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Originally Posted by TommyTsunami
Wow sketch-city... 2+2 is taking advertising from these guys? Can a moderator please explain why 2+2 is accepting advertising dollars from a poker site that is obviously misrepresenting itself in an attempt to deceive customers???
This is incredible.
A few points here. First of all, if you want an answer about 2+2 site policy, it's best to contact someone at the site directly (there are numerous contact links on every page), rather than posting and hoping administration happens to read your post (of the thousands that are written every day). Secondly, our volunteer moderators aren't going to be able to tell you much about our advertisers. I don't mention these things as criticisms, but as information to help you in the future.
I'm rather perplexed about your last question. We're not supposed to accept advertising dollars from a site because we should know that one person would post some time in the future that they received misleading information about the site? I must be missing something, because there's no way that could make sense to you.
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Originally Posted by Kardnel
This site is a scam. This is coming from a successful online pro in 2016. I am not a rigtard and have not made a claim like this before. This site is actually a scam. You have been warned - do not deposit here! Affiliates should stop advertising here and warn all of their players.
Some evidence would be great.
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Originally Posted by Kardnel
Just so it is clear: I am 100% positive this site is rigged. They are terrible at hiding it. Getting consistently minraise bluffed by a couple of fish is one thing. When it is the same stupid raise over and over again from 20 different opponents in 3 hours though, you can be 100% sure it is the same guy or two that you're actually playing against. When a reg 5b/calls it off with AJ 180bb deep you know something is up too. When you don't win a single preflop all in against big underdogs. When everyone else I talk to is experiencing the same exact thing. How does a brand new site have multiple games running at high stakes over night without any real advertising? And so on.
Do not deposit here, ourgame.poker is a super clear scam.
I sure hope this isn't all you have.
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Originally Posted by Kardnel
And the shill in this thread should be banned from 2+2. Considering this is fraud, it might also be prudent for 2+2 to forward the shill's details to his country's authorities.
WTF (and who) are you talking about?
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Originally Posted by Kardnel
Why do you shill for thieves? May I ask you why?
Oh, I see - you're one of those guys who gets so wound up about a site that anyone else who isn't equally outraged is instantly labelled a shill.
Let's have a look at the poster you say "shills for thieves". 14 posts and ~24 hours earlier, he posted this:
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Originally Posted by pecal
after i deep investigation in sng section i can say that this site is a big scam. players are not players at all . they are all bots. is impossible having games run over 2 h ( sit and go ) .only a very bad programming can do that . and timing before acting is hilarious .
players from france ? really?
i will stay away from this poker room.
Wow, what a shill. How dare he suggest that you are causing panic by throwing out unsubstantiated allegations...sure he said the site is a big scam, but he disagreed with you once, so he must be a shill!!!
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Originally Posted by SantaCruz
If anyone thinks that the site's RNG is rigged then post stats to prove it. If anyone says that the company is owned by Lock then show something to support that claim. Let's not turn this into another riggie thread.
This, this, this.
Please don't take my points above the wrong way. I'm actually happy this thread has been created, and I think our posters have every right to urge caution and ask tough questions about any site, and especially a new one. But FFS, what is with all this nonsense calling them thieves, a scam, rigged, and accusing them of infecting computers with trojans, all with hardly a shred of evidence to back it up? Do you guys really think this is in any way helpful? Most people are going to go through some of your posts and just dismiss this thread as a waste of time. If there are serious issues to be discussed, let's discuss them seriously. If it weren't for the fact that I don't want to squelch discussion about a new site, I'd be inclined to just delete this thread given all the ridiculous accusations with noting to back them up.
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Originally Posted by SantaCruz
The real problem here is that this site is using the name of a much more well established site.
At this point, this is about the only thing that concerns me. Not that there haven't been other important issues raised, but I'm not giving them much credit until I see something more substantial posted.
I've asked the site directly about this, and they tell me they do not believe they are infringing any trademarks, and that their employees are instructed to tell people who ask that they are not the same company. I'm not so sure about their trademark answer, but I'm certainly not an expert in these matters. I know there are or have been very similarly named sites (Hi, Winner Poker and Winning Poker!); not sure if this crosses the line or not, especially since copyright/trademark laws aren't the same everywhere. I'd expect that if a trademark is being violated, that measures would be taken quite quickly.
The current campaign is a short one, and will be over in several days. In spite of that, if we felt there was compelling reason to cancel the campaign, we would do so (as we have with other sites in the past). However, at this point I don't see anything that makes me thing we have cause to cancel an existing agreement.
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Originally Posted by lnternet
Be careful. But maybe it's gonna be something.
Good advice IYAM, for this site or any new site. Always be cautious. I wouldn't ever deposit life-changing money on any new site - I'd dip my toes in the water and see how I liked it first. Maybe this site will be great, maybe it will be a disaster, or maybe it will fall somewhere in the middle - time will tell.
We (2+2) have no way of knowing what new site is going to succeed or fail. Sadly, history has shown that there is no certain way to know if
any site, new or established, will be around for the long term. Of course that doesn't excuse us from being as vigilant as we can, and not doing business with sites that we don't feel comfortable with. But we also aren't going to never take advertising from any new site, nor are we going to pull advertising the first time someone yells "scam".
Hopefully this all makes sense, and we certainly welcome feedback. Please continue posting any concerns (and positive experiences!), but it would be great if we could move towards more evidence-based suppositions - the other stuff isn't helpful to anyone, yourselves included.