I have been spending a lot of time going through the streams to determine which ones Mike was cheating and which ones he was not. I listed out all the sessions Mike played since 12/17/18, and marked them as cheating or not cheating (I've only gone through about half of them). I only marked them cheating or not cheating if there was multiple instances which indicated to me 100% definitive evidence, so you will see some marked as "nothing 100% definitive". I have also listed the known whereabouts of Justin Kuraitis and Taylor Smith at the times of these sessions.
12/17/18 - Cheating
1/7/19 - Cheating (Justin in Bahamas)
1/9/19 - (Justin in Bahamas?)
1/12/19 - (Justin in Bahamas?)
1/19/19 -
1/30/19 -
2/9/19 -
2/16/19 -
2/25/19 -
2/27/19 -
3/9/19 -
3/13/19 -
3/16/19 - Cheating (Justin in commentary booth until 3:14:00, at which point he leaves and is replaced by Taylor)
3/25/19 -
4/8/19 -
4/20/19 -
4/22/19 -
4/30/19 -
5/4/19 -
5/8/19 -
5/18/19 -
5/20/19 - Cheating
6/1/19 - Not Cheating (Justin in Vegas, Taylor in commentary booth)
6/3/19 - Not Cheating (Justin in Vegas, Taylor in Vegas?)
6/15/19 - Not Cheating (Justin in Vegas, Taylor in Vegas?)
6/17/19 - Not Cheating (Justin in Vegas, Taylor in Vegas?)
7/8/19 - Not Cheating (Justin in Vegas, Taylor in Vegas?)
7/20/19 - Cheating
7/22/19 - Cheating
7/24/19 - Not Cheating
7/31/19 - Cheating (Justin in Australia? Not sure if he left yet)
8/3/19 - Not Cheating (Justin in Australia)
8/7/19 - Not Cheating (Justin in Australia)
8/14/19 - Nothing 100% Definitive (Justin is seen in the room but he may be busy and only helping at certain times)
8/17/19 - Not Cheating
8/21/19 - Not 100% Definitive (Justin is seen in the room but he may be busy and only helping at certain times)
9/9/19 - Nothing 100% Definitive
9/18/19 - Not Cheating
9/21/19 - Nothing 100% Definitive
Given that Mike stops cheating when Justin leaves for Vegas, and begins cheating again immediately after he returns, I assumed Mike needed Justin around in order to cheat. However, to my surprise, I found that Mike was still able to cheat while Justin was in the Bahamas on 1/7/19. It was at this point I began to suspect that a 3rd person was involved, but I was not sure who it was. There had been talk of this Taylor guy who had been involved in the changing of the graphics after some suspect hands, but I didn't see any concrete evidence that he was involved in the cheating. Then I started going through the stream on 3/16/19 in which Mike is cheating for the entire length of the session. Justin is in the commentary booth for the first 3:14:00 of the stream, at which point he is replaced by Taylor for the rest of the stream. Seems likely that Taylor was relaying information to Mike while Justin was in the booth, and then they switched roles for the last portion of the stream.
Most convincing evidence implicating Justin:
I was watching a stream on 8/29/18 in which Justin was commentating. Throughout the whole episode, I didn't find a single example where I thought Mike was clearly cheating based on his play. I figured Justin would be in the booth for the entire stream, but to my surprise he dips out of the commentary booth from 3:22:00 to 3:48:00.
Justin leaves:
https://youtu.be/GFQ531Y_KII?t=12120
Justin returns:
https://youtu.be/GFQ531Y_KII?t=13680
I continued to watch the hands for anything suspicious, and something very interesting happens in a hand that takes place at the 3:54:00 mark (32 minutes after Justin leaves the commentary booth). Remember that the stream is on a 30-minute delay, meaning that in real time this hand actually occurs 2 minutes after Justin leaves the booth. Also keep in mind that I did not see any plays or mannerisms from Mike prior to this that indicated to me that he was cheating. Take note of how Mike presses down on his hat, points to his cards on the turn, and makes an incorrect value bet on the river because of RFID reader not picking up his opponent's cards (opponent has T9). Below is the link to the hand. Note - you may be confused watching this because Justin is in the commentary booth on the stream, but he was not in the booth 30 minutes before when the hand is actually taking place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFQ5...utu.be&t=14040
Most convincing evidence implicating Taylor:
As I noted above, here is the stream where Justin is commentating and is replaced by Taylor at the 3:14:00 mark (Mike is cheating for entire stream):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t59ddLJv6mo
Other things to note:
There has been a lot of discussion lately about Mike's keys on the table and his wristband. I noticed that during June when Mike was not cheating, his keys were still on the table and he was wearing the same wristband.
Mike has as much information about the hole cards as the viewers of the stream do. I have seen a couple of examples while Mike is cheating where he makes an incorrect river decision because the stream RFID reader did not pick up his opponent's cards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFQ5...utu.be&t=14040 (same hand as above)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQuQ...utu.be&t=13694
