This is the long version explaining the situation at Absolute Poker. It draws very heavily on the post by Twoplustwo user "Apefish," made here on 22 September. Very little of it was written by me, but rather, represents an effort by a whole bunch of people to reveal the situation. The number of people who contributed are too many to mention.
Make Your Own Mind Up
People are encouraged to interpret the data for themselves instead of taking anyone's word for it. That makes for good debate. If you come across something you don't quite understand, feel free to ask and I'll add it to a list of Frequently Asked Questions.
26 Hands Analysed by A Leading Player
Click here to read professional online poker player and Twoplustwo forum mod, Adanthar, analyse a hand history of 26 hands by the cheaters in Absolute Poker's $1,000 buy-in tournament.
Security Flaw At Absolute Poker
Shortly after a recent software upgrade at Absolute Poker, several accounts with suspicious names and identical maniacal playing styles sat down at the highest-stakes games offered there, where tens of thousands of dollars change hands every hour. Established high-stakes online players quickly noticed these "maniac" players at the tables, and lined up to get a chance to take their money.
A Sample Hand
Below is the hand history from Absolute Poker's $US1,000 tournament that was a key catalyst for further investigation and discussion.
Pokertracker Screenshots
These screenshots are from PokerTracker, and include an analysis of one of the screenshots.
Another hand...
Much of the debate is between two schools of thought. One group of people think it is cheating, and another group of people think that it is just normal variance with the alleged cheaters just getting lucky. I think it is obvious in the thread that many respected higher stakes players whom nobody would think could talk about accusations like this lightly/are in fact quite convinced something is not right. I'll name Adanthar, Schneids, and ikestoys, among others.
Nat posts GRAYCAT's MTT history on AP
Twoplustwo user 'Nat' posted a record of Graycat's history at Multi-table tournaments.
Frequently Asked Questions
A growing list of questions asked by visitors to this site and others.