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Pitbull claimed to be a Costa Rica-based online operation, but also represented themselves as being located in the United Kingdom. They shut down completely without any indication that they would pay any of their poker players.

Pitbull Poker was part of the Flash Poker Network. According to several online poker sources, the site was ranked 21st in the world in terms of real money ring game traffic and usually has a 24-hour peak of around 65 players at cash tables. There is no software to download, as the poker room has been built using Adobe Flash web technology.

One of the major allegations goes back to December of 2008 for "stack shaving," where money in a player's stack would disappear between hands. According to several posts, players reported that the range of money that would vanish was between $0.02 and $25. There was a posted reply from Network Manager Dave Brenes of Pitbull Gaming that admitted to this error and supposedly the money would be reimbursed.

The harshest of the allegations came from players claiming they have faced 'superusers'. A 'superuser' is an account that has the ability to see everyone's cards at the table. The allegations outline instances of opponents folding or raising with perfect accuracy and seemingly never guessing wrong, especially when the flop benefitted other players. Dozens of examples have been posted. In short, the 'superuser' would win money for the house and control the rake by cheating, unless you think that seeing other player's cards is a fair advantage.

All the players had asked for was hand histories in a useable text format. This would allow the players to convert them into a format that can be imported into Hold'em Manager or PokerTracker 3 so the community at large can analyze the hands. Unfortunately for the poker community and the victims, Pitbull Poker stated that it would not release any hand histories beyond the format currently provided. The hand history system is based on a tab from within the Flash-based poker room software. Once a user clicks on a link to a hand, it loads in a graphical format. Many players have stated that this reporting system for looking over hand histories is slow and even unstable, as many searches time out and are reset.

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