ACR Poker has purged four AI bots wielding big stacks from the $12.6 Venom tournament. The unethical accounts were sitting with $230,000 worth of buy-ins which will now be redistributed automatically  throughout the field.

Recap of bots banned mid Venom:
Withia – 23 starting stacks
Verucasalt5 – 10 starting stacks
MReGoR – 32 starting stacks
acquiton – 27 starting stacks
Thats $230k worth of buy ins (ignoring rake).
Now if I hopefully understand this correctly, this money is already being…

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The site has come under heavy fire in recent months over a perceived problem with bots playing on the platform.

But now the management are making it clear that a new era is underway with the security team working around the clock to make sure that the games are as ethical as can be.

The Venom tournament is the flagship event for ACR Poker. Almost every time the next edition comes around we see a record-breaking guarantee.

So, if there is ever a time for ACR Poker to crack on with the bot eradication program, it is now.

On April 29, an official statement was posted detailing the expulsion of “Withia” who was at the time playing with a stack of 23 starting stacks.

“In line with our security protocols and following a review of suspicious playing patterns, we have suspended the account of the player under the username “Withia,” who currently holds the second position in chips during the ongoing multi-day tournament, The Venom $12.5 Million GTD Tourney.”

But there were others, too.

• MReGoR – 32 starting stacks 

• acquiton – 27 starting stacks

• Verucasalt5 – 10 starting stacks