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- Rumors Put Absolute Scam at $7 Million
According to Point-Spreads.com, AJ Green the man behind the Absolute scandal took down more than the $700K that Absolute is reporting. A former employee (who may have a bone to pick) dishes the dirt on Green’s activities in Costa Rica.
While at Nine.com, AJ had a portrait done of himself that hung on his [...]
- Absolute Changes Story . . . . Again!
Here is a recent communication that went out from AP to players:
Dear AP Player:
I am the former Grand Chief of the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake and the owner of Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, which holds a 100% interest in Absolute Poker.
As many of our players are aware, there has been a security breach in our system [...]
- Absolute BS
From the “You Don’t Really Expect Me to Buy This BS, Do You?†dept comes Absolute’s explanation of what actually happened. According to MSNBC a source within Absolute who would only be quoted anonymously said:
“This is literally a geek trying to prove to senior management that they were wrong and he took it too [...]
- Absolute Poker and Online Poker
I’ve been watching the Absolute cheating saga unfold over on 2+2 and P5’s and am shaking my head. I was trying to hold off judgement until a clear story came out (in case you want the whole story you can click here for a good summary) but now, according to P5’s, Absolute admits that [...]
- The new phone book’s here! The new phone book’s here!
“. . . Page 73 - Johnson, Navin R.! I’m somebody now! Millions of people look at this book everyday! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. I’m in print! Things are going to start happening to me now. ” — Steve Martin, The Jerk
Well [...]
- UIGEA Rules Due Soon
Word on the street is that the long awaited rules that will provide the “how” part of the UIGEA will be out as soon as tomorrow and within a week at the latest. There will be an expected 60 - 90 day commenting period and then re-examination period which could take up to 180 [...]
- Surprise! Online Gaming Doesn’t Increase Addiction
I’ve long said that the argument that compulsive gamblers will increase due to the availability of online gaming was highly questionable and now it appears the British government has produced the results to bolster my belief. According to a report published last week, 99.4 Britons were able to enjoy gambling responsibly. Only 0.6% [...]
- Bodog / NewBodog Is Just The Beginning
I may do a more in-depth post at some point in the future but I think the thing many people are missing in all this Bodog/NewBodog mess is that this is an interesting legal tactic that will likely be used again in the future. 1st Technology LLC sued to have Bodog’s domain names rendered [...]
- Tom Grant Responds . . . Sort of
I sent Tom Grant an email asking for clarification in regards to how this whole mess had been suddenly sorted out. In my previous exchange with him he specifically said that he did not want any money from Phil. He said that his desire was to ruin Phil’s reputation as payback for ordering [...]
- Phil Laak, Heroin, and Hitmen: Fact or Fiction?
The story of Phil Laak and accusations about him being involved with drug smuggling and hiring hitmen has traveled pretty far since the target of the alleged hit, Tom Grant, came forward with his charges a few weeks ago. Grant promised 2+2 that he would publish all his evidence on Aug 10th. He [...]
