I am pretty sure that most sanghoki fans would have spotted the large publicity surrounding recent scams in the sanghoki world relating to cheating and such forth.  The players involved in some of the recent online scams have all received lifetime bans from the particular sites that they scammed, the actions taken by the sites has sparked significant debate.The players obviously broke the rules of the online sites, but the main factor in question is whether or not the distributed punishment was too harsh or if it was suitable.

There are a number of existing arguments both in favour and going against the application of a lifetime online poker for the players concerned. One proposed argument supporting the view that a lifetime ban is unfair is that when the players are older, for example say in ten years, are they likely to have learnt their lesson and not reoffend? This is a significant question, as many people do make mistakes at some point in their lives, and are then often accepted back by society after it is realised that they truly regret what they have done even for such severe crimes as murder etc.

This could signal that it would be wrong to ban the players concerned from playing online for the rest of their lives. On the other hand a general rule within both society and the law, especially with circumstances like this is that it is necessary to make an example out of offenders in order to act as a possible deterrent to potential future cheats. If some cheats take a chance and attempt to scam a poker site and get caught in the act, but are then let off with a light punishment, then what could possibly put cheats off trying a scam if the likely rewards of their actions outweigh the possible punishment they may get?

Overall, the situation is one that has proved to be quite controversial among players. With matters such as this it appears that it is simply down to personal opinion on what you as an individual believe is the ‘right’ thing to do to the cheats. Whatever all you poker fans out there believe yourself, I am pretty sure that the feeling is mutual in terms of thinking that the poker world certainly does not need n increase in immoral behaviour such as this.

Merry Christmas From Carbon sanghoki

Carbon Poker is the latest addition to the Merge Gaming Network is rapidly expanding; with several well known brands in the final stages of development. Through continued partnerships like this, Merge is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing networks in the online gaming industry. Carbon Poker has decided to offer a string of Christmas related promotions this year in order to attract more players to the site and improve the development of their customer relationships.

As a way of starting the festivities, Carbon Poker will be providing new players with a “choose your own $12,500 seat” initial deposit bonus, which basically means that when a player makes their first deposit on Carbon Poker then they automatically get the chance of gaining a winning ticket to take a live tournament package worth $12,500. The only small catch is that the deposit must be $100 or over, which isn’t too bad anyway as a majority of players will often deposit around that amount or more. Another promotion that the site is running around Xmas time is called the 12 Days of Xmas Scavenger Hunt.

Shown below is a list of prizes that are on offer on the Xmas Scavenger Hunt on the Carbon Poker site, along with the requirements that need to be accomplished in order to actually win the prizes available.

1. Find the secret Carbon Diamond – 100% January deposit bonus

2. Find the Secret Santa Smiley – $2 satellite coupon

3. 15,000 CPs – $50 cash

4. Play three Sunday Guaranteed’s in December – $60 satellite coupon

5. 50,000 CPs – iPod Nano

6. Play a Secret Santa Sit-and-Go – Voucher for 30% RB in January

7. 100,000 CPs – $250 cash to play on the site

8. Mystery Task – $275 Grand Final coupon

9. Win a hand with Mr. and Mrs. Claus – Nintendo Wii

10. 225,000 CPs – Laptop

11. Win a Secret Santa Sit-and-Go – 30″ LCD screen

12. 550,000 CPs – WSOP main event seat

According to the Carbon Poker site, all that needs to be done in order to win the 12 prizes is to complete each of the tasks in the set order. However, if for example a player completes the first four tasks, and then proceeds to complete the 10th, then he will only be eligible for the first four prizes. Overall the scheme appears to be a good initiative for new players espe