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Pokerstars owns!! Colluders caught, 1k+ credited to my account

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  1. Shepstar Shepstar is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 2:46pm)

    Below is the letter they sent me.. I know they cant tell me who they banned in this specific case - but can pokerstars make a public list of all the accounts they have banned in the past? I suck at sngos, I've lost 10k in the last month at the higher stakes; catching all the colluders in the world would probably not even help my cause - but it would be nice to know that I'm getting pwned by better players and not just by cheating scumbags.. I think a public list would help players police themselves - we know whos friends with who - maybe we could put 2 and 2 together with a list of banned players and catch some cheating scum who are still hanging around..

    Hello,
    >
    >PokerStars has become aware of players who were working together in our Sit & Go tournaments to the detriment of other players. You were involved in at least one tournament with these players and as a result you may have been adversely affected.
    >
    >The players' accounts were closed and their funds frozen pending a thorough investigation, which is now complete. In a case such as this it is our policy to confiscate the colluders' winnings or balances and to distribute them to the players affected by their actions in as fair a way as possible. To confirm your credit, log onto your PokerStars account, go to the 'Cashier' screen and click the 'History' button. Your share will be shown as a "Credit Purchase", followed by the amount of the credit.
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    >I regret that we will be unable to answer questions as to how your specific credit amount was calculated. Likewise, we are not at liberty to identify the specific games or players in question. Suffice to say that they have been barred from the site and you will not encounter them again.
    >
    >The integrity of the games at PokerStars is of paramount importance to us and we will not abide cheating or collusion in our games. We work hard to police our games and prevent such instances. In the rare cases where collusion has actually occurred, we make sure that any players affected are compensated appropriately.
    >
    >Thank you for your continued play here on PokerStars. Please do not hesitate to let us know any time we can be of help.
    >
    >
    >Best Regards,
    >
    >Steve
    >PokerStars Support Team
     
  2. josecanseco1 josecanseco1 is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 2:47pm) in reply to Shepstar

    I've always thought it was complete bullshit that they don't make the names public, but whatever.
  3. inissint inissint is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 2:49pm) in reply to josecanseco1

    jesus what limits?

    where the f is MY credit
     
  4. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 2:54pm) in reply to inissint

    you obv pwnt the colluders
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  5. Shepstar Shepstar is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 2:55pm) in reply to inissint

    dont even know what limits the cheaters were caught at.. I've played anywhere from $114 to $1100 this in the last 30 days.. mostly just $114 - $335 in the last 2 weeks tho... the $1200 credited is most likely from multiple sngos ..
     
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  6. cdmalgee cdmalgee is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 2:59pm) in reply to Shepstar

    Happy Valentine's Day stars

    I U
  7. BillMueller BillMueller is offline OT President

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 3:16pm) in reply to cdmalgee

    I think what inissiny meant to say is;

    zomg what site and stakes?!?!
  8. jwerk jwerk is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 3:20pm) in reply to Shepstar

    that is awesome. PS pwns. nh
  9. iamtheflash iamtheflash is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 3:41pm) in reply to jwerk

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!!!!!!!
  10. woosewoo woosewoo is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 4:18pm) in reply to Shepstar

    Same thing just happened to me. My account should have just had a few hundred in it, but I check and see $1500 in it. I was getting worried, but saw the same E-mail. I'm siked!!
  11. pegs13 pegs13 is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 5:18pm) in reply to woosewoo

    you get worried when there is more money in ur account?? wth do you do when there is less?
  12. towman1 towman1 is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 5:27pm) in reply to inissint

    LOL @ Inni MINE TOO
  13. Skeelz32 Skeelz32 is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2007 (2/13/2007 6:15pm) in reply to Shepstar

    Thats cool, glad they caught them and you got your dough back.

    I once to also reported some colluders to stars, but they determined there was no soft play. Which I didnt really agree with. These 2 guys where from the same town which caught my attention. They then chaged there towns once it was brought to attention at the table. So i sharkscoped them and found at least 7 different SnGs they played together. Wont get into any other detail about it cause it was just micro limits.
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