{"id":325713,"date":"2024-07-19T11:18:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T16:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=325713"},"modified":"2024-07-22T22:47:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T03:47:38","slug":"wsop-controversy-winner-may-have-consulted-poker-program-during-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wsop-controversy-winner-may-have-consulted-poker-program-during-play\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOP CONTROVERSY: Winner May Have Consulted Poker Program During Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

The poker world has been gripped by controversy following Jonathan Tamayo\u2019s <\/span>$10 million win<\/span><\/a> at the World Series of Poker’s (WSOP) Main Event on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jonathan Tamayo is seen consulting with fellow poker pros Dominik Nitsche (left) and Joe McKeehan, who brazenly use a laptop during the final table at the World Series of Poker\u2019s Main Event Wednesday. (Image: pokergo.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 38-year-old poker pro from Humble, Texas defeated amateur Jordan Griff at the conclusion of a 10-day battle that drew 10,112 hopefuls to the Paris and Horseshoe in Las Vegas. However, as first reported by Britain’s Daily Mirror,<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em>fellow poker pros noticed Tamayo peeking at a laptop a<\/span>fter a winning a big hand against Griff.
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Now, they accuse Tamayo of consulting a sim.<\/span><\/p>\n

While using computer simulators during WSOP tournaments is forbidden — and a steep penalty would have applied if Tamayo had brought his own — no rules exist about whether players can consult sims brought by people in their cheering sections (rails).<\/span><\/p>\n

Sims are most commonly used to replay a recent hand and, employing a mathematical strategy called Game Theory Optimum, conclude whether it was played to optimize a player’s potential to win. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gaming the System?<\/h2>\n
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Jonathan Tamayo gets shown the money and his gold bracelet Wednesday night in Las Vegas. (Image: Louis Grasse\/PX Imagens via ZUMA Press Wire\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While no one is suggesting that Tamayo outright cheated, the move is not considered particularly ethical.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue is that poker is supposed to be an individual game, not a team game,\u201d explained the reddit account @myimportantthoughts. \u201cImagine you are on the final table and your rail is a couple of friends and family who are not in poker. They are not gonna be helping much.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYour opponent has 3 pros at his rail and he is being given real time info\/sims based on the exact specific stack depths and any tendencies the pros pick up on you.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think that this is reasonable?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton, the fifth-highest earning English poker player of all-time, did not. He put it more bluntly on X\/Twitter: “Absolutely sucks and can’t be allowed.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the final table, video of the\u00a0proceedings show, Tamayo consulted with members of his rail who were typing into the laptop. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the past, WSOP have also sought advice from people their rails, but none has used a laptop so visibly. <\/span><\/p>\n

WSOP organizers have so far issued no comment about the controversy, nor have they announced any impending inquiries into it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The poker world has been gripped by controversy following Jonathan Tamayo\u2019s $10 million win at the World Series of Poker’s (WSOP) Main Event on Wednesday. The 38-year-old poker pro from Humble, Texas defeated amateur Jordan Griff at the conclusion of a 10-day battle that drew 10,112 hopefuls to the Paris and Horseshoe in Las Vegas. 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