Resolved Pokertime(Microgaming) locked my account need help!!!

Arximag

Dormant account
PABnonaccred
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Location
Russia
Hello!!! I am crushed I is destroyed... I of Rodionov Vitaly to me of 25 years. I play poker about 2-3 years. I have laid down to myself the aim to become the professional, to rise from the zero. In our remote place Penza, Russia (where I live) poker unique chance to be beaten out in people. Three months ago I weigh has devoted itself to poker: I have ceased to communicate with friends, I have thrown all than before was engaged, I do not go out of doors at all... And this beginning to yield the fruits: I have won in freeroll on PokerPlex (IPoker) 320$ becoming the first, in the same place have lifted to 900$ And here I have turned the look on room PokerTime (MicroGaming)...Two weeks ago has filled in there 600$ and for 32RedPoker (Microgaming) 150$... The rest has lost in Plexpoker... I weigh has concentrated on PokerTime there excellent Rake Race on 50000$ top 500. Then I estimated what to come in top 10 it is possible... I played very confidently, strongly, and is ruthless... For a week I have filled 5000$. I have thought that here it - my hour has punched. I was very happy... Built the increase plan bankroll. There was no Yet it------> Me account locked ptr29345409 (alias Arximag).Has written in support have answered that MicroGaming Security checks my account. I have started to be interested at forums about similar case.And having spent for it 3 hours I was horrified, I already guessed that waits for me... In a week of silence I have reminded of myself and here that have received in the answer. ___>

Hi Rodionov


Thank you for contacting the Poker Support Desk.

Rodionov, I had a look at your account and see that your account was locked due to Chip dumping. For various security purposes this is not allowed in the poker room and is considered as a serious offence.

Regretfully I will need to advise you that the account will remain locked and will not be reconsidered to be re-opened. If there is a balance in your account then it will be frozen, meaning that it is confiscated.

I thank you for your time and patience in this regard.

Kind regards

I esteemed archives of various forums(TwoplusTwo, CardRuners...) and have found out that they (PokerTime, Microgaming) constantly grasp accounts. Working under one scheme accusing in ?hip dumping. As they in general work till now. It not single instance and at all the 100-th.I do not understand such policy!!!

And it before the Newest year... I remained out-of-pocket, without friends, without understanding, I even do not have means to give gifts to the aged parents. I ask you concern it more attentively. Now all power in your hands. I wish to return the money I want that justice has triumphed. I thank you for your time. I am crushed I is destroyed...
 
If you were chip dumping, the poker room has the rights to do this unfortunately. Chip dumping is not allowed in most rooms. On some rooms they do allow money transfers between accounts though.

kavaman
 
I'd suggest you to post this story on cgm.ru - the biggest russian website and forum about online poker. People could help, I hope.
By the way, afaik poker room have to provide hand history with suspicious hands as per player's request. Correct me if I'm mistaken.

koroche napishi na cgm.ru - kto nibud pomozhet
 
@Arximag: Yesterday, 07:10 PM you sent in a PAB on this issue. When you submitted the PAB you responded to this statement, 'I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE PAB FAQ', with 'yes'. In other words you will have read and understood the following from the Pitch-A-Bitch FAQ:
Q: I have already, or would like to, post about my complaint on the message boards. Is that a good idea?

A: No, it is not a good idea. A PAB is a private negotiation process and it works because it gives the casino people the best possible opportunity to resolve your issue calmly and fairly in talks with professional industry people without the burden of external pressures or influence

A message posted on the boards is quite the opposite: it creates a very public public-relations issue that the casino people generally feel forced to contain, or ignore, as best they can.

Because of the pressures involved a forum post on a given issue will usually derail any PABs that are in progress on that issue, and this is why we advise that forum posts be withheld until the PAB process has had a chance to run it's course.

We reserve the right to discard any PAB that where that same issue has been posted to the boards. This relates to threads started by, or contributions to other threads by, the person who filed the PAB. This applies equally to posts made before or after the PAB was filed.

In other words in the case where the material was posted before the PAB was filed we will determine whether those posts would damage or thwart the PAB process before we decide if we will proceed with the PAB. In the case where the material was posted after the PAB was filed there is a very high probability that we will suspend or discard the PAB at that point.

