Nice heater
still prefer to become 3rd in the bigger109 and bink the wcoop main like a that crown up guy ^^

Think about it like this: If stuff like this never ever ever ever ever ever in a million years happened, that would actually be weirder. The fact that it does happen make perfect sense.

Allow me to introduce myself....

The Big $22 wasn't on the same day.

"Three tournaments with huge fields. Do you have any idea what the odds are?"

"Shoot, it's gotta be in the millions, maybe more."

"Three ****in' tournaments in one night? Why didn't you pull the servers? Why didn't you call me?"

"Well, it happened so quick, he won 3 tourneys; I didn't have a chance..."

"You didn't see the scam? You didn't see what was going on?"

"Well, there's no way to determine that..."

"Yes there is! An infallible way, he won!"

"Well, it's an online poker site! People gotta win sometimes."

"You're pissing me off. Now you're insulting my intelligence; what you think I am, a ****in' idiot? You know goddamn well that someone had to get into those servers and rig those ****in' tournaments. The probability of one winning tourney is 5-thousand to one; the probability of three in a row; it's in the billions! It cannot happen, would not happen, you ****in' momo! What's the matter with you? Didn't you see you were being set up on the second win?"

"I really think..."

"Wait! You didn't see that you were being set up on the second win?"

"I really think you're overreacting..."

"Listen, you ****in' yokel, I've had it with you. I've been carrying your ass in this place ever since I got here. Get your ass and get your things and get out of here."

"You're firing me?"

"I'm firing you. No, I'm not firing, I'm firing you, ya..."

"You might regret this"

"I'll regret it even more if I keep you on."

"This is not the way to treat people."

"Listen, if you didn't know you were being scammed you're too ****in' dumb to keep this job, if you did know, you were in on it. Either way, YOU'RE OUT! Get out. Go on, let's go."

Beating 43,000 opponents to win $100k seems far too much effort. Just take on WCG at nosebleeds imo

I know its not same day but when bigdogpckt5s won the sunday million in back to back weeks in 2010 i think

Indeed. Now I have another excuse to post a Vsauce video.



With thousands of players playing thousands of tournaments every week, weird stuff like this is bound to happen occasionally.

I have been reading this board for a couple of years , and I just made the account to thank you for posting that

348,000,000,000 to 1 odds. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

How can all of you guys say it's rigged for this to happen? If it was rigged we would see a lot more of these threads popping up. What is it like once every 6 months you see some insane run by someone? If it never happen I would be more inclined to think it was rigged.

Welcome to 2+2

That is not accurate though.

Every week, for years, there are thousands of people who play 3+ big field tournaments.

For me to say 'this weekend I will enter just 3 tournaments and win them all' will be 348,000,000,000 (or whatever) but we are looking at this after the fact.

In a similar way, Mark Newhouse final tabling the WSOP ME two years running is approx 6,000/9 x 6,000/9 = 444,000-1. But that is not a particularly balanced way to look at it. Last year there were 9 players who made the final table. Assume all 9 entered this year, the chances of one of them final tabling again is approx 6000/9=666-1. Given that a previous run provided plenty of experience, and the player is probably nearer the top of the scale ability-wise, then even that 666-1 shot is over stating it. This is quite different to a 440,000-1 shot.

And in another example, I recall reading that it is much more likely for there to be a multiple bracelet winner in a single year than for there not to be. Which means there is often someone defeating decent sized fields each summer. In fact, 1999 is the last time that there was not a multiple winner in the same year, including WSOPe and Asia Pacific. Many of these bracelets are from mixed games with smallish fields, but the fact it happens so often shows that in large player pools, you get all kinds of quirks arising.

In short, fair play to him for winning them. It is a heck of an achievement, but in the great scheme of things it is not utterly ridiculous.

asden that comparison has no sense.
3 tournaments one with 30k players others with 6 7k , If I was pokerstars I would investigate his accounts for sure. it seems like cheating because it seems impossible.

The more entrants, the more ridiculous it seems, but it also means there are many more people who can string together a crazy set of results.

Check out the Birthday Paradox - you only need 23 people to be in a room for there to be a greater than 50% chance that two of them share a birthday.

My hands would still be shaking if I was this guy. Awesome!

EDITED; actually read through all of this thread and not just OP, the odds against this are pretty awesome too.

Something does not seem right about this. He also won the bigger 22 on the thursday. Maybe legit but i have my doubts. I think he was a losing player before this.

The guy is cheating but decided not to play the biggest event of the year on the same day. Get 5th in the wcoop main for a much bigger payday and less publicity nah this guys decided to cheat and win 3 majors.

Unlikely to be able to afford a buyin to the wcoop as before this i think he was a losing player. I'm not saying he's cheating but this does not look right. Love to see the hand history for some of the games. Maybe some can post a few.

You can still watch the replay of the sunday storm final table.

Even if he could see everyones hole cards he would still be very unlikely to win all three, especially the storm.

More unlikely things have happened. Be glad you witnessed it.

Must be great having one of those accounts wherein randomness, bouncing off of tiny mirrors, keeps feeding the player what he needs. I've always felt that new accounts, and players from Russia, the Ukraine, and Poland, keep getting the short end of the stick - having the worst of luck; especially in all in situations.

you are god?

This guy sounds and acts EXACTLY like Tony Dunst in his WPT analysis spots.

He is a pro who emigrated from Spain to UK to keep playing poker as a job, he made 4th at Viena EPT... but yeah, he is probably a losing player.