Poker Stars clears Chris Vaughn of any wrongdoing in Sunday Million win
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Chris Vaughn, who made online poker headlines twice in the last few weeks, once for winning both the Full Tilt Million Guarantee and the Poker Stars Sunday Million in October and then again for having his Full Tilt win revoked when Full Tilt security concluded that he had passed off his account to another player in the late stages of the tournament, got some good news today when Poker Stars security confirmed that they had concluded their investigation of his Sunday Million win and found no evidence of wrongdoing.
In response to our email request for comment on the Full Tilt controversy involving Vaughn, PokerStars security replied with the following message:
Hello Chris,
A detailed security review is performed for every Sunday Million, shortly
after the completion of each event.Our review of the Sunday Million won by ‘SlippyJacks’ revealed no evidence
to suggest that PokerStars tournament rules had been broken.Regards,
StephenW
Manager, Game Security
Still an open issue: the possible involvement and pending response of well-known online poker player Sorel ‘Imper1um’ Mizzi.
The incident is creating (or revealing) an interesting rift between online poker players who view the scandal as a deep, real threat to the future and integrity of online poker and those who view such actions as inevitable and an inherent part of playing poker online - and perhaps even justifiable.
