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Message: [QUOTE="DS3, post: 6406939, member: 407846"] This is a little odd. I am sure we all agree, any move to ban cheaters is better than none but I get the distinct impression this is also a PR exercise. A few days ago we were pointed to a Pokernews article with GG Poker announcing the Poker Integrity Council along with many partners in an effort to completely ban online cheaters from live events. That article was published July 1st. Great. Except for the fact that several of those involved have been allowing known cheaters to play in recent weeks (at the WSOP and PokerGo studios etc). I also pointed out I found it odd that PokerStars was not involved as they appear to have been the more active in this area and they had barred Imsirovic and Schindler at the European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo (late April 28 to May7) So today I open Pokernews to find an article saying PokerStars is banning online cheaters from live events. Once again, great but already known. Then I looked at the byline and date to realize that both announcements were written on the same day (July 1). The PokerStars article might have been published within the 'online' section and now moved to the front page. But reading the article carefully it would appear that PokerStars actually announce before GG Poker and friends. Nevermind. What is increasingly apparent are these bans will not be made public. I assume barring players without public announcements avoids certain legal pitfalls but it will be a shame if these cheaters are never called out. Further, this also allows the sites to cover their tracks. When GG Poker announced they had banned 40 players and suspended another 40, they also noted they had confiscated $1.175 million dollars and redistributed it to 4,000 players in total - which came to $293 dollars on average. Sort of impressive at the time. However as these latest scandals built from 2021 into 2022 more and more people came forward with accusations the frauds perhaps ran to the multi millions with one person being shown to have lost over 2 million dollars alone (with no indication she was ever compensated). So, I want to be enthused but the skeptic in me says that cheaters will not actually be exposed, nor will the true extent of their cheating in terms of dollar value. [/QUOTE]

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