At least one of the bots he talks about has already been proven to be a real human. You can even watch that guy play live on his twitch channel... I checked sharkscope for others and I dont see anything fishy about their stats. And sharkscope tracks their play over months and not some hours like Joey has done....
Sorry, but the fact that Joey is not capable of typing a username into google before accusing him to be a bot is enough reason for me to stop listening to what he says...
If he wants my attention he must deliver more than just a fact-free, non-researched conspiracy theory about evil forces being respoinsible for his losses....
As I said above, he makes some bad arguments and doesn't present his case well, and the first video is full of unsubstantiated allegations.
The second video demonstrates that by allowing very long late registration and tending to seat players who register late at the same table with each other, WPN invites collusion. It also shows that some tournament players who tend to play the same tournaments together have extremely high ITM rates, some over a decent sample size, seemingly by using this late registration tactic. Like the first video, it doesn't present anything methodically, and some nonsensical arguments are made.
The most damning thing in the second video is Joey's allegation that:
1. Players have been banned in the past for exploiting this late registration issue, thanks to the efforts of an unnamed player who brought this to Joey's attention.
2. These colluding players were foolish enough to not set their
sharkscope to private.
WPN was aware of the problem, the evidence was available to everyone, and they did nothing.
Combine this with these facts:
- No one here or on other poker forums ever reports getting money back from WPN after cheaters are caught (unlike
pokerstars).
- When Joey, a prominent figure in the poker community whose YouTube Channel and former podcast have an audience, contacted WPN for comment, their response was late and minimal.
- When WPN became aware of collusion in Double or Nothing SNGs a few years ago, their initial response was pathetic, though they eventually stopped offering the games:
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/...rk/don-collusion-thread-1477396/index17.html?
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/...ork/don-collusion-thread-1477396/index19.html
- Bot makers claim WPN seems to be indifferent to bots
The overall picture is that WPN doesn't give a damn about the integrity of their games, unless someone makes a lot of noise about it. So although Joey's videos are flawed, I think he's doing a good thing.
Before anyone claims I hate WPN: I play there, and I hope it thrives.