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Message: [QUOTE="DS3, post: 6351335, member: 407846"] Thanks for the link which is an interesting thread. I believe the groundswell of 'opinion' at this point is not so much shock at cheating within poker but more the fact people have had enough of it. The impression I get is many to date have sort of shrugged their shoulders as though all is fair in love and war (I don't want to venture off at a tangent but the bad boy image that so many love to cultivate industry wide doesn't help either) I agree with Party Poker's Pasanen that an industry wide blacklist should be be put together (though it should be noted that Rob Yong hedged a little and said 'verified beyond any doubt). So back to Imsirovic as it would appear he is one of tens busted for using RTA at GG. That would have had to have been some flagrant use to technology to get caught, because a fundiver199 had said, that can be virtually impossible to trace without much effort. But GG confiscated $1.17 million dollars, re-distributed to thousands of members without a peep from those involved - no protestations, no suits to reclaim their funds. That spoke volumes. Just from that incident, I regard it in the same vein as banks committing major frauds, getting fined and then settling because in the bigger picture it's just 'the cost of doing business'. Take Jake Schindler for instance who really was one of my favorite players. I had heard rumors of him 'known' to be a cheat for some time and dismissed them. Then he was cited again at the end of last year (again in the rumor mill) then mentioned again in this round of exposees...when it was noted he was kicked off PokerStars years ago? That was something I did not know (relatively new to poker) and that bugs me. I try to be informed and the idea I had been a fan of Schindler without knowing be had reportedly been banned by PokerStars irked me. I would have formed a different opinion of him a few years ago. A blacklist would be a great place to start. Poker sites share information and if a player merits being punished then it becomes industry wide. Common sense can be applied. An initial ban for say six months to a year (which would encompass both online and live events such as the WSOP). Latitude might be given for casinos to allow such players to play cash games etc but at least people would know they are dealing with. Anyways, if nothing else it is a good thing the matter of cheating and how it is handled (or not) industry wide is being repeatedly exposed of late. [/QUOTE]

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