WCOOP Champion TheVOid Loses Title

 PokerStars has released a statement acknowledging the disqualification of the World Championship of Online Poker main event winner TheVOid. This statement was released after a two week long investigation over the event. The allegations are that TheVOid was an account that was set up by a professional poker player for his sister. When he got eliminated from the tournament he allegedly took over her spot as TheVOid.
Many discussions took place in online forums accusing TheVOid of cheating. Apparently online players knew that the player who set up the account was a very successful player and that the sister had never played in a big tournament before. This in itself seems amiss.
TheVOid took over $1 million in prize money in this year's online event so PokerStars took the matter very seriously. PokerStars took their time and investigated the situation properly. Here is the statement that PokerStars released:
- The investigation into the WCOOP Main Event has now been concluded.
- We have determined, based on the totality of evidence, that the tournament winner "TheV0id" was in breach of the PokerStars Terms of Service.
- In the interests of Game Integrity, "TheV0id" has been disqualified from first place.
- All other WCOOP Main Event prizewinners in addition to the player who originally bubbled in 415th place will therefore advance one place in the prize pool. The necessary financial adjustments to reflect the revised tournament places will be made within the next 24 hours.
"Please note that we are unable to release further details of this investigation, for reasons of confidentiality and privacy," said Mr. Stephen W. PokerStars Game Security Manager.
This is a big step in trying to resolve the problem. Although cheating will occur, the action taken by PokerStars may keep others from doing the same as TheVOid.