Absolute Poker steals $1700 of my money?

[runwalkjump]

I know I'm new and that means I'm probably a scammer and so forth, but I figured I'd post my story here to see if anyone can help me. I already sent an email to the Kahnawake Gaming Commission but I highly doubt that will do anything.

I deposited $1700 USD to Absolute Poker about a month ago and played a few hundred hands there, and attempted to transfer to a friend. After doing so, they cancelled the transfer and closed my account and requested documents to prove my identity. I sent them in and Adrian from the security team said my account would be unlocked within 2 days. They didn't do it, and 2 weeks later I called them and Adrian said that my account would likely stay closed. I submitted documents (again, they lost them the first time) and I got an email that said my account would remain closed. I said that's fine, but I want the $1700 refunded to my Click2Pay account.

I have not heard back from them, and I think they intend to steal my $1700 for no reason.

I understand they want to close my account for "security reasons" and I guess that's fine; I don't want to play there anymore anyway (the games suck and the customer service is quite clearly terrible), but stealing my $1700 on top of that? Ridiculous.

[mattw]

never ever do a player transfer.

[runwalkjump]

Seems a bit late for that, eh?

[dnord]

These threads go faster if you just tell us - up front - what you did that looked shady to the site.

[runwalkjump]

I cashed in using Click2Pay, played a few hundred hands, didn't like the site, transferred a bunch to a friend that I owed money to, and they reversed it and then closed my account. They said "they weren't a bank" on the phone and I agreed. They said they would permanently close my account and that's fine. But taking my money because I allegedly used them as a bank?

[Henry17]

What level do you play at?

[runwalkjump]

2-4 through 10-20 depending on the games. I play at a lot of places

[Oliver Nipples]

Shocked that you just joined today and this is your first post...

[runwalkjump]

Yes, I know. I thought I addressed that in the first line of the post. Do you have anything constructive to say or add to the discussion, or are you just going to pile on with the LOL HE IS NEW MUST BE A SCAMMER comments.

[Synergistic Explosions]

I think we see that it is not a good idea to open a new account at a site, deposit 1700, play a few hours then transfer eveything to a friend.