Can't stars just take any money in hastings multiple accounts, and then try and go after him legally for the rest of the money since he got it against the TOS?
Seriously sites need to fix up on this crap, its depressing. Same way its depressing Joey didn't come out and say anything and seems to think just because he thinks a few other people did it that makes it ok. Fact he said that in first place means he himself knows others, just out them already.
Need this shady **** to get fixed.

Now that stars are regulated by the uk gambling commission, I suspect high stakes multi accounting would break their money laundering rules. money won by one person transferred to another and so on.

Wonder if any prosecutions will follow?

Well I do really like Bakes avatar so I guess you never know. #conspiracytheories

Also, guys, please do the NVG mods a favor and don't misspell curse words to avoid the profanity filter.

Yes the filter is stupid. But it's what the site owners want and it gets really tedious editing things. And when I get bored, I just start deleting, and some of the comments are fine other than spelling **** as phuck just to avoid the filter. And then users get butthurt because I deleted their post and I get bitingly sarcastic because that's just who I am.

So knock it the **** off, mkay?

+1 Well said *******

No blame on Mercier imo, really ****ty spot if you start taking away sponsorships etc for that.

Lol. Bahahahahaba u make a good call or a good bluff and using poker tracker and what is what poker is about?????
Yeah poker is about using a stat tracking program to help u make decisions. All day every day twice on Sunday. U are conditioned to think certain things are ok and others aren't. For years in the gambling world it was about the hustle. If u got hustled u learned or u didn't. It's the way gambling is. Casinos pray on people who are not willing to stay away from -ev games. Free rooms free food. That is a hustle right? They are trying to get u to play games u can't win at. But hem and pokertracker is ok cuz a site tells u it is????? What if the say it's not ok tomorrow would it all of a sudden be cheating? Think about it.

I blame his math teacher.

An authority figure who convinced him it's ok to play poker illegally thus sowing a seed of disregarding the rules for Rasva's poker career.

This is a bit ridiculous. Maybe penalizing Mercier in some way would make a little sense, but completely firing him because he might have known about someone MAing? I'm sure Mercier would argue that if he started outing every poker pro who does something unethical then he wouldn't have many friends in the poker world. I don't think because someone is a PS pro then they're more obligated to play Poker Whistle Blower than a non-sponsored poker pro.

ha ha

The UKGC has never prosecuted anyone for cheating at internet gambling of any kind, can't see them starting now as that would require them doing something other than sit on their backsides and collect fees.

Pro move. If it's less than he thinks it should be he snap accepts. If it's more then he provides HH and negotiates.

I don't think it's particularly close. If a stars pros, who is paid to represent the site and put the interests of the site first, instead put the interests of their cheating friend first, they probably aren't a good representative for the site.

ORLY?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/19...ammer-1097739/

cliffs: hes in the slammer

Ouch, hah.

The way you're phrasing it is laughable. He's well within his rights to let PS handle enforcing their policies and not jump at every opportunity to report people. There is some gray area here, I guess, but to act like Mercier is somehow aiding and abetting a criminal is pure comedy. Get a grip.

Yes, because no one can ever say factually that someone else is 100% straight. Same as no one can ever say factually their partner has ever cheated etc

pads what are you talking about? BH admitted it in the PM posted itt, he also PMd me and admitted it--talking about how we played HU.
BH clearly just took over the account and played on it, it didn't have to be him on the account for the accounts lifespan.

Im in the same boat too.

I think I only played up to 100/200 with him not all the way up to 400/800 but as someone whos only been playing 8 game for a few months there was no way I was going to be sitting that lineup unless I thought noelhayes was the irish rec player I assumed he was due to google.

This is the one post I will make on the topic, but no he didn't cheat he only gave a postgame PM that made it sound like he did.



That thread and Stinger88's call for banning some dude on funky sunglasses, while being a major cheater himself, shows how out of touch with reality mr. Hastings is (and a lot of other HS pro's are).

In all seriousness, the comparison with Lance Armstrong and cycling is kind of striking IMO. I think you'll find that a great part of the pro's are cheating and MA'ing, just a matter of time before this comes out. Limon was and is completely right. Why do I think such? Because apparently the whole HS community was in the know of this. Why would they remain silent? Precisely. Hint: it's not to protect the future regulation of online poker.

The blackmailing-with-US-regulations part shows how much of a ethically challenged individual mr. Hastings is. Also laughing at the plan to ditch the NoelHayes account, it takes a less cynical mind than mine to think it wasn't going to be traded in for a new account.

Fair enough, message received.

I would love to him being sued by Pokerstars or players that he has faced. While poker traffic is getting worse and worse with competition getting harder and at the same time the best players are cheating... it's not really putting poker out there as a "good" thing.

I predict that within 1 week there will be a full "confession" that will try to elicit some level of sympathy. He will blame his actions on many if not all of the following:



Basically, it will be the same BS excuses that happen every time someone gets caught scamming/cheating/etc. The foxhole is getting bombed, and suddenly they find Jesus...

if you are sponsored by stars you should do whats right for the company. just lol if nothing happens to mercier

A bit strange how Joey gives Hastings a pass, but just completely bashes Team Barcode.

QFT

ABSOLUTELY nailed it! There is ALOT more on the line here than Mr. Hastings.

cliffs on the Team Barcode?