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Originally Posted by EWS87
one of the dumbest things i have read in a while. why would you trust UB as much as FTP and PS? The only thing FTP has ever done was lock people's accounts if they suspected them of cheating, and both sites go to great lengths to protect its players. UB has already had a superuser, and will most likely have another one.
I made quite a general statement, comparing UB to online sites. Stars and FTP represent a small % of the number of sites out there. If we're just talking about Stars, then I would be much more comfortable depositing a large sum of money there than UB. But if you're talking about the other 95% of gambling sites, I don't percieve any real differences between them.
I think that since UB has had a superuser problem, that they are now less likely to have the same problem as some other random site.
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Originally Posted by EWS87
The second thing is even stupider. You should trust some offshore gambling website, who could shut down and disappear with all your money with no repercussions more then your FDIC insured bank???
I was making a somewhat satirical comment based on current events. I had just assumed that most people would have heard that Societe Generale lost 7 billion dollars in one day last week. Or perhaps, may have considered at some point, that the prospect of major US banks going bankrupt is now within the realm of possibility. eg, a google search of “Citibank and “Chapter 11”” yields more than 66K hits. And the motives behind Bank of America’s takeover of Countrywide Financial has been a pretty hot topic in recent weeks.
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Originally Posted by EWS87
theres like honestly not one part of your post that makes sense (except MAYBE the getting 25% bonus but its still probably not worth playing on UB
Well, only you can judge where the value is in online poker. But the next time you form an opinion on whether or not an online gambling site can be trusted, consider this: millions of dollars are allocated to near anonymous entities everyday online. When there is this much money at stake, I believe that it is impossible to avoid a significant level of cheating. I think it is extremely naive to think that online poker is on the up and up.
How many more JJ’s does Stars and FTP have? How many more collusion rings will be uncovered this year? How desperate will some of the small, struggling poker sites be to generate some extra cash?