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Absolute Poker Bad Beat Jackpot Nears 500k
January 17, 2008 - No Comments If the first two weeks of 2008 are any indication of things to come, online poker players have a lot to look forward to this year. Popular poker room Absolute Poker has already doled out hundreds of thousands of dollars after seeing its Bad Beat Jackpot surpass the $400,000 mark and edge closer and closer to $500,000. ITALIANMEX put a stop to the jackpot’s climb on Sunday, January 13th at 19:23 ET when the online poker player lost a hand of.... Read More
Kahnawake Issues Final Results in Absolute Inquiry
January 12, 2008 - No Comments The Kahnawake Gaming Commission has released its final results stemming from its audit of Absolute Poker’s superuser scandal. The report, issued by the KGC and signed by three Commission members, includes both the audit’s findings and the penalties assessed to AP as a result of the ongoing investigation. Included is a $500,000 fine levied against AP as penalty for the illegal activity and a two-year ‘probationary’ period wherein.... Read More
Absolute Poker Investigation Nears End
December 24, 2007 - No Comments The Kahnawake Gaming Commission issued a statement earlier this month that stated their investigation into the Absolute Poker scandal was finished, and they are now looking over the entire report. "The Commission hopes to complete its review and render a decision in this matter within the next two weeks," said the organization in a release on its Web site. Absolute Poker came under investigation in October after internet sleuths.... Read More
Absolute Poker Injects More Money into Prize Pools
December 5, 2007 - No Comments Absolute Poker is kicking off December by enhancing their online poker tournament schedule and adding $175,000 in guaranteed cash to the mix this Saturday. Super Saturday, officially launched in November by the popular online poker site, offers Absolute Poker’s Texas Hold’em players more chances to win more cash in more tournaments. The poker promotion, held on the first Saturday of every month, injects the site’s $150,000 signature.... Read More
Absolute Poker Close to Billionth Hand
December 3, 2007 - No Comments Absolute Poker today announced that the online poker room is inching significantly closer to dealing its billionth poker hand onto the felt of its virtual poker tables. While the exact date and time is uncertain, the billionth online poker hand is expected to drop between Friday, November 30th and Saturday, December 1st. "This is a significant milestone, not only for our players but for the entire online poker industry as a whole,".... Read More
Absolute Poker Launches Charity Effort
November 22, 2007 - No Comments Absolute Poker, one of the world’s fastest-growing online poker sites, today announced its plans for a charity poker tournament to help combat world hunger, poverty and disease. "When it comes to extreme poverty, too many people on this planet have been dealt a bad hand," stated David Clainer, senior vice president for Absolute Poker. "We’re inviting poker players to help put an end to poverty through a fundraiser.... Read More
Absolute Poker in Debt to PR Firm
October 31, 2007 - No Comments Absolute Poker has been the center of scandal in the entire month of October, and a public relations firm that worked for them is claiming that AP hasn’t paid them $43,000 they’re owed. Publicity Guaranteed, a marketing firm out of Fairfax, VA, claims Absolute Poker still hasn’t paid them for services rendered. Absolute Poker is based out of Costa Rica, and Publicity Guaranteed was initially apprehensive about working with an offshore.... Read More
Absolute Poker Releases New Statement
October 26, 2007 - No Comments Absolute Poker has released a new statement regarding the scandal that has rocked the online poker world. Below is the full text: “Recently, AP was the victim of a breach of security in which a high-ranking consultant to the site devised a sophisticated scheme to manipulate internal systems and access third-party computers and accounts to view the hole cards of other customers during play and without their knowledge, resulting in unfair play. AP.... Read More
