Is World’s All-Time Poker Tournament Money Leader A Cheater?

By Staff

June 9, 2022

Just days after Ali Imsirovic was accused of cheating, another big name was been accused of being involved in a cheating ring. The latest accusations come from Martin Zamani, who alleges that Bryn Kenney, poker’s all-time poker tournament money leader, was heavily involved in a variety of “cult-like” cheating that included colluding and multi-accounting on GG Poker.

The latest accusations came to light through a Twitter thread that Zamini posted early on Thursday, some of which firmly cross into the realm of bizarre. The entire thread is worth a read.

Since we are in the midst of calling out cheaters @BrynKenney and all his horses are basically forced to collude on GG esp in satties. “ do what’s best for the team” he wouldn’t let me play GG 5k plo events on my account but on party I could play 10Ks if said horse ghost was.
— Martin Zamani (@martin_zamani) April 21, 2022

Zamini later joined the Doug Poker Podcast, where he broke down examples of some of Kenney’s alleged cheating during the 80-minute podcast, which can be seen below.

Calls growing for a poker “blacklist”

In light of recent cheating allegations, many are calling for a “poker blacklist,” which would be shared with other online poker sites and possibly live poker rooms. The subject was brought up in a blog post from PartyPoker, which posed the question if a global poker blacklist was possible and what the restrictions would be.

Chance Kornuth was among the high-stakes pros calling for the blacklist even before the Bryn Kenney allegations came to light.

We as the poker community have accepted the poker sites' decisions not to expose the cheaters for too long. The perpetrators are directly stealing money from the rest of us… Enough is enough and it’s time for a thread
— Chance Kornuth (@ChancesCards) April 21, 2022

Reaction to recent cheating allegations

Poker players and have fans have had a lot to say about the influx of cheating allegations to come to the poker world over the last weeks, with many taking to Twitter to share their thoughts:

At this rate we will need a list of who IS allowed to play poker
— Doug Polk (@DougPolkVids) April 21, 2022

We consider super high rollers the elite of the game. Hmm.

They trade pieces. They soft play each other. They sometimes cheat otherwise.

Yet we continue to celebrate them, for the growth of the game.

There are better ways to grow the game, starting w/ running an honest game.
— Norman Chad (@NormanChad) April 21, 2022

Everything coming out in regards to a few extremely wealthy bad actors regularly cheating to make even more money that will never make them any happier is really depressing. Although it seems bleak currently, the overwhelming majority of people I know in poker are great humans!
— Garrett Adelstein (@GmanPoker) April 21, 2022

Current situation pic.twitter.com/tk0oxqPDWW
— Veronica Brill (@Angry_Polak) April 21, 2022

It’s gross how often people get caught cheating/stealing/not paying their debts and show up to the next Aria HR chatting us up like nothing happened.

If these discussions make them feel less welcome playing in live tournaments, that’s a big win imo.
— Dan Smith (@DanSmithHolla) April 21, 2022

Kenney responds to allegations

Shortly after the cheating allegations broke, Bryn Kenney addressed the accusations when he sat down with Poker News for 80-minute interview:

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