offically stox to be assimilated into cardrunners on may 1sts
http://www.stoxpoker.com/viewblogs.php
Dear StoxPoker Members:
In lieu of the recent events, it has been decided that the StoxPoker website will be merged with CardRunners. This change will take full-effect on May 1st, 2010.
We feel that this is the best course of action for both the members as well as our Coaches and we look forward to CardRunners fielding the most diverse and talented roster to produce instructional videos for our members. The combination of both websites will provide a tremendous depth and breadth of knowledge and this expertise will be exhibited throughout all the content that we will produce going forward.
All of you who have memberships to StoxPoker will have your memberships honored and transferred to CardRunners. If there are any issues with screen name conflicts or payments, we will handle each matter individually and in a timely manner.
While I will continue to serve in my role as a liaison for the members as Brand Manager, I wanted to thank each and every one of you for your continued support and contributions to the community and for making StoxPoker a tremendous asset for aspiring players. I look forward to continue dissecting hands and gathering your suggestions on the CardRunners forums.
If you have any specific questions regarding your accounts or inquiries, I will answer questions in the corresponding forum as well as via email at
stoxalex@gmail.com.
Warm Regards,
Alex Huang
StoxPoker Brand Manager
and from the stox thread here
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/19...4/index66.html
"Hey guys, the following is some clarification on certain issues and an update on our course of action for Stoxpoker.
Multi-accounting is unacceptable if you are a representative of our company. From now on, we will require a statement from each coach about the accounts that they play on and reassurance that they do not multi-account. While some coaches may prefer to play anonymously on sites they do not make videos on, they need to be honest with us about their accounts so we can be as sure as possible that they are in compliance of poker site T&C's. FTP security has also offered to help us with this process and we have accepted their offer.
When Nick told me in mid January that he was 40putts, the first thing I asked about was the reference to collusion that had been posted about a year ago. It was pointed out to me that Stars had done an investigation at the time and found no wrongdoing. At the same time, Nick told me that he was taking a break from playing poker. He agreed that when he resumed playing poker, he would make a post explaining the situation. Neither I nor anyone at CardRunners had any knowledge of a 3rd account he created a short time later. We were all disappointed to find out about this account when it was posted by an anonymous poster.
Last week, Nick agreed to resign from our company and is no longer associated with us as a manager or coach. While I don't know what the resolution of the investigation(s) will be as to the alleged collusion and soft-playing, we denounce these behaviors by anyone, inside or outside of our company, in the strongest way possible. I have done everything I possibly can to get a copy of the the 40putts database, but have not yet received it. I urged Nick to make his database available to a few trusted people, both inside and outside of our company.
Finally, I concluded that the StoxPoker brand cannot be salvaged as part of our effort to improve our business. We'll be adding many of the Stoxpoker coaches to the CardRunners roster, and we'll honor all StoxPoker memberships at CardRunners. I'd like to say thanks to all of the Stoxpoker coaches for their efforts over the years, your contributions have been much appreciated, and I'm sorry about any guilt by association you may have felt because of recent events. These changes will be effective May 1, 2010 and further details will be sent soon to all our members. "
so it changes.. eh?