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DONs are "Double or Nothing" tournaments on Pokerstars. A major collusion ring involving Chinese players has apparently been unearthed by Stars. The collusion uncovered apparently involved dozens of players from the same Chinese province playing “double or nothing” tournaments in which half the players cash for double the amount of their initial buy-in. The players apparently played together to help increase each other’s stacks. The buy-ins played included up to $104 tournaments.
The names, amounts, and time frames are still being analyzed , but the players apparently profited hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of about a year. Here is some of the e-mail from PokerStars security : You and your friends routinely played four and five players deep, and squeezed the blinds between two or more cooperating players. After reviewing several hands, for several players, it became obvious that this was part of some kind of agreed-upon strategy.
The e-mails provided also name at least some, if not all, of the accounts involved in the collusion. Here’s the list:
renhe88
Xiah.G
wzhongz
MNBQWE12
wzem618800
147222
chijianli
xiawenju
guiliang
Leaders668
Psnyls
yutian
golovorez777
hslj001
maomao1832
wenpk15888
coroinpu
pakerster
yutian
linyin
yangguangze
rara999
cjwqq
DCBM288
phy188002
liuli888
jinse888
wudiyg
ellena054
Xuanyu.L
chenxr
flypretty
nayouyi
hzlsl
Gucci53
Jessica318
Lazzzzzzy
Aladin888
strong arm A
Degreexia
suckfirst
skystory
microsoft25
wenpk15888
freetime1955
xxwpk168
Many of the accounts made substanital profits of $50,000 to $100,000 over the alleged cheating period. Pokerstars began investing after a number of complaints from DON regulars who noticed some suspicious playing styles happening often with the same names involved.