The Party is Over at Pitbull Poker
09.30.2009 (09:54 AM CST)
As reported previously on PokerRoomReview.com, allegations of super-user accounts being used to cheat players at Pitbull Poker appear to have finally come to a head for the maligned online poker site. Reports out of Costa Rica indicate that the owners of Pitbull closed shop in the early morning hours yesterday, raiding the offices of computers and equipment that may have served as evidence against them in the cheating scandal.
According to 2+2 forum poster “dbreal” (allegedly former Pitbull Poker manager Dave Brenes), the owners of Pitbull “were taken by the local police thanks to the quick reaction of fellow co-workers who were suspecting foul play and arrived at the office after hours to find them taking out computers and equipment from the offices.” In addition to owing online players their balances, the directors of the company apparently were attempting to leave under the cover of darkness without paying their employees. According to “dbreal”, the principal of Pitbull “was taken for interrogation as many people at the scene claimed he was trying to leave without notice …”
As of this writing, the Pitbull Poker website still appears to be online. However, existing players are unable to login and, when we attempted to create a new account, we were met with repeated application errors. While this is certainly not the end to the saga, it appears that the “party” is indeed over at Pitbull Poker. The main question now on players’ minds is whether or not they’ll ever see a penny of their balances from Pitbull. We’ll update with any related developments.
09.30.2009 (09:54 AM CST)
As reported previously on PokerRoomReview.com, allegations of super-user accounts being used to cheat players at Pitbull Poker appear to have finally come to a head for the maligned online poker site. Reports out of Costa Rica indicate that the owners of Pitbull closed shop in the early morning hours yesterday, raiding the offices of computers and equipment that may have served as evidence against them in the cheating scandal.
According to 2+2 forum poster “dbreal” (allegedly former Pitbull Poker manager Dave Brenes), the owners of Pitbull “were taken by the local police thanks to the quick reaction of fellow co-workers who were suspecting foul play and arrived at the office after hours to find them taking out computers and equipment from the offices.” In addition to owing online players their balances, the directors of the company apparently were attempting to leave under the cover of darkness without paying their employees. According to “dbreal”, the principal of Pitbull “was taken for interrogation as many people at the scene claimed he was trying to leave without notice …”
As of this writing, the Pitbull Poker website still appears to be online. However, existing players are unable to login and, when we attempted to create a new account, we were met with repeated application errors. While this is certainly not the end to the saga, it appears that the “party” is indeed over at Pitbull Poker. The main question now on players’ minds is whether or not they’ll ever see a penny of their balances from Pitbull. We’ll update with any related developments.