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The Story of Tobias Duthweiler $180,000 and GGPoker Network Poker
Jonathan Pereira
Posted on 17 Aug, 2020
By Jonathan Pereira
On 17 Aug, 2020
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By Jonathan Pereira
On 17 Aug, 2020
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The Story of Tobias Duthweiler $180,000 and GGPoker Network


German poker player Tobias Duthweiler called out GGPoker in a post on TwoPlusTwo forum, saying that the poker site banned him and confiscated his money after going on a winning streak. The poker community isn’t short of controversies whether it be Mike Postle’s cheating allegation or Dan Bilzerian accusing Dan Cates for cheating in a High stakes poker game. Duthweiler’s post created a lot of controversy for GGPoker as the poker community agreed and disagreed with the alleged accusations.

After a tweet by Stuart Rutter on 5 August, stated that a number of cash players had been ‘banned for life.’ The tweet began a spark in the poker community with other poker pros shedding insight and commenting on the said tweet. A thread surfaced on the TwoplusTwo forum in which Duthweiler revealed that he was banned and that his entire balance was confiscated, an amount worth $180,000.

The Story of $180,000 Poker player and GGPoker

The German poker player had been playing on the GGPoker network for about a year-and-a-half, paying massive rake and even losing tens of thousands of dollars on two skins. He claims that the ban was unjust and unfair since he had been playing on the GGPoker network for about a year-and-a-half, paying massive rake and even losing tens of thousands of dollars on two skins. With a deposit of $50,000 and $20,000 loss, Duthweiler managed to regain and boost his bankroll to $180,000 in span of 10 days. After GGPoker began instituting a real name policy at the high-stakes tables, Duthweiler said he was verifying his information again when his account was locked. Duthweiler later released a screenshot from Natural8 which detailed the reasoning for his ban, stating that he did not satisfy the poker ecology requirements.

GGPoker commenting regarding the banning of poker players that, “We acknowledge that this case became complicated as the player signed up on multiple skins, where the GGNetwork security team does not have access to personal information including email addresses. Therefore, our security detection was limited to IPs and Mac Addresses when it comes to detecting trespassers. We will enhance our system so that we can request email addresses and personal information from our Licensee Operators. We also acknowledge that our P2P transfer was too easy for the players. We have already removed P2P transfer for our UK customers and will be placing a strict KYC verification process and limits for all future P2P transfer. We have already shown our good will with a gesture to the player by returning the funds he has received from his friends. All of his winnings have been re-distributed to the affected players. We would like to apologize for the concerns that were brought up by this incident and will make sure that our security measures are more tight.”

GGPoker says they only take this final, drastic step in the following three types of cases:

  • Usage of bots, real-time solvers / advanced charts during gameplay, and malicious software circumvention to gain advantage over others
  • Ignoring a permanent ban notice and trespassing
  • Repeated cheating and violation of our terms and conditions

As Duthweiler was deemed in violation of a permanent ban, the operator says it was simply following its usual protocol in confiscating the account’s balance. For more updates on poker in the country and around the world, keep reading GutshotMagazine.com

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