Hatman
07-11-2004, 07:01 AM
An excellent decision was made in this matter. And this decision affects my finish in no way. This is Party Poker's email:
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Congratulations on your finish in the PartyPoker.com Million IV Semi-Finals.
We wanted to inform you of a decision that was made regarding this semi-final
tournament.
With 25 players remaining, player ędownalotę made a comment in the chat box
during a hand, and then proceeded to play the hand in a suspicious manner. An
investigation was done into the hand and the comments that the player made.
In the hand in question, player ędownalotę typed into the chat box:
ęDownalot: counter man Ięm going to raise then foldę. During this hand player
ędownalotę was playing from the small blind with a very large stack of chips.
Player ęCountermanę was playing from the large blind and had a small stack of
chips. Player ędownalotę proceeded to do as he said he would, by raising the
pot to $30,000, then folding when player ęCountermanę re-raised an additional
$5,400. In itself, folding in this position would be a questionable play by
many players, but the fact that player ędownalotę stated his intentions to, in
essence, give the other player chips is blatant cheating as per the rules
established on PartyPoker.com.
A decision was made, based on the evidence, to negate the players 9th place
finish and award him 25th place instead. ędownalotę will be awarded 25th Place
($672) instead of 9th Place (PPM IV Package). It was with 25 players remaining
that the hand in question took place.
Because player ędownalotę was moved from 9th to 25th, the following players
were also moved in order to fill in the spots vacated:
Player "spankster" was moved up to 22nd place and he would receive a PPM IV
package instead of 23rd place ($1,680).
Player "PizzaMaster" was moved up to 23rd place (from 24th) and he would
receive an additional $672.
Player "impact3" was moved up to 24th place (from 25th) to receive an
additional $336.
We hope that you appreciate our efforts to be an honest and fair site in the
best interest of our games and the safety of our playersę money. The situation
as it happened warranted a severe penalty, and taking away the PPM IV package
and awarding the offending player the position at the time of the incident was,
we believe, the only penalty that could be handed down.
Best Regards,
Investigations
PartyPoker.com
>>>>
Congratulations on your finish in the PartyPoker.com Million IV Semi-Finals.
We wanted to inform you of a decision that was made regarding this semi-final
tournament.
With 25 players remaining, player ędownalotę made a comment in the chat box
during a hand, and then proceeded to play the hand in a suspicious manner. An
investigation was done into the hand and the comments that the player made.
In the hand in question, player ędownalotę typed into the chat box:
ęDownalot: counter man Ięm going to raise then foldę. During this hand player
ędownalotę was playing from the small blind with a very large stack of chips.
Player ęCountermanę was playing from the large blind and had a small stack of
chips. Player ędownalotę proceeded to do as he said he would, by raising the
pot to $30,000, then folding when player ęCountermanę re-raised an additional
$5,400. In itself, folding in this position would be a questionable play by
many players, but the fact that player ędownalotę stated his intentions to, in
essence, give the other player chips is blatant cheating as per the rules
established on PartyPoker.com.
A decision was made, based on the evidence, to negate the players 9th place
finish and award him 25th place instead. ędownalotę will be awarded 25th Place
($672) instead of 9th Place (PPM IV Package). It was with 25 players remaining
that the hand in question took place.
Because player ędownalotę was moved from 9th to 25th, the following players
were also moved in order to fill in the spots vacated:
Player "spankster" was moved up to 22nd place and he would receive a PPM IV
package instead of 23rd place ($1,680).
Player "PizzaMaster" was moved up to 23rd place (from 24th) and he would
receive an additional $672.
Player "impact3" was moved up to 24th place (from 25th) to receive an
additional $336.
We hope that you appreciate our efforts to be an honest and fair site in the
best interest of our games and the safety of our playersę money. The situation
as it happened warranted a severe penalty, and taking away the PPM IV package
and awarding the offending player the position at the time of the incident was,
we believe, the only penalty that could be handed down.
Best Regards,
Investigations
PartyPoker.com