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The accusations that Bryn could see computer screens could explain how GG has "irrefutable evidence" (as Bonomo put it) that Schindler and Ali were cheating while playing. Is GG recording our computer screens when we play?
https://youtu.be/iKKgjlNGKOk
Must watch.
Back when I played MTTs (over ten years ago) it was clear a lot of the top stables like JohnnyBax were ghosting and slow playing eachother. This takes it to the next level and involves the most successful tourney player of all time.
Polk on top of this as usual
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1463022924
Also Seriously Serious
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...oison-1806389/
Also pretty much concerns my suspicion that many top players are using real time assisted software and the sites have no way to properly catch this.
I always felt bots would dominate poker like they took over chess. I guess they have just that people are hiding it so well.
Hold up….someone with the name Bryn is a guy?
GG's shady "affiliate program" isn't getting enough attention here, but maybe this will spawn enough of an interest in the situation to where that will be discussed more.
I've known about it for a long time, and in fact heard years ago that Bryn had some kind of major influence on the site because of being a major affiliate. It seems that GG's affiliate program is different than that of other poker sites, and it more involves affiliates who act as handlers for their players, rather than just referrers. I'm actually quite interested in this aspect of the story.
Also, apparently this Martin Zamani guy has his own bad history dating back 9 years, so that's complicating matters. However, he is starting to release bits of proof on his Twitter, so he's probably mostly telling the truth. However, given Zamani's shady history, I'm guessing he was a very willing pahticipant in this scheme, and only is coming forward because he's pissed at Bryn about something. But he's likely being mostly truthful, if I had to guess.
https://twitter.com/bparispoker/stat...34717230387200
Here are Patrick Leonard's thoughts on RTA and their danger to the typical online poker player:
https://twitter.com/padspoker/status...49689389961220
https://twitter.com/padspoker/status...49692145573888
https://twitter.com/padspoker/status...49694871818246
I mostly agree with him. The typical mid-stakes pro doesn't have to worry as much about RTA users.
HOWEVER... middle and lower stakes are full of bots and colluders on certain sites, whereas these bots don't tend to play in high stakes games. Bots and RTA are very similar, though bots are worse, because RTA still allows for human error, and many RTA players only consult it in "tough spots", meaning they don't play as optimally as bots. Also, bots are known to collude with each other and share hole cards, and can do so more efficiently than humans.
Additionally, ghosting in tournaments, while not as widespread as people think, is still somewhat of a problem. That also affects the low and middle stakes player online.
Zamani dropping tons of tweets about this right now.
@martin_zamani is his Twitter.
I've known Bryn longer than anyone. None of these things come as a surprise as to who he was when he was younger. However I thought with his success he had turned a corner and put all of that behind him, I guess not
Cheaters dont change their spots.. It just gives them bigger marks to rape financially.. Theyll use whatever got them there to begin with and not suddenly decide oh.. I dont need to be an unethical POS anymore now that Ive arrived does happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erin Micunt
allegations of ghosting for a WSOP bracelet
GG poker is extremely shady.
I knew that their business practices couldn’t stay under the radar much longer.
Trash all around.
Who else remember DNegs trying to recruit all the struggling poker players to Choice Center??
Lots of people with a history of predatory behavior in the poker community working with GG.
Oh boy here we go again, another poker scandal, where is Joe Ingram at when ya need him? lol The entire thing sounds like it's from a movie lmao.
Roberts has published a load of tweets, including text messages
Without all the sheets/credit/agents GG never could have grown this big. This is part of the territory when super agents have huge sheets and no security oversight.
Funny you ask.Quote:
Originally Posted by allinbeforetheriver
He's just waking up from a very, very long nap.
https://twitter.com/Joeingram1/statu...83881913786368
What a difference 3 years make
https://twitter.com/PlayPokerLkAMan/...34381627240453
Lauren was the one on the HE22 account which got clobbered for like $2 million on GG. Martin and Lauren both say that Bryn was living in her house while he was telling his other horses to play her whenever she sat, and also allegedly used her account himself occasionally.
https://twitter.com/PlayPokerLkAMan/...16981273407488
This is actually pretty significant.
It sounds like she's alleging that GGPoker was trying to get activity going in their earlier days a few years ago, but couldn't serve US players, so they couldn't officially have money moving between them and US-based players on VPNs.
I'm guessing that was the reason for this "agent" model, where the agent handles all cashier responsibilities. This puts a layer between them and the deposits/cashouts, and they can deny they knew the agent was signing up US players who were living in the US.
Sergi Reixach's statement:
https://www.poker.org/exclusive-serg...g-allegations/
Sounds like a lot of excuse making and technicalities.
"I was kicked off GG for RTA usage, but it was only a preflop chart, you see, and not RTA."
Bro, the preflop "chart" (which is a misnomer -- its' a huge list of computer-optimized decisions for various situations, which would take up thousands of football fields to print out) was determined years ago to be roughly equivalent to botting. I also love how he said he wasn't aggressively bumhunting. He was bumhunting, but passively!
:lol
In the meantime, Mark Herm, who was a good guest on PFA Radio some years ago, is accused once again of multi-accounting.
The last time he was accused, he just laughed off the accusations and responded sarcastically to people.
Martin is accusing him of winning a bracelet under someone else's name!
https://twitter.com/martin_zamani/st...13326828220417
Bryn Kenney is the new Justin Bonomo of poker.
He is the richest tournament poker player in the world right now.
How did he get there?
By cheating and lying his ass off.
https://www.tradematesports.com/blog...ad9/kenney.jpg
Thanks for making this easier to understand. Maybe it's the limited number of characters you can use on twitter, but you'd think someone like Lauren Roberts could be a little more clearer in explaining what the heck she's talking about and how she lost so much money in this scheme.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Even Zamani on the Joey twitch stream was kind of all over the place.
I'm sure if I felt like putting enough time and thought into it it would make more sense.
Poker players being scumbags who could have thunk it. Where is captain ethical DNEGs, isn't he a GG shill ... oh how the cycles repeat
I tried to listen to Mike's show but as always he was just talking about how good he was at poker and how he could have never lost at online poker back in the day (and licked Hellmuth's balls repeatedly) ...
I don't see anything about Bovada but with the timing this could explain why I received that credit. I didn't play too many tournaments but final tabled their Sunday tournament a couple times. I mostly played 2.5/5 PLO for cash games. I asked Bovada which games the credit was for and they won't give out any info.
I'm going to try as hard as I can to clearly break down this story on radio, which will probably be tomorrow on a borrowed computer (mine is being repaired, as it physically fell apart).
There's so many different elements to this whole thing.
Including maybe this fairly soon:
https://twitter.com/BrynKenney/statu...52735556071425
From May 14, 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05txfZ-pX-E
Go to 6:55, he reveals that he was $3.5m in makeup 3 years ago!
Note that Martin's story takes place in 2020, so that wasn't too long after that.
Interesting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAb8stP4jv8
I tried to watch this episode of Only Friends and found it frustrating. The Brandi-related episode wasn't bad (albeit erroneous, and they curiously didn't attempt to contact me or Brandon, despite talking about us a lot), but this one seemed to be just a bunch of rambling. I shut this one off after a few minutes.
Can you direct me to the interesting timestamps?
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Originally Posted by Dan Druff
there really aren't any. they were just regurgitating what is already over the web. pfa has more on it than they did.
Bryn Kenney doing a live interview on pokernews.com youtube this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LXXLIK3M8o
Right now he is doing his best Mike Postle impersonation, including claiming that Lauren Roberts may have had a romantic interest in him and she was disappointed after he met and started going out with his girlfriend.
Business idea: real time assistance for lying.