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Justin Bonomo and the PCA Battleship event.

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  1. OhToBe OhToBe is offline

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 8:22am)

    Just curious, reading Justin's blog, he says he played the Battleship event at the PCA.
    Since it's played on pokerstars, how did he manage to play the event since he is
    banned from stars.

    Curious of Durham. Just in case you want to read it for yourself, I'm not promoting it.

    http://www.justinbonomo.com/index_blog.php
  2. ndgrinder59 ndgrinder59 is offline

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 8:24am) in reply to OhToBe

    hmmm, good question i'm curious too my guess is he just borrowed someone's account that wasn't playing in battleship
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  3. M8kingmoves M8kingmoves is offline

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 8:45am) in reply to ndgrinder59

    i was there watchin justin place this event actually, poker stars let him use random account under the name battleship1 or sumthing like that.
    lil
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  4. charder charder is offline

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 8:51am) in reply to M8kingmoves

    ya what lil siad.. i remeber the night befor justin talking to Mastr about it, he didnt think they would let him, but mastr assured him he could. im glad they let him play.
     
  5. inissint inissint is offline

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 8:51am) in reply to M8kingmoves

    they let everyone decide whether to play as either their own name or a random name (like chad said, "Battleship 1" or whatever)

    btw Justin is as softspoken and nice a dude as you will ever find
     
  6. mtyd mtyd is offline

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 8:56am) in reply to charder

    being softspoken doesnt make him any better of a person for what he's done
  7. HelenRNurse HelenRNurse is offline

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 9:12am) in reply to inissint

    Nice people don't multiaccount!
  8. JusBon JusBon is offline

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 9:14am) in reply to HelenRNurse

    He's a class act, I don't care what he did before, those days are over for him.

    ZeeJustin FTW!!!!
  9. wackyJaxon wackyJaxon is offline Admin X

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 9:16am) in reply to HelenRNurse

    Helen, he's one to have learned from his mistakes. He took his punishment like a man and has been a class-act by most people's accounts. Everyone in life has to pay for their crimes, but if they have truely repented and been adequately punished, deserve a chance. Nice people make mistakes. Evil people occasionally do something nice. To ban him from playing what is really a live event, just "dealt" on a computer would be additional punishment. That being said, I hate the fact that multi-accounting and buying of accounts still seems to happen. My statement does not support what Justin did, just that he has paid already for his crime, and probably is a nice guy like people say. Just my 2 cents, Jaxon
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  10. N 82 50 24 N 82 50 24 is offline herp derp derp

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 9:18am) in reply to OhToBe

    They probably let him play because it's way more like a live event than an online event (in most relevant aspects, despite being played on a computer), especially in terms of enforcing the rules regarding multi-accounting.
     
  11. jtown1010 jtown1010 is offline

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 9:23am) in reply to N 82 50 24

    I thouht HU collusion was something stars frowned upon?
  12. brsavage brsavage is offline Spontaneous Benefactor

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 9:43am) in reply to OhToBe

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff border=0><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeedd><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top> </TD><TD>Re(4): Justin Bonomo and the PCA Battleship event.
    by HelenRNurse on 1/25/2008 09:12 </TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><NOBR> </NOBR></TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#ffffff><TD bgColor=#ffffff></TD><TD colSpan=2><TABLE cellPadding=2 border=0 celspacing="0"><TBODY><TR><TD>Nice people don't multiaccount! </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
    Justin is a nice guy, and moreover I believe he is a nice guy who did a bad thing but is genuinely remorsefull. I think we all can understand the distinct difference between Justin and JJ can't we...?
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  13. jesterwords jesterwords is offline

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    Jan 25th, 2008 (1/25/2008 9:46am) in reply to brsavage

    not those blinded by labels and never allowing that SOME people actually feel remorse for their mistakes... and STOP doing what they knew was wrong. Big difference between JJ and Justin Bonomo
  14. pistol45 pistol45 is offline

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    Jan 27th, 2008 (1/27/2008 6:34pm) in reply to OhToBe

    I really doubt that pokerstars has any interest in issuing a punative judgement against Justin or trying to teach any players right from wrong. The ban is an attempt to protect the other players on the site and maintain the rules. Since a player in the event really didn't pose a risk to the players there was no reason to keep him from playing.
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    Jan 27th, 2008 (1/27/2008 6:44pm) in reply to pistol45

    Helen with another wonderful post..

    ZJ paid his dues and deserves another shot let it rest!
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    Jan 27th, 2008 (1/27/2008 6:59pm) in reply to mtyd

    Yeah douche bag, but being sincere about his mistakes and not doing it again makes it different from the JJ incident. Know some facts before you make a stupid post. He seems like a good guy and his apology did not seem self serving, unlike JJs.
     
  17. alwaysdrowning alwaysdrowning is offline

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    Jan 27th, 2008 (1/27/2008 7:21pm) in reply to Trent55

    OMG brsavage has a differing opinion then HelenRNurse...

    Helen... HEAD ASPLODE! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!uno!!~!1111!!!
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