I saw that as well. Also prior to WPT hitting GSN ~ I saw a segment on the WSOP where a young boy, too young to drive, won a Ferrari and they discusses how his account was actually shut down because they felt he manipulated the system and had to have a covert bot playing~ the site felt it was physically impossible for a person to spend that much time playing. He actually had to video tape a "few days in the life" and remit it to the poker site to have his account privs turned back on. I am not certain his name, but they called him Harry Potter because he wore a colorful scarf.
That's a lot of poker. But I can't say I am shocked because I could easily see myself getting caught up in it to that degree myself. I know how much I play now, partly because the baby goes to bed way too early and I have been having her stay at my brother's house on Saturday's because our house is all cut open with carpets flapping in the breeze until a disaster restoration project is complete. My evenings are spent logged into this thing. I enjoy the game and I always want to, I would hope it never becomes all about the money, because I would imagine when that happens it changes everything. I think the folks logged in like that are playing because the game to them is all about the money & for them it is likely justified because of the ROI. I want to win, I want to do well and constantly improve ~ but I don't want things to change inside of me that ruin what it is right now for me.
I know Mike Matusow has actually thrown pc's out the window of his home and had to have all computer privileges taken away from him by family because he lost everything ($ & sanity) at one point. To me that's just in a little deeper than I would like to get. But I can see how it happens.
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