Is Reefer Poker The Next Absolute/Ultimate Bet Scandal?
We’ve uncovered a small blog post from a player named boots661 who is making some very disturbing claims regarding the newish poker site called Reefer Poker. If true, it may not rock the industry the way the Absolute/Ultimate Bet scandal went down but it would certainly be a blow for a small site like Refer.
From boots661 blog (http://www.neverwinpoker.com/blog/boots661/):
Reefer Poker Shady Operations
Aug 16th, 2008
I was just in a game at Reefer Poker and when I responded to a rude comment by another player. He told me he was going to disable my chat, which he immediately did, then he started talking about private information about me and my membership, where I live etc. to others in the game, When I e-mail support to complain it was him that responded. Then I saw him playing in a freeroll tourney. I don’t recommend playing there because it’s obviously not secure, If anyone that works there can access your my private information and reveal it to others online. AND play in freerolls that the site offers. He also threatened to post my information on other sites. I feel that there are so many honest sites and I’ve played most of them. That a site with policies like that should be avoided all costs
This one has flown under the radar but if more players step up with confirmation of this, there could be significant fallout in the days to come. We will keep tabs on this one and let you know if anything else shakes out.
Miriam said
am August 26 2008 @ 8:09 am
Is there any proof to this player’s claims? Did they take any screen shots?
Dave Ishere, Reefer Poker said
am August 26 2008 @ 4:50 pm
We wanted to respond by letting you know that BOOTS661 is not a registered player on Reefer Poker. As most players are aware, Reefer Poker is a member of the Merge Gaming Network, and players at the table can be from a number of different sites. We are passing this concern directly to Merge in an attempt to find out who the player is, and/or what site he is registered with, although I am not sure that they will release this information to us. At the very least we will get written confirmation from the network that this player is not from our site.
As for the validity of the claim we would be surprised and extremely distressed if this were to have taken place, and we thank you for bringing this to our attention.
If you have any questions about Reefer Poker and the operation we welcome you to write directly to our Poker Room Manager by email to prm@reeferpoker.com
Regards,
Dave Ishere
P Casey , user name Hoddie1 said
am August 30 2008 @ 5:01 pm
I would just like to say that i have been playing at Reefer for about 2-3 months and have not seen or heard anything bad about the site. In fact i am the major poster in thier forum and i can assure you that no one else has mentioned or complained about any sinister going ons. It is a friendly enough site and i have found the admin staff that i have come into contact with very helpful and i am writing this to give my oppinion of the site and i do play at a few other sites as well and am very wary when i join a new site asking questions from other players at the tables just to get an idea if the site is trustworthy and so far my conclusion is that it is. A few friends of mine also play there and they are also very positive about it. Anyway as i said this is my oppinion for what its worth.