JKPrevo over at PokerWorks adds his two cents to the multi-accounting debate, which I find particularly valuable because he …
1) admits that he, too, is a multi-accounter (and unlike Townsend in \’08, a winning player!)
2) gives a great real-world example of how the letter of this online poker law doesn\’t exactly add up with the spirit of it:
At the WSOP this year, Joe Sebok showed up with a full prosthetic makeup by a Hollywood professional. He looked older than me by a bunch and certainly didn’t appear as himself. There was some confusion at the time he took his seat and a private conversation with one of the TD’s people got him the seat. No multi-accounting there but it does demonstrate the deception available with such a setup.
Not to discredit Prevo, but he does have one factual inaccuracy (unless there\’s something Jen\’s not telling us?):
OK, I have insulted Jen – a good looking girl – married to an attractive but folliclely challenged fellow. Let’s get back to trashing Brian.
Umm … though California Jen and DanM do love to bicker, she\’s already let me know that she\’s not really into dudes who insist on multi-accounting, no matter how bald they get.
CORRECTION: Oops, it was Phil Laak, not Joe Sebok, who did the make up thing. (Thanks, Jen, for pointing that out.) I still think Prevo\’s point about brick-and-mortar anonymity applies. Not so sure about my marriage and multi-accounting metaphor.
