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PokerStars has become aware of a situation involving a violation of our Terms of Service, to the potential detriment of other players. You participated in games that were under consideration in this case and as a result you may have been adversely affected.

In a case such as this it is our policy to confiscate the balances of the offender(s) and for PokerStars to add funds where appropriate. This compensation pool is then distributed to players potentially affected in as fair a way as possible.

To confirm your credit, please log onto your PokerStars account, go to the 'Cashier' screen and click the 'History' button. Your share will be shown as "REFUND", followed by the amount of the credit.

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We regret that we will be unable to answer questions as to how your specific credit amount was calculated. Likewise, we are not at liberty to identify the specific games or player(s) in question. Suffice to say that the offender(s) have been barred from the site and you will not encounter them again.

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I only play PLO8, any clue who it could be?

Yeah, I got one also a couple weeks back. Only play 08 cash, and had played a very small amount of mixed game cash.

What stakes? Didn't receive any refunds myself.

no refunds for me, so no mtt/9max sng

Its cash i guess

Got one. I haven't played a lot of 1/2 or smaller recently so it might be in mid stakes.

I played mainly 25c-50c, 50c-1, and had played some 3-6 just before the refund.

some contact i have who are closer to this issue told me they take a bot down on lower stakes plo825 plo850 i believe. the money what was left in account what used for compensation for players who did play vs this bot.

It could be mindster. He certainly played like a bot.

Mindster is not a bot haha although he has played the same nitty style for 10+ years now

My hunch is it's not a bot, but collusion/card sharing between two players. I don't have a hunch who, though. For what it's worth, I have played only 2k tracked hands (mostly 1/2) this autumn and the refund was $80.

Hmm played a bit of 0.25/0.50-1/2 over the Summer so surprised I didn't get something, but imagine it wouldn't have been much.

Struggling to imagine who it could be though, who suddenly dropped out of the pool recently?

Got $160. Must be from 1/2 a few months back..

GhostlyDude??? as theres more than 1 person plays that account??

Probably not, as I haven't played him in ages. I'm guessing it was some non-reg russians.

He plays way too low to have that much given out in refunds.

Or maybe the joke about bedias and KKremate colluding turned out to be true?

if stars would catch them they should transfer me an house