Those that participate in the wild west world of Internet gambling, may wish to make note of this story of caution. What you see on the net may not necessarily be what's happening on the net.
The Costa Rican based website, Absolute Poker (which by way of a string of companies, is owned by the Kahnawake Mohawk tribe south of Montreal) is facing some renewed interest over its activities, after a hacker exploited a security flaw to gain an insurmountable edge in high-stakes, no-limit Texas hold em tournaments — the ability to see his opponents’ hole cards.
As things turned out, the hacker was an employee of the company, seeking to prove a point with his boss that the site wasn't secure and that anyone could access the site to cheat their way to success. It's always good to be right, but having taken somewhere between 400 to 700 thousand dollars from unsuspecting participants, he seems to have overstepped his position as the Knight at the round table at the Internet gaming portal.
They say in gambling that the House always win, in online poker I guess we could say that's especially so, when aided and abetted by one of the servants of the servers.
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