Absolute

dominique · 09-07-2008, 12:35 PM

Until we are sure they have truly cleaned up their act, we cannot recommend you playing at Absolute

Apparently there was a bunch of cheating going on - it appears to be cleaned up now but I would wait a bit to make sure there is no more fallout.

Biscuit · 09-07-2008, 01:41 PM

I applaud this warning. Note that Absolute and Ultimate Bet are jointly owned and managed, and UB had a big cheating problem as well.

beaston · 09-07-2008, 05:23 PM

Here's a great link regarding this at Wizard of Odds site.

It really goes in depth about the fishy hands raised in the allegations against Absolute Poker.

To sum it all up:

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Of these 93 hands, POTRIPPER won 56 times, in an average 8.13 players per hand. Assuming all players are equally skilled you would expect 11.49 wins. POTRIPPER was 14.03 standard deviations above expectations. The probability of luck this good or better is 1 in 1.88 × 1044. It would be easier to buy a 6/49 lottery ticket in six different states, and hit the jackpot all six times. Still, could it still just be chip dumping, or playing very bad players? The playback, in my opinion, shows otherwise.

Case closed

And, think what you want, but I'm 99.9% certain that blackjack at Absolute Poker is rigged. I've been playing blackjack for 15 years, and I've NEVER seen anything like what I've witnessed there.

catwoman · 09-11-2008, 01:34 AM

amazing, they both used to be such popular sites...makes me wonder, where the always crooked, or did something happen that made them decide to cheat?? if they were always crooked, ....they took alot of players money and we didn;t have a clue. shameful