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Originally Posted by Jeff Howard aka TheGreat1Jeff

The truth about PokerHost!


In response to the email about me by PokerHost:

As many of you may already know, PokerHost has sent out an email stating that they terminated my contract and being vengeful, I emailed everyone telling them not to play at PokerHost. This is an absolute lie, for one, as I was not fired, I left after I began asking questions about the ownership/management and they refused to pay me what they owed me, and until now, I havent emailed anyone from the Forum. But, I believe I deserve a chance to give you all my side and the whole truth about PokerHost. Let me be perfectly clear, though, I am not asking anyone to stop playing at PokerHost, that decision is entirely up to you.

I worked for PokerHost for almost 2 years and all went pretty well until about a month or so ago when management changed. The Marketing Director and Affiliate Manager both quit and the whole company has gone downhill since. There are quite a few things about PokerHost that the owner doesnt want anyone to know, but I am about to reveal some of the truth to you all. 2 weeks ago, I suggested that I would email you all and reveal what I knew to PokerHost management and they sent me a virus that destroyed my hard drive, in what I believe was an attempt to destroy the database of forum members that I have. But, luckily, being smarter than the average bear, I had it all backed up on CD!

One thing to remember when you put your money on any online gaming site, they are all located offshore. This means that at any given time, they can, at their discretion, close your account for any or no reason at all and keep your money. They can even close down their whole site and keep all of the money, without any worries of legal reprocussions whatsoever. In fact, the owner of PokerHost and SBG Global, Bobby D., has done this before! Many of you may remember a site named Desert Poker. Desert Poker had great deposit bonuses and easy clearance of these bonuses, thus gaining many depositors in a very short period of time. After gaining what many estimate to be appr. $500,000, they closed down, never to be heard from again, and kept all of the money that was deposited. The owner of Desert Poker, which stole all of the hard earned money that its players deposited, is the same person who owns SBG and PokerHost, Bobby D. Who is to say that the same thing wont happen at PokerHost? Another thing they dont want revealed is one of the new policies they are planning on inacting. Just like on many SportsBooks online, PokerHost is planning on initiating the 90 day rule. Basically that means that no matter how much anyone has in their account, if they dont Deposit or withdraw funds in a 90 day period, the account is then deemed inactive, closed, and all moneys are kept by PokerHost. The worst part about this policy is that the owner wants to do this w/out notifying any of the players who's money will be taken, not giving them a chance to deposit or w/draw! This policy will also include affiliate accounts as well. You may say to yourself that this cant be so, PokerHost would never do that. But I ask you, did they notify anyone when they increased their rake? Did they notify anyone when they started taking rake from micro limit tables, as low as $.01??? Most reputable sites dont rake micro limit tables, and if they do, they have a rake min., usually 5 cents. And now, after all of you patiently enduring all of the software problems for months and months, they are getting ready to switch software platforms, which they could have done as opposed to making us all go through all of the "upgrades" and "migration". They are switching over to Tribeca Networks, the same software as DoylesRoom and GoldenPalacePoker. They have continually failed to tell their players any truths, especially when it comes to Forum members. We used to get a $500 freeroll every month, then, without notice they dropped it to a $300 freeroll every month. They then gave us a weekly $100(usually in seats) freeroll, but later, w/out notice, they dropped it to a weekly $50 freeroll(again, mostly in seats). They then, again, w/out notice, dropped it to $25 a week, no seat qualifiers allowed. All of these changes hurt the forum, as many regular members got sick of the B.S. and left. But, some of you were loyal enough(and I thank you all for that) to hang around, no matter what the prizes were. But, in the end, the constant lowering of prizes and lying to players will make even the most loyal of members look elsewhere.

Again, I want to stress that I am not asking any of you to leave the PH Forum, stop playing at, or to pull your money out of PokerHost. What I am doing is giving you all facts so that you can make an informed decision on what to do....