It's rather unfortunate that the biggest story to make the mainstream news about poker concerns the UB and AP scam. What I didn't know, is that the scam was ultimately uncovered by an Aussie, Michael Josem.
I hope that this story does not cause a crisis of confidence in online poker. I am not too concerned about cheating at the levels I play. I figure if you can see the other guy's cards you are probably going to play at least medium to high stakes and not waste time playing 1/2 and 2/4.
I would assume that this particular loophole has been closed at UB and AP. My concern with depositing money at those two rooms is less about cheating, and more about the failure of the company if a large civil action against the company were successful. I completed the PSO kickback at UB without any dramas.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
UltimateBet bonus at PSO
Ok, so the UB bonus has been approved (see the PokerSourceOnline link on the right for details).
There was a bit of confusion on my part over the cashout requirements, because the PSO site mentions "UB points", whereas UB calls them "Ultimate points", but also has other loyalty point systems.
Ultimate Points accumulate at 1 per contributed raked hand (raked hands where you contribute to the pot and rake reaches 0.25) until you have 50, at which point they accumulate at 2 per CRH. Hot tip: make sure you quit your tables when you reach 50 points - this will trigger your level increase and ensure that further hands accumulate points at the higher level.
Anyway, upshot is I have $125 in bonus from PSO and $10 from UB for a grand total of $135 accumulated over maybe 800 hands altogether. Accumulation will be higher if you play very short handed. The downside is that the play was fairly tough and I didn't run goot, so my overall profit was maybe only $65 or so. Bonus is highly recommended overall, if you are willing to put the scandal in the past.
There was a bit of confusion on my part over the cashout requirements, because the PSO site mentions "UB points", whereas UB calls them "Ultimate points", but also has other loyalty point systems.
Ultimate Points accumulate at 1 per contributed raked hand (raked hands where you contribute to the pot and rake reaches 0.25) until you have 50, at which point they accumulate at 2 per CRH. Hot tip: make sure you quit your tables when you reach 50 points - this will trigger your level increase and ensure that further hands accumulate points at the higher level.
Anyway, upshot is I have $125 in bonus from PSO and $10 from UB for a grand total of $135 accumulated over maybe 800 hands altogether. Accumulation will be higher if you play very short handed. The downside is that the play was fairly tough and I didn't run goot, so my overall profit was maybe only $65 or so. Bonus is highly recommended overall, if you are willing to put the scandal in the past.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
William Hill still runs goot
I finished my monthly $50 on WH yesterday, and won a further $40 (20BB) in the process. So my initial $100 deposit i now up to $260 after just over five table hours of play. Can't complain.
I also recently joined UltimateBet through PokerSourceOnline (see link on the right). I know that UltimateBet is evil (if you don't know what I'm talking about, just google "UltimateBet scandal"), but the bonus is just too juicy. PSO give you $125 once you earn 375 points, which is roughly 250 contributed raked hands. I initially deposited $100, and nearly busted a couple of times before recovering to around $45 and finishing the bonus for an extra $125.
I also recently joined UltimateBet through PokerSourceOnline (see link on the right). I know that UltimateBet is evil (if you don't know what I'm talking about, just google "UltimateBet scandal"), but the bonus is just too juicy. PSO give you $125 once you earn 375 points, which is roughly 250 contributed raked hands. I initially deposited $100, and nearly busted a couple of times before recovering to around $45 and finishing the bonus for an extra $125.
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