new WSOP mixed event (norman chad)

[mortaleclipse]

Was watching new WSOP, and Norman Chad is saying some pretty stupid things. Not that he hasnt before, but he was trashing on Justin Bonomo for cheating. Like yes very very bad form for him to do that but say his personal opinion on what should of been done to him was pretty lame imo. I mean WTF suspend him from playing WSOP, that had nothing to do with WSOP and if not mistaken its his 2nd year playing WSOP.

After watching it really but a bad vibe toward him and the approach he brings to the events. Yea his comments never meant much and really his advice on hands were pretty crappy but to berate someone on national television was low.

[MasterMike]

can you explain what happend?

[mortaleclipse]

Justin Bonomo whos screen name is ZeeJustin was caught multi accounting I think baout 3 years ago and banned from playing on certain sites. Well at the beging of the episode of the mized holdem event Norman Chad was talking about the players and then got to Justin. He then began started talking about him cheating.

Ok the thing with Justin happneed awhile ago and is said and done. There was a big thing about it, he came out and aplogized and stopped playing for awhile if I remember right. Well Mr. Chad was saying all this crap about Justin on the air. Like he should be suspended from WSOP for it.

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

Justin did cheat. He apologized for it. He has reformed. No one cares what Norman Chad thinks.

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

Also, at least on the hands they chose to show, Justin and Robl played embarassingly badly on the limit hands. Justin's 8-4 hand made me want to vomit.

Roland's hobgoblin jokes were hilarious IMO.

[supafrey]

I hear Gid is reformed now, too.

Do you guys want to buy this bridge I have for sale?

[zinn0]

I hear Gid struck again.

fymfp

[supafrey]

oh yeah we should prolly post the link to that..

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

With more opportunity to think about this, I think Norman Chad was right to say something. But he has also been consistently wrong in applying the same standards to everyone. For one thing, there was no mention that at the time Justin was caught, A TON OF PEOPLE were multi-accounting, including Grinder and some other well-known online and live players. It did not have the stigma it does today, and the only reason it really got exposed is that Justin won a tournament. Obviously, that doesn't excuse it, but I think it would have been nice to mention that the problem was widespread.

However, I think it is fitting that the incident follow Justin around for the rest of his career. He should be forgiven for his oversight given his apology and his reformation, but it should not be forgotten. It is not as though he turned around and got caught again and again like the ultimate D-Bag Josh "JJProdigy" Fields.

IMO, it is a sham that some other live pros have not been called out for their shady behavior on ESPN, most notably Men "The Master Scumbag" Nguyen.