, 2007, 12:16:10 AM did anything come of that alleged cheating ring on tribeca?
Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: KingPoker on February 14, 2007, 12:22:33 AM what u mean with eskobar?
Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: byronkincaid on February 14, 2007, 12:30:11 AM yeah
Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: KingPoker on February 14, 2007, 12:49:37 AM Have pm'd you the link to the original thread on 2+2 byron. But to put it simply looks like it fizzled out!
Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: byronkincaid on February 14, 2007, 12:55:52 AM Thanks, was just wondering if there was a conclusion from the official enquiry assuming there was one. If this sort of thing happens on Stars, Lee Jones usually posts what he can to explain the situation.
If only Stars did rakeback... Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: Ironside on February 14, 2007, 03:10:56 AM Thanks, was just wondering if there was a conclusion from the official enquiry assuming there was one. If this sort of thing happens on Stars, Lee Jones usually posts what he can to explain the situation. If only Stars did rakeback... using there fpps for ept seats etcetc or as buy in to sats is nearly as good as rake back Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: Royal Flush on February 14, 2007, 06:12:58 AM Amazing, stars are the nuts
Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: marcro on February 14, 2007, 08:44:37 AM Stars have certainly set a standard which no other sites come close to matching. Since it is easy to see what they do and why it works, it begs the question why aren't the other sites trying to replicate it?
Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: byronkincaid on February 14, 2007, 09:07:41 AM Thanks, was just wondering if there was a conclusion from the official enquiry assuming there was one. If this sort of thing happens on Stars, Lee Jones usually posts what he can to explain the situation. If only Stars did rakeback... using there fpps for ept seats etcetc or as buy in to sats is nearly as good as rake back Just rang British Gas and Tescos, they both say they don't take FPPs or EPT seats as payment yet. Maybe if poker gets a bit more popular... Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: Royal Flush on February 14, 2007, 09:26:50 AM Thanks, was just wondering if there was a conclusion from the official enquiry assuming there was one. If this sort of thing happens on Stars, Lee Jones usually posts what he can to explain the situation. If only Stars did rakeback... using there fpps for ept seats etcetc or as buy in to sats is nearly as good as rake back Just rang British Gas and Tescos, they both say they don't take FPPs or EPT seats as payment yet. Maybe if poker gets a bit more popular... Best reply, ever. Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: Zebediah on February 14, 2007, 10:40:59 AM The reason why stars don't have rakeback is that they don't need to.
90% of my online play is there, best software, best selection of games in all formats. Best tourney structures. Everyone can find a game and level they can win at (except newbies to start with and eternal fish of course). Though I have to ask what skin DTD is, this is my second favourite software package after stars, even looks like someone looked at stars and tried to replicate their winning methods. Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: Longy on February 14, 2007, 11:05:00 AM Though I have to ask what skin DTD is, this is my second favourite software package after stars, even looks like someone looked at stars and tried to replicate their winning methods. Cryptological network Title: Re: Stars, fair play to them.... Post by: ifm on February 14, 2007, 11:16:25 AM Thanks, was just wondering if there was a conclusion from the official enquiry assuming there was one. If this sort of thing happens on Stars, Lee Jones usually posts what he can to explain the situation. If only Stars did rakeback... using there fpps for ept seats etcetc or as buy in to sats is nearly as good as rake back Just rang British Gas and Tescos, they both say they don't take FPPs or EPT seats as payment yet. Maybe if poker gets a bit more popular... Class |