Recently, there's been a few articles about high stakes pros calling out cheaters and complaining how nothing is really being done to them. Here's the most recent article I've read:
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2022/04/chance-kornuth-alex-foxen-poker-blacklist-41070.htm
There are some players that are now calling for a collective poker blacklist. What do you guys think about this?
Some issues/questions to consider:
Basically all other competitions (or sports or whatever) will punish and/or ban cheaters, but in poker it's almost always kept quiet and/or just ignored for some reason.
Some well known pro cheaters (according to others, not me personally) who are still welcome to play and still get invites to poker tournaments to this day:
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2022/04/chance-kornuth-alex-foxen-poker-blacklist-41070.htm
There are some players that are now calling for a collective poker blacklist. What do you guys think about this?
Some issues/questions to consider:
- What technically constitutes cheating that would result in a blacklist punishment?
- Who is responsible for judging someone as a cheat? Should there be an official review committee or something along those lines?
- How much evidence is required to prove cheating has taken place?
- How long should a player be blacklisted? Should there be a time limit or should it be forever?
- Should cheating online affect playing live and vice versa?
Basically all other competitions (or sports or whatever) will punish and/or ban cheaters, but in poker it's almost always kept quiet and/or just ignored for some reason.
Some well known pro cheaters (according to others, not me personally) who are still welcome to play and still get invites to poker tournaments to this day:
- Chino Reem
- Men Nguyen
- Chris Ferguson/Howard Lederer
- Dan Cates
- Brian Hastings
- Ali Imsirovic
- Jake Schindler
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