In recent months as posted on the TwoPlusTwo forums, a group of users headed by “Chesterboy” made a claim that they believe that small poker site Pitbull Poker had superusers. A superuser is one that cannot only see his or her hole cards, but also the hole cards of the other players at the table. A similar controversy was revealed on Absolute Poker and UltimateBet with millions of dollars having changed hands. This time around, the scale of the accusations is much smaller, but the premise remains the same.
Although Pitbull Poker has declined media requests for direct interviews, they have been responding on the forums. In our previous interview with Chesterboy, Pitbull Poker’s manager, Dave Brenes, was asked to provide hand histories for the online poker community to analyze. Brenes and Pitbull Poker agreed and forked over the last 1,000 hands that Chesterboy played on the site. Unfortunately, the poker community was not pleased with this action because Chesterboy stated he stayed away from players he believed to be superusers over the last few thousand hands played on the site. Instead, he asked for hands specific to a time period and game he felt was rigged. Hands during that time period were never provided and players were once again at square one with their investigation.
Since the controversy gained momentum in the mainstream poker media, traffic has steadily declined at the small Flash-based online poker site. Other issues have been reported, including problems cashing out of the site. Some players involved with the scandal who have publicly aired their voices on TwoPlusTwo, including Chesterboy, have been IP banned by Pitbull Poker.
Some players have been trying to withdraw their bankrolls from Pitbull Poker unsuccessfully. One player who claims to have tried an eWallet Express transaction for $3,600 was only approved to withdraw $100. The maximum cashout has been changed to $1,000 over seven days, as stated by Pitbull Poker management.
This past week, user “BCloud” on the forums says he has 10,000+ hands that are available for anyone who would like to evaluate them for study. One well-known member, “zingbust,” has taken him up on the offer and many others are expected to follow. BCloud claims that some of the hands are against players who have been suspected of being superusers.
Many of these alleged superusers have now disappeared off the site. Nevertheless, many on the forums feel that the superusers are actually still playing on the site, just with new account screen names. However, with such minimal traffic, there isn’t quite the industry buzz for this controversy like those that have appeared in the past.
For now, it seems that most players who have any funds on Pitbull Poker are trying to get them off in a hurry. The new maximum withdrawal is extremely small compared to other sites, with no comment from management as to the change in transaction policy.
Pitbull Poker is part of the Flash Poker Network, which currently ranks as the smallest out of the 22 poker sites recognized on PokerScout..com. The site has a peak of approximately 50 players at ring games with traffic continuing to decline.
Poker News Daily is in contact with Chesterboy and others involved with the research of hands from Pitbull Poker and will be updating our readers as details are known.
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