This particular thread has bad intro.
But seeing as its on this topic now here are some thoughts I posted elsewhere earlier:
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This cheating scandal is the best thing to happen to fish in a long time. It scares away the more savvy players who populate poker forums which levels the playing field for them. Then when they still lose in the long run (hopefully slower now) they have something to blame, but ultimately most will still play there.
This whole thing feeds the gambling nature quite well. If AP can contain the discussion from spewing regularly into the poker client or if they at least seed tables shills this, while ultimately was high risk and certainly was not their place, all has the potential to be extremely profitable for them.
The average person might disagree with this but I completely agree. Look at companies like BetUS. Fish freaking love them but they're are a company who decides if it will be more profitable to stiff or pay their clients cash out requests on a case by case basis as part of their standard withdrawal process. Even most fish know deep down that BetUS is a scam but they get their small withdrawals from time to time and they know they are a loser anyways. If you don't win gambling (sports, poker, casino, or whatever your betting) wtf does it ultimately matter if the games are rigged or the site is a scam. BetUS gives them the most fun experience - ships the free hats, t-shirts, coffee, vodka, footballs, calendars etc while giving them great customer service and VIP like treatment.
As long as AP leaves that shadow of doubt and has people to defend them they will continue to do just as well as they are now.
Now if they could learn a few thing from the Scam operators they would be lights out ahead of those guys because AP/UB actually did have a great reputation long history and do payout. Its time to focus on the fish and leave the element of doubt out there with the other side of the poker world. I think AP focusing to much satisfying poker communities right now would be a huge mistake - no matter what they do people will not be satisfied anyways. So go through the motions and in the meantime focus on making those fish feel like VIP royalty.
In the meantime I'm going to pop in from time to time on their software and take advantage of this all too. I deposited $200, ran it to $600 in PLO waited the 48 hours needed and cash the full balance out yesterday. I'm going to see how long checks take and probably continue to take shots like this while the games are soft. |