Absolute Poker integrity?

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On 12/05/05, Emmanuel Soto <emmanuel@AbsolutePoker.com> wrote:

Thanks for your questions and concerns regarding Absolute Poker.

Here at Absolute Poker we take pride in providing a safe and fair poker experience. Our hands are 100% randomly generated with NO extra protocols to change the settings, there are no bots, shills, or spyware at Absolute Poker.

We have recently had our random hand generator re-certified with Technical Systems Testing, a certified, independent, North American, evaluation laboratory.

We also hold a license with Six Nations, the Internet Gaming Regulatory Body.

Open this link and click the “submit” button for details:

http://www.snigrb.com/cgi-bin/verify...e=5GR74YDCS2T8

Please also see the link here regarding the fact that at Absolute Poker you only play with 100% real live players:

http://www.absolutepoker.com/supportTeamabsolute.asp

Please note that live poker and online poker are significantly different, especially the number of hands that you can play in a day. Remember, if you play a lot of hands per day, as a result, you will see many hands you wouldn't normally see in a live poker game, and you will also go through what may seem as "bad beats".

Since the game is played at a much faster pace, the periodic cycles or patterns that you would observe in a game would also be proportionally faster. So the frequently reoccurring combinations are representative of a result of the rate of play, which might probably simulate an impression of more bad beats than actually might occur.

Usually Online Poker involves playing with more opponents that play a loose game. This means that there are more people seeing the river card, often with inferior hands. The more people who see the river, the more often a miracle card would seem to hit the river. You'll win a lot of money from these players in the long run, but in the short time, it might appear that the odds are against you.

Furthermore, the anonymity of online poker players allows them to be more daring (and sometimes even play bad), as they don't have to sit in front of their peers and colleagues and justify calling bets with really bad cards. I can assure you that in the long run; the good players make the money.

At Absolute Poker we take great pride in the honesty and fairness of the games we host. To ensure total fairness to each and every player on our tables, our software operates with a Random Number Generator system. This system operates at the highest level of encryption and randomness, to ensure fairness without exception. This is the system that shuffles the decks and deals the cards, so that all players have the same likelihood of getting any one card.

Also, please keep in mind that our site does not benefit from any players winning or losing. In fact, we would like all our players to win all the time and be happy on our tables, but that is obviously not possible. Poker is primarily a game of skill, but since luck is also involved, there will be times when you will get a bad run of cards. It is not possible for us to manipulate the outcome of the games, and even if it were, we would not indulge in any activities that would compromise our integrity.

A good random number generator is one that generates numbers that are:

*Evenly distributed, and not related to each other in any way

*Unpredictable

There is no deck of cards that is shuffled as thoroughly as the Absolute Poker algorithm shuffle. Each game, the deck is shuffled 10 times with each shuffle moving each card somewhere between 1 and 51 times throughout the deck (10 passes at Knuth's full shuffle algorithm). It is absolutely fair and unpredictable.

I can understand your frustration, being a poker player myself. We spent a lot of time and resources dedicated to ensuring the integrity of Absolute Poker. Our shuffling system has been audited by an independent accounting firm and has been deemed infallible. In order to protect our players, we frequently review the shuffling system to maintain its accuracy and to monitor its security. The integrity of a poker room (particularly online) is absolutely necessary for success. It is of paramount importance to us for our system to be true and correct. We assure you that it is.

Please understand that we did everything in our power to help you and make you understand that this is a regular procedure in our site, now you've become a high risk player to our site and we don't feel safe having you as one of our customers. We came to the conclusion of closing up your account with no option of ever re-opening it. We hope you understand that your business is no longer welcome here. We are very sorry for the drastic measures that we have been forced to take.

Please feel free to contact us back if you have any further questions or comments.

Kind Regards,

Emmanuel

Security & Control Department

emmanuel@absolutepoker.com

"Continuing to be the best and most trusted"