if he is truly buying up lock funds at market value, i feel a lot better about the situation. he might not be privy to the entire picture but he certainly is more informed than the rest of us. he's not an idiot, and he wouldn't throw away money on a poor investment, especially when he already has a six-figure balance stuck on there. this makes me considerably more confident that we will EVENTUALLY (could be awhile) get our money. we'll see.

Wrong.

When it comes to poker, he seems to be a good player, and appears smart on the felt.

Off the felt, he is the epitome of the naive kid, all too trusting and easily manipulated.

I mean, listen to what he said in the video. His entire reason for trusting Lock was talking to Jennifer Larson in Portugal, and hearing a bunch of stories about "plans" to make everything better.

He has seen no concrete evidence that Lock has the player funds, and has no solid information that things will actually get better.

His entire support of Lock is based upon "Jennifer told me it would..."

i know nothing about the guy so maybe you're right and he is an idiot. it still is comforting to me that someone who has access to more information regarding lock's overall situation than the rest of us has decided that buying up lock funds at a discounted rate is a good investment, despite the fact that he already has over $100,000 tied up on the site. i certainly feel better than i did when i heard about the other pros trying to unload at .33.

I can guarantee you that he has no access to "information".

He has access to empty promises and false explanations that were meant to let the pros with a conscience sleep better while staying aboard this sinking ship.

I don't think he's a bad kid, but is just naive and too trusting, and definitely in denial.

It is very easy to be led to a conclusion that you want to see reached.

When I used to visit chat rooms years ago, I remember there were "women" who were very clearly men in disguise. The signs were quite obvious that these "hot chicks" were fake, but I found that certain guys were in denial about this, and in fact lashed out at me when I tried to tell them the truth. I came to learn that these otherwise hetero guys would rather stay the course and continue their online romance with the phony "woman" than be forced to admit to themselves that they had been hot-chatting a dude for several months.

So that's basically where guys like PrimoridialAA stand right now. He could use common sense and realize that Lock has degenerated into a Full-Tilt-like scam, but that would require coming to terms with the fact that he represented such a shady company, as well as continued promoting them for months after being made aware of what was occurring. It's much easier for him to simply close his eyes, believe what Jennifer told him, and hope everything turns out okay.

What is a Ponzi Scheme?

I can't wait to see the US Department of Justice a.k.a. doj ride in on their white horses and relieve of us all of this vile being known in its material form as Lock Poker.

I agree, because if he had access to information, he would jump ship, because Lock is broke.

I'm was serious with my question. There has been no report on any of the major poker news sites that Cake, Revolution (or whatever you want to call the Network) has made the claim that Lock owes $4M to them.

It's a strong statement to make without a source link.

This is what he said on May 5 (his bold, not mine btw)

Still comforting?

Well like I said.. "he" can believe whatever he wants.

Two and a half months later.. Where's that barometer gone?!?!

Awful player, worse person

He also said he moved from the US and his last 2 cashouts were 10 weeks and 5 weeks. So while US players are waiting 6 months for a few hundred bucks (and more), he's buying up lock funds on the cheap while getting a quick cashout.

Would he be doing the same thing if he was in "the batch" with all the other US players?

Is this expressing "faith" in Lock, or exploiting US players who cant get their money off Lock?

The "barometer of give it 3-4 weeks" has passed without improvement, why has he not addressed this?

He has a great reputation. Just ask him, and he will tell you.........................

Well at this point it would be pretty hard for him to believe that there's going to be big improvements within 3 weeks of May 5 since its already come and gone, and there isn't any reason for anyone to put any stock into what he believes, or what he claims to believe, when he has already done this once, and even used the words concrete time frame, and was wrong.

Its also pretty obvious its not just a matter of him having good intentions, but being stupid or naive. If that were true, he would address a lot more things than he does.

Please help

When he says "I am not getting money off of the site any faster than anyone else my last 2 cashouts took 10 weeks and 5 weeks" For me personally my last cashout took 16 weeks and im on week 5 of my current one. If there is a way to get my cashouts in 5 or even 10 weeks please let me know.

I think he put his foot in his mouth with that one. There was a lot of stuff he said that does not add up. He probably thought mentioning that he was buying up lock funds would come across as having faith in the company. To me it comes across as an insider exploiting a bad situation. The people he helped sign up in the US wait 6 months and because he is abroad he can cash out in 5 weeks. Shady

yeah i didnt even want to touch that topic because i heard people were having there cashout option taken away for doing that exact same thing and ohh come to mention hes getting that money faster than people playing by the rules imagine that.

HammerMan buys $5,000 Lock from Hubbard @.26 and sells it to Primo @.33.


Who's da winner?

If you think you profited on that group of transactions, not much I can do but laugh at you.

Shane, is anyone accountable for Lock Poker's reputation? You're the only one who is consistently showing up to defend Lock. Granted, we may not like what you say all the time, but you rarely disappear for too long.

PrimordialAA didn't speak up, he regurgitated all the crap he's been fed by Lock's upper management.

Uhm I was obviously joking

I think the phrase is actually "when you lie with dogs, you get some really weird STD that baffles doctors and is not cured by antibiotics."

It's a cautionary tale about why sleeping with animals is really unhealthy and dangerous.

Basically, PrimordialAA shouldn't associate with Lock because he'll get a dog STD and that's worse than .33c to the dollar.