Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 08:26 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Is anyone else starting to feel that Absolute feels they've followed thru per the P5s thread Adam posted by giving anonymous quotes and misleading info in the news stories?
It's this part of what...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 07:15 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
druff-
It probably doesn't get mentioned as much but thanks for your involvement as another high profile name in this thing.
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 07:09 PM
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 06:13 PM
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 05:56 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Nath- yes. It's been discussed several times.
And worth reiterating I think things known but not discussed yet should remain dramabombless until AP has stated whatever it is they said they were...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 05:44 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
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Fluff- I don't think we are coddling.
They have stated they will be making an official statement.
We expect that to come nearing the end of today's press cycle for obvious...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 05:37 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Fluff- I don't think we are coddling.
They have stated they will be making an official statement.
We expect that to come nearing the end of today's press cycle for obvious reasons.
I assume we...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 05:29 PM
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 05:26 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
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AP's current stance fails to answer a lot of questions.
/images/graemlins/club.gif Why didn't the initial investigation find any wrongdoing? Especially when the account in question...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 05:24 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Could be the case.
One of the reasons things have been withheld here also.
They suck at the cat and mouse game btw.
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 05:16 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Based on a reply in another thread to something I had posted, I think Adanthar has at times been in contact with people up there.
edit: not necessarily the police, but press/contacts.
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 04:58 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
That would involve manipulation of the cards methinks.
That's a separate issue from our known knowns.
I'm thinking specifically the other suspicious looking mtt winners in the last month or so.
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 04:53 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Mods is this thread perhaps the exception that proves the no athens inferno rule?
Maybe we should reconsider how we view AP, after all they are repaying with interest.
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 04:38 PM
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 04:36 PM
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 04:32 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
1) It's a well written story and seems accurate to both parties stories.
2) This is exactly the weaksauce story by Absolute we expected.
3) Blaming it on some rogue hacker inside their system...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 03:26 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Suzzer- the firm they use appears to tag things "locally" or near the story's origin.
I thought the same thing as you initially. But looked a little bit into the company doing the release and they...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 03:21 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
I'm not going to go that far with it yet.
I will say this though.
There is likely some tie in of the Absolute Poker operation to the Miami area- and that certainly seems like something worth...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 03:14 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Teddy, I have scoured for pictures. I can find no distinguishable pictures anywhere.
Scott Tom is known to have played live events in the States. He has interacted with people.
I have a hard time...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 03:09 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
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To tie it all in one more time.
Brent Beckley was/is the VP of risk management and security at AP and was in Scott...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 03:05 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Cliffsnotes of this thread :
- As posted on P5s we expect Absolute Poker to release a statment probably nearing the end of the business day today in which they admit something wrong happened.
-...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 02:23 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Nat,
Please don't post anything yet.
The more posted - the more complete information Absolute has to work with in crafting whatever they intend to eventually say.
Let them squirm, let them...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 01:55 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
There are many ways this could have happened- "rogue person in lower levels at AP" isn't going to fly with us.
There was too much stonewalling and too much coverup relating to high profile accounts...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 12:59 PM
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-19-2007, 12:41 PM
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Re: We win (AP Scandal v. 27)
Adanthar-
I had an exchange with BPM in one of the nvg threads.
At the time I figured 1)if the poster (who I hadn't looked into at all) was serious- they would take interest in their name being...
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