Last week rumors that Brian Townsend, Brian Hastings & Cole South had been cheating against Isildur1 started circulate on the web. It all started after that someone got to know that Brian Townsend, Brian Hastings & Cole South had been going through thousands of hands Isildur1 had played and also discussed different strategies on how to beat the Swede. They could do this thanks to that Tow[...] Read more » Brian Townsend cheated against Isildur1
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Germany
Age: 41 (M)
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lol, removing his red pro status for a 1 month after they made 4 millions from isildur... i guess for it was worth it. they should punish him harder, a normal player would probably get banned from full tilt. well, as someone who is used to play with multiple accounts he will still have another account there
Joined: Apr '08
Location: Finland
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Isildur1 HAS to come public now. Imagine this happening to a normal player and not a full tilt RED pro,would be banned and funds frozen immediately.
What is one month without red pro status compared to losing millions of dollars ... who know what would have happened if they wouldnt had been datamining ...
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Posted by Davoodoo: Isildur1 HAS to come public now. Imagine this happening to a normal player and not a full tilt RED pro,would be banned and funds frozen immediately.
Townsend didn't score the big win. So it would be a bit pointless to freeze his account.
Posted by Davoodoo: What is one month without red pro status compared to losing millions of dollars ... who know what would have happened if they wouldnt had been datamining ...
What would happen? We can only guess. But of cause is the action taken a joke. Looks like Full Tilt wants to show that they enforce their rules. But this "punishment" will make things only worse.
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Brazil
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Isildur needs lawyer and some honests opponents. For me, Brian Townsend, Brian Hastings & Cole South discussed together strategies against isildur is a breaking the "poker rules", e individual game.
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
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Posted by paulparadiis: I don't know if i'd call that CHEATING. Everyone would do that, if they had the chance!
Yes it is. "Everyone" would steal a 500€ bill if they had the chance, so if everyone would do it isn't a crime? Of course it is. And I believe your "Everyone" should be replaced by "Many".
Joined: Sep '09
Location: France
Age: 43 (M)
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See, Isildur is very fine poker player and please stop saying he's stupid, no BR management and so on, people just cheated against him, its normal he looses a lot. Thumbs down for Townsend
Ban him definetly would be the right thing to do: rules are rules and this is second time he broke them, Doesn't matter if he's a pro or if he's sponsorized by FT or by other rooms
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Why would they ban him or anything like that,they still are smart,and players like townsend are making a lot of rake for a full tilt......so why ban a player that make you that much mone...no point in that....
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Posted by BhStaljin: Why would they ban him or anything like that,they still are smart,and players like townsend are making a lot of rake for a full tilt......so why ban a player that make you that much mone...no point in that....
As a red pro he would get 100% rakeback. So banning him makes them some money, if he shold continue to play.
Looks like Hasting got his red pro status removed too.
In this instance, the money involved will require a lawyer and at least 1 lawsuit. FTP, I assume, will be looking into their program and making refinements to prevent a reoccurence in the near future. Personally, I can't stand cheaters in anything. All the cheaters here should have been banned at least 6 months and have a complete review of their histories to prove that this is an isolated case or a trend with other players as well. No poker site wants bad publicity ( Absolute and Ultimate Bet) for there is nothing to gain and everything to lose. FTP will need to do more to fix this problem
((( Damn must be tough.
