HWC, how many hands did you play with NH?

NH stopped playing because the SCOOP ended and the WSOP began.

You're delusional. There are more important things going on in the world than this. No one in the real world cares about any of this.

Why are you are so obsessed with this considering you didn't even play in any games with NH? No sane person would waste this much time and energy on a matter that didn't even affect them. There must be some reason why you are doing this.

None.

I think the point would be that the "real" NH has a reputation for not being quite as good as Hastings!! Don't know where you are from but imagine in a sports match being told you were playing person 'x' and in fact behind a mask is person 'y' who is on the best players in the world.....

As to whether Ike has a responsibility to tell the table is a very moot point - and it is good that he only sat with him in a tourney as opposed to cash games - but he should certainly have let PS know..

If this happened at micros accounts would be banned and stars would keep the 40 odd bucks in them and ban for life.

+1

Ike, do you think the fact that you were aware that it was BH playing on the NH account, while others did not, provided you with an unfair advantage?

If so, was your reasoning behind not telling Stars because of ur laziness/"path of least resistance" approach? Or more because you wanted to keep that edge you had in place?

How would you rate ur level of scuminess after ur role in this scandal?

1 being squeaky clean like a Phil Galfond type
10 being ultimate scum like a Russ Hamilton or Howard Lederer type

Gotta be over a 5 at this point imo

He is from Banagher, and now lives in Dublin, Eire.

The Republic of Ireland isn't part of the UK, Nortern Ireland is.
It's been quite big in world news, especially over the past 40 years.

Why don't you try reading the thread before making these laughably stupid posts.

Haha, great detective work here. Opening up a new account for this is really paying off.

The lion does not concern himself with the lives of sheep.

/Not really, but your comment reminded me of Canadians getting butt-hurt when Americans don't know anything about the structure of their government. Frankly, the details of you're country is just not that important to most people outside of it.

By far the best post itt

Not that it's right, but I doubt there are very many people that have been active in the poker community for more than a few years that haven't been in a similar position of someone outing themselves to them as doing something kind of shady but not earth shattering. I've been in that position myself and also failed to do anything.

Again, not that it's right, but I think your scale is pretty messed up.

MM, ike was provided an unfair advantage and sat on the info instead of doing the right.

It is without question a scumbag move on Ike's part.

Have I dumbed it down enough for you?

No, don't worry, it was more than dumb enough from the beginning.

Ike said itt that he played precisely one tournament knowing BH was NH. You're really overstating this UNFAIR ADVANTAGE and the EDGE Ike obtained. Maybe try taking a step back and thinking about how Ike could have actually capitalized on this massive edge you think he had while he was playing at the WSOP. Seriously, explain how Ike was going to personally benefit from this.

Electing not to do something for the greater good != doing something sinister. Get a grip.

No need to apologize, you didn't have to say anything and policing the games is not your responsibility.

lol_limon, you have leaks in your forum game if you see his posts.

Sat on the info for the greater good??? Now that's rich!!! LOL!! Ike is a hero!!!

And yeah, I'm going to go out on a limb here and call BS on Ike knowing that BH was NH for exactly 1 tournament.

1. You don't even understand what I'm saying. I'm acknowledging that Ike didn't do that, but that doesn't mean he did anything sinister.

2. So I guess you're accusing Ike of lying itt now. Ok. Do you have any basis for that?

The lion was shot by an ignorant American.

I think most of us agree on that. Ike's small error of omission (not immediately passing the details of Hasting's MA-ing to the security team) has got him into "trouble", and it seems he regrets the mistake and will be more careful in future.
I'm relieved that there doesn't appear to have been any active abuse of the information by Haxton. It would have been brutal if Ike turned out to be a cheat (which HWC still seems to be claiming), rather than merely possess knowledge of cheating.
Hopefully the culture is changing and well known players will speak out (like Bakes did) and not keep up with the code of silence. Turning a blind eye to cheats like Hastings is not a good option.

Yes, keeping the info to himself (ESPECIALLY in light of being a sponsored pro) to maintain an edge on players not in the know qualifies as sinister imo.

Although there does seem to be a disagreement about what if any edge was gained by Ike.

I think you are being purposely naive by stating not much.

I'm not saying Ike is BH scum here by any stretch. But he acted unethically at the very least. And is a borderline cheat at the very worst. (But again, not BH level of a cheat).

You should probably read Ike's posts before you go on posting like a moron.

His posts are also easily verifiable to make make sure he is being truthful.

(snap!) how so?

Ike only played part of one SCOOP tournament knowing who Noel/Brian was. Brian didn't tell him he was Noel until they ended up at the same table during the tournament. They did not play together after that.

Yeah, ike had a slight edge for a few hands in a tournament. What do you want him to have done? Quit playing in the middle of the tournament? Got on the red phone direct line to stars security and get them to shut the tourney down until Noel was investigated and DQ'd so the tourney could continue without him having an edge? Opened up a few SnGs to negate his advantage?