LeanAndMean
Legend
Silver Level
I was in a strange tournament this morning. The tournament lobby said 1K added to prize pool, and then gave the PW in the lobby. Never occurred to me that poker stars would allow anything illegitimate to be posted on their site.
There were 11 of us starting the tournament. eight were Russian. "Ah Ha" you all say. Yep, they were colluding and the payout never reflected the 1K added. Two of us emailed PS during the tournament. Three hours later I got an email saying "you have to contact the group who issued the invitation". Of course there was no Invitation and no group listed in the lobby.
I stuck around to watch after I went out in 6th. One USA and 4 Russians left. The four kept passing chips back and forth to keep their stacks even. It was blatant. The USA guy slowly gained a lead and finally took 2nd place.
The tournament lasted 3 1/2 hours and the Russian group stood to make at best $15 from us three suckers. Hardly seems worth their time. They made nothing, of course, because of the USA spoiler taking $16 in prize money. Probably the first time in this scam that someone was able to outlast them.
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? I sent back a hot reply to PS about being responsible for tournaments listed on their site, but it probably will come to nothing.
There were 11 of us starting the tournament. eight were Russian. "Ah Ha" you all say. Yep, they were colluding and the payout never reflected the 1K added. Two of us emailed PS during the tournament. Three hours later I got an email saying "you have to contact the group who issued the invitation". Of course there was no Invitation and no group listed in the lobby.
I stuck around to watch after I went out in 6th. One USA and 4 Russians left. The four kept passing chips back and forth to keep their stacks even. It was blatant. The USA guy slowly gained a lead and finally took 2nd place.
The tournament lasted 3 1/2 hours and the Russian group stood to make at best $15 from us three suckers. Hardly seems worth their time. They made nothing, of course, because of the USA spoiler taking $16 in prize money. Probably the first time in this scam that someone was able to outlast them.
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? I sent back a hot reply to PS about being responsible for tournaments listed on their site, but it probably will come to nothing.