What happened to Poker Mountain?

hogua · #1 05-29-2006, 01:56 AM

Anyone remember this site?

Anyone know what happened to it? According to my notes, I still have $400 in uncleared bonuses there.

recipro · #2 05-29-2006, 01:59 AM

Was that the site DN endorsed, until he started his own site instead? I remember it crashing a lot. (The software on my computer, not their servers.)

ShakeZula06 · #3 05-29-2006, 04:46 AM

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Was that the site DN endorsed, until he started his own site instead? I remember it crashing a lot. (The software on my computer, not their servers.)

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There is a blog entry on his site about it. Apparently there was accusations of shady buisness, and Poker Mountain mangement wanted top of line software and couldnt accomplish that, so it folded.

greatbrit · #4 05-30-2006, 08:12 PM

Hi,

I work for the software development company that developed Poker Mountain. I don't think we had any accusations of 'shady', although thanks to brownthumb we had plenty of it being 'poo', which were pretty accurate. The gist of the story is that we contracted out the programming to a 'reputable' offshore company, but they gave us their F team who knew nothing about programming, poker, graphics, or internet, and did the best they could to make our software as unstable as possible; it crashed during our freeroll tournaments, it crashed in cash games, it showed zero balances in accounts that really have money in them, it was not our finest moment. Daniel was associated with the site as our ambassador, along with TJ, but as we dragged on trying to clean it all up Daniel finally left for greener pastures. We have kept the site alive but have stopped actively promoting it while we completely rewrite the software from scratch, this time using actual (and excellent) programmers.

The plan is to relaunch later this year, with great software and very generous promotions in the hope that we'll be given a second chance. We will be honoring all the cash matching bonuses already in progress or transferring them to something comparable, the same with our 'Summit Points', and of course any money on deposit at the site will still be fully intact.

I'll be happy to answer any questions (in this thread please) and hopefully will be able to give you an update before the end of the year.

Best regards,
Paul Westley
(greatbrit)

Full Metal · #5 05-30-2006, 08:21 PM

Won't the smell of poo linger even after all the [censored] is mopped up?

greatbrit · #6 05-30-2006, 08:56 PM

That's a good question Full Metal, only time will tell if people are willing to give us another chance, we know we messed up badly the first time. But I hope you'll agree that in our favor we haven't run for the hills or tried to relaunch with a new name, we just think the most honorable way to handle it is to be honest about the mess, try to do the right thing for all the customers we've upset, and hopefully move on. Of course I totally understand if you or others don't think we deserve another chance.

Best regards,
Paul

kdog · #7 05-30-2006, 08:45 PM

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The plan is to relaunch later this year, with great software and very generous promotions in the hope that we'll be given a second chance. We will be honoring all the cash matching bonuses already in progress or transferring them to something comparable, the same with our 'Summit Points', and of course any money on deposit at the site will still be fully intact.

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Well, if you can admit there were problems and get them fixed before relaunch I guess a second chance is fair enough. Especially since I still have $400 in uncleared bonus there. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

greatbrit · #8 05-30-2006, 09:06 PM

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Well, if you can admit there were problems and get them fixed before relaunch I guess a second chance is fair enough. Especially since I still have $400 in uncleared bonus there. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Hello kdog, yes, we've had big discussions about how to handle the uncleared bonuses, we'll figure out something so that everything you've accumulated so far will be carried over, or if we switch to a new bonus system then find a way convert it over, and we are also thinking of maybe things like exclusive freerolls for previous customers to try to make it up to you. I very much appreciate you giving us another chance, that's all we can ask for.

Best regards,
Paul

flight2q · #9 06-24-2006, 03:17 PM

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I'll be happy to answer any questions (in this thread please) and hopefully will be able to give you an update before the end of the year.

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Are you going to relaunch with a sense of humor? I'm thinking signup bonus codes "WOWPOO" for 50% up to $100, and "FIRSTPOO" for a free $25.

greatbrit · #10 06-24-2006, 04:06 PM

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Are you going to relaunch with a sense of humor? I'm thinking signup bonus codes "WOWPOO" for 50% up to $100, and "FIRSTPOO" for a free $25.

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That's not really my department, but we just hired a Mr. Thumb as head of marketing, he already has many P.O.Tty ideas, like in our frequent player club you'll be able to collect "brownie points", and I'm sure you'll enjoy the chance to win a trip in our "Coral Reefer" promotion. I don't want to even think about what will be in our merchandise store.

Paul
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