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These actions are in my opinion borderline gray areas, but the honest truth is the sites are better off acting the way they have. To create a situation where it's acceptable to blurr the line is dangerous for the tourneys.

The fact of the matter is, even if these guys play 2 or 3 accounts the likelyhood that they end up at the same table in a 500 player event let alone a 5000 player event is relatively small. Also keep in mind there is diminished rewards with each additional account they play. Let's say first place in a $200 tourney is $100k and 2nd is $60k, they can get a 500x return on the first $200 buy in, and only have the opportunity for a 300x return on the second. As you can see there is an inherent cost associated with playing multiple accounts. In my opinion this cost exceeds any edge they may gain in the unlikely chance that two of their acounts wind up at the same table. I personally don't care too much if a player plays multiple accounts in the big multi tourneys cuz in my eyes 99.9% of the time it just adds to the prize pool. As a common practice it does however become a problem in small tourneys less than 100 people.

Like I said however, I agree with the web sites taking a strong stance against the practice, because it becomes dangerous not to. There are too many habitual line steppers out there, most of which need to be on a leash and this policy does just that.

I don't however consider Justin one of these players.

On Justin's behalf, I know the kid very well, and have grown to have much respect for him as a person, player and friend. I've been 3 handed with him in $1k sng's many times, and even tho we communicate on Instant Messenger, NEVER has he suggested any foul play (if anything that would be a convenient time no?). At the end of the sng's he usually goes completely quiet. While he can be a little brash, I think he's a good kid he was just trying to maximize his winnings in a grey area that until recently appeared to be acceptable behavior.

-Ed Moncada

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Uhhh....why would he suggest something underhanded to someone else when he already has this scam going?