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Originally Posted by spiderlegz
That info is from Marc Karams post. There used to be nosebleed games at MG, up to 200/400. So I dont see any reason why it wouldnt be true.
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I dunno who that is but I think I misunderstood you anyway, sorry!

We're both in agreeance that Eurolinx's reputation (for whatever incorrect reasons) was exceptionally solid amongst the poker industry right up until very near to collapse. And I agree with you that it'd be rare for a poker player to Google for problems when the room's reputation is solid and their business practices seem very slick (both true for Eurolinx).
My tiny rant there about the nonsense on the major forums was due to the fact that the good posters on those forums are just dwarfed by lying idiots - and that there is a culture of lying for ego-based reasons that stretches right up to some of the 'name' posters and mods - they're mostly just terrible forums across the board and very little information pulled from there has any value unless it can be verified.
Bryan is 100% right though regarding human nature. Look at how many players have flooded back to AP / UB - I got amounts on CEREUS that are ridiculous considering the debauchery and scandal-filled past. And I've reloaded big amounts on Prima skins post-TUSK post-Eurolinx. You could argue (almost fairly) that those of us who get burned in situations involving these two in particular...almost have it coming. However, to counter, if you didn't fund any room which had a shady past or history of unethical behaviour - you'd have to pretty much scratch most of them. For years, I refused to play above 2/4 fixed as I was 100% certain the sites would rig the big games. I was left behind for years until 06, when I realised I'd been wrong and went robusto. But...I played 200,000 hands of SS Fixed at AP in 04/05 - had I gone up in limits,
huge chance I find myself a busted victim just as I suspected (although I thought EVERY site would have stuff like that going on - and they all might, and anyone that argues otherwise is very naive).
It's just so hard when you're trying to juggle the realities of an industry that's so shady across such a large portion of the board. You find yourself *wanting* to believe certain comforting things, when the dark reality is that history for most sites are shady and filled with "
um?" incidents.