Once we indicate that we are finished with a PAB the person who filed it is free to post about the issue as they see fit (all the usual Casinomeister Forum Rules are applicable).

Yesterday 07:42 PM -- 32 minutes after you filed your PAB -- you posted this thread in complete disregard for what you had agreed to in the PAB. Because of this I am discarding your PAB effective immediately.

Next time please read and follow the instructions given to you in the Pitch-A-Bitch FAQ.

If you do not understand those instructions then I respectfully suggest that you either get someone to help you with the English or you find another service available in your language.

The services of this site are offered in English: we are not responsible for your inability to read and follow instructions written in English.
 
Hi Arximag,

keep pushing them. There recently was a case where they closed an account and took the funds due to collusion. When the only thing the player did was flipping at a HU table:p They reopened the account tough but that was one of the most ridiculous accusations I have ever seen.

So they make mistakes all the time, so if you are legit you should have your account open within a week or two.
 
I write in support Pokertime:

According to GAMBLING COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE TO USERS OF GIBRALTAR LICENSED GAMBLING FACILITIES ON COMPLAINTS AND QUESTIONS/GRIEVANCES REGARDING OPERATORS' FACILITIES AND DECISIONS

Operators are required to provide players with reasonable access to the results of the games they have played. A customer who genuinely believes the outcome of a game is unfair should ask for this information and the advice of the operator in interpreting it.

Send me history hands and results why have accused me in damping chips...

I receive the answer

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Hi Rodionov

My name is Francois and I am the Floor Manager currently on duty.

I have reviewed your email, account and the information supplied to us by Micro Gaming. Please take note of the following.



As per the Terms and Conditions of PokerTime:



By playing any game at the poker room, the player warrants that the player is familiar with the rules of such game and acknowledges that the rules of each game are available under the Game Rules section of the poker room.





The Rules section states the following:



Chip Dumping

Chip dumping is not allowed, and may result in the following:

* Players being disqualified and removed from the game.
* Players forfeiting all buy-in amounts.
* Players being permanently banned from the Multi-Player Casino.

Note:
These decisions are at the discretion of the House.





Chip Dumping is seen by PokerTime as misconduct. This is dealt with in the following section of our Terms and Conditions:





22. Consequences of Deregistration, Exclusion or Suspension

22.1 If we deregister or exclude or suspend you from the Poker Room we shall have the right to:

22.1.1 withhold payment to you of any contested funds whether such contested funds are deposits, refunds, bonuses, free monies, casino credits, payouts or the like; and/or

22.1.2 exclude you from all or any other Casinos and/or Poker Rooms in the group of Casinos of which the Casino is a member; and/or

22.1.3 solely determine what criteria you shall have to meet in order to establish a New Account at the Casino; and/or

22.1.4 in the case of fraudulent, illegal or similar misconduct by you or failure by you to pay any sums due to us:

22.1.4.1 furnish any relevant information about you to an intra-group database recording such mischief and, if necessary, hand over your account details to a collections agency for the recovery of any sums that you owe us. You hereby irrevocably authorize us to do so in our absolute discretion, and/or
22.1.4.2 have forfeited to us any contested funds that may be derived by you from fraudulent, illegal or similar misconduct.





With regards to the information contained in your email. This deals with game results and if the games hosted by the online operator is fair. Your account was not locked due to the game being fair or unfair but due to misconduct.



As you have previously been advised, due to security reasons, we are not able to provide you with additional information other than the reason for the locking of your account.



Kind regards
Francois
Floor Manager

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next my letter

According to GAMBLING COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE TO USERS OF GIBRALTAR LICENSED GAMBLING FACILITIES ON COMPLAINTS AND QUESTIONS/GRIEVANCES REGARDING OPERATORS' FACILITIES AND DECISIONS

Operators are required to provide players with reasonable access to the results of the games they have played. A customer who genuinely believes the outcome of a game is unfair should ask for this information and the advice of the operator in interpreting it.

We no send me history hands and results why have accused me in damping chips...This serious infringement!!! I am compelled to complain of you in GIBRALTAR COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE. Also I know what We recently was a case where we closed an account and took the funds due to collusion. When the only thing the player did was flipping at a HU table We reopened the account tough but that was one of the most ridiculous accusations I have ever seen.

