Sep 15 2011
Another poker player facing cheating accusations
written by: Steve under News Comments: Comments Off
While it’s not as sexy a story as the recent Jose Macedo/Daniel Cates/Haseeb Qureshi saga that unfolded on 2+2, another high-profile poker player came under fire today on the 2+2 poker forums as fellow high-stakes charged 2011 WSOP bracelet winner Darren Woods with colluding in high-stakes online poker games on 888Poker and iPoker.
In a lengthy post, a 2+2 member by the name of “feruell” detailed the play of Darren Woods along with an accomplice using multiple screen-names. The evidence was sent to 888 Poker by feruell and was signed by several other high-stakes poker players on the network.
The initial post is extremely lengthy, and in a follow-up post feruell posted a number of hand histories to back up the groups claims. Here is a look at the Cliffs Notes of the story as posted by feruell:
- Darren Woods, known as Dooshcom, a sponsored 888 poker pro and a WSOP winner, colluded with his friend Benkaremail (real name unknown) at the 500-1000 shortstack tables.
- They won hundreds of thousands of dollars during the August of 2011.
- Cheating was discovered by the group of high stakes players.
- The investigation has started only after the group made a big detailed report asking Pokerstrategy CEO to present it to the 888 poker management and fraud department.
- Another cheating occured on iPoker, under SN’s of Dingdonk1984 and Salamdolphie.
- This cheating was also discovered and reported. But the evidence is weak and it’s very likely they will get away with colluding on iPoker.
- The group would like to take it to court with the help of 888 poker.
- A help with the investigation is appreciated.
Complicating matters is the fact that Woods is a sponsored pro at 888 Poker, but despite this, later in the day a spokesman for 888 Poker appeared in the thread and stated that they are thoroughly looking into the matter.
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