Conspiracy Theory????

[Robbie Robb]

Okay, that's good to hear. At least there was SOME disclosure there. Did you hang out to the end? Did she say anything then?

Very true, some of them were absolutely hilarious.

Yeah, I remember her talking about the shift away from turbos. Not that I play in many of the satellites there but I have played a few but pretty much all you see is turbo-this, turbo-that...

[Hawt]

From Shannon Elizabeth to Annie Duke. That's enough to make me shudder.

[Talking Poker]

I quite like this "comment" that was posted with the original article:
LOL... As for the conspiracy theory, I have to point out that there is no good reason for UB to rig this tourney in favor of a friend of the family. Ooooooh..... stealing a couple hundred grand. The RAKE they generated from this one tourney alone (not counting all the satellites and everything els leading up to it) was $30 * 2773 = $83,190.

That's ONE tournament. A big one, yes, but the point is, they make gobs and gobs of money by running a clean site. If it was rigged, how much do you think they would have to pay the software dude who rigged it for them to keep his mouth shut? Remember, if word gets out, BAM, game over. End of UB. There is just no way in the world any of the bigger sites would ever risk that.

Final point: If a nobody had won the tourney (like happens all the time on all the sites), would that suggest that the site wasn't rigged? I think not. So I don't see why the opposite should be true when a notable wins... Over time, it's going to happen. I mean, Hellmuth might even win someday!

[PShabi]

Right after the event, I remember reading something about some "funky" breaks that took place out of nowhere. Anything fishy going on there Mayhem?

People were complaining that they were taking breaks to favor Duke's man in some way, although I can't see how it would. Unless it was to allow for him to make a deal.

[Hawt]

LIKE OMGZ BADBLOOD POSTED THAT!!! Us TP.com players are clever.

[Talking Poker]

haaaaahahaha.... I can't believe I didn't even notice that!

Nice one, BB.

[MAYHEM45]

Before the second break, the blind level went for a half hour extra, so 45 minutes, instead of the regular 15, thats all I noticed.

Of course this was while I was still in, I have no idea if it happened again later.

[eejit101]

i cant believe its rigged. I dont understand the 45 min blind level at all. I dont understand how the breaks would favour someone? Annies fella had to go to the shop or toilet or something? Its not rigged, it cant be, $85k rake is not worth whatever split they would have made with Annie and her bloke. It was just his turn to win, and with Annie helping you play, id do a hell of alot better that by myself!

And shannon elizbeth + bad poker > annie duke + good poker is a bit of a conundrum.

yes imagine having shannon to break hell out of at night, but she is away filming alot, thats when you need the poker to while away the months.....

[badblood44]

ty, ty, i'm here all week

[jaeh00d]

I DONT KNOW CALL ME CRAZY BUT I REALLY HAVE ALWAYS FOUND ANNIE DUKE TO BE HOT. i DONT KNOW WHY BUT SHE IS HOT

[BDMK]

agreed.

250K is definitely not worth a minimum of..what? 250M? (eventually maybe) 2B?

nah...

for that one simple economic reason, i personally can never believe that the major poker sites are rigged in any way, shape or form.

[PShabi]

Well you're an idiot then, because last night, I lost $48.

Two times, yes two, I had the best hand preflop and got beat on the river. Two fucking times!!!!!!!! Now, if it ain't rigged, why did I lose?

[BDMK]

given that this is the official conspiracy theory thread, how about this one:

anyone else, beside me, find that the occasional poker-related promo mailings all arrive opened? (all other mail neat and unopened as usual)

[eddo31]

i didnt see the tourney, so i dont really have any clue as to if this was rigged or not, but...

ub is the site that ran the pros only section of their aruba tourney in the first season of the wpt, and apparently it was a sham and no money was ever actually supposed to change hands.

phil gordon ended up winning the pros portion, and then he lost to juha helpi in the overall between the winner of the pros and the winner of the amateurs. this screwed everything up for ub, because the pro was supposed to beat the amateur, and ub wouldnt have to actually pay any money.

i dont remember the entire story, but if you search the archives at rgp then you should be able to find it.

like i said earlier, i dont know about this tournament recently, but ub has definitely done some questionable things regarding tourneys, just so that they can make a few extra bucks.

[BDMK]

actually, i was stunned to notice that UB has started offering non-turbo-non-rebuy sats to aruba et al as of last week. in fact, having had some leftover freeroll coins, i played the very first one offered ($10+1) last friday and liked it a lot (despite my customary bad beat midway thru lol). for once, not everyone went allin on the first hand. (ok, exaggerating just a tad...)

it has always boggled my mind as to why the likes of stars and UB, for one, havent to this point introduced non-turbo/non-rebuy cheap/entry sats (simply as additional choices on top of the turbos/rebuys. noone's saying to drop anything, just add more options on top of the existing ones)...cant think of any good fiscal or other reason. my personal motto in business has always been: the more choices for the customer, the better...and im particularly disappointed in stars, that innovator and trailblazer in all things online poker. why they would be so stubborn on this one single point is just beyond me.

oh well...thank goodness for fulltilt. only wish id discovered them earlier.