Earlier this year it was discovered that numerous ‘super-user’ player accounts on two well known online poker sites (UltimateBet and Absolute Poker) had managed to fleece millions of dollars from unsuspecting players. These players used a [now corrected] flaw in the software to see all the hole cards, of any player at any table they were sitting at, in real time.

As a result, the players just sat back and reeled in the cash. If this wasn’t bad enough, it appears the cheats were discovered by a couple of other online poker players who investigated and posted their results online before the infiltrated sites themselves took any action.

The investigations happened, money was refunded to affected players, security breaches were sealed and apologies issued.