The debates around the Absolute Poker are getting wilder every day.
The latest news was a statement made by Absolute Poker representatives who refused to recognize that any person could access a "superuser" account and that no one could see any hole cards. After examination of the hand histories and evidence, they came to the conclusion that there was no any wrong-doing. Investigation of the issue is promised to be continued. It seemed that the matter was solved at the moment. But everything is not that simple.
A new curious incident has happened. A player called "CrazyMarco" (he had come second in that now notorious tournament that was won by "Potripper") asked Absolute poker to send him the hand histories from this tournament. His request was fulfilled but in a surprising manner even for the player himself – he received the histories including the hole cards of every player at the table together with his own.
"CrazyMarco" was pretty disturbed when after reviewing just a few hands he found out that Potripper had won the tournament unfairly as he was constantly cheating. Absolute Poker didn’t make much effort even to hide it more thoroughly. The evidence is everywhere – in the way he played his hands, raised or folded. If you want to see it yourself in more details, visit Pocketfives and Twoplustwo. These sites represent a great contribution made by the people who could have got these hand histories out to the public. No wonder that there is no confidence anymore that another tournaments on Absolute haven’t been won in similar way.
This is not the end of the story. The most interesting part is in continuation. The question is who was involved in the operation.
To send the hand history with all the hole cards displayed wasn’t the biggest mistake made by Absolute Poker. They went further and fare worse. The message also contained the email addresses / account id's / IP addresses of people who opened up a table as observers during the tournament.
An account of Absolute Poker with an ID of 363 opened up Potripper's table two hands into the tournament and provided him with all possibilities. The ID number has a great importance here as it means that this account was one of the first accounts registered at Absolute Poker. Thus, we can come to the conclusion that apparently a person involved in the matter must have a close relation to the Absolute Poker Company. It might be an employee, member of the management board or shareholder and so on.
When ID number 363 opens up Potripper’s table to observe, the player begins to play aggressively and wins almost all hands.
The most probable version here is that Potripper’s account was sham. ID 363 must have had access to hole cards and transferred the information to “Potripper”.
The IP address of User ID 363 is likely to be from Costa Rica, where the headquarters of Absolute Poker are located.