real-time assistance during play is strictly forbidden
A fairly high-profile online poker player stands accused of cheating in high-stakes cash games, with his former roommates providing damning evidence in a TwoPlusTwo post from Sunday.
According to the roommates, Fedor Kruse used a two-computer setup designed to fool mouse-tracking systems. With it, he played poker on one computer while keep a solver open on the other. When playing a hand, he'd quickly pull out an applicable pre-solved spot and follow the decision tree therein to consistently make game-theory optimal decisions.
Known as real-time assistance (RTA), usage of such solvers during play is strictly forbidden at online poker sites.
Evidence Presented in TwoPlusTwo Post
To support their accusation, Kruses former roommates, who identified themselves as Manuel and Niklas, posted several screenshots of their conversations with Kruse, as well as photos of his setup.
The photos show three monitors set up at a grind station. One of the monitors has four tables of online poker open, three on Natural8 and one on America's Cardroom. The only active hand is on the latter, and a side monitor shows a solver in use with the river dealt out. There's no way of identifying the player in action.
As for the screenshots, theyre a little more clear. The first shows a WhatsApp message. In it, a person alleged to be Kruse YoUtUbE sTaR sends a hand history in which he calls down with two pair on a four-flush board against multiple barrels in a $5/$10 no-limit hold'em game.
Im curious what you say about it, the sender says in German, translated via Google.
Was gambled with solver anyway, comes the response.
Yes but Sandro and I were both shocked that you can really 100% call OTR.
The screen name in the hand, GlitchSystem, matches Kruse's PokerStars ID. The whistleblowers say Sandro is actually the person who built Kruse's setup, an individual playing as nosuperstarr on PokerStars and forgermany on GGPoker
Artist/Author: poker news September 16, 2020 |
