I had a player who wants to cheat at Poker contact me today at Pacific Poker..
I contacted emmasdad and asked him about advice on the matter and how to proceed and he was kind enough to give me some pointers and help.
This is my email to Pacific Poker operations department. I am sure it could have been written better by someone else but I gave my best. It might be a little tl;dr to some but I think it's interesting and should be read. Here goes:
Hello,
I tried to report a player through Pacific Poker online chat but was redirected to send you the email with the information that I have.
Here is the copy of chat held with online technician:
"Deniece Z. has joined.
RedBarracuda : ..
RedBarracuda : Hello, I have a player to report!
Deniece Z.: Welcome to 888 Live Chat! We are glad to be of service. Please hold whilst I try to locate your Pacific Poker account with your given E-mail address.
Deniece Z.: I have located your account. Before we proceed, please confirm the first 2 characters of your password and your first and last name.
RedBarracuda : XX - RedBarracuda
Deniece Z.: Thank you RedBarracuda.
Deniece Z.: How may I assist you today?
RedBarracuda : I would like to report a player for attempt of collusion and cheating, as well as admitting to such..
RedBarracuda : I have proof.
Deniece Z.: Please forward an email to
operations@cassava.net along with the proof that you have.
Deniece Z.: I can assure you that it will be investigated.
RedBarracuda : so it can't be done through you?
RedBarracuda : hello?
Deniece Z. has left."
I was contacted by player "akline10" while playing at the "$1/$2 NL Molson Excel" table at Pacific Poker. He was very specific in saying that he wanted to collude with me, and I suspect that he even might have wanted to cheat me. I think that is very bad for the game and I think both his account and him, together with his accomplices have to be shut down and their money confiscated and returned to the rightful owners who were cheated.
I am an active participant of the livepokerforum online poker forum and community (www.livepokerforum.com) and I know several players that also play at Pacific Poker. I have told them to look out for this guy and his possible accomplices and I hope you take this matter seriously.
I have saved the all of the chats involving the said player and am sending them to you.
First, this is my Table chat with the player I want to report:
"RedBarracuda >> i am not if you had 99, but w/e
akline10 >> where you from
akline10 >> nh
RedBarracuda >> croatia
akline10 >> ic
akline10 >> you have msn?
RedBarracuda >> why?
RedBarracuda >> no i dont
RedBarracuda >> i have skype and aim
akline10 >> just wondering, i like to talk with players while i play..
RedBarracuda >> where you from?
akline10 >> canada
RedBarracuda >> nice
akline10 >> yeah, can i add you on aim to ask you something?
RedBarracuda >> sure.. RedSoBad
akline10 >> ok
akline10 >> i just have to download it
RedBarracuda >> use AIM LITE
RedBarracuda >> it's smaller
akline10 >> ok"
And this is my chat with that player when he immediately contacted me on AIM:
"aklineis: hey
RedSoBad: yo
aklineis: ok thats better
aklineis: so what i was gonna ask
aklineis: i was wondering if u want to play 3 player sit n goes with me, and split the winnings...
RedSoBad: what do you mean? .. plz explain
aklineis: we will share our hands over aim and work together
aklineis: for example we play a sit and go for 3 people, and we work together and share our hands so we can eliminate the player and than split the winnings
aklineis: do you understand what i mean?
RedSoBad: does that work?
aklineis: yeah. i take in about 100-150 a day
aklineis: its pretty good for extra cash
RedSoBad: isnt that cheating?
aklineis: what happens is we both join a 50 or 100 3 player sit and go and we work together to get the third player to bust, and then we split his money... no its not cheating
RedSoBad: sounds like cheating..
aklineis: how could they pussibly catch us if it is...
aklineis: ive been doing it for about a month now
RedSoBad: i dont know
aklineis: built up a 1800 bankroll
RedSoBad: what about cash tables.. more money there..
aklineis: there is more money but our chances of winning at sit and goes are much better
RedSoBad: I c..
RedSoBad: let me think about it..
aklineis: ok bad call there
RedSoBad: i am not much of a sitngo player
aklineis: im gonna go to another table ok
RedSoBad: you're akline10 on pacific? so that I can find you..
aklineis: i realiza that but its pretty much like it takes about 30 mins
aklineis: yeah
RedSoBad: i'll let you know
aklineis: ok cool. if you want later well try one out, and you will see how easy money it is ok
RedSoBad: ok
aklineis: we could really even do it on tables like this
aklineis: but its much less money
————— 05:58 pm —————
aklineis: good luck in your game
RedSoBad: thank you, you too"
I hope you will find this information sufficient and that you will punish the perpetrator(s) since me and people I know who are playing on Pacific Poker want to be assured that the site they are playing at has their best interests in mind and won't allow this kind of outrageous cheating.
Also, I would like to receive the information from you on the steps you have taken regarding this incident since I am the one who reported it (I think it would only be fair).
With kindest regards,
RedBarracuda