I've been under the weather for a couple weeks so I apologize for the lack of posts.
Perspectives weekly
J Todd covers news from Antigua, Costa Rica and the US. He also covers the latest from PokerDream and Tusk.
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Showing posts with label Poker Dream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poker Dream. Show all posts
Friday, March 28, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Latest from PokerDream
This announcement is currently posted on the PD forum...
PokerDream Is Still Investigating the Recent Fraudulent Credit Card Activities and Massive Credit Card Chargebacks placed by players. Once the investigation is complete we will be posting all the players names along with the transactions they made.
Currently the only payout options we have available are Click2Pay, ePassporte and Moneybookers. If you wish to withdraw funds from your poker account. We suggest you make your request immediately.
PokerDream
03/22/2008 - UPDATE *****
We have compiled the list of players who charged back the money they deposited into the their player accounts. Download it here www.pokerdream.com/download/cb.pdf
What is a chargeback?
Anyone who uses a credit card can at ANY time call their credit card company or bank and state that the charges made on their card were not authorized by them. They do NOT need to give the credit card company or bank any other reasoning. The credit card company or bank will immediately take the funds back from the company which made the charges in our case PokerDream.
The players listed in this document deposited real money into their account, played games and in most cases lost to other legitimate players on the PokerDream network and in some cases did a player to player transfer. After our credit card account began to have these charge backs our credit card merchant CLOSED our account reversed a wire they had already sent to PokerDream and then decided to KEEP all the money in reserve as well. This caused the PokerDream network balances to go into a deficit and is the PARTIAL cause of the current situation.
After speaking with our company counsel we cannot give out any information regarding the players who used stolen credit cards until after the authorities have completed their investigation and they have given us the OK to post the information publicly.
ALSO we have tried to contact J TODD by phone today many times to discuss the current situation however we have been unable to reach him to discuss. We will keep trying.
In December 2007 as many of you are aware the PokerDream Network was taken over by new management. This new "management" began to make many many significant changes to the network. During the first 2 months of 2008 this new person put up a lot of great games many of which were Freerolls and Guaranteed Tournaments. This increased the players accounts by a large amount of free money. However the new person never funded the PokerDream network with the money to cover these free cash gifts to the players and never started his big marketing campaign to bring in new depositing players and at the end of February. Well using his own words. "He walked away."
More to come ....
As a side note:
Players are apparently receiving withdrawn funds at this time.
If you have money on account there, now is the time to get it out.
PokerDream Is Still Investigating the Recent Fraudulent Credit Card Activities and Massive Credit Card Chargebacks placed by players. Once the investigation is complete we will be posting all the players names along with the transactions they made.
Currently the only payout options we have available are Click2Pay, ePassporte and Moneybookers. If you wish to withdraw funds from your poker account. We suggest you make your request immediately.
PokerDream
03/22/2008 - UPDATE *****
We have compiled the list of players who charged back the money they deposited into the their player accounts. Download it here www.pokerdream.com/download/cb.pdf
What is a chargeback?
Anyone who uses a credit card can at ANY time call their credit card company or bank and state that the charges made on their card were not authorized by them. They do NOT need to give the credit card company or bank any other reasoning. The credit card company or bank will immediately take the funds back from the company which made the charges in our case PokerDream.
The players listed in this document deposited real money into their account, played games and in most cases lost to other legitimate players on the PokerDream network and in some cases did a player to player transfer. After our credit card account began to have these charge backs our credit card merchant CLOSED our account reversed a wire they had already sent to PokerDream and then decided to KEEP all the money in reserve as well. This caused the PokerDream network balances to go into a deficit and is the PARTIAL cause of the current situation.
After speaking with our company counsel we cannot give out any information regarding the players who used stolen credit cards until after the authorities have completed their investigation and they have given us the OK to post the information publicly.
ALSO we have tried to contact J TODD by phone today many times to discuss the current situation however we have been unable to reach him to discuss. We will keep trying.
In December 2007 as many of you are aware the PokerDream Network was taken over by new management. This new "management" began to make many many significant changes to the network. During the first 2 months of 2008 this new person put up a lot of great games many of which were Freerolls and Guaranteed Tournaments. This increased the players accounts by a large amount of free money. However the new person never funded the PokerDream network with the money to cover these free cash gifts to the players and never started his big marketing campaign to bring in new depositing players and at the end of February. Well using his own words. "He walked away."
More to come ....
As a side note:
Players are apparently receiving withdrawn funds at this time.
If you have money on account there, now is the time to get it out.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Bernt Erik Hansen Clears the Air About PokerDream
Bernt Erik Hansen posted on APCW forum today after being contacted by one of the skin owners. The following is a direct quote:
"My name is Bernt Erik Hansen and I was the investor behind PD. I was locked out of PD over 1 year ago by John after funding PD with over $ 300.000,- witch I have recit for. John after locked me out, acted as the one and only owner of PD. He has also stolen $ 46.000,- from Kim Ulriksen."
Hansen also left contact information so we could follow up with him.
Read more on the collapse of PokerDream in our archives.
"My name is Bernt Erik Hansen and I was the investor behind PD. I was locked out of PD over 1 year ago by John after funding PD with over $ 300.000,- witch I have recit for. John after locked me out, acted as the one and only owner of PD. He has also stolen $ 46.000,- from Kim Ulriksen."
Hansen also left contact information so we could follow up with him.
Read more on the collapse of PokerDream in our archives.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Recent News
European News
Sweden's Prosecution Authority has been ordered to halt prosecutions against Swedish media companies who accept advertising from Internet gambling sites. The decision follows an appeals court ruling that found Swedish lottery laws were possibly in contradiction with the European Court Pact.
