The 5-Aces on Poker Stars story

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T# 14705493 was the $10 + $1 Deep Stacks tournament held on 12th
November 2005. The top four players in this event were:

"gamblinfla"
"MiketheKid2"
"twiceasright"
"witzy2004"

The player "Big Devin" didn't take part in this tournament.

Next, you can see the observer "style12" in chat on the
table. "style12" is not a User ID on our database as of June 2006 --
he doesn't exist.

There are also two hands mentioned here. One is # 3044245011 and the
other # 3044243120. I've attached them both below so that you can see
the hands as they originally happened. As you can see, the chip
stacks are totally consistent from one hand to the next. Further
more, "Big Devin" didn't take part.

Finally, it is clearly demonstrable that the image has been edited.
Attached please find a closeup of several of the cards on the screen.
If you look closely, you'll see that the ace of clubs is one pixel too
high. The prankster that tried to run this hoax was not quite careful
enough with his editing and left this evidence behind.

I hope that this sets your mind at ease, but if you have further
queries, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Best regards,

Dan C
PokerStars Support Team

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PokerStars Game #3044245011: Tournament #14705493, $10+$1 Hold'em No
Limit - Level XX (10000/20000) - 2005/11/12 - 22:53:37 (ET)
Table '14705493 44' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: gamblninfla (3550492 in chips)
Seat 5: twiceasright (536880 in chips)
Seat 7: witzy2004 (326768 in chips)
Seat 9: MiketheKid2 (880860 in chips)
22:53:37 gamblninfla: posts the ante 1000
22:53:37 twiceasright: posts the ante 1000
22:53:37 witzy2004: posts the ante 1000
22:53:37 MiketheKid2: posts the ante 1000
22:53:37 Moving Bets to Pot
22:53:37 twiceasright: posts small blind 10000
22:53:37 witzy2004: posts big blind 20000
22:53:37 *** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gamblninfla [Kd Qc]
22:53:37
Dealt to witzy2004 [Ad Tc]
22:53:41 MiketheKid2: folds
22:53:42 albo [observer] said, "i took a bad beat in this tourney"
22:53:43 gamblninfla: raises 40000 to 60000
22:53:43 twiceasright: folds
22:53:46 albo [observer] said, "and it was in this table"
22:53:47 witzy2004: raises 265768 to 325768 and is all-in
22:53:49 gamblninfla: calls 265768
22:53:49 Moving Bets to Pot
22:53:53 *** FLOP *** [5s Ks 4d]
22:53:53 glarnex [observer] said, "qk"
22:53:58 glarnex [observer] said, "3"
22:53:59 *** TURN *** [5s Ks 4d] [3s]
22:54:01 glarnex [observer] said, "7"
22:54:02 *** RIVER *** [5s Ks 4d 3s] [Kc]
22:54:05 *** SHOW DOWN ***
witzy2004: shows [Ad Tc] (a pair of Kings)
22:54:05 gamblninfla: shows [Kd Qc] (three of a kind, Kings)
22:54:06 bighuurt11 [observer] said, "700 for you"
22:54:07 gamblninfla collected 665536 from pot
22:54:08 Dolemite42 [observer] said, "nh"
22:54:08 albo [observer] said, "finished 108"
22:54:08 twiceasright said, "gg"
22:54:09 glarnex [observer] said, "im good"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 665536 | Rake 0
Board [5s Ks 4d 3s Kc]
Seat 4: gamblninfla (button) showed [Kd Qc] and won (665536) with
three of
a kind, Kings
Seat 5: twiceasright (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: witzy2004 (big blind) showed [Ad Tc] and lost with a pair of
Kings
Seat 9: MiketheKid2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #3044243120: Tournament #14705493, $10+$1 Hold'em No
Limit - Level XX (10000/20000) - 2005/11/12 - 22:53:25 (ET)
Table '14705493 44' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 4: gamblninfla (3561492 in chips)
Seat 5: twiceasright (523880 in chips)
Seat 7: witzy2004 (327768 in chips)
Seat 9: MiketheKid2 (881860 in chips)
22:53:25 gamblninfla: posts the ante 1000
22:53:25 twiceasright: posts the ante 1000
22:53:25 witzy2004: posts the ante 1000
22:53:25 MiketheKid2: posts the ante 1000
22:53:25 Moving Bets to Pot
22:53:25 gamblninfla: posts small blind 10000
22:53:25 twiceasright: posts big blind 20000
22:53:25 *** HOLE CARDS ***
22:53:27 witzy2004: folds
22:53:28 gamblninfla said, "not a chance hon..lmao"
22:53:29 MiketheKid2: folds
22:53:30 gamblninfla: folds
22:53:30 Moving Bets to Pot
22:53:33 twiceasright collected 24000 from pot
22:53:35 twiceasright: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24000 | Rake 0
Seat 4: gamblninfla (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: twiceasright (big blind) collected (24000)
Seat 7: witzy2004 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: MiketheKid2 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[Mrage]

[ QUOTE ]
wtf that board has 5 aces? anyone else notice that?

[/ QUOTE ]I lol'd

[ubercuber]

cashed out retired from online poker notified the police requested hand history from whistle blower omg does this mean moneymaker is a cheat think about it money maker coincidence i think not

[apefish]

Then I've been hexed/charmed cuz I totally missed it.

Damn you Champ Chunge.

[BadMoFu]

I just needed a confirmation that its not real.

[SuperSnort]

[ QUOTE ]
I just needed a confirmation that its not real.

[/ QUOTE ]

sir if you just give me your bank accound number and sort code i can give you the monies you may have lost worrying over this monstrosity of a calamitous event

[bubaloo]

[ QUOTE ]
Ok, so yesterday at Fallswiev Casino I met the guy who claims he was in the "famous" poker Stars hand where this happened:



He is suing Poker Stars now, as far as I understood.

Heh, when I saw this Screenshot first, as few month ago, I insta-assumed it was photoshop and didnt do any further research on the topic.

Now however I am curious if this is actually legit.

[/ QUOTE ]

Can confirm. 100% real.

[Scansion]

I lol'd so hard at the guy's chat, so hilarious what he must've been thinking.

"Omg.. if this guy shows up with quads... WTF 5 ACES OMFG RIGGED AHAHDGLKASJFLK!!!!11!1ONE!!1!!"

[obiedman]

pretty sure they woudn't refund all buyins and entry fees too if it were 4 handed and something like this happened. i'm sure it'd be chip chop or something, but def not "all buyins and entry fees will be refunded"

[rothko]

i was the other guy in the hand and can confirm that it was very real.