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The cheating scandal rocking the poker world

7 comments

  1. [4]
    Deimos
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    This was an interesting writeup on Twitter (unfortunately in the form of screenshots of text) with a good theory about how it could be done:...

    This was an interesting writeup on Twitter (unfortunately in the form of screenshots of text) with a good theory about how it could be done: https://mobile.twitter.com/vdthemyk/status/1179892447142449153

    6 votes
    1. [2]
      boredop
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      Also here's a great thread on this from /r/poker.
      2 votes
    2. Eabryt
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      Yeah, that definitely makes sense.

      Yeah, that definitely makes sense.

  2. [3]
    stromm
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    Man, that was a lot of words to not prove the guy cheats. When only a couple dozen words vaguely imply how he might have cheated is hidden in within almost 3,000 words of side story, and other...

    Man, that was a lot of words to not prove the guy cheats.

    When only a couple dozen words vaguely imply how he might have cheated is hidden in within almost 3,000 words of side story, and other people cheating, I call that diversionary tactics.

    2 votes
    1. [2]
      stu2b50
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      He 100% cheated. He's like 700BB/100 or something, which is absurd. It's literally mathematically impossible unless he cheats. It's not "this guy is really good", it's "this is strictly not possible".

      He 100% cheated. He's like 700BB/100 or something, which is absurd. It's literally mathematically impossible unless he cheats. It's not "this guy is really good", it's "this is strictly not possible".

      3 votes
      1. stromm
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        Logically, I understand that. However, I have seen too many cases where logic just didn't apply. And I understood all the "he <may> have done this to cheat", but might have isn't proof. I'm not...

        Logically, I understand that. However, I have seen too many cases where logic just didn't apply. And I understood all the "he <may> have done this to cheat", but might have isn't proof.

        I'm not saying he did or didn't cheat. I'm saying that this article did bumpkiss to prove he did.