Hi. I play turbo hu sng-s at pokerstars for a lot of years. I had to make a thread because it is just ridiculous situation. So in 2017 I noticed players keep writing in chats all kinds of things. Accusations of all kind of cheats (being a bot, being a ps employee who is there to drive the games, sharing account u name it). I also received plenty of death wish for me and my family from the "great" regular players. I really didn't care about these things until in the chatbox appeared a text and had 30 seconds to write it in the chat the to confirm I am not a bot. This happened twice. Then a player told me about a thread about me in this forum. Here is the thread link.
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...-help-1602338/
I found I was reported and verified by ps. They found nothing. This year thing got heated. All the regulars keep harassing and threatening me as they joined together vs. me. They threatened to report me and I told them please do it. The cheating accusation were almost a daily's thing. For a while I turned of the chat and even contacted ps about these allegations and I asked to make a full review about my account. Nothing happened until yesterday when I recieved this email.
"We are writing to advise that your Stars Account has been frozen for a security review.
Please explain in specific detail what you have done over the last year in terms of studying, coaching and anything to improve your poker game and advantage over your opponents. Particular details that must be included are:
User IDs of all players you have worked with in any capacity;
Sites other than Stars where you’ve been playing, and your game selection there;
Software, tools and methods used to study;
Software and tools used as you play on Stars, and likewise for other sites;
Do you use charts or any other reference material to assist your play? If so, please provide us with details and complete copies of them.
Please also explain in specific detail your hardware setup. Particular details that must be included are:
The specifications of the different devices used to play on your Stars account;
Specifications of your most usually used setup while playing on your Stars account;
Any changes and a timeline of significant updates and changes to the above;
Any reasons for your device and computer peripheral specifications.
Where do you access our site from? (home, office, etc)
What kind of connection you use? (Wifi, 3G/4G, etc)
Did you receive assistance in setting up your computer? If so, please provide the details.
The account privileges of your Stars Account, have been suspended pending the outcome of our review. Playing on our platforms during this time will cause any such account to be closed and the funds therein confiscated. Please respond fully and completely within 48 hours. Your cooperation will help to bring the matter to a close promptly.
Regards,
Harry
Stars Game Integrity"
So why and how this started?
Firstly because I don't have a table selection, I play almost everyone and the regulars didn't like this at all. They called me donk and fish and still they were upset I played against them. I told them if I am fish you should be happy that I am sitting at your table. Real regular even accused me that I am a fish who's account is rigged by ps to win. Really? I don't bum hunt, I don't use seating scripts, I am not using any kind of software tools...absolutely nothing. I don't even have a tracker. The one thing I used in the past is sharkscope. I don't like to wait for free lobby's, because there never is one without a regular. I want to play. I know that it hurts my profit playing vs. good regulars, but from the moment they accused of cheating my ego reacted. I was willing to make adjustments, but they went to far.
Secondly they pointed out that I played inhuman hours and games and that is not possible for one person to do that. Well unfortunately it is possible. When running really bad and tilting my days were like this. Woke up and instant logged in. I played until I literally couldn't keep my eyes open (18 hours of play). During the day maybe I eat a sandwich and that was it. I slept 4 hours and the cycle continued until I was exhausted. There were times when it went for a week...probably this is why I lost a lot of weight. During this period I tilted, played bad and of course i lost. When finally things went my way and running good I played like 2-3 hours daily. This doesn't bother nobody and no one notice it. So believe me it is possible to play this amount of games.
So I ask u players with experience if I am a bot, if I have shared account, if the games are rigged for me would I go through this poker torture? This isn't a one time thing unfortunetaly. Lately I tried to have some control over these downswing, but still I can easily play 10 hours a day without torturing myself. So all these accusations are really ridiculous, because I know my only "mistake" is play everyone and some periods of time taking playing to extreme. Ps has all my hand history and logging and ip logs and am 100% willing to share any of the data I can with you. Ps now is verifying my account for a few days, but I just wanted to share this. When not bumhunting and sometimes being a poker maniac become cheating by the standards of the so called regulars?