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wesje33
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Nice
veryluckyfish7k
Rock Star
Silver Level
Yeah, it sucks. Two cheating cases in a row is scary, but at least they’re catching people. If they’re willing to bust a chipleader mid-final table, it means they’re actually fighting it. Cheaters will always exist, but as long as sites keep nuking them, I’m fine with it.
G0930
Captain Fathermucker, Satty Aficionado
Loyaler
Must have been some micro stake games .
Freeroll winnings do NOT appear in your stats
G0930
Captain Fathermucker, Satty Aficionado
Loyaler
There is no reason to be shocked about cheaters anywhere . ...it happens literally everywhere
The important part is it had consequences and they didn't get away with it!
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
That is indeed very difficult to detect, especially if we are only talking about a single tournament. However what happened here was not really ghosting but someone other than the owner playing the hinaru account the whole time. And perhaps this player was dumb enough to use the same computer and IP adress, from which he play his own account. This would explain, how they were able to quickly identify, who it was.
hardongear
Legend
Silver Level
Pretty much like I said on page 1. Fun fact I use to help run, and manage local stock car race tracks here and the money wasn't even enough so guys could even make a dime racing...it was strictly a hobby. Guy's would spend 1000's of dollars cheating to only win a $5 trophy
. Anywhere there's competition there's cheaters even when you gotta spend 1000's of dollars to win nickels and dimes. Some humans are truly sad and pathetic. Poker is exception. Cheers!!!
Poison91
Rock Star
Platinum Level
When they mention a case of cheating, I'm referring more to a player who wins 20 hands in a row, something that doesn't happen regularly in poker, and believe me, I'm not joking. It happened to me in a mystery bounty where a player won 28 hands in a row, reported it, and is still playing. It was a total disgrace; he eliminated 20 people in a matter of 10 minutes, taking 20 tickets.
moots
by Casino.us
Loyaler
I assume this person was the table chip leader...
Poker Orifice
And Still...
Platinum Level
Well I was in a game this one day and this one player won 14 hands in-a-row, then lost 2 (on purpose... it was so obvious he was trying to make it look good) and then he won another 14 hands in-a-row (2x 14 for a total of 28... wow! I wonder if it was same guy. His screen name was '28 days').
He eliminated 21 players from the game.
I wrote in to support about it and then wrote me back, asking me if I'd taken my meds. today
Poker Orifice
And Still...
Platinum Level
If he enters a $10,000 tournament and does poorly, everything's fine.
But if he starts doing really well, then it's not okay!?
What's the logic in that??
talk about rigged or what
He's not playing vs. the house. It is no benefit to GG for them to ban a player for doing well in a tournament (aside from showing that they are taking measures to keep the site safe for players).
If he had done poorly, he might have passed under the radar. This might be true.
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
Strictly speaking we dont know, what triggered the investigation. Perhaps it was the fact, that an account with just over $100 in earnings from micro or low stakes tournaments was suddenly playing a $10k event, and was also playing from another IP adress than before. This would certainly draw my attention, if I was working for security.
However if the player had busted early on, before the investigation was completed, then nobody would have seen this player sitting out on the final table of a streamed highroller. The players involved would then just have been quitly banned without GG Poker needing to explain their decision to anyone other than the banned players themselfes. So in that sense it might have flown under the radar.