The popular news show "60 Minutes" is airing it's story on the Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet Cheating scandals tonight. As most of you know this has been a major scandal to rock the very core of online poker.
The Washington Post ran a companion piece in today's paper which can also be viewed online. Here's an excerpt from staff writer Gilbert M. Gaul:
Whenever Todd Witteles signed on to an Internet poker site, the first thing he did was look around for inexperienced players. One day in August 2007, the Las Vegas poker pro thought he had found an easy mark on AbsolutePoker.com.
A newcomer using the name "Greycat" was making unusually big bets off weak hands. "He seemed like a bad player who had just been getting incredibly lucky," Witteles recalled. "When you see someone like Greycat, you stop everything you're doing to play."
But in a series of one-on-one games, Witteles quickly found himself down $15,000. Worse, Greycat began taunting him. Soon, some of Witteles's online poker friends began wondering publicly whether Greycat was cheating. It was almost as though he could see Witteles's hole cards.
You can read the rest of the story here:
Cheating Scandals Raise New Questions about Honesty, Security of Internet Gambling - washingtonpost.com
and more here:
Another Cheating Scandal - This time UltimateBet
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"Americans have played poker throughout history. Playing poker on the internet is simply an example of an American tradition evolving into the 21st century. It is unfathomable that poker, an American pastime and game of skill, should be banned for the millions who enjoy playing responsibly." 
11-30-2008, 02:06 PM
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