PokerDream Update
In the weeks since the Poker Dream network's collapse many of the affected players and webmasters have been working hand in hand with Jay Todd and APCW to track down PokerDream's owners and our cash.
Thanks to Jay's "Perspectives Weekly" video and the publicity we've been able to generate, John Dutchak and Dave McCann have both come forward and contacted us.
John Dutchak is believed to be the owner/founder of PokerDream although he denies the claim and insists he was merely a software designer and programmer. We know for certain he was the front man and main contact person since the very beginning.
Dave McCann was apparently acting as host and administrator of the site for the final couple months but he claims the owners never paid him for his services. He also stated that he does not know who he was working for. Pretty weak story Dave...
Dutchak claims; "I was the lead software developer of the PokerDream site I am NOT the owner. The site was created in late 2005 and in 2006, the site is owned by 2 people from Norway named Bernt Erik Hansen and Jens Lausten. Bernt Erik is the majority owner."
So far, even though our investigation has progressed rapidly to this point, we are left with even more questions and very few answers.
We'll continue the search for the truth and as always, I'll keep you posted on our progress.
Sweden's Prosecution Authority has been ordered to halt prosecutions against Swedish media companies who accept advertising from Internet gambling sites. The decision follows an appeals court ruling that found Swedish lottery laws were possibly in contradiction with the European Court Pact.
PokerDream Update
In the weeks since the Poker Dream network's collapse many of the affected players and webmasters have been working hand in hand with Jay Todd and APCW to track down PokerDream's owners and our cash.
Thanks to Jay's "Perspectives Weekly" video and the publicity we've been able to generate, John Dutchak and Dave McCann have both come forward and contacted us.
John Dutchak is believed to be the owner/founder of PokerDream although he denies the claim and insists he was merely a software designer and programmer. We know for certain he was the front man and main contact person since the very beginning.
Dave McCann was apparently acting as host and administrator of the site for the final couple months but he claims the owners never paid him for his services. He also stated that he does not know who he was working for. Pretty weak story Dave...
Dutchak claims; "I was the lead software developer of the PokerDream site I am NOT the owner. The site was created in late 2005 and in 2006, the site is owned by 2 people from Norway named Bernt Erik Hansen and Jens Lausten. Bernt Erik is the majority owner."
So far, even though our investigation has progressed rapidly to this point, we are left with even more questions and very few answers.
We'll continue the search for the truth and as always, I'll keep you posted on our progress.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Perspectives Weekly - March 14
This week J Todd covers breaking news from the EU and the US plus he looks into the PokerDream situation and talks about the IMEGA ruling.
Join APCW today - stay informed!
Join APCW today - stay informed!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Todd Brunson gives some back & Poker Dream in trouble?
Todd Brunson is one of my favorite poker pros. He plays solid poker whether he's in a tournament or grinding it out in the big cash games he likes so much. Todd never gets too fancy, even when the TV cameras are covering his play. He sticks to his game. To me, that's the sign of a true pro.
Todd Brunson doesn't feel like he has to live up to his father's reputation either. He's proven that he's his own man. Doyle must be very proud of his son.
Another thing I admire about Todd is his willingness to give back to the community. In March Todd is hosting a charity poker event to benefit Camp Okizu, a retreat for children with cancer. The tournament is a $300 buy-in No Limit Holdem event and takes place on March 8 in Santa Clara, California.
The tournament is open to the public so if you're a decent poker player and would like to support this worthy cause, get out there and play. Todd is giving away autograped photos of himself while supplies last.
Other poker celebrities attending the event include; Hoyt Corkins, Cyndy Violette and Mark Sief. Matt Savage will be the MC for the tournament.
Todd represents Doyles Room, a US friendly poker site named after the legend himself, Doyle Brunson. Play online against Todd, Doyle and other famous pros at Doyles Room. Read our review of Doyles Room here.
The online poker world is still rebounding from the Absolute Poker super user scandal and the allegations of similar cheating at Ultimate Bet (owned by Absolute). Added to these scandals was the recent collapse of the DGS Poker Network. Now we have rumors of yet another site going down the tubes. Poker Dream, a US friendly network, appears to be in the midst of collapse. The network has locked out all their "skin" owners and closed it's forum. It appears imminent that the site is doomed. I have a couple hundred bucks sitting on the network, I guess it'll be gone forever... I'll keep you posted as new developments surface.
Todd Brunson doesn't feel like he has to live up to his father's reputation either. He's proven that he's his own man. Doyle must be very proud of his son.
Another thing I admire about Todd is his willingness to give back to the community. In March Todd is hosting a charity poker event to benefit Camp Okizu, a retreat for children with cancer. The tournament is a $300 buy-in No Limit Holdem event and takes place on March 8 in Santa Clara, California.
The tournament is open to the public so if you're a decent poker player and would like to support this worthy cause, get out there and play. Todd is giving away autograped photos of himself while supplies last.
Other poker celebrities attending the event include; Hoyt Corkins, Cyndy Violette and Mark Sief. Matt Savage will be the MC for the tournament.
Todd represents Doyles Room, a US friendly poker site named after the legend himself, Doyle Brunson. Play online against Todd, Doyle and other famous pros at Doyles Room. Read our review of Doyles Room here.
The online poker world is still rebounding from the Absolute Poker super user scandal and the allegations of similar cheating at Ultimate Bet (owned by Absolute). Added to these scandals was the recent collapse of the DGS Poker Network. Now we have rumors of yet another site going down the tubes. Poker Dream, a US friendly network, appears to be in the midst of collapse. The network has locked out all their "skin" owners and closed it's forum. It appears imminent that the site is doomed. I have a couple hundred bucks sitting on the network, I guess it'll be gone forever... I'll keep you posted as new developments surface.
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