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Message: [QUOTE="DS3, post: 6383470, member: 407846"] No, it isn't but I believe (as Poker Orifice above) that the industry does not believe in heavy consequences for these offenses as they know that they have a captive audience and in the end most people are going to shrug their shoulders. Let's face it, a number of pros spoke up during this round of allegations ( I use the word 'allegation' but we can all see from records when action was taken privately against the cheaters) and that didn't shift the needle. However, the idea of collective action then gets undermined by other pros. I made note that PokerGO had invited Bryn Kenney back into their studio after the allegation and in some of the latest streams (pre WSOP) I see the likes of Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey sat down playing with Kenney. Let's not forget Negreanu is a GG ambassador who said he knew nothing (somehow) of what had transpired with Kenney and GG, just as I predicted he would. Cary Katz owns PokerGO and he was also Kenney's backer...but it seems like one and all just shrugged their shoulders and deferred to Cary Katz because he's a billionaire and they all want to be in good with him. I also noticed that the commentators (during all of the WSOP stream I watched) studiously avoided mention anything about the likes of Imsirovic on air ( this was Remko Rinkama etc.) because ...oh yeah...they are in the employ of Cary Katz also. I am fairly resigned to the fact that if most individuals feel they are getting 'their end' out of poker then cheating seems to be an acceptable part on the ecosystem, especially if they are already perched high in the poker tree. [/QUOTE]

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