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Sleepless in Fulham: Rambling and gambling by David Young
Tuesday, 11 October 2005
Unexpected bonus from Pokerstars.
Topic: Poker
This arrived in my e-mail inbox today:

Hello,

PokerStars has become aware of two players who were in violation of our poker room rules. Some time ago, you were involved in one or more hands with these players. You have received a credit as a result. To confirm your credit, log onto your PokerStars account, go to the 'Cashier' screen and click the 'History' button. Your share of the distribution will be shown as "Credit Purchase", followed by the amount of the credit.

I regret that we are not at liberty identify the specific games or players in question. Suffice to say that the players involved have been barred from the site and you will not encounter them again.

Likewise we will not go into detail regarding the method used to calculate your share of the funds distributed. I can say that it is based on the net amount won using unfair tactics combined with the number of hands you played at a table where unfair play was taking place.

The integrity of the games at PokerStars is of paramount importance to us and we will not abide unfair play in our games. We work hard to police our games to assure our players of a fair, secure place to play. In those rare cases where collusion has actually occurred, we make sure that any players affected are compensated appropriately. Our apologies for the delay in distributing compensation in this case.

Thank you for your continued play here on PokerStars. Please do not hesitate to let us know any time we can be of help.


Regards,


Two points worth noting:

1) I haven't played on Pokerstars for months.

2) The sum awarded was $125!

Tuesday, 11 October 2005 - 2:44 PM BST

Name: Stars Mug

Get it quietly you lucky basket.

Wednesday, 12 October 2005 - 9:10 AM BST

Name: redsimon

What sort of games were you playing? LHE or PLO?

Wednesday, 12 October 2005 - 12:11 PM BST

Name: David Young

I play almost everything there.

DY

Sunday, 23 October 2005 - 12:00 AM BST

Name: Simon G

It would be nice to think that you were playing exceptionally tight at the time and passed every hand while they were at it....

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