PokerNow asked about my other Party accounts

[Weebl]

I just signed up for a PokerNow account to take advantage of the reload bonus.

After depositing I promptly received a call from PokerNow "to verify my information." I have received these calls in the past an thought nothing of it until...

They also mentioned: "I see that you have accounts at PartyPoker, Empire Poker, Intertops and Multipoker...is that correct?" I answered yes, of course.

And then she said, "thank you for your deposit an enjoy the fastest cashouts and highest purchase limits on the Internet."

Has anyone else had this type of exchange, should I (or We) be concerned.

Should I get my money out now....is this the Bonus Whore roundup others have been fearing.

Thanks for your feedback.....

[Toddster18]

They like to call people out on it but they never do anything, from my experience. It seems like everyone gets freaked out because they'll ask you (and over the phone too), but they never actually do anything.

EDITED because I assumed and made an ass out of u an me. My apologies. But the top half of my response remains legitimate.

-Todd

[Benholio]

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Just make sure you aren't ever logged onto 2 skins at the same time - if you happen to drop into the same game, you are in a whole world of [financial] pain.

-Todd

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People play 2 (or more) skins at the same time all the time. It won't even LET you drop into the same game on both of them.

[Nick-Zack]

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Just make sure you aren't ever logged onto 2 skins at the same time - if you happen to drop into the same game, you are in a whole world of [financial] pain.
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Don't worry about this. The Party software won't let you sit at the same table as either yourself on another skin, anyone that has logged in from your computer or anyone that you have transferred money to.

[Toddster18]

WOW. Really? What does it do to prevent you from doing that, just say you aren't allowed to sit at the table because of an ip match or something?

That has what has been holding me back from 6-tabling party+empire . . . I once heard some horror story that apparnetly [now] wasn't legitimate. I feel like a fool!

Ya learn something new every day, eh? /images/graemlins/smile.gif

-Todd

[Non_Comformist]

You should NOT be concerned.

[gasoltub]

Anyone else that finds this interesting in light of the new T&C on PokerNow?

[StellarWind]

It's routine. Multi asked me the exact same question when I signed up. Others have told the same story in this forum about various skins. It doesn't mean anything. They really are just trying to confirm that what they think is true is actually true. Unless you told a bunch of lies IGM and its skins are well aware that you have multiple accounts. They never do anything about it.

The worst case for any new PowerNow rules is they close your account and give you your money back. They are not going to confiscate money from anyone who has been honest about who he is and what he is doing.

Internet poker requires trust. Party's reputation and the very existence of their business would be jeopardized by any perception that they steal money from innocent people.

That's why they are very reluctant to confiscate the accounts of anyone, no matter what they have done or how much they deserve it.

[Weebl]

Thanks for all the feedback...

[vindikation]

They called me when I signed up 6 months ago. I actually told them they had the wrong number when they asked for me because I thought they were a telemarketer. They then sent me an emergency email telling me to call them.

I called them, and they asked if I had a Party account and I said I used to, but I don't play there anymore. They said ok, and I haven't had any problems since then.

[bobbyi]

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What does it do to prevent you from doing that, just say you aren't allowed to sit at the table because of an ip match or something?

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Yeah, it goes by IP address.

[Mr_J]

Hitting the signup bonus. Looks like they're going to wait until midday EST to ring me (2am here).

[Orpheus]

More specifically: they can tell if two players have *ever* played from the same computer (I don't know if they just log ever session's IP in a database, or if the client somehow stores each username that has ever used it. Both methods are fallible, but I think logging IPs is cleaner and easier)

This may be important for some people. If you let a friend play, using their own login, while they are over at your house, you will never be allowed to sit at the same table with them again (At least not on the same skin--and I think the IP database is more reliably and thoroughly shared than most data on the Party Network, to prevent cheating)

If you want to play against your friends only, don't let them play from your computer. I'd also advise not playing from shared computers like campus labs, or you could end up being cut off from many tables: you'd be "matched" with every other student who played from that computer. They wouldn't accuse of of anything, they just won't let you sit at the same table with them -- and who knows, amybe somebay, they might lump together ALL shared links [i.e. You are matched to user B, who is matched to user C, who is matched to user D, so it's risky to let *any of you play at the same table]. Since the vast majority of users won't be matched to *any* other user (except maybe members of their household), this might seem sensible to the Party Network.

[MasterShakes]

I can be almost 100% sure that this wasn't PokerNow who asked you this, but rather Pay-Pro (the payment processing company they share). I'm pretty experienced with this, and it's nothing to worry about. If you're worried after clearing the bonus, just get your money out and never go back.