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The $ 25,000 event at the World Series of Poker Championship is the biggest event of the WPT schedule. It is an event that repeats every year, and last Sunday had a new point of interest. Ali Tekintamgac registered and playing!
And if you do not know who is Ali Tekintamgac, we remember you. He won the WPT Spanish Championship in May last year, which earned him a place in the WPT Championship. In September he played the Partouche Poker Tour and made the final table ... where he was disqualified after the organization has resorted to videos that proved Alec cheated in conjunction with false information that the media informed of the letters from opponents.
Players who were present on Day 2 of the WPT Championship were surprised to discover that among them was a player "marked" in this way in a world-renowned circuit. The twitter was the chosen platform for voices that were raised.
Vanessa Selbst, who eventually won the Partouche Poker Tour, WPT Championship not played but did not ask the question that everyone wanted:
"There is really playing this tournament Tekimtamgac? @ SavagePoker why was he even allowed to register ???," she asks Matt Savage, executive director of the WPT. No answer ...
Another of the players who spoke out most was Daniel Negreanu, who even had to confront Tekintamgac tables before being stopped by security. And then came three tweets:
"Ali who was caught cheating Tekimtamgac in Partouche is in # WPTChamp I called him out, and floor told me I can not do that! When Will we learn "
"Bellagio / WPT Should absolutely not allow this person in the event. He was caught red handed cheating and Should Be banned. This is absurd. "
"The cheater just Threatened Scott Siever the floor was alerted and will not do anything about it. Physical threat, Should he call the cops. "
Supposedly, Seiver was sitting at the table Tekintamgac earlier in the day and and have been the first person to make any comment about his past.
The disqualification of the Partouche Poker Tour came after warnings from other players who noticed the strange comprtamento some members of the media, similar to what had happened at the EPT in Estonia, where Alec ended in 36.
For his part Tekintamgac denies all charges and is apparently suing the PPT.
WPT Championship Day Tekintamgac spent a day on average two and most likely it will meet Cliff JonnyBax "Josephy, Phil Hellmuth, Jon" PearlJammer "Turner and Mike Sexton.
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Hi again Reiiz. It is amazing to know that people cheat like this and expect to get away with it? I could not imagine trying it, getting caught and then turning up for another competition - crazy - mad as a box of frogs !!!!
Anyway I expect "hellmouth" will put him straight - we hope.
Nice story Reiiz - anybody know of any other cheating stories???
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Posted by cuonthefelt: Sorry if i missed something here, but how was he cheating? Did I misread something?
"And if you do not know who is Ali Tekintamgac, we remember you. He won the WPT Spanish Championship in May last year, which earned him a place in the WPT Championship. In September he played the Partouche Poker Tour and made the final table ... where he was disqualified after the organization has resorted to videos that proved Alec cheated in conjunction with false information that the media informed of the letters from opponents."
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I have seen the video where the "reporter" is watching the HU. He is giving somekind of sings to Ali and i think it´s really wrong that Ali can play this. This wrong for poker and its really unfair. Cheating is really bad.
