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Topic: StrikeSapphire: NEW $0.50 Hourly Freerolls + 15 BTC Weekend Leaderboard is back! (Read 3550 times)

legendary
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ok ... I can not agree with facts not proven ... I continue to believe the two parties, friends in poker (dooglus & Petres) and moderation of the strike sapphire ... but I can not believe that is the Petres Dooglus or any other player. The fact that the Dooglus win many leaders, in my opinion, only proves that he is good player, the best so far in sapphire strike. this is reality. I loved that it was cleared up, ONCE AGAIN, to have their company in the poker sapphire strike, just that.
I am very sad about this situation, I love you all and did not realize how good people can misunderstand this way Sad

The main reason I was able to win the leaderboards was that I discovered that it was possible to win at Sapphire's blackjack game by counting cards (that, and lots of luck at roulette).  Josh knew I was doing it, and seemed to be OK with it too.  Then one day the penetration reduced from 65% to 13% and the profitability of the technique dropped right off.  I've not won a leaderboard tournament since, and am down around $100 since the shuffling became more frequent.

The other reason was just that I was prepared to make big last-minute bets to try to take 1st place.  Sometimes it worked, and sometimes it didn't - like the weekend you won.  Smiley

Edit: I'm going to stop posting here.  I think everything's been said.  Sorry for continuing to fill up the Sapphire thread with my nonsense.  It's time to move on.  I hope it all works out for you Josh.
member
Activity: 114
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ok ... I can not agree with facts not proven ... I continue to believe the two parties, friends in poker (dooglus & Petres) and moderation of the strike sapphire ... but I can not believe that is the Petres Dooglus or any other player. The fact that the Dooglus win many leaders, in my opinion, only proves that he is good player, the best so far in sapphire strike. this is reality. I loved that it was cleared up, ONCE AGAIN, to have their company in the poker sapphire strike, just that.
I am very sad about this situation, I love you all and did not realize how good people can misunderstand this way Sad
legendary
Activity: 2940
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She asked for "facts and evidence".  Not vague hand-waving.  "Red flags"?  Come on...

I have no agenda against your site at all.  I see you doing things that are likely to put people off playing there, including being too heavy-handed with your suspicions about friends colluding.  You've said before that you thought Doug and I were the same person because we both had "British Columbia IPs".  The province of British Columbia is a big place, bigger than France, hence my silly "I hope you're not in the same province as your girlfriend" quip.
hero member
Activity: 568
Merit: 500
75R,

A large number of red flags came up from the dooglus and petrescuerz accounts over a long period of time. We were very forgiving of these. We were in an experimental phase and we allowed a lot of things to pass.

When the new security came into effect, you and PM were understanding about it. Dooglus clearly has a personal problem with our security rules, based on his comment earlier in this thread

I hope you don't share the same IP address, or live in the same province as each other!  Wink

That's a reflection of his attitude, and he's carried out an agenda against our site with the same level of passion. He's a deterrent to other people playing on our site. And that's not something we need. With all of these things, it wasn't a tough call.
member
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Now I realize what is happening.... Sad

Where is Dooglus Petres who waited, helped and supported the smooth running of the casino and the poker tables when everything was on trial and when we were the experimental group?! Now are the same person?! Is Dooglus the 75R or PM akordeon too?! I got an identity crisis while reading this conversation ... I was also shy and thoughtful ...

I can not understand ... josh, as you shared your idea, you could also share all the facts and evidence that led you to expel the Dooglus and Petres! It would be interesting to see this farce and can give you reason, do not you think?! Tell us the true! we want to know and see the evidence ... I want to know what kind of friends I made in poker sapphire strike ...

I did not like this ... I am sorry but I had to tell my opinion ... wtf...

legendary
Activity: 2940
Merit: 1333
To post an attacking rant like you did is simply unprofessional and offensive.

In my experience running bars and poker games IRL, it's better to do this out in the open. You & petrescuerz have walked with $715.49, a majority of that in bonuses and free prizes. You've been paid out. This is not a mind-bending amount of money we're talking about, but you certainly can't say we haven't been a nice spot for you to play at. We are simply asking you to leave now because we don't like how your various accounts are set up, and how they interact. I'm not gonna get back into the details of the things we think you did. We paid you, we're square, now go somewhere else.

I'm not disputing that you paid us.  Thanks a lot for the free money, and it has been mostly a very pleasant experience playing at your casino and interacting with the other players.

