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acemenow
Legend
Bronze Level
LOLitsnot a problem anymore? They caught one site in that show (I saw it when it originally aired). And people believe that the entire industry is void of further corruption? I got a bridge for sale in Brooklyn if your interested ...
Equifax charged with securing US financial and credit info on its citizens was hacked and watched it take place for a few months before taking proper action allowing our data to bleed into the ether. If anyone should know what to do about a security breach, you would think a company charged with securing our data, would be well equipped to thwart threats. And they were caught with their pants down and made matters worse by doing almost no action for a few months but nobody went to jail for this.
Sorry, I play plenty of online poker but knowing if its rigged, a corrupt organization or a site trying to do good but gets hacked, is a site by site evaluation.
You can't make a blanket statement about the entire industry without recognizing that humans run things and humans are @ best susceptible to mistakes and at worst susceptible to corruption.
Equifax charged with securing US financial and credit info on its citizens was hacked and watched it take place for a few months before taking proper action allowing our data to bleed into the ether. If anyone should know what to do about a security breach, you would think a company charged with securing our data, would be well equipped to thwart threats. And they were caught with their pants down and made matters worse by doing almost no action for a few months but nobody went to jail for this.
Sorry, I play plenty of online poker but knowing if its rigged, a corrupt organization or a site trying to do good but gets hacked, is a site by site evaluation.
You can't make a blanket statement about the entire industry without recognizing that humans run things and humans are @ best susceptible to mistakes and at worst susceptible to corruption.
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BetterNot
Rock Star
Silver Level
If you just stick to the popular poker sites you probably wont encounter this. All the major sites are well secured which makes it impossible to cheat.
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Chalada12
Visionary
Silver Level
YES there are many programs that do that . But in most cases , if u try to use them in sites (888poker , pokerstars...) , once u open the site , if the program is opened , it will be detected , in some cases u can be banned for using such programs. There are some programs authorized by the site (u can use them ) . But the majoority are refused to be used on sites . What I can advice you , is to learn how play poker , read , study , become a shark that s the best solution to win in poker
Garfield52
Visionary
Bronze Level
I did not see that 60 Minutes program but I have often wondered if people can cheat on line. My concern is tha that 2 players at my table are in cohoots and can gang up on any other single player at that table. Crooks are everywhere and can be up to anything.
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Slacker
Rock Star
Silver Level
This goes back to the Ultimate Bet scandal where there were superuser accounts that could see the hole cards. If I'm not mistaken it was determined that Russ Hamilton was the person behind the NeoNeo account that was found to have cheated.
Tammy
Can I help you?
Administrator
The gist is that that is the episode, from 2008. This thread was bumped by someone who hasn't even seen the 10 year old episode.
fingers182005
Rock Star
Silver Level
absolute poekr and ultimate bet were found guilty of something like this they had players that were superusing and only betting on the winnings hands it's a great story to read i suggest everyone go take a look also im pretty sure i seen doug polk playing a game where he could see other cards take a look around you tube
AcooltartA
Rock Star
Silver Level
Its an ongoing battle that will never fully be won by either side. If there's money involved and its online there will always be someone looking to try to take advantage of people or businesses. I believe the piece being talked about here was years ago though during the AP/UB superuser scandal. I'm sure technology for cheating has made some significant advances since then.
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PSSucks
Legend
Bronze Level
I know this is an old thread, but I landed on it while looking for something else, and I started reading some of the comments. I have to say that I'm surprised to see how much faith people have in the competence and integrity of online poker rooms.
I've made two withdraws from Pokerstars and attempted to make a 3rd recently. No account information has changed, and I used the same method to the same account as the 2nd withdraw, yet suddenly (after sending a letter questioning Pokerstar's integrity) they need to verify my identity and want gov't picture ID plus a copy of a utility bill. This is a 10-year-old account with no incidences and previous withdraws without question, but now they're suddenly not sure I'm legitimate. The withdraw is for 1/3 of my original request that was completed without question.
They are such POS!
I've made two withdraws from Pokerstars and attempted to make a 3rd recently. No account information has changed, and I used the same method to the same account as the 2nd withdraw, yet suddenly (after sending a letter questioning Pokerstar's integrity) they need to verify my identity and want gov't picture ID plus a copy of a utility bill. This is a 10-year-old account with no incidences and previous withdraws without question, but now they're suddenly not sure I'm legitimate. The withdraw is for 1/3 of my original request that was completed without question.
They are such POS!