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Recently, several high limit players and a couple of moderators at 2+2 have started to lead charges against Absolute Poker. Unfortunately all allegations at this point have gotten the attention of several people who would normally dismiss ‘online poker is counterfeited’ claims.

However, there’s really nothing more than the suspicion of some well-respected players, sustained with fairly thin statistical evidence, there’s been no official word from Absolute Poker at this point on the accusations.

The original claims about rigged online poker at Absolute Poker focused on the play of a few accounts now believed to be actually one and the same person: Greycat/Steamroller/Supercard and stemmed from a thread in the High Stakes Limit section of 2+2. Then the story moved in forums and you can also find it in Google if you search for “high stakes absolute players” and view the cached versions of the search results.

The rumors started in a critical summary post of one of the best high stakes poker players Dan Druff. In his post he said he played a whole lot on AP this year and that he is able to confirm that Greycat, Supercard, and the other suspect accounts posted are indeed the same person, saying that this is not an assumption but fact.

About the person playing under various nicknames, Druff suggested that he is able to see the opponent’s cards and that he won many games in a suspect way. Also, Dan assumes that he knows how he is cheating at Absolute Poker. He speaks of a “superuser” account developed by AP’s software creators. The “superuser” account, shaped only for testing purposes, would be able to see all cards of all online poker players in all games. He says that he knows about this account but he cannot share his evidence in public.

Now, Druff believes that “superuser” account could have slipped into wrong hands, such as the Greycat/Steamroller/Supercard person about which he says he could have tried to be more subtle to avoid the suspicion, controlling his greed.

Now, let’s stop all that blabbing. AP will by no means come clean and admit their system was compromised, even if it were true. Now, we should compose a tangible plan of action to either show this guy is a fraud, or demonstrate to ourselves that we’re a horde of suspicious fools.

In the meantime, the foremost thread on 2+2 carries on growing, led by a moderator of the BBV forum, and a cliff notes thread on this matter is sliding into mass confusion too. As soon as we will have some more new and logical facts, this article will be updated.