Quote from: btckings1 on October 25, 2017, 11:35:11 AM

We have decided not to pay out the last STEP 5 prizes. Reason - obvious collusion. gaston raises preflop to 2900, another player calls, then on flop he goes all-in for 20 and the other player folds.
Not good. This WILL NOT be tolerated from now. All cashouts have been processed and we'll bite the bullet. But we have to draw a line somewhere and it will be here. No more of this BS. I know it's our fault for not spotting the glitch in the tournament payout structure and we are very grateful to those of you who pointed it out.

This has been going on for too long. One of many examples: https://prnt.sc/h1lwct

Hand #1376384-1 - 2017-10-24 16:40:14
Game: NL Hold'em (10000+800) - Blinds 10/20
Site: BTC Kings
Table: STEP 5 - 100K GTD - Table 1
Seat 1: Yona (1500)
Seat 2: Pocarrr (1500)
Seat 3: gaston_ (1500) - sitting out
Seat 4: SHowmUStGO (1500)
Seat 5: NRDL (1500) - sitting out
Seat 6: Gabriel (1500)
Seat 7: IDoTransfers (1500)
Seat 8: walter22 (1500)
Seat 9: Fakiros (1500)
Seat 10: GrowingCoins (1500)
Yona has the dealer button
Pocarrr posts small blind 10
gaston_ posts big blind 20
** Hole Cards ** [10 players]
SHowmUStGO raises to 1500 (All-in)
NRDL folds
Gabriel calls 1500 (All-in)
IDoTransfers calls 1500 (All-in)
walter22 folds
Fakiros calls 1500 (All-in)
GrowingCoins calls 1500 (All-in)
Yona calls 1500 (All-in)
Pocarrr calls 1490 (All-in)
gaston_ folds
** Flop ** [6d 9s 5s]
** Turn ** [Qh]
** River ** [2d]
** Pot Show Down ** [6d 9s 5s Qh 2d]
Yona shows [Jh 7s] (High Card Queen +J976)
Pocarrr shows [Tc Kh] (High Card King +QT96)
SHowmUStGO shows [2h 6s] (Two Pair, Sixes and Deuces +Q)
Gabriel shows [5h 4c] (a Pair of Fives +Q96)
IDoTransfers shows [7d 9c] (a Pair of Nines +Q76)
Fakiros shows [Js 8c] (High Card Queen +J986)
GrowingCoins shows [Qd Ks] (a Pair of Queens +K96)
SHowmUStGO wins Pot (10520) with Two Pair
IDoTransfers finishes tournament in place #5
Fakiros finishes tournament in place #5
GrowingCoins finishes tournament in place #5
Yona finishes tournament in place #5
Pocarrr finishes tournament in place #5
Gabriel finishes tournament in place #5
** Summary **
Board: [6d 9s 5s Qh 2d], Players: 10, Pots: 1, Total: 10520, Rake: 0, End: Showdown
Seat 1: Yona (-1500) [Jh 7s] Showdown with High Card Queen +J976
Seat 2: Pocarrr (-1500) [Tc Kh] Showdown with High Card King +QT96
Seat 3: gaston_ (-20) [9h Qs] Folded on PreFlop
Seat 4: SHowmUStGO (+9020) [2h 6s] Showdown with Two Pair, Sixes and Deuces +Q
Seat 5: NRDL (+0) [9d 7c] Folded on PreFlop
Seat 6: Gabriel (-1500) [5h 4c] Showdown with a Pair of Fives +Q96
Seat 7: IDoTransfers (-1500) [7d 9c] Showdown with a Pair of Nines +Q76
Seat 8: walter22 (+0) [8d Ts] Folded on PreFlop
Seat 9: Fakiros (-1500) [Js 8c] Showdown with High Card Queen +J986
Seat 10: GrowingCoins (-1500) [Qd Ks] Showdown with a Pair of Queens +K96

Hand #1376388-5 - 2017-10-24 16:42:59
Game: NL Hold'em (10000+800) - Blinds 10/20
Site: BTC Kings
Table: STEP 5 - 100K GTD - Table 1
Seat 3: gaston_ (2920)
Seat 4: SHowmUStGO (6320)
Seat 5: NRDL (2900) - sitting out
Seat 8: walter22 (2860)
walter22 has the dealer button
gaston_ posts small blind 10
SHowmUStGO posts big blind 20
** Hole Cards ** [4 players]
NRDL folds
walter22 folds
gaston_ raises to 2900
SHowmUStGO calls 2880
** Flop ** [Jd 9d 4c]
gaston_ bets 20 (All-in)
SHowmUStGO folds
gaston_ refunded 20
gaston_ wins Pot (5800)
** Summary **
Board: [Jd 9d 4c], Players: 4, Pots: 1, Total: 5800, Rake: 0, End: Flop
Seat 3: gaston_ (+2900) [Jc Ad] Won without Showdown
Seat 4: SHowmUStGO (-2900) [4s 9c] Folded on Flop
Seat 5: NRDL (+0) [4h 5c] Folded on PreFlop
Seat 8: walter22 (+0) [Kc 8h] Folded on PreFlop

interesting... if gaston_ had went all in preflop, he would have had to face a showdown. it looks like he kept 20 chips to raise on the flop, thereby maximizing the amount of chips he could extract from SHowmUStGO, and in doing so avoided the showdown. SHowmUStGO chose to fold 2 pair instead of calling the minimum bet, in spite of being the chip leader... this sort of obvious collusion is poison to a poker room. BTCkings has been more than fair with players taking advantage of weak bots and having multiple accounts. I've cashed out over 100 mBTC, a vast majority of which came from playing against the bots. so I'm not exactly innocent in all of this.. but one thing I haven't done is cheat my fellow players. BTCkings has a lot of potential. let's all try to issue a little restraint and not piss in the pool.

thus concludes my morning rant..