How I never saw the AP (Absolute Poker) scandal, and now the UB (Ultimate Bet) scandal (Both owned by the same company) is beyond me.
Just the fact that these two sites (one being a MAJOR poker site) have been caught, and have admitted to having "SuperUser" accounts (where the player can see the other players hole cards, at the table) shows that there are, indeed, THIEVES in the online poker world. The only reason these two sites have been caught is because the people doing the cheating were so blatently obvious, it was impossible for them not to get caught. "Potrippers" call of a "9 high" bluff, by his opponent, with nothing more than "10 HIGH!" and no draw, shows that he obviously was able to see his opponents whole cards.
After a lot of research, and attempted cover up, Absolute Poker admitted to the thieves stealing more than 9 million dollars from unsuspecting victims.
My point is that this could be happenening at EVERY poker site, just not so obvious. Again, how I never heard of this before, is beyond me. And as many times as I feel the urge to play online (even at low limits) I will remember the people that were swindled out of MILLIONS of dollars by crooks, and I will NEVER play online poker again!
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