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Originally Posted by a dewd
Wow everything is starting to make perfect sense now. I always assumed it was a 3 man operation - Mike, Justin, and lower level employee in the control room responsible for updating the graphics (potentially Taylor but no evidence until now). I didn't think it was realistic that Justin was the one controlling the graphics and relaying info to Mike. Just didnt make sense to have your TD doing this task and you frequently see Justin walking around the floor. Why was Mike only able to cheat when Justin was present? I just assumed Justin's replacement would have access to the control room on these nights and they couldn't run the risk of him finding out about it. But these last 2 pieces of information, Taylor being in Vegas with Justin and the stream where Taylor replaces Justin in the booth (and Justin presumably goes back into the control room to take over his job) on a night where Mike was superusing, makes it all the more likely that Taylor was in fact the third man of their operation.
Also to address a few of the comments I've been reading over the past few hours,
1) There is no way Harlan is superusing. If he is, he is the worst superuser of all time and it's not even close. I've watched close to 10 streams in full and Harlan is probably down more than any other player. The guy is terrible. I do think it's possible other players cheated and will be looking back at some older streams to detect anything unusual (including Harlan) but nothing I have seen so far indicates this guy was in on it.
2) I think the "key theory" is a bit of a stretch and pretty unlikely. I only noticed Mike putting his keys on the table during the June/July sessions when he wasn't cheating. Most likely explanation - he puts his keys on the table when he has phone on the table and keeps them in his pocket when he is hiding his phone. I am not completely dismissing this theory, would just like to see his AIEV on more than the 13 or so hands that were posted.
3) How exactly were the cards being sent to Mike? Through cellphone, bone conduction, or multigfx? This one is a little tougher to answer at the moment. I think a combination of these methods was probably used over time as a result of them enforcing the no phones rule more. However, even in some of the earlier streams (January 2019), it appears Mike has something in his hat. Given Mike's background in development, the multigfx method is very possible as well. I just don't know if we have enough information to state that these were definitely used, other than his phone. Even if he had a program setup to live stream to his phone, he would most likely need an assistant. This backs up why he is unable to cheat without Justin present.
4) It was also mentioned that Mike was superusing on 1/7/19 when Justin was in the Bahamas. While Justin deleted his twitter, we can also confirm he was in the Bahamas that time through his "SoberVlog" on youtube. I skimmed through a little of this session and are we sure he was superusing here? He wins $4k but as has already been established, it is not uncommon for him to book big wins when he is playing fair. I saw one hand where he tried to steal a multiway pot on the flop with 7 high no equity vs top pair and then gave up.