[PokerAddictz]

Here is the last hand I played in a tournament in which I believe I could have made it into the top 3... possibly first place. Everything was going well until we got to the money, then this happened. The key parts to the hand are in bold... Notice the chat before the flop comes down...

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FullTiltPoker Game #3265388264: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (24879059), Table 23 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:43:33 ET - 2007/08/15

Seat 1: misterchames (20,717)
Seat 2: AcesUp123 (14,881)
Seat 3: tyler318 (23,680)
Seat 4: Burello (21,392)
Seat 5: icegator2 (13,876)
Seat 6: LuckySweety (30,139)
Seat 7: RDS45 (3,645)
Seat 8: Sid Vegas (28,250)
Seat 9: Jfrisella (8,430)
misterchames antes 125
AcesUp123 antes 125
tyler318 antes 125
Burello antes 125
icegator2 antes 125
LuckySweety antes 125
RDS45 antes 125
Sid Vegas antes 125
Jfrisella antes 125
Sid Vegas posts the small blind of 500
Jfrisella posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AcesUp123 [Ad 2d]
misterchames folds
AcesUp123 raises to 14,756, and is all in
tyler318 folds
Burello folds
icegator2 has 15 seconds left to act
icegator2 has requested TIME
icegator2 calls 13,751, and is all in
LuckySweety folds
RDS45 folds
Sid Vegas calls 14,256
Sid Vegas: WTF
Jfrisella has 15 seconds left to act
Sid Vegas: I did not CALL
Jfrisella: im folding tens
Sid Vegas: I didnt even push a button
Jfrisella has timed out
Jfrisella folds
AcesUp123 shows [Ad 2d]
icegator2 shows [Ah Kh]
Sid Vegas shows [8d Qc]
Jfrisella: i should call
*** FLOP *** [8c 5c Js]
*** TURN *** [8c 5c Js] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [8c 5c Js 2c] [8h]
AcesUp123 shows two pair, Eights and Twos
Sid Vegas shows three of a kind, Eights
Sid Vegas wins the side pot (2,010) with three of a kind, Eights
icegator2 shows a pair of Eights
Sid Vegas wins the main pot (43,37 with three of a kind, Eights
Sid Vegas: HAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAH
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 45,388 Main pot 43,378. Side pot 2,010. | Rake 0
Board: [8c 5c Js 2c 8h]
Seat 1: misterchames folded before the Flop
Seat 2: AcesUp123 showed [Ad 2d] and lost with two pair, Eights and Twos
Seat 3: tyler318 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Burello folded before the Flop
Seat 5: icegator2 showed [Ah Kh] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 6: LuckySweety folded before the Flop
Seat 7: RDS45 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Sid Vegas (small blind) showed [8d Qc] and won (45,38 with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 9: Jfrisella (big blind) folded before the Flop
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Now... I know from playing multiple hands with him, that Sid Vegas would not even consider calling that, and the fact that he said what he said before any cards even came up, there is no question in my mind that this happened because of some outside force. I have actually had this same thing happen to me where I did not click anything but the software automatically called or folded my hand. It was only in limit games, so it was not a big deal.

In my calculations, I would have been in roughly 3rd place in the tournament if this outside force was not present, but instead, I got put out.


I emailed Full Tilt Poker security about this, and here is what they sent back.

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Thank you for contacting Full Tilt Poker Customer Support.

After reviewing the hand history, we have seen that there was no
technical errors during hand number 3265388264. Are finding have shown
that player ID Sid Vegas, did press the call button.
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Not only a complete grammatical disaster, but also, there was obviously no investigation done to even warrant a reply. Are these the type of people on Full Tilt who are protecting us from collusion and other problems these sites experience every day?

All of my money is now gone from that site, and I suggest to anyone who has money on Full Tilt Poker that they remove it swiftly and find another place to play for cash. I know that most sites take security seriously, but it is quite apparent that Full Tilt does not.

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My 2 Cents!