WCOOP Cheater, TheV0id Loses $1M Online Poker Prize

It took 22 hours for PokerStars players to complete the World Championship of Online Poker ( WCOOP) grand finale and crown ‘the V0id’ as the winner.

It too less than 24 hours for the Poker Stars rumors to start flying and now 2 weeks later, Poker Stars has completed their investigation and stripped ‘the V0id’ of the WCOOP title and the money.

Didn’t anyone ever tell him cheaters never prosper?

Poker Stars has made the following statement:

The investigation into the WCOOP Main Event has now been concluded.

We have determined, based on the totality of evidence that the tournament winner “TheV0id” was in breach of the PokerStars Terms of Service.

In the interests of Game Integrity, “TheV0id” has been disqualified from first place.

All other WCOOP Main Event prizewinners in addition to the player who originally bubbled in 415th place will therefore advance one place in the prize pool. The necessary financial adjustments to reflect the revised tournament places will be made within the next 24 hours.

Please note that we are unable to release further details of this investigation, for reasons of confidentiality and privacy.

Stephen W.
Manager, PokerStars Game Security

More than $5,000,000 was won in the WCOOP in total.

The rumors were that the ‘TheV0id’ account was allegedly set up by a poker professional who has found success on the European Poker Tour. However, he set the account up for his sister. His sister had apparently, not played in any high stakes poker tournaments before.

Some of other WCOOP players alleged that this poker pro, the actual account holders brother took over the account and continued to play after he had been eliminated earlier from the event.

Nice Job PokerStars

Editor Note: Some have complained that two weeks has been too long to complete this investigation. This was a huge event with a lot at stake and not just financially. 4Flush would like to give PokerStars a lot of credit for stepping up and confronting this situation. Though collusion and cheating can not be totally eliminated, it is good to see at least one online poker room providing a sense of confidence in the site they run.

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