Has HoytCorkins5 been running bad?

barycentric · #1 08-28-2005, 06:13 AM

Uh somehow HoytCorkins5 convinced me to lent him $350 cuz he lost 5k today after cashing out 12k supposedly. I also forgot to give him my account info. I hope I'll be able to get my money back at some point, and I'll be more careful lending money to strangers in the future.

PS I found out that he's not Hoyt Corkins.

Myst · #2 08-28-2005, 06:15 AM

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Uh somehow HoytCorkins5 convinced me to lent him $350 cuz he lost 5k today after cashing out 12k supposedly. I also forgot to give him my account info. I hope I'll be able to get my money back at some point, and I'll be more careful lending money to strangers in the future.

PS I found out that he's not Hoyt Corkins.

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Uh, you should know better than that, but you probably already knew that.

curtains · #3 08-28-2005, 06:16 AM

Im sure the OP is joking. Im also sure this HoytCorkins had a zero instead of the letter O in his name or something like that.

Newt_Buggs · #4 08-28-2005, 06:28 AM

that guy was really annoying at the table today

I really hope that the OP is joking

ghostface · #5 08-28-2005, 06:53 AM

OMFG I just spooged in my pants looking at your avatar. She is so [censored] hot.

Shes my wallpaper, you know that nice one with the two poses next to the old door..... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

AbelM · #6 08-28-2005, 09:22 AM

But it's not funny at all?!

He's running great btw.

citanul · #7 08-28-2005, 10:13 AM

there's a bunch (or possibly just one) of scammers who pose as "celebrity" players, and use basically the same "line":

him: Hey "name" how's it going?

you: ok, you?

him: not so good man, running real bad lately, down like 6k on the day

you: oh that sucks, sorry to hear it

him: yeah, so i was wondering if you could loan me $x, *i know i'm filthy stinking rich and all but for some incredibly strange reason i can't deposit money to my own account right now and for some even weirder reason i need to play right now and need some piddling amount of money, like $250

here's where the conversation takes different twists

option 1:
you: look douchebag, i know that you're not hoytcorkins5, he has a "t" in his screen name, and he's playing 4 other tables right now, and doing just fine, etc, etc.

option 2:
you: oh man, i'm feeling really sorry for your plight, please take my money, because i'm gullible.

option 3: (this one is gaining popularity)
you: i dunno man, i don't loan money and i don't think you should try borrowing it, that's how you wind up stabbing a friend and eating your own poop.

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the funniest i saw (since this guy just rotates through the tables) were:

1) this guy came to a table where hoytcorkins5 had just busted, and tried to scam the remaining players, so it showed up looking like

"hoytcorkins5 finished in 4th place"
"hoycorkins5: "hey *my screen name* how's it going"

2) this guy shows up, asks me for money, i refute him, pointing out his lame screen name, and he just asks another player at the table. the other player at the table speaks no english.

citanul

Newt_Buggs · #8 08-28-2005, 02:50 PM

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option 3: (this one is gaining popularity)
you: i dunno man, i don't loan money and i don't think you should try borrowing it, that's how you wind up stabbing a friend and eating your own poop.

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thats a good one, i'll have to remember to use it

jon462 · #9 08-28-2005, 06:27 PM

I think this would piss the hell out of me if I was the real HoytCorkins5... couldnt he email PP\empire and get that persons account deleted? assuming someone he hit up was nice enough to provide the proof..

citanul · #10 08-28-2005, 09:54 PM

you'd think. i doubt the real guy give's a [censored], i mean, he's not scamming people, and clearly never has to deal with this guy. or at least his hoycorkins5 identity.

you see lots of paople doing this with a variety of names, basically anyone who's on top of the leaderboard has this exact same scam artist pretend to be them.

citanul