ZeroRake exposed. And that's all I have to say about it.

[Mike Haven]

I decided to try rocking the boat at ZeroRake today, to see if I could cause a reaction.

I did.

Unlike me, [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] , using what was happening, I started hassling the table, and asking particular players if they were props; if they were surprised when my AA played AA; if they were surprised six AA's came up in twenty minutes; if they were surprised that my QQ played KK; etc; etc.

I was accused of all sorts of things by MartyZero, fatcat, and Picasso, (mainly), but others thought I was a nutcase, too. (Fair enough! No arguments yet.)

MartyZero asked if I knew that props aren't allowed to be rude, and when I said yes, he said, good, he was going to prove he wasn't a prop. In fact, this made me believe he wasn't a prop; until he used the "we" word, twice, when he was answering further questions.

fatcat was really getting stroppy, (for no real reason, as I figured him for a tight, aggressive winning player), and he kept typing "fo" when I was needling him about his ultimate slowplay of 42s in the sb which turned into a full house. (I got away for Zero!)

Suddenly, fatcat and MartyZero left the table on hand 76460, and fatcat came back in MartyZero's seat, for hand 76461.

Immediately, I received a chat message which said, "Your chat privileges have been removed by the cardroom management."

Within two seconds of my receiving this message, fatcat wrote in chat, exactly:

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Well, well, well.

I had made a big point not to use swearwords, or to directly insult players, because I had it in the back of my mind that removing my chat would be a good strategy if they didn't want criticism voiced at the table. fatcat used directly abusive language, and insults, towards me, as did MartyZero.

Present at the table was Daniture. After I lost my chat privileges he made pleasant remarks towards me, to which, obviously, I could not respond. (If you are here, Dan, I have no doubts that you are an ordinary player at the site.)

Others present were BigFish and mausgamble, but unless they had been watching the game, they would not have been privy to much of the earlier table chat.

In my own mind I am 100% certain that fatcat is Management, because of the timing and spew as detailed above. (Although, after this post, I doubt if he will play again under that name.)

I am 75% sure that MartyZero and Picasso are associated in
some way: perhaps as shills, in the old-fashioned sense.

Perhaps ZeroRake would care to respond to this post, and give me a reason for removing my chat? ( [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] ) (I have sent two e-mails to support@zerorake.com but received no acknowledgements, let alone replies.)

(I left the table the next round, at exactly even.)