So We make mistakes all the time!!!


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answer support

Hi Rodionov

Thank you for contacting the Poker Support Desk.

I understand that you are frustrated by what has happened. Unfortunately, the decision to lock your account for chip dumping was made by Micro Gaming, not by Poker Time. As we are part of the Micro Gaming Poker Network, we have to abide by their decision.

I can assure you that this decision was not simply done on a whim and that the Player Security division at Micro Gaming would not do this unless they felt that this action was necessary.

Should you feel that you need to take this matter further, that is entirely your decision, however, as stated, we are simply abiding by the decision made by Micro Gaming, as we operate on their poker network.

Please contact us again, should you have any further queries.

I thank you for your time and patience in this regard.

Kind regards

Garreth

Poker Desk

Please contact us on the following numbers for further assistance.
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next me mail in support:

We talk what we understand that you are frustrated by what has happened. Unfortunately, the decision to lock your account for chip dumping was made by Micro Gaming, not by Poker Time. As we are part of the Micro Gaming Poker Network, we have to abide by their decision.

This is a breach of their Gibraltar gaming license which states:

The Licensee hereby agrees that the control of the entire business of the Licensee will be exercised in Gibraltar...

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It is compelled that I will complain to the Gibraltar regulator unless your account is restored. We and not Microgaming should be in control of their business under their license conditions.
 
It would appear you are making no progress whatseover with the poker room concerned; I would therefore suggest that as you have given them an opportunity to address your problem without success, you should go ahead and complain to the regulator and let them sort it out.
 
The key word here is flipping. It is indeed near impossible to explain this away as not dumping chips (especially if one or the other lost a lot in a row). I'm sure that the other person involved had their account closed as well.

I seriously doubt that you'll get your account re-opened, but good luck.
 
The key word here is flipping. It is indeed near impossible to explain this away as not dumping chips (especially if one or the other lost a lot in a row). I'm sure that the other person involved had their account closed as well.

I seriously doubt that you'll get your account re-opened, but good luck.

I dont think this player has been flipping. I cant see how flipping can be considered chip dumping so it shouldnt matter if he did.

Altough MG decided in one case that it was collusion:oops: and only closed one of the accounts, they later reopened the account tough. That shows what kind of ridiculous decisions they may take.
 
I dont think this player has been flipping. I cant see how flipping can be considered chip dumping so it shouldnt matter if he did.


Take this scenario for example:

2 players sit at a HU table and flip 5 times. One player gets the short end of the stick, loses all 5 flips and quits.

From any poker room's viewpoint, this could definitely be seen as chip dumping...

At least with PokerStars and FTP (and possibly other rooms), they will give you the opportunity to tell your side of the story after they lock your account. With MGS, they won't even entertain any explanations..
 
Take this scenario for example:

2 players sit at a HU table and flip 5 times. One player gets the short end of the stick, loses all 5 flips and quits.

From any poker room's viewpoint, this could definitely be seen as chip dumping...

At least with PokerStars and FTP (and possibly other rooms), they will give you the opportunity to tell your side of the story after they lock your account. With MGS, they won't even entertain any explanations..

Personally dont know of anyone who have had their account locked due to flipping. Flipping is stupid tough if you dont just want to flip for some small amount left in your account.

In this case its probably soft play that they suspect.
 
Hope we will get to the truth in the end but I suspect there is more to this than OP wants us to believe. Just my thought, I could be wrong too.
 
Hope we will get to the truth in the end but I suspect there is more to this than OP wants us to believe. Just my thought, I could be wrong too.

You do not understand that speak. When grasp your account only from for that that you strongly play and win... And besides do not react at all to inquiries... I live in such solitude that charges in chip dumpinge to me seem absurd!!!!!!!! I did not consist in any arrangement I at all I do not know one foreigner at me there is no foreigner passport. It is simply ridiculous. It is simple swindle!!!!!!!!!


They it is constant operate air charge in chipdumpings..and grasp your account!!!!

I played fair mine IP adress cannot coincide with Ip others player...

Yours rooms plays few people!!
I didnot chips jumping because I did know the players!!
I was very play in poker!!
I played for more time in a multiplayer table with player of all city,the limit the table was 0.5-1$!!

