In September this year, you could read on our website about a player who had half a million dollars disappear from his GG account. And now we have another scandal, and again from the GG Poker room. Several players found the playing style of their opponent, playing under the nickname "Moneytaker69", strange, as if he could see the board in advance and the cards of others. The fears eventually came true, and just a few hours ago GG management issued a statement apologizing and admitting the mistake.
According to our information, several players had already complained to GG poker support about the player in question a few weeks ago, and a thread was created on the forums yesterday twoplustwo.comwhere one user posted extensive information and statistics about "Moneytaker69 "s game. In it, he pointed out that apparently we have a case of a "superuser" who can see the cards of other players and also the board. Also of interest is the fact that in the past a cybercrime group called "Money Taker" stole millions of dollars from various banks. Whether this is a coincidence or a connection is unknown at this time, so we'll leave that to your possible conspiracies.
"Moneytaker69" achieved an abnormal success rate of 90bb/100 during 8,900 hands in December with a 53% VPIP. Prior to that, he also managed to win the big $150 Sunday MTT where he took home $47,586. Just to give you an idea, even the best players tend to hover around 20bb/100 in the long run on actual rakes. The aforementioned player was able to exploit a vulnerability in the Adobe Air framework (which the poker room used to allow players to like/dislike on the table). This vulnerability allowed him to see the player's cards, flop and turn. According to GG Poker's statement, they knew about the vulnerability and still released an update on December 16 that was supposed to fix the bug. However, "Moneytaker69" didn't download the update and thus was able to continue his activity.
The poker room was eventually able to block the player later on and so he will no longer be able to continue his activity. According to the game's official statement, "Moneytaker69" was supposed to swindle his opponents out of almost $30,000 in total. However, based on player feedback, we can state that this number was actually much higher.
You can readGG Poker's full statement HERE.
Have you also encountered the player mentioned above at the table? What is your opinion on this mistake of the poker room and what would be an adequate solution in your opinion? Let us know in the comments on social media!
Source - twoplustwo.com, ggpoker.com, zdnet.com
