Todd Witteles claims to have finally uncovered the truth about a bot ring that plagued the heads-up limit tables on the now defunct Full Tilt Poker .
The story took place in the few years before Black Friday finished off the iconic site, and to the casual observer probably never got any more exciting than hearing about the odd banning for using a bot.
Now he reckons he has all the answers, or at least pretty close to the real truth . The Truth?
Witteles chooses a story format to deliver the facts, which proves to be engaging. He begins by telling about his duels with a female player known as “Pokergirl z”, “Mad Haddie”, “Jonesen” and “Sillysal” on the Heads-up Limit Hold’em tables at stakes up to $100/$200 .
The pair had clashed repeatedly and it usually ended in the same way . Witteles would sometimes lose a small chunk and the game would continue, or he would suddenly win a chunk back and then she would immediately quit.
Suddenly, in 2007, she was banned for using a bot . Witteles never suspected this, although he was convinced she was multi-accounting under the account name “Greggo777” some of the time.
After a post on twoplustwo to garner some sympathy and support, the girl contacted Witteles to arrange a meeting so she could dish some dirt on Full Tilt Poker .
After identifying herself as Lary Kennedy , she spoke about a planned lawsuit to recoup the five-figure account balance seizure and accused Full Tilt of actively running bots themselves to seed the games. Some of these were allegedly run by Red Pros .
Witteles wasn’t convinced and probed Kennedy about why she was unknown in the live poker world while appearing to be a world class player.Along with some waffle about not liking the live game, she admitted that she had used the “Greggo777” account which she said was owned by her boyfriend . The Team Rob Reitzen , a man into gambling of almost every sort, was rumoured to have invested a small fortune into a bot that could play Heads-up Limit […]
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