WSOP winner is father of one of AP’s founders who was linked to “potripper”

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Phil Tom, the father of one of Absolute Poker’s founders, won Event No. 11, the $5,000 no-limit hold’em shootout event.

His son is Scott Tom, according to wickedchopspoker.com, who is linked to the superuser scandal and the famous “potripper” account.

Whole thing here.

The story references a Web site that talks about the Toms:

AP was started by Scott Tom and a few Ivy league friends back in 2003. Phil Tom and the other fathers of these kids bankrolled the venture, and Absolute Poker was born. Phil Tom is Scott Tom’s FATHER, not his brother. The IP address that this ‘other’ account was logged in from was traced to the home cable modem of Scott Tom, CEO of Absolute poker. scott@RivieraLtd.com is apparently the CEO, and is also the owner of account POTRIPPER. Scott Tom is also apparently the owner of the STEAMROLLER account.

Whole thing here.

Phil Tom has never been linked to any of the alleged wrongdoing.

Tom won $477,990 for first place, beating out pros Greg “FBT” Mueller and John Juanda.