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04-04-2009, 07:20 PM
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old hand
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Udon Thani
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
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Originally Posted by Biko
It still amazes me that people will willing put money on sites with names such as 'Hot Pepper Poker' and 'Mr Urban Poker'. For starters, are there any people playing at these sites?
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Probably not many, most of it was at:
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Battlefield Poker
Royal Card Club
Red Nines
Arctic Poker
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If I ever get my 4k back I'm gonna spend it on the most ridiculous BS possible.
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I vote for 4,000 copies of Moneymaker's book (must be some company with some left over they'd sell now for $1 each). Put them all on bookshelves at your house and whenever someone asks about them, respond with "I hate money".
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04-04-2009, 07:31 PM
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centurion
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Thailand
Posts: 104
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
I had like 10k there, burn in hell microgaming...
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04-04-2009, 08:11 PM
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grinder
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: The 519
Posts: 625
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
As a fellow alum of my school, I feel sorry for bigt2k4, who had something like $400k stuck on there, which was like 80% or more of his roll.
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04-04-2009, 08:34 PM
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old hand
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,588
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
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Originally Posted by skier_5
On these occasions, Microgaming did the right thing and should receive all due credit.
Why would they not now?
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Because there's undoubtedly a much larger amount of money involved this time, and Microgaming's market share has been in decline for a long time, so while I 100% agree they should do it this time, as well, I think they are unlikely to do so.
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04-04-2009, 08:37 PM
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old hand
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,588
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
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Originally Posted by ivvaen
microgaming is a disgrace.
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Yes.
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Originally Posted by Biko
It still amazes me that people will willing put money on sites with names such as 'Hot Pepper Poker' and 'Mr Urban Poker'. For starters, are there any people playing at these sites?
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So what? Full Tilt Poker is an equally hokey name. Or Bodog Poker - what IS a Bodog, exactly?
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04-04-2009, 08:45 PM
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adept
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: St. ELMO!!!
Posts: 833
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
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Originally Posted by questions
Yes.
So what? Full Tilt Poker is an equally hokey name. Or Bodog Poker - what IS a Bodog, exactly?
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Cake is my favorite and I am still not sure why it is called cake.
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04-04-2009, 08:48 PM
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veteran
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bobby's Room
Posts: 2,948
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
One error:
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Originally Posted by skier_5
That eCOGRA had described the financial collapse of six casinos and twenty eight poker rooms as an "administrational issue"...
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That was Tusk/Casino Action's description, not eCOGRA's ( 1, 2)
Last edited by Self Made; 04-04-2009 at 08:57 PM.
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04-04-2009, 08:49 PM
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journeyman
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 336
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
eurolinx ftw
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04-04-2009, 08:52 PM
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banned
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 55
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
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Originally Posted by jbizz54
As a fellow alum of my school, I feel sorry for bigt2k4, who had something like $400k stuck on there, which was like 80% or more of his roll.
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If that number is true this is absolutely outrageous and not right. I feel so so bad for this guy.
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04-04-2009, 08:56 PM
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Pooh-Bah
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London
Posts: 5,257
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
hey guys I agree it's a great post that sums up this ****ty situation well, but I can't take credit for it. Caruso and soul rebel (and probably some others i apologize for missing) deserve the credit. I'm just the messenger.
Last edited by skier_5; 04-04-2009 at 09:15 PM.
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04-04-2009, 09:08 PM
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Carpal \'Tunnel
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 16,263
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
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Originally Posted by PropPlayer
Probably not many, most of it was at:
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I vote for 4,000 copies of Moneymaker's book (must be some company with some left over they'd sell now for $1 each). Put them all on bookshelves at your house and whenever someone asks about them, respond with "I hate money".
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LOL, thats good.
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04-04-2009, 09:29 PM
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centurion
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: euro
Posts: 127
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
had 100% of my roll on battlefield, cashed all a few weeks not sure why.. phew
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04-04-2009, 09:39 PM
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adept
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: The Seven Seas of Ryhe
Posts: 1,155
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
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Originally Posted by ivvaen
microgaming is a disgrace.
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good stuff
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04-04-2009, 10:17 PM
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grinder
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: CT
Posts: 683
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
I barely followed this when it first broke, so maybe it's been mentioned a ton; but maybe Microgaming created/used Tusk for these newer skins to protect Microgaming from the liability of paying if they failed. Kinda like a buffer for the parent company.
It's odd that Micrograming would allow certain poker sites within it's network to be run by someone else (or at least by a different entity). Trying to figure out ownership of these sites is nauseating.
Maybe it was Microgaming equivalent of a 'minor league' to see if any of the skins would make money.
I'm sure there's tons more to the story that we'll never know.
Just rambling....
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04-04-2009, 11:58 PM
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Carpal \'Tunnel
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Toronto, ON Canada
Posts: 8,716
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Re: Microgaming poker scandal: licensee in liquidation, and poker players abandoned and owed $5
I consider myself extremely fortunate that a friend advised that I switch to a different Microgaming skin about a month before this all happened. The switch wasn't made because he foresaw this...it was just a lucky coincidence that this site wasn't one of those 27-28 that got locked down...because I WAS with Arctic, and before that Battlefield.
I'm no longer with Microgaming at all, though.
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