Re: Cheating in Online Poker
Stealthmunk, that is exactly the ethical corner that Stars has backed itself into, and what drove my frustration with their CSRs to end up in writing this thread and contemplating an article. Because they refuse to have a "one player to a hand rule" their technical ban on multiaccounting really is meaningless. A poker "god" can simply put 8 players in one tournament and then IM them instructions for each hand. Stars' support gave very conflicting opinions on whether this was legal or not. By refusing to take an ethical stance, they have created potential chaos. I have written them over this previously, hashed it out with Lee Jones privately, and am so frustrated over their blind eye toward cheating in general I figured I would write an article about it, and that's what led to this thread (along with my frustration with people who have knowledge about the cheating and refuse to do anything about it).
If Stars response were more specific and logical, I would have felt much less inclined to take the stance that I am taking. However, it appears that online poker truly is on its deathbed. As the pool of dead money continues to shrink, more people will be inclined to cheat. Why do you think people are cheating now despite the whole ZeeJustin saga? Probably because their edge has shrunk considerably and they were having trouble making a decent living. People who depend on online poker for a living are, or will be, under tremendous pressure as the dead money pool continues to diminish.
Anyway, I appreciate all the responses and am considering them.
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