What I could have done without was the string of false accusations from the CEO.  My friends and I aren't the only targets of your paranoia; I've been at a poker table before watched as you accused JoeyMajik of being an undercover cop come to catch you in the act of letting USA players gamble, and the Portuguese players have also had their own share of trouble for daring to want to play poker together.

I understand you need to be cautious in your position because people will try to scam you but you can't go throwing your weight around willy nilly like you do, or you'll scare all your players away.

And if you do feel you have reasonable doubt about people's identities, instead of "you're a liar, your girlfriend is imaginary and you have multiple personalities", it might be better to say "could you and your girlfriend please send me copies of your ID documents?"

Or carry on as you are.  Makes no difference to me now.
sr. member
Activity: 366
Merit: 250
#RIP freemoney
While the thread is unlocked, I wish to call you, ssaCEO a liar.

I've logged in more then once and referred friends there. Thanks
hero member
Activity: 568
Merit: 500
To post an attacking rant like you did is simply unprofessional and offensive.

In my experience running bars and poker games IRL, it's better to do this out in the open. You & petrescuerz have walked with $715.49, a majority of that in bonuses and free prizes. You've been paid out. This is not a mind-bending amount of money we're talking about, but you certainly can't say we haven't been a nice spot for you to play at. We are simply asking you to leave now because we don't like how your various accounts are set up, and how they interact. I'm not gonna get back into the details of the things we think you did. We paid you, we're square, now go somewhere else.
legendary
Activity: 2940
Merit: 1333
Here Dooglus. I unlocked the thread. Beat your brains out. But I'm done responding to this.

Thanks.  I tried replying before when I noticed the thread was unlocked, but you locked it again before I could finish typing.  I ended up posting my reply here, but now I'll put it here where it belongs.

We do not know, and cannot know, the full truth about the dooglus / petrescuerz situation. We do not believe that petrescuerz is an imaginary person, but we also don't believe that she has always been in control of that account. Dooglus has asked me to retract the post calling him a liar, and her imaginary. I'll say that she is not imaginary. Whether she's the person who was playing on his computer is impossible to know.

So to be clear you're not retracting the part about me being a liar?

Beyond that, I'm reluctant to alter the history of this thread and would prefer it to be removed completely, as he and I have both asked the mods to do.

I have asked for no such thing.  Where do you get this stuff from?

We have asked him to leave, and he's elected to take his friends, referrals, et. al. with him and send a lot of emails and chats to people criticizing me, which is his right.

I didn't elect to take them with me, you asked me to.  Remember the following?

From now on, I'd prefer that you (plural) don't play. And if petrescuerz cashes out and you guys take your business elsewhere, that would be better for everybody. I don't want you or your friends around anymore.

I contacted my friends, giving them a link to this thread so they could see what was going on.  I agree that it makes you look bad, but I don't think any of that is my doing.

I apologize for losing my temper in this thread. This is not however an invitation to keep trolling this thread, or an apology for what I've written here. Nor is this an invitation for anyone to come back to the site. He is simply not invited anymore, and we won't change our mind on the subject.

Dooglus would like this thread removed. I have no objection to that, and I have asked the moderators to do so if that's within their power.

I don't want the thread removed.  I want it to stand as a warning to potential customers to the type of treatment they can expect to receive from your company.

It's quite incredible how badly you have managed this.  If you had any doubts about the identity of the players at your site you should have spoken to them.  I'm sure they would have been happy to video chat with you, send you copies of passports, driving licenses, or whatever.

To post an attacking rant like you did is simply unprofessional and offensive.
hero member
Activity: 568
Merit: 500
Here Dooglus. I unlocked the thread. Beat your brains out. But I'm done responding to this.
hero member
Activity: 568
Merit: 500
After a lot more email from Dooglus & Co., this is our final word on this subject:

We do not know, and cannot know, the full truth about the dooglus / petrescuerz situation. We do not believe that petrescuerz is an imaginary person, but we also don't believe that she has always been in control of that account. Dooglus has asked me to retract the post calling him a liar, and her imaginary. I'll say that she is not imaginary. Whether she's the person who was playing on his computer is impossible to know. Beyond that, I'm reluctant to alter the history of this thread and would prefer it to be removed completely, as he and I have both asked the mods to do.