I did not done jumping chips.
I used my ip address.
I have (or had) only an account with pokertime from 2 years.
I used my Pc.


PokerTime(MicroGaming) cannot confiscate 2825euro and also my deposit(400euro),this is fraud!
 
Contact as many people as you can, the more people are involved - the more your chances to find out the truth. Good luck!
 
A start would be to contact the Prima (MGS) rep here on CM. I just checked and he last visited the forum on the 24th, so he's somewhat active in coming here.

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/members/

I would strongly suggest that you get a friend to do your russian > english translations for you. It's near impossible for anyone to understand what you're saying. We can get the general idea of what's happening, but barely.
 
You do not understand that speak. When grasp your account only from for that that you strongly play and win... And besides do not react at all to inquiries... I live in such solitude that charges in chip dumpinge to me seem absurd!!!!!!!! I did not consist in any arrangement I at all I do not know one foreigner at me there is no foreigner passport. It is simply ridiculous. It is simple swindle!!!!!!!!!


They it is constant operate air charge in chipdumpings..and grasp your account!!!!

I played fair mine IP adress cannot coincide with Ip others player...

Yours rooms plays few people!!
I didnot chips jumping because I did know the players!!
I was very play in poker!!
I played for more time in a multiplayer table with player of all city,the limit the table was 0.5-1$!!

I did not done jumping chips.
I used my ip address.
I have (or had) only an account with pokertime from 2 years.
I used my Pc.


PokerTime(MicroGaming) cannot confiscate 2825euro and also my deposit(400euro),this is fraud!

This suggests they believe you have RECEIVED chips "dumped" by another player. If you were dumping the chips, you would be LOSING. YOU may have played a strong game, but the other player may have played an unusually poor game in order to deliberately lose their chips to you.

A formal complaint to the GRA looks like your best option. Depending on how you made your initial deposit, you may be able to recover this through your bank, since the merchant have failed to provide you with the service, an online poker network for real money.

THEIR terms only allow them to confiscate DISPUTED funds, and this would NOT cover your initial deposit, and only winnings in so far as they result from another player dumping chips.

This shows it is possible for a completely innocent player to RECEIVE chips from a player considered a chip dumper, even though said player simply felt they had a weak opponent.

It also means that perhaps you are not as good a player as you had thought, since the network thought your winning streak was due to other players dumping their chips to you.
 
Yesterday 07:42 PM -- 32 minutes after you filed your PAB -- you posted this thread in complete disregard for what you had agreed to in the PAB. Because of this I am discarding your PAB effective immediately.

Can you not cut the guy a little slack, Max?
It's clear that he doesn't understand English. His posting looks like a machine translation.
 
Can you not cut the guy a little slack, Max?
It's clear that he doesn't understand English. His posting looks like a machine translation.

In my experience someone who doesn't take the time to properly understand the PAB rules is someone who just doesn't give a shit, all they want is ... well, whatever their PAB says they want.

My point it this: if I went to a Russian language site looking for help I damn sure would try and hook up with someone who knew Russian to walk me through it. And if I just plugged it into Babelfish or whatever and it didn't work out then I wouldn't be the least bit surprised. And I certainly wouldn't blame them for not being able to make sense of my trashed-up translation.

We offer our services in English: not being able to communicate or understand English is serious impediment to receiving those services.

Is that a bummer? I'm sure it is but we've got to draw the line because we just can't pretend that the language barrier doesn't exist. It very much does exist and the person seeking our services has to meet us on the English side of the line, one way or the other. And sadly machine translations simply don't cut it.

Trust me, I know how this feels. I live in Europe and don't speak the local language worth a damn. Without a doubt it is a constant PITA but it is not the locals fault, it is my fault and I have to live with it as best I can. In almost all cases that means getting a little help from my friends, as this guy should have done if he could not understand the rules of the services he was requesting.

I'm sorry if this seems hard-assed to you but the bottom line is that if the person can't understand the FAQ and follow it then they almost always end up being a big fat time suck for me. And I simply don't have that kind of time to give to help someone over their language issues, plain and simple.

At the end of the day the rules are there for a reason, not simply for the sake of having rules. If you think about where we're coming from you'll usually see that we do what we do for very good reasons and none of it arbitrarily.

