Thought Mason and I had buried the hatchet, but apparently not.
Once again, I am being banned for something that has nothing to do with his forum.
Mason doesn't like this thread where I originally posted a third-party's accusation regarding the Palms poker manager stealing promo money.
The manager himself showed up, gave his side, and I conclude that it seemed to me that he didn't actually steal promo money. However, many questions still remain regarding the legality of the way the manager used the funds, as well as whether he was violating Palms rules by what he did.
Various people directly or indirectly connected to the matter showed up on PFA to comment on it, and there were people on both sides of the argument.
I retracted the one statement I no longer believed to be true (that he stole anything), but did not issue an actual apology, because I wanted to see the way the entire thing played out. Indeed, there are a lot of unanswered questions that the public deserves answered.
Someone on 2+2 (nobody I know) linked this thread. Owner Mason Malmuth posted a nasty message there, stating that PFA has too small of a readership for anyone to really care about this (not true), and that I owe the guy an apology.
I promised an apology once the situation fully plays out, if I feel an apology is warranted at that point.
Without further warning (or any real developments today), I showed up on 2+2 and found this:
So now Mason is forcing me to make a "full and sincere apology" to a third party that is unconnected to him.
If you remember, my last 2+2 ban was because a friend (not even me) posted some unflattering things about David Sklansky on Neverwinpoker. Again, this was banning me for actions on another site (and not even my site or my actions), but at least you can mildly understand it, because David is an important 2+2 author, and because I was a mod on Neverwinpoker at the time.
Here, Mason is banning me for not apologizing on MY SITE to a guy he probably has never even met before.
F him.
I enjoy 2+2, but I'm not going to grovel or let Mason control me. I was providing a lot of good content there, and to be honest, a lot of the good 2+2 posters are long gone nowadays. If Mason thinks 2+2 is better without me, that's fine.
I won't be creating any fake accounts there. I just won't be posting there anymore unless the ban is lifted.
This is probably a win for Lock Poker (as I won't be participating in that thread anymore), but their goose is pretty much cooked anyway, and there are plenty of knowledgable posters in that thread to make up for my absence.