Party free roll scam involving gigabett not gigabet

[poindexter]

Ok I’m a chump for doing this but this guy was pretty convincing plus I was multitabling and didn’t have enough time to bust him until after I made the transaction.

A guy named gigabett was offering a freeroll to the Party million guaranteed for half price. I inquired thinking that its possible he could have an excess of free rolls. I wrote "I didn’t think you could transfer free rolls on party" he said that as a preferred member it’s possible.
After a few questions and answers he told me to transfer it to:

Joe Collins @ party screen name aces4123

I told him I would transfer it to gigabett only and he replyed that this aces4123 was his original account and gigabett was his second name. I became suspicious so he told me that I could send the money to gigabet on poker stars if I have a pokerstars account. This put me at ease again. I didn’t want to bother with poker stars so I told him I would transfer 1/2 now and 1/2 later on party. I transferred 1/2 and he told me it would take a couple of hours for the free roll to transfer. 2 hours? Ok I was pretty sure I was taken now so I asked him a 2+2 specific question that only a 1-table tournament contributor could answer. His reply sucked so I called party investigations.

The guy I talked to stated it was my fault. I agreed but I said you should freeze his account. He said he couldn’t help me so I asked for management and I couldn’t believe my own ears when the investigations manager said "we are aware of this problem because he "joe collins" has done this to other people. So as a counter measure we turned off his chat." I laughed and in so many words told him my significant bankroll and rakes are going to poker stars. After a long on hold period he told me he froze Joe Collins account and would be returning the $138 left to my account and I was lucky there was anything left.

After his account was frozen this guy had the balls to contact me later under AOL chat again and it went like this:

EddyMarcum signed off at 11:55 A.M.
EddyMarcum signed on at 12:39 P.M.
EddyMarcum: whatd u do
DFinny1: [censored] off prick
DFinny1: your done
EddyMarcum: whatd you do tho
DFinny1: dont [censored] with a preferred player you pond scum
EddyMarcum: lol i got teh cash back anyway
DFinny1: liar i know they froze your account
EddyMarcum: im in it right now
EddyMarcum: but they wont let me use my frerroll
DFinny1: your REAL name Collins will be posted on the poker internet boards to warn everyone
EddyMarcum: good for you
DFinny1: did you ever consider picking up a book and learning to make money the honest way? is your IQ too low?
EddyMarcum: can i ask u why u reported meanyway after i said it took 3 hrs
DFinny1: im a high stakes poker player and way smarter than you. the only reason why you got me in the first place is because i was multitabling and couldnt concentrate. I will make you famous on 2+2.com congrats!
EddyMarcum: im not even gigabet
DFinny1: no [censored]
EddyMarcum signed off at 1:03 P.M.

hope no one else makes this mistake. The guy at party said that free rolls cannot be transfered like I thought. i will cross post this on the internet board.
Fishyplayer

[Cael_Sanderson]

Played on : 30 January 2005 06:55 PM
On Table : Table 12035
Game Type : Texas Holdem
Buy-In : $100
Fee : $9


Hero: how lame is your name?
GigaBett: You talking to me?
Hero: copying a succcessful player?
GigaBett: uh no
Hero: dude you totally copied Gigabet
GigaBett: no i didnt
Hero: then how do you explain the name?
GigaBett: just shutup and play
GigaBett: friend is giga
Hero: nh gigafake
GigaBett: wanna fistfight

[e_fermat]

Other potential names we can likely expect to see and should avoid:

GigaBettt
GigaButt
GanjaBet
BigaGet
TeraBet
WellIhadsexwithyourwife

[jeffraider]

I've got the feeling you're not quite the clever high stakes pro you think you are. . .

[The Yugoslavian]

[ QUOTE ]
Ok I’m a chump for doing this but this guy was pretty convincing plus I was multitabling and didn’t have enough time to bust him until after I made the

[/ QUOTE ]

I don't get it.

1. Wouldn't multitabling make it harder to go through with the transaction?

2. I'm not sure I understand how he was convincing considering the context you gave and future conversation.

3. Why would Giga create another name with an extra 't'?

4. You have 35 posts so I'll assume you're at least marginally familiar with 2+2. Haven't you ever read any of Giga's posts? Does he strike you as the type of bot who'd give out money let alone discuss $ transfers with players he doesn't know?

This is a great warning post and I applaud you for it. Your later exchange on AIM is also quite funny and I got a kick out of it.

For your sake I hope you're better at reading hands than reading random/strange people on the internet. If you read hands multitabling like you read Gigabett, then I'd recommend cutting back on the tables!

Yugoslav

[poindexter]

1) multitabling alone gave me a bad read on my opponent. Playing in 2 bubble situations at the same time caused me to transfer the money instead of probing more.

2) The entire conversation was not worth posting.

3) I just recently changed one letter in my name to cash in on rakeback deals. I figured this was pretty standard for a serious player to have more than 1 handle.

4) Last night he was conversing with some regulars on my table and they seemed to know each other. This played a role somewhat. Also it seems plausible that party would give out freerolls to players as prizes in MTT's. Kind of like when I buy into a step 3 and win a step 2 entry instead of $50. I would rather sell the step 2 entry for less so I can take a shot at the step 3 again. I wouldn’t sell it for 1/2 price but that is where I admit I made a mistake

5) My goal for this post was to expose this guys real name (JOE COLLINS) and warn other dummies. I am not very concerned what the 2+2 community thinks of me outside my poker playing. If you have doubts about my poker abilities my moneys available at the step 5 limit and the 200/15 limit game every night.
Later,
Fishyplayer or Fisheyplayer