POKER.CO.UK AND WEBWALLET I am in the proceeds of a complain proceedure regaurding this poker site and their money handling company webwallet and i wold like to know of any who have had simmilar experiances .This is because i aim to take what evidence i have to the fair gaming regulators in the UK to see if anything can be done for the honest GAMBLER who takes a punt on poker expecting to have fun and maybe win a little and withdraw a little .I am a part of a network of gamblers (worldwide) who recognize our addictions ..and use standard means of practice to safe gaurd letting the addiction eat into money we do not wish to contribute to poker .Esencially we have seperate accounts we use for gaming and only place in them what we wish to gamble .This leaves impulls betting ..or chasing money with no means of food and lets us enjoy the little money we devote to gaming . This leaves us with winnings from our small deposits of say £20 we win £100-£150 .we all advice each other to make withdrawals in £50 incriments to stop us chasing winnings and end up losing skillfully played and hard earned cash .It is standard practice for this to be deducted from your bankroll and takes 2-3 days to be recieved back to the card used to deposit with ...leaving a cooling off period before we rashonally decide how much we wish to deposit with again and withdraw cash to spend from our skill of playing poker .
BUT ..AND THIS IS WHY I BRING ATTENTION TO THE SHIFT IN STANDARD PRACTICE WHERE A WITHDRAWAL REQUEST IS MADE AND FUNDS ARE DEDUCTED FROM YOUR BANKROLL .
Now what sertain sites have started to do is place your withdrawal request in a state of pending withdrawal .This pending sate has a new and totaly exploitable /unfair option for to "REVERSE" yor withdrawal ....opening back the door to the impulls bet and deposit .This is a cut throat bussiness and MAKE NO MISTAKE IT IS OUT TO EXPLOIT OUR NATURES and couldnt give a damb when an honest gambler spend half thier day grinding out a small winning of £100 and wishes to enjoy the proceeds of their skill .THEY ARE USING ANY MEANS POSSIBLE TO RETAIN WHATEVER YOU ARE DEPOSITING AND WINNING AND EXPLOITING YOUR NATURE TO REDEPOSIT OR REVERSE CASHOUT REQUESTS.
I am for the small man from the UK who is used to fair gaming and responsible gambling (as many others are in their own countries )and we wish to stop the exploitation if you wish to take this argument further with me PM me and i will give you the email to put forward yor experiance of unfair practices with webwallet/poker.co.uk.
Joined: Aug '08
Location: Australia
Age: 50 (M)
Posts: 1418
gee this isnt a new practice, i dont think ive played a poker room who doesnt have a cancelation of pending withdrawals policy, it has cost me money as well. but as i said its far from new.
Joined: Dec '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 38 (M)
Posts: 104
I think you have a problem most of all mate its called bankroll management. Most sites have always had the cancel pending cash out feature. I think its a good feature for when you have cashed out too much or too little. Im pretty sure its not there to exploit any one. If you have a problem with gambling there are help lines instead of taking it out on this kind of feature, All in all ive been playing for over 5 years and i think this feature improves the cash out proceedure. Sorry mate but maybe you should take up football.
Joined: Oct '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 1086
I have no sympathy for you, sorry. Gamblers are the worst kind of poker players, if you can't stop yourself from reversing your withdrawal then it's not the site that has the problem, it's you. Maybe you should seek professional advice if you can't help yourself. The gaming commission will laugh at you, as these sites are doing nothing wrong!
I've reversed a withdrawal before and lost the money with-in 30 minutes as I was trying to make back money I had lost but, I do what most humans do when they make a mistake, I learn from it.
Joined: Oct '08
Location: Netherlands
Age: 64 (M)
Posts: 2193
Sorry mate I find it hard to read you post:....... I see on your profile you have had 8 free bankrolls from this site..witch is a lot more than most of us can get....and most of you post's on this forum have been complants.
Well i think you have some problem... I used the reversal withdrawal option once at a BossMedia client and you know what?? Have placed 3rd in a 1000€ gtd tourney and won 190€. After that i've made another withfrawal request but this time i didn't request the reversal and instead of 200€ i have cashed out 500€. But yes, you can also loose, especially when you wan't to get back your cash...