Alleged Forced Disconnection Attack on PokerStars

Just ran across this... and it's bad for players of high stakes on PokerStars...(and though it doesn't say so, since it's allegedly happening at Poker Stars, if it really turns out to be happening, then I believe it can happen elsewhere.)

And the crazy thing is that more than a few times, I have been disconnected right at a crucial point and lose the pot, or be blinded out before I can get back to the game. And the only times it has ever happened to me was when I was in a pot with one other person.
I have wondered if this was possible, though at the stakes I play, why would anyone bother... but then again, maybe the poor fool was broke and had to start over...lol...

Account Under Investigation in Alleged Forced Disconnection Attack on PokerStars | Pokerfuse Online Poker News

wow very interesting, my conection sucks anyways thats why ive been avoiding bigger mtts atm. interesting read

Gives new meaning to the term Skype me. You would have to be pretty good to win 14 heads up games in a row unless chip dumping was going on.

that is a little freaky, not sure what to think about that...it has to be able to be traced

Atleast they are putting a stop to it and noticed it before it got widespread and out of control. It's still a really terrible problem though, none the less and is pretty scary to have happening and have to be dealt with. There will always be cheaters when money is at stake though, it's pretty much inevitable.

I think I read something about this the other day it's bull

Man thats messed up. I think it is probley a conspericy theory. I cant spell and i dont care lol.

It is Very Possible to flood someones IP and shut down their router but first you have to get their IP which really isnt too hard...

eso de la desconeccion es real ,, me lo hicieron en titanpoker , y en williamhill ,,,, es par de torneos q llevaba buena posicion y buen numero de fichas ,,, y perdi ambos torneos y eran de grande premios , me queje por eso y solo me pidieron disculpas ,,,, esto es lo malo de online ,,,, si te desconenctas o te desconectan , pierdes sin derecho a reclamar ,,,,, gracias hermanos :)

The same thing has happen to me at other Poker sites. Contact the poker support team and get them to refund you your money.

2-3 months ago this was happening to me all the time at Bovada. They did refund several buy-ins before they told me "This will be the last time". Luckily it only happened a few more times at lower stakes SNG's & Tourneys but sure enough they refused too after telling me that. I haven't had any problems with disconnects since that 1-2 month period I first mentioned.

Crap happens in Madden online too. I don't know the trick but people can "DC" you anytime. You just have to learn how.

good read, this is why we need US site or US authority to allow us to play on stars and ensure this shit aint rigged. Though I doubt it is seems like a hack thing more than a rigged thing if its true.

wow...thats crazy shet ..... i wonder how a giant like microsoft can still allow big bugs like that to happen, anyway..i hope enabling this feature on skype's new version will defenely solve the problem...thanks for the nice post

hm... its happen to me in past also before black flack friday on stars. gave me few refunds but said same thg no more. frustrating i remember

As if there isn't enough to worry about when playing online....now this!