Tommy Chen Caught Using HUD on WSOP.com
8 years ago12 Dec
Poker pro Tommy Chen is in deep trouble after being caught using a Heads-up Display (HUD) while playing online at WSOP.com.
Under the screen name âBTCBLADEâ, Chen dropped himself right in it by streaming his playing session on Twitch â with his HUD clearly displayed for all to see!
The use of HUDâs is expressly forbidden under Nevada Gaming Commission rules, with penalties ranging from a fine of up to $10,000, or imprisonment for between one to six years.
After Chen uploaded his WSOP.com session to his own Twitch.tv account, fellow player Randy Dorfman contacted the WSOP officials to report the blatant breach of regulations. His tweet of a screenshot of Chen playing was accompanied with a call for an explanation from WSOP, leading to âa few exchanged tweets between Dorfman and Head of Online Poker at WSOP Bill Riniâ, according to Calvinayre.com.
WSOP.com had the option of banning Chen as the Nevada state-regulated siteâs T&Câs read: âuse of any software, program or robot which in the Companyâs opinion is endowed with artificial intelligence or any external devices, programs or applications,â are illegal and could lead to the banning or termination of any account.
They decided instead to refer the matter upwards to the NGC, where Nevada gambling statute NRS 465.075 makes it illegal to use HUDâs and other third party software which âassist in analysing probabilities or strategyâ within licensed gaming.
Violation of this statute is considered to be a category B felony with a maximum fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment for between one to six years if prosecuted and found guilty.
HUDâs and other such software have been under intense scrutiny recently, with many sites banning them either completely or severely restricting their use, in an attempt to bring back ârecreational playersâ to the game.
Many consider the software available nowadays â HUDâs, seating scripts, downloadable hand histories and others â to give a huge advantage to regular players, who use them to take money from new and ârecâ players extremely quickly.
PokerStars, PartyPoker, MPN and others have been instrumental in restricting these aids over the past few months â though not to the extent of Nevadaâs Gaming Commission standards which Chen will now face.
PokerStars have held back from banning HUDs completely, instead outlining new rules that included the following:
HUDs are no longer permitted to display non-numerical data, categorize players or dynamically display statistics specific to a certain situation."
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