While allegations of insider cheating and security breaches are still swirling around Absolute Poker, Absolute's owner issued a statement to players on Sunday and attempted to break records.
"The integrity of our poker system has been compromised by a trusted senior consultant hired by the AP, whose position has given us special access to certain security systems," said Joe Norton, former Grand Chief of the Canawake Mohawk Region and owner of Tokyo Enterprise ENRG, which holds a 100% stake in Absolute Poker.
"As with you, I am not pleased that AP has caused the anger, doubt and concern of our valued customers by providing a timely and comprehensive account of this matter," the statement said. "I hope that customers will be able to recognize that this remains a very complex and sensitive issue, and I want to offer my strongest assurance that we will be as honest as possible about how these violations occurred and what we are doing to address this situation."
Mr Norton, who is currently traveling, has decided to respond to Casino City's questions by email. The email will be posted here as soon as it arrives.
The situation, which Norton says, began about a month ago at a gambling tournament in Absolute Poker when complaints began to emerge that a "super user" account was on the table to view hole cards for all players.
According to a forum on TwoPlusTwo.com , the complaint began when a potripper was lucky enough to spend 20 minutes without folding a free-flop at once during a poker game. The player, named "crazy maco," was suspicious, and by email, Absolute Poker requested an XLS record file. Absolute Poker complied with this standard.
However, being angry with Marco was far from a typical hand recording file. As well as hand recording, each player's hole card and IP address, as well as the user information of the person at the table and the observer, were all made public.
Further investigation revealed that "Potter" folded his first two hands at the table in question, but when observer 363 arrived at the table, "Potter" did not fold his other hand for 20 minutes before he fell, suggesting that somehow, No. 363 was relaying all hole cards to "Potter" using a super user account. To make matters worse, No. 363 IP was traced to a person named Scott Tom, who confirmed that Absolute Poker is "a former member of Team Absolute Poker."
On Sunday, Norton's admission that the company's security breach was a "horrific and inexcusable crime" came eight days after Absolute Poker announced that it had conducted an "extensive investigation" and that "there were no security breaches in accordance with Absolute Poker's knowledge, information and beliefs." In the same statement, dated Oct. 12, Absolute Poker said that "an internal investigation determined that it was impossible to view hall cards by anyone, device, program, script or otherwise." 슬롯머신사이트
The Canawake Gaming Commission and third-party auditors Gaming Associates are currently investigating. The AP has announced it will announce the audit results once they are completed.