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  1. ActionJeff ActionJeff is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:27pm)

    I haven't seen this posted on here yet.

    important information, very recent developements, all in this 2p2 thread:

    http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...umber=12523924

    to summarize, the user 363 superuser account was traced to an email address at an Absolute Poker domain believed to belong to a "Scott Tom". IP and email cross references showed that this was in fact the email of Scott Tom, CEO of Absolute Poker. Further research involving an internet company "Amnet" (which is used by p5s incidentally) showed that the IP address is a home modem. It was also revealed that a 2p2 poster who claimed to be high up in Absolute and who was spamming the boards with Absolute promotions and such had the same IP.

    correct me if any of this info is wrong.

    Conclusion: the CEO of absolute poker was using the superuser account from his home computer.

    Thanks to Nat, Adanthar, and all who figured this stuff out, most incredible display of internet research I have ever seen.

    Whether Scott Tom is still CEO and has a big part in Absolute poker after the Absolute UB merger, I do not know.

    -Jeff
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  2. jalman1 jalman1 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:27pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW............good stuff Jeff this could get intresting....
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  3. Prophite Prophite is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:28pm) in reply to jalman1

    GG Absolute
  4. acecatcher26 acecatcher26 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:29pm) in reply to jalman1

    OOPS
  5. cmval cmval is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:29pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    This gets more messed up by the day
  6. melbournejoe melbournejoe is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:29pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    What this 'Nat' guy has figured out recently amazes me, i had no idea it was possible to figure all this out. GJ.
     
  7. nowapowa nowapowa is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:30pm) in reply to jalman1

    Scott Tom, CEO of Absolute Poker

    LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
  8. N 82 50 24 N 82 50 24 is offline herp derp derp

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:30pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    FWIW, I didn't figure it out, Adanthar did.

    But I think a lot of what he found regarding Scott Tom makes sense.

    Here is the link:

    http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...umber=12523924
     
  9. N 82 50 24 N 82 50 24 is offline herp derp derp

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:30pm) in reply to melbournejoe

    Adanthar connected the whole thing to Scott Tom.
     
  10. Camz Camz is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:33pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    Is this 'Ripley's Believe it or Not?'
  11. FiGMan FiGMan is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:34pm) in reply to N 82 50 24

    from running pscrew to now taking down cheating muli-billion dollar companies. Well done Nat, well done.

    By any chance do you know who was on the grassy knole?
  12. Pist0nH0nda Pist0nH0nda is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:34pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    Is it possible that if the AP CEO is behind this that he did it because of the UB merger? Maybe the guy was going to lose his job as a result of it and decided to try and make a quick payday while he still could.
     
  13. warden warden is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:35pm) in reply to Pist0nH0nda

    ^^^^
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  14. BraveJayhawk BraveJayhawk is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:35pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    I'm in a state of shock.
     
  15. JOEYTHEB JOEYTHEB is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:36pm) in reply to N 82 50 24

    my mother always taught me never to trust any1 with 2 first names!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    n work boyz..........fryem!!!

    JTB
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  16. ShooterJ ShooterJ is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:36pm) in reply to BraveJayhawk

    lol this just keeps getting better and better (or worse and worse i suppose)
  17. shankingyou shankingyou is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:37pm) in reply to Camz

    I met this guy along with all his frat buddies two years ago in Vegas after qualifying on AP for the main event. This does not surprise me at all, and I actually played some poker with them and they were god awful, so I'm not surprised at all that potripper's cheating was so obvious. They were a bunch of cocky guys in their late 20s and they liked to brag how they played high stakes games with celebs at the palms. FU Scott Tom.
  18. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:39pm) in reply to JOEYTHEB

    LMAO Joey I just posted the same thing a few minutes ago in the other thread
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  19. Pupkin Pupkin is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:39pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    The more specific it is, the better it is for online poker, I guess. Would be great if we could actually have a name and face for ONE GUY who did all this, as opposed to people just thinking "online poker is rigged" in general. Need a criminal to catch. Either way, this all sucks obviously.
  20. bettntibetn bettntibetn is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:39pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    Holy mother of god. If anyone is still playing Absolute please stop now.
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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:40pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    The way this was figured out is simply amazing. I am so impressed. Future scammers can just take one look at the detective work here and they will realize there are people smarter than them who will nail their ass if they try any similar bullshit. Score one for the good guys.
     
  22. Maits10 Maits10 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:41pm) in reply to ShooterJ

    This is absolutely the most amazing thing I've heard about in a loooooooooooong time.

    Mad props to those super slueths that broke this open.

    gg Absolute, plz GFYADIAF
  23. Reech Reech is offline around

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:43pm) in reply to BraveJayhawk

    how does one get a piece of the movie rights NOW? Even if it were crap, it would have to be better than Lucky You.
  24. vetiver vetiver is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:45pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    This sucks because when I try telling friends/family about this insane debacle everyone's going to think I've gone mad and am into conspiracy theories.

    If/when this is confirmed, p5ers and 2+2ers better stop playing Absolute. Prize pools might be juicy and all, but continuing to provide them business signals to all poker companies that integrity and scam-prevention is of no importance.

    Will somebody please make a movie about this? Russell Crowe will play Nat, insane-decipher-man.
     
  25. mozzer mozzer is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:45pm) in reply to Beaver Fever

    yowza. nice job detectives.
  26. JOEYTHEB JOEYTHEB is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:46pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    MY ONLY QUESTION IS WTF IS CARDPLAYER WAITING FOR ?

    THEY HAVENT MENTIONED A WORD ABOUT THIS YET......#1 POKER MEDIA SILENT STILL ?????

    SO SAD!!

    JTB.
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  27. rexmundi1337 rexmundi1337 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:46pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    disgusting...
  28. Wiscomurray Wiscomurray is online now

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:47pm) in reply to mozzer

    I know its already been said, but holy shit are you guys smart. cant believe how you guys figured this out, but wowowowowowo.
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  29. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:47pm) in reply to JOEYTHEB

    they have asked me and marco for an interview... not sure what we're gonna do tho, I want to wait for all the facts to come out first, no need to rush and have them print a story with speculation... Nat, adanthar and some other guys at 2+2 are doing an amazing job right now and we will have a lock of a case to present soon...
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  30. IamBigBlack IamBigBlack is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2007 (10/16/2007 5:48pm) in reply to ActionJeff

    gg online poker
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