Absolute error?

#1 15th April 2008, 6:47 AM

I was over at my brother in laws place this evening and witnessed something that unless I was mistaken, was an error on Absolute poker.

He was playing in a SNG, and wasn't involved in the hand. Here's what went down:

Player 1 has JsJc
Player 2 has AhTd

They both ended up all in preflop.

The board ended up being all spades. Ks Qs Ts 5s 2s

The pot was split between the 2 players, the message said they both had a King high flush.

Wouldn't the Js that Player 1 had make his flush a better hand?

#2 15th April 2008, 7:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Effexor

I was over at my brother in laws place this evening and witnessed something that unless I was mistaken, was an error on Absolute poker.

He was playing in a SNG, and wasn't involved in the hand. Here's what went down:

Player 1 has JsJc
Player 2 has AhTd

They both ended up all in preflop.

The board ended up being all spades. Ks Qs Ts 5s 2s

The pot was split between the 2 players, the message said they both had a King high flush.

Wouldn't the Js that Player 1 had make his flush a better hand?

What were the stack sizes? I've been fooled by that before. They don't put enough details in the dealer comments at A.P. Example: If one guy shoves 3000 and one guy calls for his whole stack of 1000, A.P's comments don't say anything about kickers, etc. It just says 1 guy gets 2000 (the uncalled overage) and the other guy gets 2000 (the win).

I could be wrong, but I think it would be pretty hard to have a program glitch that would mess up just a specific situation like that. The glitch would be more widespread.

#3 15th April 2008, 7:49 AM

If the actual pot was split evenly between the two players then yes, it's a mistake - the player holding Js has a higher flush.

I suspect what's actually happened is what MrSticker has described above though: they've just been ambiguous in their wording and delayed returning the overcall to the player with the bigger stack.

#4 15th April 2008, 8:31 AM

strange to say the least

#5 15th April 2008, 9:47 AM

Not that I'm exactly comfortable leaping to Absolute Poker's defence, but this would have been noticed a long time ago if it were the case.

There was an issue a few months back with AP ranking certin razz hands incorrectly, but this is an entirely different kettle of fish.

edit: goddammit I used my 7,000th post defending AP /suicide

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