No player at StrikeSapphire will ever face arbitrary removal without the incident(s) being discussed between us and that player. There have been well over 50 emails between myself and Dooglus over the past six months, and many situations over that time which have caused problems between us. Against my better judgement I have been extremely believing even when things simply did not add up and other people were urging me not to be. At times I think I've been gullible. My feelings about Dooglus's behavior - and commentary - have been boiling for a very long time, and he has been aware of that.

Since we don't know for certain, I don't want to make false accusations. Nor is it my intent to "libel" him as he's accused me of doing. We have not taken his funds; we have paid him, petrescuerz and their friends. We have asked him to leave, and he's elected to take his friends, referrals, et. al. with him and send a lot of emails and chats to people criticizing me, which is his right.

I apologize for losing my temper in this thread. This is not however an invitation to keep trolling this thread, or an apology for what I've written here. Nor is this an invitation for anyone to come back to the site. He is simply not invited anymore, and we won't change our mind on the subject.

Dooglus would like this thread removed. I have no objection to that, and I have asked the moderators to do so if that's within their power.
hero member
Activity: 568
Merit: 500
@Crosby, ask our real customers. Our service is immediate, responsive and personal. As is our security. Our only mistake was letting dooglus' many personalities in the door in the first place. Seals can have 'em.

I am a customer of yours. Albeit not a paying customer at this time, but will not definitely not be returning after seeing this behavior from you.



You logged in once to our site. In January.

Run a site like this and you'll find out who the scammers are quickly. Bitcoin may be rife with them, but Dooglus's multiple personalities stand out on every one of our reports. As you can see they've aggravated me to the point of falling for this fucking ongoing troll bait.

Anyone who thinks I'm wrong for doing it doesn't have to use our site. Prizes in the future will go to legit players.
sr. member
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Merit: 250
#RIP freemoney
@Crosby, ask our real customers. Our service is immediate, responsive and personal. As is our security. Our only mistake was letting dooglus' many personalities in the door in the first place. Seals can have 'em.

I am a customer of yours. Albeit not a paying customer at this time, but will not definitely not be returning after seeing this behavior from you.

hero member
Activity: 568
Merit: 500
Ah, another of your fake personalities comes out of the woodwork just in time to say something that sounds suspiciously like you wrote it. Like that time you accidentally typed "NH Dooglus" from your own chat window instead of petrescuerz's window, and the entire room called you on it. How many of these you got? How do you keep 'em straight? I don't need an excuse to shut you down.

of all the scammers and exploiters in the btc world you pick out dooglus and pet

That made me laugh.

@Crosby, ask our real customers. Our service is immediate, responsive and personal. As is our security. Our only mistake was letting dooglus' many personalities in the door in the first place. Seals can have 'em.
legendary
Activity: 2940
Merit: 1333
omg pet is real! i miss her plse tell her i said hi!   i was thinking of checking out strike sapphire bc i like to play poker and gamble and such but the owner is obviously a real tool.  He actually posted a clients deposit history somewhere in the back of those threads. I mean wtf is that?  if you start offering freerolls and promotions on a casino site and expect that they aren't going to be exploited then you were born yesterday, and without internet access.  Seriously, if of all the scammers and exploiters in the btc world you pick out dooglus and pet, who are seriously decent ppl, you are gonna get eaten alive.

I'll tell her you said hi.

Josh is OK most of the time, but occasionally he flips out like this.  I've heard it suggested that his weird behaviour may be alcohol related, but that's really no excuse.

Thanks for the support.  Now I'll fuck off out of this thread, as requested.
sr. member
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omg pet is real! i miss her plse tell her i said hi!   i was thinking of checking out strike sapphire bc i like to play poker and gamble and such but the owner is obviously a real tool.  He actually posted a clients deposit history somewhere in the back of those threads. I mean wtf is that?  if you start offering freerolls and promotions on a casino site and expect that they aren't going to be exploited then you were born yesterday, and without internet access.  Seriously, if of all the scammers and exploiters in the btc world you pick out dooglus and pet, who are seriously decent ppl, you are gonna get eaten alive.
legendary
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Okay. You want to see the nuts?

Petrescuerz doesn't exist. I pretend she exists, so I can be nice and I don't have to explicitly say I think you're a liar. But I think you're a liar. And therefore I can't be a dick to her, because she is you. And I can't be a dick to you, because I'm just telling you the truth. And the truth is I think you're a liar. So now that we've let you do this routine for a long time, it's over. You can call me a dick and tell all your :friends: not to play on our site.

