Update: Absolute Poker responds to charges of suspicious play
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Absolute Poker has finally issued a formal statement on the charges, first raised in a thread at 2+2 yesterday, that certain high-limit players had compromised the security at Absolute Poker and were able to view some or all information of opponent’s cards and community cards.
Our initial story on the issue yesterday links to the major threads and key posts. If you’re completely unfamiliar, review that story or the cliff notes thread at 2+2.
The response comes from an affiliate manager at Absolute and was posted this afternoon on Poker Affiliate World:
Hi All,
Thank you for your patience in this urgent issue.
Let me start off by stating in 100% confidence that, fair play and security is of paramount importance to Absolute Poker. We have temporarily frozen accounts that have been brought to our attention while we perform an extensive investigation.
While we are continuing with our investigation, we have yet to find any evidence of wrong doing. Our game client only receives data regarding the individuals hand and no other players hole cards, except in the event of a showdown.
The player’s and their respective actions that are in question, all come from a small sample of Hands. We have researched their play exhaustively and have found no proof that they had any knowledge of other player’s hole cards.
There were hands that were played poorly — from a poker strategy perspective — and these players did receive a fortunate result.
So far we have no evidence that substantiates claims that any of the players were involved in chip dumping, or any other improper activity.Because of the seriousness of these allegations, we have not closed the investigation and are continuing to look very closely into this matter.We will notify you if we obtain any new information regarding these claims.
Kindest Regards,
Danielle
An email to this representative requesting comment on the alleged superaccounts and the specific measures taken to clear the players mentioned in the 2+2 thread was not returned. Interestingly, the same affiliate rep had posted an earlier comment on PAW that was later deleted by PAW staff at the request of Absolute upper management. That comment:
Hi Everyone,
This thread is completely off kilter…
Absolute Poker is certified and rated by the same organizations that monitor other poker rooms. To make accusations that AP is rigged or has a breach in our security is simply not true.
All players are monitored, and the players discussed in these threads have been reviewed and cleared by the security department. It can be assured that there are no security holes where player can hack in the system to view the cards.
If anyone would like to keep commenting on this subject you can contact myself via email at [Email]Danielle@chipleader.com.[/Email] Also, I correspond with QUITE a few affiliates on this forum daily/weekly via email so you will get a response, I would like to clear up any negative thoughts about this program and our brands. Thank you.
Kindest Regards,
D
We’ll continue to update this story as new facts emerge.
