It's A Kidz game. Not.

[DaveShoelace]

Of course they do, stars always redistribute prize pools in the same way when someone is booted out, why do you think its different here?

you don't seem to understand my point.  There are presumably a significant amount of underage players on stars.  Some playing cash, some playing many small tournaments/sitngoes.  If stars find out someone is underage, do they review every tournament played, every cash hand, every sitngo and reimburse accordingly?    

Ah right, I get you now. Very good question, no idea what the answer is there. I would say unless they have a way to automate such refunds, they probably wont apart from the higher stakes games.

[gatso]

yeah, good question. it's obvious what they're going to do with the 500k but what if he'd won loads before they noticed and now has a million in the a/c?

[titaniumbean]

Any time you win a donky they check the account. If he had already won anything they would have already had to check the account.


Glad it got taken off him!

[gatso]

Any time you win a donky they check the account. If he had already won anything they would have already had to check the account.


Glad it got taken off him!

check for what? he wouldn't have needed to do an id check unless withdrawing or transferring surely

[The Camel]

Ironically, zeurrr’s loss looks set to become the other players gains, who will now likely receive a share of his redistributed winnings.

Don't see how they can do that.  There are complications over the final table chop/ did he play any other games/ tournies etc. 

I'd like to know what stars standard procedure is for this situation.  I'd guess that they just keep the money.

Ummm I would have thought the fact there was a chop makes it easier to split the money up.

10/1 they keep the money.

[pleno1]

Top 20 should have a 500k freeroll winner takes all. Or maybe another Lambo freeroll.

[George2Loose]

I know people will say its his own fault but its still fucking sick. 2$ satty. 59k player and 500k confiscated. I do feel for the lad. As someone as already said he is not the only one. Mike mcdonald, Annette, Andy Mcleod all crushing and had won a significant amt of money before getting caught- if they ever did. This kid looks like he had got a lifetime score by hook or by crook and stars is going to take it.

[pleno1]

Yeah, so com that he was the one wanting 100k more though. Feel really sorry for him though I know T&C's wte.

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[mondatoo]

I know people will say its his own fault but its still fucking sick. 2$ satty. 59k player and 500k confiscated. I do feel for the lad. As someone as already said he is not the only one. Mike mcdonald, Annette, Andy Mcleod all crushing and had won a significant amt of money before getting caught- if they ever did. This kid looks like he had got a lifetime score by hook or by crook and stars is going to take it.

This, pretty brutal.

[DaveShoelace]

Sod that, kids gotta learn there are rules to abide to in this world, this is a great way of doing just that, my only beef is that the higher profile players you mention appear to have got away with it.

[AlunB]

I think it's brutal. That's like a gabillion dollars when you're 17. Also it's not like this has never happened before. Anyone remember Tom Dwan's dad qualifying for the PCA? I think it was the PCA anyway...

[Dubai]

Tom Dwans dad had to go and play a live final i think i remember- think its was UB/Party/Paradise comp where final table was live lol

Technically Phil Ivey should be banned from every casino in USA for playing underage if they were to enforce rules

[titaniumbean]

I know people will say its his own fault but its still fucking sick. 2$ satty. 59k player and 500k confiscated. I do feel for the lad. As someone as already said he is not the only one. Mike mcdonald, Annette, Andy Mcleod all crushing and had won a significant amt of money before getting caught- if they ever did. This kid looks like he had got a lifetime score by hook or by crook and stars is going to take it.

so you dont want the games that you play regulated?

couldn't give a fk about this kid, hope it hurts losing what he thought he'd won.


The fact is i'd also like to see others severely punished; but that will never happen in this kind of industry especially with some of the companies that have power in it.

[AlunB]

couldn't give a fk about this kid, hope it hurts losing what he thought he'd won.


The fact is i'd also like to see others severely punished; but that will never happen in this kind of industry especially with some of the companies that have power in it.

I don't think he should get away with it. And he should have the money taken off him. But he's 17, he's not hurt anyone, he hasn't cheated (in terms of colluding or ghosting etc etc) and it has to be heartbreaking for him. You have to be a bit cold to not feel for him imho.

[AlunB]

Tom Dwans dad had to go and play a live final i think i remember- think its was UB/Party/Paradise comp where final table was live lol

Technically Phil Ivey should be banned from every casino in USA for playing underage if they were to enforce rules

Was it a Paradise event in the Bahamas? That seems to ring a bell. I think it was in the same place they have the PCA now.