https://twitter.com/J_Tanouye/status/1939941658608418875


So far nobody has corrected the ban rumor (and in fact a guy saying he's Carroll's friend confirmed it), so it's probably true.

If so, that's a major overreaction, and I feel bad for these guys. They really just thought they were doing something clever to win ClubWPT's money. ClubWPT isn't angry about it at all, so aside from not awarding a bullshit bracelet (which is the correct decision), WSOP should let this go and just make stricter rules about this for next time.

To ban these guys is really overkill. Additionally, it's getting everyone really angry, so it's not even winning them any PR points.

On a side note, I'm wondering who made the decision to ban them. Caesars no longer owns the WSOP. GGPoker, the new WSOP owner, cannot ban people form Caesars properties (only the WSOP itself). So why did Caesars ban them? Maybe they were worried about a licensure issue if they didn't?

Strange.

Don't expect a statement from GG or Caesars about this, as they will cite player privacy issues.