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Prahlad Friedman is well-known in the poker world for not pulling any punches, and he has also made a wild accusation about someone’s integrity in the past –remember the Jeffrey Lisandro “Ante-Gate” situation that unfolded at the 2006 WSOP?—and his latest foils on this front are good friends Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton, who Friedman accused of sharing accounts on his Twitter account this weekend.

In a series of Tweets, Friedman first brought the situation to light, and followed these up with some graphs from PokerTableRatings.com and a lot of back-and-forth with notable poker players:

“Isaac Haxton and Justin Bonomo share and switch accounts often. Was playing random guy and looked up his stats. Identical to Hax,”

“Haxton knows I don’t want to play him, so scummy. Beware of their scummy tactics. They have been doing this for years. No more.”

Bonomo responded to the claims in the requisite thread that was created on the 2+2 poker forum, and while denying any violation of the terms and conditions of the site, Bonomo did leave the door open for speculation that something nefarious –that while isn’t explicitly against the terms and conditions is still frowned upon—may have been occurring: Ghosting.

“To the best of my knowledge, all three sites in question (Stars, FTP, Cereus) acknowledge that there is no one player to a hand rule online. Prah however isn’t accusing us of talking strategy, ghosting, or coaching. He is accusing us of outright cheating and account sharing.”

“…Isaac has the right to anonymity so long as he follows the site’s ToS…”

So while Bonomo denies Friedman’s claim of account-sharing, he does make a point to state that ghosting or coaching may have been taking place. Stay tuned as it’s doubtful this is the end of the story…