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Poker Mods getting free entry to €3,500 Irish Open

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  • 01-04-2009 2:51am
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    nicnicnic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,724 ✭✭✭


    I was of the impression that MODS on these forums were supposed to be unpaid and impartial. The MODS on the poker forum are gaining free entry to Ireland's premier poker tournament which boasts a €3,500 entry. How can they be trusted to carry out there future duties to the average poker forum member in an unprejudiced manner when there receiving such a large payment in kind from a huge player in the Irish poker scene. Personally I find this disclosure quiet disturbing. I cant even start a thread about it on the poker forum; I've tried twice and they have mysteriously disappeared on both occasions.
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    #2
    aya14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 797 ✭✭✭aya14


    An outrage. Revolt!


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    #3
    Bubs101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    I don't want to start a new thread but poker really should be a sub section of gambling


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    CHD
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,956 ✭✭✭CHD


    No wonder PP reps get away with mis-leading advertising.


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    #5
    nicnicnic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,724 ✭✭✭nicnicnic


    Bubs101 wrote: »
    I don't want to start a new thread but poker really should be a sub section of gambling

    no you should start a new thread


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    aya14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 797 ✭✭✭aya14


    Bubs101 wrote: »
    I don't want to start a new thread but poker really should be a sub section of gambling
    Imo gambling should be a sub-section of poker.


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    dannydiamond
    Registered Users Posts: 2,656 ✭✭✭dannydiamond


    I received a one week ban from the poker forum yesterday when I made a query about a problem I had with the major player in question. I was a bit taken aback and thought the ban very harsh but its becoming clear why I was banned now.


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    Bubs101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    Eh, I just wanted to see Jennifer Tily lads, no need for a witch hunt


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    #9
    nicnicnic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,724 ✭✭✭nicnicnic


    dannydiamond wrote: »
    I received a one week ban from the poker forum yesterday when I made a query about a problem I had with the major player in question. I was a bit taken aback and thought the ban very harsh but its becoming clear why I was banned now.

    Exactly what I feared would happen, Its all been kept very hush hush by the clique but hopefully we can get this type of stuff monitored.


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    #10
    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    The Soccer mods will be getting the FAI Advantage Seats next. I wish the forum I mod had some commercial interest so I could be a sell-out too.


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    cHaTbOx
    Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    javaboy wrote: »
    The Soccer mods will be getting the FAI Advantage Seats next. I wish the forum I mod had some commercial interest so I could be a sell-out too.
    Don't worry are you are a sell out


    you just do it it on a smaller scale so no one notices . Not even yourself


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    strewelpeter
    Registered Users Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭strewelpeter


    I don't think there is anything wrong with these mods getting rewarded for their Loyalty to the huge player. As part of the deal they have agreed to wear prominent sponsorship branding in a style of attire that conforms with the dress code of the tournament while paying homage to the great player.

    76235.jpg


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    zuutroy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭zuutroy


    Meh, I heard they all suck and will donk their chips off, so its just added value by Paddy Power really...


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    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    javaboy wrote: »
    The Soccer mods will be getting the FAI Advantage Seats next..

    As well as the Vantage Club Seats? The bastards!


    :D


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    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,850 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    You can't stand to see anyone get ahead, can you Nicky? All the crap we have had to to put up with and you begrudge us this, and go running to feedback like a whiny bitch?

    You really are a sham and a joker, tbf.


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    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,983 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    nicnicnic wrote: »
    I was of the impression that MODS on these forums were supposed to be unpaid and impartial. The MODS on the poker forum are gaining free entry to Ireland's premier poker tournament which boasts a €3,500 entry. How can they be trusted to carry out there future duties to the average poker forum member in an unprejudiced manner when there receiving such a large payment in kind from a huge player in the Irish poker scene. Personally I find this disclosure quiet disturbing. I cant even start a thread about it on the poker forum; I've tried twice and they have mysteriously disappeared on both occasions.

    Any chance you could kindly explain how the Mods gaining free entry to a poker tournament would affect their modding?

    Any examples? Or are you just making assumptions?

    I'm not surprised your threads were deleted, you don't question Mods or Mod decisions on their forum. That's what Helpdesk is for. This is a forum for Feedback on boards as a whole.


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    homerjay2005
    Registered Users Posts: 29,346 ✭✭✭✭homerjay2005


    5starpool wrote: »
    You can't stand to see anyone get ahead, can you Nicky? All the crap we have had to to put up with and you begrudge us this, and go running to feedback like a whiny bitch?

    You really are a sham and a joker, tbf.

    i just popped in to see what soccer threads were in here and this one captured my attention also. ive absolutely no ties to the poker forum but this seems fair and bang on.

    ireland is full of begrudgers and boards is no different.


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    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    5starpool wrote: »
    You can't stand to see anyone get ahead, can you Nicky? All the crap we have had to to put up with and you begrudge us this, and go running to feedback like a whiny bitch?

    You really are a sham and a joker, tbf.

    So far you're coming across as being out of line. If the poster can't/shouldn't raise the issue on the poker forum, then why shouldn't he/she raise it on feedback.


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    sendic
    Registered Users Posts: 331 ✭✭sendic


    Boston wrote: »
    So far you're coming across as being out of line. If the poster can't/shouldn't raise the issue on the poker forum, then why shouldn't he/she raise it on feedback.

    word to the wise, don't anger the poker mods. The 3500 payoff is only the start. This goes all the way to the top. Posters in poker have been disappeared for less than your comments


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    RedJoker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭RedJoker


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    Any chance you could kindly explain how the Mods gaining free entry to a poker tournament would affect their modding?

    Any examples? Or are you just making assumptions?

    I'm not surprised your threads were deleted, you don't question Mods or Mod decisions on their forum. That's what Helpdesk is for. This is a forum for Feedback on boards as a whole.

