It's so funny how things can get glossed over so easily and swept underneath the
rug. I was sitting here at the computer today, thinking about all the news from
earlier in the month and trying to come up with something that could possibly
give my next article some actual use for my readers besides the entertainment
value of my bitching and ranting. Hey, I've been told it's entertaining so give
me a break. You may be laughing at me, rather than with me, but who said I was
even laughing in the first place (That's a joke, can't you hear me laughing
through this high-tech audio powered news article).
Anyways, after my sojourn
into the recesses of my deep brain, I remembered something. Oh, I guess you
could say it was newsworthy. Nothing big really. Just an unprecedented
multi-million dollar cheating scandal at one of the largest online poker rooms
in business today. Did ya hear? Seriously folks, there's a good chance you might
not have even heard about this if you are brand new to playing online poker. There's a
good chance you went searching online and saw a banner with a hefty bonus offer
at Absolute Poker and have already opened an account at Absolute. The shame.
It's shameful because Absolute Poker does not deserve your
business. In fact, Absolute Poker does not deserve anybody's business and should
close their doors. If you were to try and dig up some information about the
cheating scandal at Absolute Poker last month, the bulk of the news will essentially tell
you this: Somebody from within Absolute Poker created a "super user" account
that allowed them to see other players cards and went on a long streak of
stealing money...possibly millions over the course of several months. The news
even goes on to say that this person was a nerdy employee who has since been
terminated. Oh, but that's just the tip of the iceberg folks.
And thanks to Absolute Poker's initial press releases skating around the
allegations, (not to mention their adamant defiance that a super-user account
was even possible), and then admitting to the charges when the evidence was
there, but skating around them by blaming it on an unnamed employee without a
face, most news reports don't give you the full story. Yes, the full story
about how the "super user" account was tracked back to the Kahnawake Gaming
Commission servers and to an ip address of Absolute Poker's founder, Scott Tom.
Ooops, did I say that out loud. Were we not supposed to talk about that aspect
of the cheating scandal? Oh, and did I also mention that the Kahnawake Gaming
Commission owns Absolute Poker?
All I have to say is that I can't wait until the audit of Absolute Poker's
software logs by Gaming Associates is finished (Let's hope that Gaming
Associates is not in bed with Kahnawake). Apparently, a report will be submitted to the Kahnawake Gaming
Commission soon, who will then review it to decipher if any wrong doing took
place. But of course it did! The Kahnawake Gaming Commission needs to step up to the
plate and take an active role in investigating this matter more thoroughly and
not just "deciphering" if there was any wrong doing. They need to be more
forthcoming about who it was that made the super-user account. If they don't,
then that means they have something to hide and no player should ever again
gamble at a Kahnawake licensed poker room, sportsbook, online casino or
Kahnawake anything!
In summary, don't play at Absolute Poker. They are cheats. Kahnawake is up in
the air for the time being...