I told you it's not about you winning, it's about the the amount of shit you've given me, and this last BS email from your supposed girlfriend is just another example of your ridiculous dual personality shenanigans.

I'm a nice guy. But you think I'm going to humiliate myself by writing an apology letter to your imaginary friend? Piss off.

That is nuts!

Do you remember when you asked us to Skype with you, and you talked to both of us?  Was that me putting on voices?  Or did I have a hooker on 24/7 standby in case you checked up on me?

We'll both stop playing, don't worry about that.  But know that you're wrong, and incredibly insulting.  Maybe you should look into getting someone more stable to do the customer facing stuff.  This can't be good for business.
hero member
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Okay. You want to see the nuts?

Petrescuerz doesn't exist. I pretend she exists, so I can be nice and I don't have to explicitly say I think you're a liar. But I think you're a liar. And therefore I can't be a dick to her, because she is you. And I can't be a dick to you, because I'm just telling you the truth. And the truth is I think you're a liar. So now that we've let you do this routine for a long time, it's over. You can call me a dick and tell all your :friends: not to play on our site.

I told you it's not about you winning, it's about the the amount of shit you've given me, and this last BS email from your supposed girlfriend is just another example of your ridiculous dual personality shenanigans.

I'm a nice guy. But you think I'm going to humiliate myself by writing an apology letter to your imaginary friend? Piss off.
legendary
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This is copy/pasted from an email, hence the weird line-lengths.

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Hey Josh, Deb here. (aka petrescuerz)
I am asking dooglus to post this for me as I can't post on the forum.
I just want to remind you that many months ago you approached me on
Seals, where I was either playing a freeroll or a small buy in
tournament that I bought into with my freeroll winnings.You invited me
to look at your casino site. I told you at the time that I'd be happy
to check it out, but that I am not a gambler, and don't deposit money
on gambling sites. I was totally up front about my intentions. I enjoy
the games, and with doogies help I learned a bunch about blackjack
strategy. I never expected to win so much on the site, but it was
pretty easy to get there, just playing smartly. I understand that your
intent isn't to fund folks like me, but our deal was that I played on
your site because you wanted more players. I held up my end of the
deal, I played on your site. Just because I found ways to make it
profitable is no reason to behave like a dick toward me. If you had
ever emailed me personally and asked that I stopped playing, or even
asked me at one of the games, I'd have happily talked to you about it,
and if it was really what you wanted I'd have stopped playing. I've
made friends on the site and enjoyed my time playing there. I have not
enjoyed your drama and accusations. I expect that you will find it
difficult to keep a site such as yours going without american players,
if you chase away the few that you have. I'm a pretty reasonable
person, and would have understood if you'd asked me not to play for
the weekend bonus. In fact, when I asked you when the next one would
be you could have told me that though you were planning one soon you'd
rather that I didn't play. That would have been much less offensive
than saying nothing and then being angry and rude when I won. I will
miss seeing my friends there, but I expect I will be able to keep in
touch with some of them apart from your site. If you prefer my friends
don't play there, I will let them know, but they are people who would
actually pay money to gamble, so it's not really in your best interest
to do so.  I never intended any harm, and I still don't. I hope that
you find a way to work out your emotional issues and make a success of
this, if that's truly what you want.
legendary
Activity: 2940
Merit: 1333
You've found every bonus we ever advertised, on any website, and found ways to use each one twice, sometimes more, while collecting referral fees for your friends and raking in all the prizes and freerolls we have.

I found one on casino-deposit and one in a forum thread.  Is that really all of them?  I used each of them once only.  I didn't know it was possible to use them more than once.  I only ever collected two referral fees, and as soon as I did, you upped the wagering requirements from 30x to 150x so I was unable to collect them.

People can decide if I'm an asshole, I don't care. Let it be known StrikeSapphire bans people for annoying us to death. Did we ever fail to pay your winnings? No. Is there a law that says I have to keep giving you free shit while dealing with this trolling and 16 emails a week from you at the same time? No. So, take the money and go play somewhere else. What petrescuerz does is her business but we're ready and eager to pay her out.

You've always paid out quickly and reliably.  The vast majority of my emails to you have been bug reports.  You reward bug reports with "player points" which lead me to believe you wanted them.

Like I say, I'll have no problem staying away from your casino.  Sorry it ended like this.
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