    A lot of tournament organisers advertise their events on the poker forum and there are strict guidelines and rules regarding how this is done.

    Nicky is rightly worried that it will be difficult for mods to remain impartial, how are they going to punish these organisers for crossing the line in future when they might risk missing out on future free $3500 entries? What happens if they start accepting bribes to lock and delete competitor threads?

    I never trusted the poker mods anyway tbh, they all seemed very shifty to me. Especially LuckyLloyd, first the soccer forum and then the poker forum in quick succession, why would he want to gain a mod position on the two biggest forums on boards so quickly if he didn't have ulterior motives?


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    #21
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,850 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    I'm sick of having to explain our position. Officially PPP get no favours done for them. Sure we might look the other way occasionally on their promotion threads, or be a bit stricter on their competition, but if those others want equal treatment, there are a lot more events out there I would like to play in, other than those sponsored by Paddy Power, and they know where we are.

    Calling them bribes are overstating it somewhat.


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    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,983 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    RedJoker wrote: »
    Nicky is rightly worried that it will be difficult for mods to remain impartial, how are they going to punish these organisers for crossing the line in future when they might risk missing out on future free $3500 entries? What happens if they start accepting bribes to lock and delete competitor threads?

    They can't silence anybody outside of the forum, hence this thread. At the end of the day this site boils down to CM\Admin decisions. Or the eight ball in the office. Which explains the dual mod-ships, eight-balls are fickle masters.

    Also, I thought poker players were supposed to be two-faced and shifty? Otherwise their just ****.


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    Flushdraw
    Registered Users Posts: 6,187 ✭✭✭Flushdraw


    5starpool wrote: »
    I'm sick of having to explain our position. Officially PPP get no favours done for them. Sure we might look the other way occasionally on their promotion threads, or be a bit stricter on their competition, but if those others want equal treatment, there are a lot more events out there I would like to play in, other than those sponsored by Paddy Power, and they know where we are.

    Calling them bribes are overstating it somewhat.

    5star, you already won a ticket to the Irish Open. Does this mean PP have given you $3500 cash or something suitable, or do you miss out altogether because of it?


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    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    stovelid wrote: »
    As well as the Vantage Club Seats? The bastards!


    :D

    The extra "Ad" is because they will have to clatter themselves in FAI logos and allow the FAI to advertise on the soccer forum.

    Maybe I was just too subtle. :cool:


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    Ste05
    Registered Users Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭Ste05


    Boston wrote: »
    So far you're coming across as being out of line. If the poster can't/shouldn't raise the issue on the poker forum, then why shouldn't he/she raise it on feedback.
    Those threads/posts were deleted because they were just more of this type of begrudgering tripe, they're not about Poker they're about us as individuals and he's basically just jealous, there's a very vocal minority that are against it, but as you can see from the thanks for 5starpool's post the overwhelming majority of the Poker forum posters have no problem with it and are actually in favour of it. We've promised detailed TR's so everyone is winning here.

    Just like this thread nicnicnic can't prove or say anything about us being biased towards Paddy Power or anyone associated with the Irish Open, just that we might, and I can say now, we won't. Hence those posts were deleted, similarly this should be deleted too IMO, it's not about our modding it's just trying to have us lose out on this really generous gesture, who said modding has to be completely unpaid???

    It's been well known on the Poker forum among the regulars that we are getting paid into the tournament this year, simply as a thank you for modding the forum over the years, there aren't any strings attached and we haven't been lenient at all, nor will we.

    Thread deletion IMO.


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    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,850 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    Flushdraw wrote: »
    5star, you already won a ticket to the Irish Open. Does this mean PP have given you $3500 cash or something suitable, or do you miss out altogether because of it?

    Extra generous rakeback deal instead.


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    Ste05
    Registered Users Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭Ste05


    Flushdraw wrote: »
    5star, you already won a ticket to the Irish Open. Does this mean PP have given you $3500 cash or something suitable, or do you miss out altogether because of it?
    He can always sell his other ticket.

    Also, we have to wear PPP logo's and clothing to get entry so it's not completely free for us.


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    #28
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 36,227 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    RedJoker wrote: »
    I never trusted the poker mods anyway tbh, they all seemed very shifty to me. Especially LuckyLloyd, first the soccer forum and then the poker forum in quick succession, why would he want to gain a mod position on the two biggest forums on boards so quickly if he didn't have ulterior motives?

    Ridiculous and uncalled for.


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    Flushdraw
    Registered Users Posts: 6,187 ✭✭✭Flushdraw


    LuckyLloyd wrote: »
    Ridiculous and uncalled for.

    I agree. Far too many keyboard warriors on the poker forum. I've been posting there for quite a while and the amount of people that spout bs from one day to the next, and then when you meet them, they'd crawl into a corner and hide.

    I'd suspect redjoker is just another one of these. LuckyLloyd can be found at many a poker venue and i'm sure he'd welcome you to turn up and say it to his face. Although just a warning, bring a chair a) to stand on so you can say it to his face, and b) to smash it across his back so it gives you just a 5% chance of getting out of the room alive.


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    Flushdraw
    Registered Users Posts: 6,187 ✭✭✭Flushdraw


    Ste05 wrote: »
    He can always sell his other ticket.

    Also, we have to wear PPP logo's and clothing to get entry so it's not completely free for us.

    I actually directed the question at 5star, which he answered. Do you hold his cock while he's p1ssing too?


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    Icarus152
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭Icarus152


    Flushdraw wrote: »
    5star, you already won a ticket to the Irish Open. Does this mean PP have given you $3500 cash or something suitable, or do you miss out altogether because of it?

    LOL,what a joke,he "won" the ticket.Yeah right.


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