Following the WSOP $10,000 Heads-Up Championship, there are several pros that have expressed suspicions of cheating by Moldovan player Valeriu Coca.
Coca came in 5th taking $54,545 and defeating the likes of Matt Marafioti, Pratyush Buddiga, Aaron Mermelstein, Connor Drinan and Byron Kaverman. Each of these players have their suspicions that Coca cheated but are not sure how he pulled it off.
Adding fuel to the fire, Prague journalist and former casino manager Martin Kuchařík has said that Coca has been known to mark cards and has even been banned from entering Czech land casinos.
The scandal kicked off when Drinan posted on social media about the unusual way Coca played. He noted that his careful and slow play, among other indications, suggested that he may have marked the cards.
According to WSOP spokesman Seth Palansky, the complaints are being reviewed but there has been suspicious activity discovered pertaining to the cards or observed on surveillance.
Tournament director Jack Effel Tweeted:
"We are aware, monitoring very closely with all resources at our disposal, including surveillance, security, and forensic examination of cards. We take integrity very seriously, as evidenced by our lifetime bans, and would enjoy nothing more than catching a cheater in our midst."
WSOP executive director Ty Stewart also Tweeted that officials were "pretty on top of this situation with every measure we have in our bag of tricks," and providing reassurance that "if we have evidence of a cheat in action, we're going to act very swiftly."
advoghado
8 years ago
It's a strange story, although no one can be convicted without evidence, Coca already has to his disadvantage a history not very good at casinos, a fact that was confirmed by a former manager of Casino where he attended. Anyway, I think everyone expects the WSOP directors, make a serious investigation and all possible resources...
It's a strange story, although no one can be convicted without evidence, Coca already has to his disadvantage a history not very good at casinos, a fact that was confirmed by a former manager of Casino where he attended. Anyway, I think everyone expects the WSOP directors, make a serious investigation and all possible resources and technologies, it really is found cheating, he is banned
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Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
News like this are very bad for reputation of WSOP.I dont know how anyone can think that he can cheat so much people.You must cheat the players,the organisation and millions of fans.It is realy impossible.This still is not proven,so I dont want to put al the blame on Coca.
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