So no, I can't cut the guy some slack because his case is no different than the Chinese or Thai or Chilean or whatever person who looks at our rules, sees gobbledy-gook and files a PAB anyway. Been there, done that, not going to repeat that mistake over and over.

Sorry to one and all who are inconvenienced by this but, again, we offer our services in English and anyone wanting to use those services are expected by whatever means necessary to be able to read, understand and communicate with us in English.

PS. If you want to volunteer to be the guy's translator then by all means get in touch with him. Start with the Pitch-A-Bitch FAQ and let me know when you're ready to move on from there. Like anybody else, if he understands and follows the PAB procedures as given in the FAQ there will be no problem at my end accepting the thing and moving forward. But I cannot and will not pretend that that isn't the minimum requirement for using the PAB service because it simply is, for all the reasons cited above.
 
Can you not cut the guy a little slack, Max?
It's clear that he doesn't understand English. His posting looks like a machine translation.

I write in support Pokertime:
According to GAMBLING COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE TO USERS OF GIBRALTAR LICENSED GAMBLING FACILITIES ON COMPLAINTS AND QUESTIONS/GRIEVANCES REGARDING OPERATORS' FACILITIES AND DECISIONS Operators are required to provide players with reasonable access to the results of the games they have played. A customer who genuinely believes the outcome of a game is unfair should ask for this information and the advice of the operator in interpreting it.

It seems to me the OP has no problem understanding English. As outlined above. It's possible that he can read English but fails to write it properly.

I also tend to think there is more to this than the OP is letting on. That's just my opinion of course.


Cheers

:)

Dave
 
This suggests they believe you have RECEIVED chips "dumped" by another player. If you were dumping the chips, you would be LOSING. YOU may have played a strong game, but the other player may have played an unusually poor game in order to deliberately lose their chips to you.

A formal complaint to the GRA looks like your best option. Depending on how you made your initial deposit, you may be able to recover this through your bank, since the merchant have failed to provide you with the service, an online poker network for real money.

THEIR terms only allow them to confiscate DISPUTED funds, and this would NOT cover your initial deposit, and only winnings in so far as they result from another player dumping chips.

This shows it is possible for a completely innocent player to RECEIVE chips from a player considered a chip dumper, even though said player simply felt they had a weak opponent.

It also means that perhaps you are not as good a player as you had thought, since the network thought your winning streak was due to other players dumping their chips to you.

That at any player at which upstrick.
It is possible to grasp the account and not to answer its inquiries...
Whether so!!! It is a lawlessness!!!


MAXD you as I understand undertake nothing... Here is how you communicate with the clients... It is a pity that it became known to me already after incedenta...
It not the first case of a lawlessness.You know the problems in service Carmen Media Group and do nothing for its improvement. Year by year. To me it is very a pity....
 
The absolute last thing you want to do is make Max mad. This will severely impair your chances of a "second chance", assuming he lets you do one in the first place.

You need to understand that we who speak english as our primary language cannot understand machine-translated versions of russian - it makes almost no sense to us.
 
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Arixmag, there is no "clients" here at the forum.
You may send me a PM with all details in Russian and will make it a bit more readable in English.
 
That at any player at which upstrick.
It is possible to grasp the account and not to answer its inquiries...
Whether so!!! It is a lawlessness!!!


MAXD you as I understand undertake nothing... Here is how you communicate with the clients... It is a pity that it became known to me already after incedenta...
It not the first case of a lawlessness.You know the problems in service Carmen Media Group and do nothing for its improvement. Year by year. To me it is very a pity....

Eh:confused:

This is the kind of problem we get with bad translations. For a PAB to work, there must be understanding. Max MUST have the form filled in, and in CLEAR ENGLISH, otherwise the process will stall because aspects get lost in translation.

Max appears to have offered another chance. Get someone to act as translator between yourself and Max, and try the PAB process again. If you decide to do this, don't make any further postings on this topic, not here, nor anywhere else. Only post further on this when the PAB has been completed.
 

If I understood it correctly, the sentence you bolded means that winning so much money may occur when player is on up-streak. So it nothing strange that he was able to win so much in a short time.

UPD: I contacted the OP and we agreed that I will help him to submit a PAB according to the forum rules. We also agreed that all communications should be shared with me, so I will be able to translate it for the OP.
 

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