Stars Conclusion (short answer = void is owned)

[Sciolist]

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I would like to ask one question on this subject, I wonder if I missed this but I don't see it being addressed.

Was PS informed of the player as a suspect from other players, or were they investigating and finding this on their own accord?

In the past this all came evident from other players being upset or concerned who played in the event or knew the players.

I don't even know if this is a known variable, just curious as to how this came around.

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Anyone who makes the final table of a major tournament is security reviewed

[Harvester]

Interesting, so only those on the final table. I guess we have a long ways to go on the security front.

Thanks.

[Quanah Parker]

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If I was him I would crash course my sister in tournament poker 24/7 for as long as it takes to make it plausable and take stars to court gangsta-style!

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lol. Which court?

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The basketball court, the only court recognized by the tru gangsta.
I hear Stars has some mean hops, so watch out.

[arnoldziffel]

Does ps investigate telephonkiosk now because he technically made the final table?

[Shooz]

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Interesting, so only those on the final table. I guess we have a long ways to go on the security front.

Thanks.

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PokerStars's standard practice is to conduct a special security review for players in each large tournament, including the Sunday Million and WCOOP events.

At this time the review is completed for all players in the WCOOP Main Event which concluded on October 1, except for the winner, where the investigation is continuing. We hope to conclude it as soon as possible.

The details of all security investigations are confidential.

This player has also requested that their personal information is not disclosed, and therefore PokerStars cannot divulge information about the player's identity.

Stephen W.
Manager, PokerStars Game Security

[Margaud]

If the void isn't guilty, you'd think we'd have heard his/her backlash on this incident on the net by now.

[Zetack]

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If the void isn't guilty, you'd think we'd have heard his/her backlash on this incident on the net by now.

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Not all poker players frequent online poker forums. I wouldn't take his non-posting on the web as an admission of guilt on his part. And even if the void is a regular poster on the web, a smart man might not post anything until he felt like all avenues of appeal with PS had dried up.

[Shooz]

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If the void isn't guilty, you'd think we'd have heard his/her backlash on this incident on the net by now.

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Not all poker players frequent online poker forums. I wouldn't take his non-posting on the web as an admission of guilt on his part. And even if the void is a regular poster on the web, a smart man might not post anything until he felt like all avenues of appeal with PS had dried up.

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Indeed you can't read too much into that.
But from what I've heard after Stars accussed him they gave him a period to respond to the charge before they made things public. I would guess that he knew he was bang to rights and didn't have any comeback, apart from maybe bargaining to keep the ''play2kill'' account active.

[Jonathan]

PokerStarsStephenW has said
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The investigation into the WCOOP Main Event has now been concluded.

We have determined, based on the totality of evidence, that the tournament winner “TheV0id” was in breach of the PokerStars Terms of Service.

In the interests of Game Integrity, “TheV0id” has been disqualified from first place.


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I can understand that PokerStars may not wish to reveal all of the details
of their investiagation at this time. But wouldn't it help matters if
StephenW specificied exactly which parts of the Terms of Service
were violated by TheV0id?

Thanks,
Jonathan

[zen_rounder]

stars pulled the replay of m.e ft. did the various players get their money yet?