Pic of Five Aces on PS is a fake.

mange said:

Hey Cardschaters,

Recently, I was sent a picture of a "Screen Shot" of one hand in a Tourney at the PokerStars Poker site.

The susposed "ScreenShot" displayed Five Aces on the Board.

I sent PokerStars a copy of the picture and ask if it was a legit pic or not.

They indicated that they had seen it before, and it was definitely a Fake picture.

Here is a copy of the corresponance between me and PokerStar Support.
I have a copy if anyone is interested.





>----- Original Message -----
>From: mihaelange@verizon.net
>Sent: 2008/09/02 10:59:32
>To: support@pokerstars.com
>Subject: Pic of Five Aces on PokerStars
>
>>Dear PokerStars Support,
>>
>>I am attaching a picture of a Screen Shot that shows where five Aces,
>(AAAAA) were dealt in a tourney on Poker Stars.
>>
>>Please let me know if it is a real or fake pic.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>mange1234

=====================
>From: PokerStars Support <support@pokerstars.com>
>Date: 2008/09/02 Tue AM 11:08:08 EDT
>To: mihaelange@verizon.net
>Subject: Pic of Five Aces on PS
>
>Hello Michael,
>
>Thank you for your Email. We have seen this site before, and can say
>with certainty that the image there is a fake.
>
>T# 14705493 was the $10 + $1 Deep Stacks tournament held on 12th
>November
>2005. The top four players in this event were:
>
>"gamblinfla"
>"MiketheKid2"
>"twiceasright"
>"witzy2004"
>
>The player "Big Devin" didn't take part in this tournament.
>
>Next, you can see the observer "style12" in chat on the
>table. "style12" is not a User ID on our database as of June 2006 --
>he doesn't exist.
>
>There are also two hands mentioned here. One is # 3044245011 and the
>other # 3044243120. I've attached them both below so that you can see
>the hands as they originally happened. As you can see, the chip
>stacks are totally consistent from one hand to the next. Further
>more, "Big Devin" didn't take part.
>
>Finally, it is clearly demonstrable that the image has been edited.
>Attached please find a closeup of several of the cards on the screen.
>If you look closely, you'll see that the ace of clubs is one pixel too
>high. The prankster that tried to run this hoax was not quite careful
>enough with his editing and left this evidence behind.
>
>I hope that this sets your mind at ease, but if you have further
>queries, please do not hesitate to let us know.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Jeff
>PokerStars Support Team
>
>---
>
>PokerStars Game #3044245011: Tournament #14705493, $10+$1 Hold'em No
>Limit - Level XX (10000/20000) - 2005/11/12 - 22:53:37 (ET)
>Table '14705493 44' Seat #4 is the button
>Seat 4: gamblninfla (3550492 in chips)
>Seat 5: twiceasright (536880 in chips)
>Seat 7: witzy2004 (326768 in chips)
>Seat 9: MiketheKid2 (880860 in chips)
>22:53:37 gamblninfla: posts the ante 1000
>22:53:37 twiceasright: posts the ante 1000
>22:53:37 witzy2004: posts the ante 1000
>22:53:37 MiketheKid2: posts the ante 1000
>22:53:37 Moving Bets to Pot
>22:53:37 twiceasright: posts small blind 10000
>22:53:37 witzy2004: posts big blind 20000
>22:53:37 *** HOLE CARDS ***
>Dealt to gamblninfla [Kd Qc]
>22:53:37
>Dealt to witzy2004 [Ad Tc]
>22:53:41 MiketheKid2: folds
>22:53:42 albo [observer] said, "i took a bad beat in this tourney"
>22:53:43 gamblninfla: raises 40000 to 60000
>22:53:43 twiceasright: folds
>22:53:46 albo [observer] said, "and it was in this table"
>22:53:47 witzy2004: raises 265768 to 325768 and is all-in
>22:53:49 gamblninfla: calls 265768
>22:53:49 Moving Bets to Pot
>22:53:53 *** FLOP *** [5s Ks 4d]
>22:53:53 glarnex [observer] said, "qk"
>22:53:58 glarnex [observer] said, "3"
>22:53:59 *** TURN *** [5s Ks 4d] 3♠
>22:54:01 glarnex [observer] said, "7"
>22:54:02 *** RIVER *** [5s Ks 4d 3s] K♣
>22:54:05 *** SHOW DOWN ***
>witzy2004: shows [Ad Tc] (a pair of Kings)
>22:54:05 gamblninfla: shows [Kd Qc] (three of a kind, Kings)
>22:54:06 bighuurt11 [observer] said, "700 for you"
>22:54:07 gamblninfla collected 665536 from pot
>22:54:08 Dolemite42 [observer] said, "nh"
>22:54:08 albo [observer] said, "finished 108"
>22:54:08 twiceasright said, "gg"
>22:54:09 glarnex [observer] said, "im good"
>*** SUMMARY ***
>Total pot 665536 | Rake 0
>Board [5s Ks 4d 3s Kc]
>Seat 4: gamblninfla (button) showed [Kd Qc] and won (665536) with
>three of
>a kind, Kings
>Seat 5: twiceasright (small blind) folded before Flop
>Seat 7: witzy2004 (big blind) showed [Ad Tc] and lost with a pair of
>Kings
>Seat 9: MiketheKid2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
>
>PokerStars Game #3044243120: Tournament #14705493, $10+$1 Hold'em No
>Limit - Level XX (10000/20000) - 2005/11/12 - 22:53:25 (ET)
>Table '14705493 44' Seat #9 is the button
>Seat 4: gamblninfla (3561492 in chips)
>Seat 5: twiceasright (523880 in chips)
>Seat 7: witzy2004 (327768 in chips)
>Seat 9: MiketheKid2 (881860 in chips)
>22:53:25 gamblninfla: posts the ante 1000
>22:53:25 twiceasright: posts the ante 1000
>22:53:25 witzy2004: posts the ante 1000
>22:53:25 MiketheKid2: posts the ante 1000
>22:53:25 Moving Bets to Pot
>22:53:25 gamblninfla: posts small blind 10000
>22:53:25 twiceasright: posts big blind 20000
>22:53:25 *** HOLE CARDS ***
>22:53:27 witzy2004: folds
>22:53:28 gamblninfla said, "not a chance hon..lmao"
>22:53:29 MiketheKid2: folds
>22:53:30 gamblninfla: folds
>22:53:30 Moving Bets to Pot
>22:53:33 twiceasright collected 24000 from pot
>22:53:35 twiceasright: doesn't show hand
>*** SUMMARY ***
>Total pot 24000 | Rake 0
>Seat 4: gamblninfla (small blind) folded before Flop
>Seat 5: twiceasright (big blind) collected (24000)
>Seat 7: witzy2004 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
>Seat 9: MiketheKid2 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
>
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Monoxide said:

Its not real??? I thought 5 aces were in every pokerstars deck seeing as when I have QQ or KK one always comes on the flop!

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vtriclone said:

That looks real to me. I would be mad as hell. I know there is something wrong with the poker sites oh well.

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vtriclone said:

That looks real to me. I would be mad as hell. I know there is something wrong with the poker sites oh well.

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deadman75 said:

i have seen this so many times.i guess its a decent photoshop job.

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