From *before* the Absolute Poker or Ultimate Bet scandal broke. By far the simplest explanation here is that Mark Seif (Poker pro, also site spokesman and part owner) was at least playing around with "superuser" capability.
By the way I followed this thing since it's inception at 2+2. Absolutely riveting story and investigation job. We're all just hoping it doesn't kill online poker.
"Play then started again......and I saw something that I never have before in all my on-line poker play: obvious manipulation. Every hand was a complete dissection based on whatever Mike was holding (third pair was capped by Seif if Mike was behind or bluffing, for example.) About 10 or 12 k was basically stolen in 15 minutes (over maybe 100 hands), and here's the kicker: he was so pissed and beyond rational thinking that he actually wanted Mike to know what was going on! For example, Mike had K9 on one hand and flopped a boat. Seif was first to act after the flop, and FOLDED OUT OF TURN just that time."
That just doesn't happen in poker. That you flop a full house and a tough aggressive opponent open-folds.
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From *before* the Absolute Poker or Ultimate Bet scandal broke. By far the simplest explanation here is that Mark Seif (Poker pro, also site spokesman and part owner) was at least playing around with "superuser" capability.
By the way I followed this thing since it's inception at 2+2. Absolutely riveting story and investigation job. We're all just hoping it doesn't kill online poker.
http://www.internettexasholdem.com/poker-forum/at-absolute-pokeri-cant-believe-how-low-this-was-vt34808.html
"Play then started again......and I saw something that I never have before in all my on-line poker play: obvious manipulation. Every hand was a complete dissection based on whatever Mike was holding (third pair was capped by Seif if Mike was behind or bluffing, for example.) About 10 or 12 k was basically stolen in 15 minutes (over maybe 100 hands), and here's the kicker: he was so pissed and beyond rational thinking that he actually wanted Mike to know what was going on! For example, Mike had K9 on one hand and flopped a boat. Seif was first to act after the flop, and FOLDED OUT OF TURN just that time."
That just doesn't happen in poker. That you flop a full house and a tough aggressive opponent open-folds.
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