Ignition Poker is among the most popular poker sites for players from North and South America and Australia. Ignition was the place to play for players from unregulated states, but recently, there has been some bad news coming from players.
Bots Dominating the Tables
The main problems that are happening on Ignition Poker are bots and collusion. This is not the first time bots were mentioned as a problem in online poker, but currently, the site is full of bots at all stakes.
This is also the highest amount of bots we can see per table, since it there were more bots, they woudnt be profitable as they would compete against eachother and lose money to rake. There are plenty of images being posted on X about malfunctioning bots which keep folding all hands at exactly same timebank.
There were also databases of hand histories where collusion happened between players. These players were teaming up against a single player to gain an edge. But after a deeper look, there was a conclusion that these were bots who were colluding against other players.
What would happen is there would be two players who would re-raise eachother in attempt to push third player out of the pot, and when there was showdown these players whould showdown very weak hands, and the whole play made no sense. It only made sense if they were colluding.
Another tricky part of the whole thing is that Ignition Poker is completely anonymous. It’s hard to identify bots until they start making these kinds of plays, and it takes a long time to collect data and analyze the database.
Player got Banned for Beating the Bots
Peter Falconer is a player who found a way to beat the bots and make a profit, but it didn’t last long before he was banned from playing poker on the Ignition.
“Playing and studying was pretty much all I did for the next two and a half months, from late February until April 30. I think I won just under $51,000 in April alone.” Falconer said for Poker.org
He was asked to provide his identification documents and address verification documents. After he sent all the requested documents, he didn’t hear from Ignition for two months before receiving an email saying his account was unblocked. Falconer was excited about the good news and immediately withdrew as much money as he could ($10,000 AUD).
Soon, however, he was shocked when he tried to open some tables and play; he wasn’t able to start any tables, and he received a message saying he should contact customer support. He was asked to provide a security number, which he knew nothing about. “I was talking to the customer service agent about resetting my PIN for probably two or three hours, and then they told me my account was restricted. Bye. I can’t play poker on Ignition anymore. I could play casino, but not poker.” he said.
Falconer tried to get an explanation from customer support, but they closed the chat and restricted his account.
