Players Allege Russian Multi-Accounting Ring Spanning Multiple Networks
Key Takeaways
  • “Headquarters” in Russia set up to allow multi-accounting play.
  • Allegedly, the coordinators 'hired’ players to play, under a contract, usually forcing them to stay with the headquarters for 3-5 years with a buy-out option.
  • According to the allegations, there were “different broadband services for each player/account (with different IPs and so forth)” to get around security checks.
  • Lists of screen names spanning six networks have been posted.

A thread has erupted on both Russian and English-language poker forums with allegations of an organized multiaccounting ring operating across multiple sites.