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Originally Posted by ItsAboutTimeIAte
Yikes on the new revelation regarding Pokerstars multiaccounting. A big +1 to the sketchy nature of the PLO match vs isildurr. It was very obvious at the time of that match to anyone in the HSNL realm that hastings, townsend, and cole south were sharing reads/strategy on how best to exploit isildurr, obviously specific hands were a part of this discussion, would be foolish to think otherwise. It seems very likely they had pieces of each other/sweated each other every time one of them played isildurr, not just during the one infamous 4 mill session. Some people just believe that there is nothing wrong with this. As someone who played 5/10 and 10/20 NL from 2006-2011 on FTP and never once bought HHs/shared or obtained reads from other players, I believe the lack of ethics in Hastings actions has been consistent throughout time now that a new revelation has surfaced, and IMO cannot be blamed on being a young 21 year old as Hastings loves to always mention.
Specifically regarding the PLO match vs. Isildur1, it's a pretty ridiculous and tired argument. Can you honestly say that Isildur1 had any kind of a shot against Hastings, or anyone else he was playing @ HU PLO? Isildur1 had no clue what he was doing, and ran hotter than the sun in spots. Hastings and other accomplished PLO players were going to take his money, it was just a matter of when and how.
Regarding them discussing strategy about his play, are you seriously saying that this is verboten? It happens every day, poker players discuss hands, discuss the tendencies of certain players in the game and how to exploit it, etc, etc.
The whole thing is ridiculous, Hastings crushed Isildur1 at PLO primarily because he ran hot against him, and Blom was on tilt. Hastings already had a massive edge against him at PLO, to the point where any discussed tendencies would make very little difference in the end result, anyway. And there is nothing wrong with discussing poker strategy, or how to exploit opponents. It's exactly how most good poker players accelerated their learning of the game, talking with other smart people.
As for the rest of the allegations against Brian, it doesn't look good, imo, if he's playing under a bought account, likely VPN'ing in from the USA to play. If these allegations are true, I think it's pretty unethical to buy an unknown account Bleznik style and play people you have reads on, who are readless against you.
Sandbagging in the bracelet bets, though, I'm not sure about. Do players need to disclose how much they've been training/practicing before making bets like this? That seems absurd. What if instead of playing online he hired dozens of the best mixed game coaches to help him with his game, and played weekly live games?
I don't see why he'd have to tell people that? If true, the average golf hustler is a disgusting scumbag. It's pretty stupid for people to make a bet, then say "well, I didn't know he was practicing, it's unfair!" Give me a break.
Last edited by moki; 06-25-2015 at 12:15 AM.
