Comments on: PIC Club vs. Merge Minor-league American-friendly online poker battle

By: Brian G.

Brian G. — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:06:37 +0000

You are Scott. I need to know what the person taking my money looks like. And, most importantly, cheating has been a part of poker since day one. Now, you have the most awesome engine ever devised for worldwide poker play against players you never see. No way there isn’t massive cheating going on, and I am convinced it is done on the lower dollar games, a few bucks at a time. The UB and Absolute Poker was too blatant because it involved high stakes. Have a bot place third in every tournament run on your site every day, and have it come in second or first from time to time, and that money adds up fast. When I used to play online, I got sucked out on in ways I had never seen in 20 years of live play. As anyone who plays online has seen, you hit the nuts on the turn, and the only card that could beat you is going to come on the river. When you review the hand, there is no reasonable explanation for why the person called before the flop, on the flop, and on the turn. After quite a few of those, I realized I was getting scammed and stopped playing. Does anyone actually think that the easiest way to cheat ever invented is not being used on a massive scale?

By: scott diamond

scott diamond — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:22:36 +0000

“Anyone who plays online is a sucker”.

That comment resembles me!

By: Brian G.

Brian G. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:37:04 +0000

I read that story about the wiring and the advancing of $245,000, which the guy proceeded to lose. It reminded me of the scene in Casino, where the Japanese guy won big and all of a sudden the private plane had “mechanical problems,” which led to him being taken back to the casino where he promptly lost it all back ad then some.

Anyone who plays online is a sucker.

By: Fifth Street Journal

Fifth Street Journal — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:43:26 +0000

How do you know they’re the same guy? And how would that indicate guilt on one side? So the theory is that BigRounder72 and PicClub were in cahoots to bilk Merge? If BigRouner72 was indeed involved, it seems more likely to me that he was just a whale, and Merge isn’t justified in stiffing PicClub.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:08:36 +0000

Here’s a clue who is at fault. The dispute occurred over a “whale” who was transferring large amounts in and out. This “whale” is a professional scammer, who won Casinomeister’s Evil Player of the Year in 2008. http://www.casinomeister.com/bestworst2008.php#evilp

By: scott diamond

scott diamond — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:38:17 +0000

Dan I was there at Caesars also for Dream team. They had some big names playing for them. Kathy Liebert, Tom McCevoy Amir Vahedi and I believe Barbara Enright also…

Nice story as usual here…UIGEA in 6 days…ugh

By: Game Room Supplies

Game Room Supplies — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:10:26 +0000

“Someone’s ripping off someone” – isn’t it what this whole ordeal is all about?

By: Fifth Street Journal

Fifth Street Journal — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:08:03 +0000

It’s hard to tell who’s right in this. Merge’s payments are slow lately, however, even the eWallet ones. Slow payments are often a warning sign, appearing before insolvency. I wouldn’t say Merge players should leave at this point, but I wouldn’t leave my entire bankroll there either.