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[Fade2241]

chgocubs99, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 6:23 PM, said:

The only word that would need to be tampered is "steamroller".

True. It sounds legit to me tho, and it makes sense.

[GWCGWC]

cwik, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 7:18 PM, said:

Alright, some pretty crazy shit.I was just talking to a friend of mine who plays heavily at Absolute Poker (he would rather be left nameless) about the recent POTRIPPER scandal. He does not post/read any internet forums, and was unaware of the situation. After linking him to a couple of the summaries, he had some very interesting things to add. When I mentioned that people had linked Scott Tom, the former CEO, to the case, he immediately recognized the name, and said he knew the guy. He had sat at a table roughly 5-6 months ago, where a guy claimed to be Scott Tom, and wanted him to test the new AP 8.0 software. This guy seemed to know a lot about him (email, location, first name, deposit history), and even put $300 in my friends account to prove he was from AP (by credit adjustment, not deposit/transfer). He also emailed him the new software from this email address: stom@fiducix.com. Just to make sure my friend contacted AP support to see if this guy was legit. The email re received back might break this case wide open:Thank you for contacting us.We contacted our promotions department and they informed us that steamroller belongs to the Absolute Poker Staff. For this reason, what he offered you is in legit.Good luck at our tables.Thanks for playing at Absolute Poker! If there is anything else we can help you with, please let us know. We are here for you!Sincerely,AaronTeam Absolute ~ Customer Support"To Continue to be the Best and Most Trusted"Support@AbsolutePoker.ComWe’re Here To Stay! All Players Welcome!Come and join the action this weekend with our 150k guaranteed on Saturday and 60k on Sunday! With more and bigger guaranteedtournaments, Absolute Poker is your place to play. See you at the tables whenever, wherever!This email directly links the Steamroller account directly to AP and Scott Tom. It leaves little question that the all the accounts that had been suspected to cheat in the cash games are connected. But does not answer how AP could have investigated these accounts and found nothing suspicious.

This means there's no question that it's from AP support.

[Fade2241]

I'm sorry but that needs to be linked to P5's ASAP

[Kathy Griffin]

cubsfan44, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 7:07 PM, said:

So we'll finally be able to see your penis?

Assumeing you tune in, yes. Also, my cooter.

[Fade2241]

Kathy Griffin, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 6:42 PM, said:

Assumeing you tune in, yes. Also, my cooter.

dude, no..

[bull62]

Fade2241, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 9:30 PM, said:

I'm sorry but that needs to be linked to P5's ASAP

It is already on P5s. http://www.pocketfiv...FC14666604.aspx

[Fade2241]

bull62, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 6:48 PM, said:

It is already on P5s. http://www.pocketfiv...FC14666604.aspx

Good. ty bull

[Zach6668]

AP Comes Cleanhttp://www.pocketfiv...29C725E0FA.aspx

[wsox8]

Zach6668, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 10:16 PM, said:

AP Comes Cleanhttp://www.pocketfiv...29C725E0FA.aspx

maybe they'll include a little gift for the people who haven't withdrawn

[RDog]

Zach6668, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 8:16 PM, said:

AP Comes Cleanhttp://www.pocketfiv...29C725E0FA.aspx

LOL. I guess when you are faced with no other choice.....

[cubsfan44]

Just posted at P5s.PocketFives just received a phone call from Absolute Poker confirming the suspicions of the online poker community over the past month. While we need to be vague in this post to respect their wishes, we can say that their systems were compromised, and that they are prepared to provide the details in a statement coming shortly. Part of the statement will include a plan to refund players affected by this compromise.We are extremely relieved to hear this outcome, as our most important goal in all this is to see justice given to those who were cheated in this process. Pocketfives is extremely proud to have played a part in the process of uncovering the impropriety that has occurred. We would of course like to thank all the other parties who played a key role in this process—specifically the folks that have been posting here and at twoplustwo.com.This is great news for everyone. Keep your eyes out for the statement.Extremely Relieved,--Adam

[GWCGWC]

I'd lay odds that the language in the admission won't be what everyone is hoping for.

[Painter567]

GWCGWC, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 11:42 PM, said:

I'd lay odds that the language in the admission won't be what everyone is hoping for.

No Bet!

[NoSup4U]

GWCGWC, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 8:42 PM, said:

I'd lay odds that the language in the admission won't be what everyone is hoping for.

I think thats a given, considering there is just no way they haven't known its all true before this and lied repeatedly about it. But regardless, I'm happy their hand has been forced and they hopefully will be compensating players.Mark

[SpiderGuard]

Call me skeptical, but I'm leaning toward the idea that there's something even worse out there that AP is covering up and that's why they're admitting they were wrong. I have no proof of this, or anything beyond a gut feeling, but I think that the Internet Poker Community (IPC) is close to figuring out something bigger than AP will admit to.

[mase_gotsem]

Wow this is totaly crazy ... so after 2 completly bs releases NOW there coming out and admitting something ??? i dont know about you guys but this makes me all the more skeptical about online poker PERIOD. i mean whats to stop any other site from pulling same tactics and robbing us all ? the only reason this was found was becouse of 1 slight error in the form of a hand history . i truly am disgusted at this and how about all the players at the lower limits how do they know if they we scammed at all for the last few years ?end rant-mark-

[cubsfan44]

less then 5 minutes after FCP gets involved (ty cwik) AP agrees to come clean. FCP>2+2>P5s Im just saying.

[cwik]

I had him forward me the e-mail. So here is a screen shot. Like before he would rather be left anonymous. Note: he also fwd'd me another email sent directly to him from stom@fiducix.com, which was a reply from scott when he was unable to run the software:---------- Forwarded message ----------From: @yahoo.com>To: scott <stom@fiducix.com>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:21:48 -0700 (PDT)Subject: Re: FW: AP fixes and table resize feedback.hey, as promise, I try to run this program.Not sure if i'm doing it right or not, but I have unzipped it and I keep trying to run the skin update, but it keep saying something about missing the zlib.dll and I can't run it.scott <stom@fiducix.com> wrote: UNZIP and RUN main client…….. GL… S

[RDog]

Okay, I was just going to post that screenshot in the P5's thread and I don't see it now? The link still works but where is the thread? Either I am crazy or they moved it.

[Fade2241]

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