Problems at Empire Poker? Links inside.

[GeoffM]

I've only ever whored, and had no problem yet.

I took the day off and am halfway to 1000 hands already .

Unless the Party account factors in, because I play some hands there daily regardless.

[johnp158]

I've used Empire for a couple of months, only doing bonuses and then cashing out. I tried to log on the other day and was told that "Your account has been temporarily frozen" or something like that. I got the same $5 cashout request thing today (also pretty sure I had less than a dollar in there). So I guess I won't be using Empire anymore.

[Talking Poker]

Good thing you have a cool $50 in your Stars account right now.

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[GeoffM]

Well, I only signed up right before the previous reload, so this is only the third time I have whored their site.

As said before though, I have had no problem thus far, and perhaps will simply leave a $100 in there and play a few raked hands from time to time just so I can still take advantage of their bonuses.

I'm sweating a little here, but if they tried to take my $200 + $100 bonus, I'll simply threaten to pull my Party account. I know they won't want to piss me off because I play at least 20 hands there a day and usually carry a balance over $500 on that particular site.

I'll keep everyone posted. I should have this bonus cleared by Thursday or Saturday at the latest, so hopefully I don't run into any problems.

[badblood44]

Without sounding like a prick, I don't think your threats to Party will have any weight. Only because they have 60,000 other people playing there. They don't have to cater to anyone's needs.

[PShabi]

Bullshit.

I already got comped $50 two different times at Party two different times for complaining.

One was when all of those January bonuses were coming out and I couldn't get any of them to work. I didn't even threaten to pull the account and they comped me.

Then, when Kkirk made the illegal transfer to me and his funds were frozen, I threatened to close my account and they comped me there.

They want to keep people happy.

[Talking Poker]

Yes, they want to keep people happy, but they are also closing accounts (this is certainly not making people happy). I agree with BB. They aren't going to care about a guy who plays 20 hands a day... At an average rake of $1 per hand and 10 players, that's $2 a day out of their pockets (max). I think they'll be ok.

Geoff would have to play for 50 days for them to just break even on a single $100 bonus they give him at Empire.

[johnp158]

You da man.

[SirFWALGMan]

Just a comment on Empire. I used to play there ALL THE TIME. I find though that they suck. The MTTs and freerolls and special features are not even close to Party. Now they hassel you, etc.. I see this as spelling the end of Empire. I really think they just do not get it.

[GeoffM]

Even their bonus is nothing to brag about, 10X. Every other site is like that, except for Party. If anything I think that it should have been Party that got more strict. Makes no sense to me.

[bdawg31]

I was wondering if anyone had actually contacted Empire regarding this?

I believe there are two people on this string that have had their accounts closed - and both got this message. I have not noticed that anyone has actually called to find out what was going on - badblood specifically said he would NOT call (as a side question - why is that?).

There seems to be more people that have not had their Empire accounts closed that use Empire and Party than have had their account closed.

[GeoffM]

It also seems as though your money won't get stuck in there, as they pointed out in one email to a fellow that his account was at $0 when it was closed.

I'm not worried about this bonus, but as I said, I think I'll play a few hours a month on their site just so I can still take advantage of these bonuses in the future, even though a 10X bonus is the norm among all sites. I just like the fact it counts the raked hands for you.

I'm sure we'll hear more about this at some time in the near future though, but for now anyone who hasn't been closed yet appears to be safe.

Edited to add: I wonder if COMPBONUS will work there ?

[badblood44]

Because I already know the answer. I've read the 2+2 forum and bonuswhore.com forums and know exactly what to expect. I feel it would be wasted effort on my part to even try to get at the bottom of this issue. My reason for not calling has nothing to do with any shady practices on my part, just a personal penchant for not wasting time.

[bdawg31]

I didnt think it was 'shady practices' - i just figured you weren't calling out of frustration or something, was just wondering if there was more to the story.

[GeoffM]

I think they are using shady practices.

I somehow managed to drop 25 BB in about an hour last night. Thank goodness for the bonus, I should still be able to make a little profit.

[bdawg31]

I have been getting crushed chasing this bonus too.