Massive bot ring on PokerStars/Party and how to spot them - Page 58 - Small Stakes Pot Limit Omaha

Beware. I randomly received the message below on FB. Im 99% sure sharkscript is the dude that wrote to me on FB. im not posting his IRL name cause i dont want people to fall for his shenanigans. Guess he wants to meet drochba to try and make some sketchy software and try to sell it for astronomical price...

FB message i got:

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hello. how are you?
I am a Chinese developer in Changchun city of China. I am going to discuss about online poker software.
If you have experience in online poker, you can know about poker table auto seating.
I have rich experience in poker application. partypoker, pokerstars, 888poker, ipoker and etc
I am going to discuss about poker table auto seating through poker application customization.
There are several level players in the world.
weak poker player, strong poker player
After you play with tweak player, if you feel that this player is weak player, you can mark that.
After that, if you(weak player) will come in poker , program will be seated best position in poker automatically.
My product is fast. Because i get all information from memory.
So you can set best table rapidly.
if you are interested in this app, would you send me message?

lol @ you - so your ****ty software is expensive cause you only want to "work" with a few people, but then you go and send this message to every pokerplayer you can find on FB?? Please gtfo. STOP MESSING WITH ONLINE POKER.

Last edited by kelnel; 07-17-2015 at 03:04 AM.

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07-17-2015 , 02:45 AM

#1427

kelnel

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Originally Posted by danfiu

gtfo with ur script

Im a slow pony

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07-18-2015 , 09:10 AM

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TimStone

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Chinese script developer wat could go wrong

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07-19-2015 , 02:24 AM

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analihilator

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so wtf happened, any statement from stars ? why isnt anyone saying ****.

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07-19-2015 , 03:56 AM

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yoyoplo

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Bots are banned, we are waiting for refunds now I think

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07-19-2015 , 09:40 AM

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Oink

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Originally Posted by analihilator

so wtf happened, any statement from stars ? why isnt anyone saying ****.

Bots are gone

Stars wont say anything publicly. Per their policy. Annoying, but what are you gonna do, its their business to run as they see fit.

Refunds will be ridic small compared to the amounts in question. Cant say for sure, but I am guessing Stars only refund funds that are confiscated. So to the extend the bots kept small amounts on their accounts, refunds will be small. Anyone who thinks Stars will reimburse us out of their own pocket is delusional

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07-19-2015 , 10:37 AM

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analihilator

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that is a totally god damn unsatisfying conclusion. cheers oink.

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07-19-2015 , 11:38 AM

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MATT111

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I have a feeling they are already testing the waters with new accounts. So frustrating that Stars will be getting away with whatever they decide to do.

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07-19-2015 , 12:16 PM

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kelnel

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it doesnt have to end just like that. Richard already said that UK comission is monitoring this. Something could come out of this, including reimbursement of rake paid. You don't have to completely lose hope.

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07-20-2015 , 03:52 AM

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ESKiMO-SiCKNE5S

What SN is this?

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Originally Posted by MATT111

I have a feeling they are already testing the waters with new accounts. So frustrating that Stars will be getting away with whatever they decide to do.

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07-20-2015 , 05:10 AM

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papahook

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Originally Posted by Oink

I asked stars via email yesterday. Their response:

The investigation is indeed still ongoing and we are doing our best to come to a resolution.

Once this resolution has been reached, we will be contacting all the players who wrote to us back.

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07-20-2015 , 01:44 PM

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analihilator

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slightly better. thank you papa

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07-21-2015 , 07:01 AM

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kelnel

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Some PS rep posted this in a random thread in NVG

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Originally Posted by PokerStars Michael J

Hello,

PokerStars seizes funds from players in three main circumstances:

a) A player breaks our Terms of Service, and harms other players (e.g., collusion)
In these circumstances, confiscated funds are returned to the victims of misbehaviour. On some occasions the amount of money seized from offenders is less than the harm caused. In such circumstances PokerStars provides additional funds to ensure an appropriate compensation pool is available.

b) A player breaks our Terms of Service, and does not cause harm to others (e.g., underage play)
In these circumstances, confiscated funds are donated to various charities. We choose the charities that they are donated to, but always welcome player suggestions. This is in addition to, and separate from, our Corporate Giving program which is detailed online at http://www.rationalgroup.com/helping-hands/

c) A player breaks our Terms of Service, does not harm other players, but rather, causes harm to PokerStars (e.g., a player makes a fraudulent deposit)
In these circumstances, confiscated funds are used to reduce the amount of the money defrauded from PokerStars.

The original poster of this thread also asked about auditors. Information about corporate issues, such as auditors, is available online at http://www.amaya.com/

Sincerely,

Michael Josem
PokerStars Communications Team

In the first circumstance, the rep says that stars does actually provides additional $ from their own pocket. That is obv good news, but I wonder why we usually get $11.23 or so in refunds if they really do so. Anyway, just some piece of info that can be relevant here.

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07-21-2015 , 07:12 AM

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alexo18

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They dont mention what they do with the earnings made during the foul period

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07-21-2015 , 07:35 AM

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vinrok

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Originally Posted by papahook

Is this implying you need to contact them in order to receive a refund?

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07-21-2015 , 08:13 AM

#1441

papahook

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Originally Posted by vinrok

Is this implying you need to contact them in order to receive a refund?

No, just to recieve information.

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07-21-2015 , 06:50 PM

#1442

DaFooFighter

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I'd be really surprised if anyone gets back more than two figures

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07-23-2015 , 07:59 AM

#1443

MATT111

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Is freshleo known?

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07-23-2015 , 08:30 AM

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alexo18

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Originally Posted by MATT111

Is freshleo known?

Idk, but hes been playing for a long time

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07-24-2015 , 02:45 PM

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madsamot

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bootlegger is back, playing 500zoom

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07-24-2015 , 03:16 PM

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yoyoplo

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No pls no

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07-24-2015 , 05:37 PM

#1447

Grethe

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Discusting! That account is so obvious

A fun fact: The bootlegger account had only played 1 hand of zoom500 before today.. Seems like a good time to move up after a two month break.....

Last edited by Grethe; 07-24-2015 at 05:39 PM. Reason: Fun fact

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07-27-2015 , 08:02 AM

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freewilly12

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Originally Posted by madsamot

bootlegger is back, playing 500zoom

Did you really spot "BOOTTLEGGER"?

Bootleger22 has been playing some lately and is not the same account.

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07-29-2015 , 04:44 PM

#1449

freewilly12

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It's soon over two months since this thread... Stars wants us to forget so there will be less uproar in the event of tiny refund.

Anyone knows what happeneded to Schwein?