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In July 2019, Frenchman Ivan Deyra won his first WSOP bracelet. 'To win it, it's amazing. It's like a dream!' he told reporters afterwards.

Now, that dream has become a nightmare in a stunning fall from grace for the former WSOP champion.

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As first reported by PokerNews France, Deyra pocketed €83,300 (~$101,000) after winning the €2,000 Super High Roller in the recent Winamax Series. The only problem was that he used his father's account after busting with his own.

First Reports of Deyra Incident

News of the incident was first picked up by French poker forum Club Poker in a thread that spanned some 30 pages inside two days. Participants in the tournament had reported refunds to their account, with fifth-place finisher 'MAMARAZZI' reimbursed for over €5,000.

Others noted that Deyra hadn't played on his personal account since Jan. 6, two days after the tournament took place, and that the Frenchman also did not play in any of the Day 2s for Winamax Series tournaments he'd already qualified for.

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Finally, internet sleuths discovered that the name of the winning account 'MATIVANAO' was compiled of the first names of Deyra's brothers and sisters.

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Deyra Releases Statement

Faced with overwhelming evidence, Deyra released a statement confirming that he indeed played the Super High Roller on two accounts, winning on his father's account, with Winamax banning both accounts. The €83,300 from the Super High Roller win, along with prize money from two other tournaments Deyra cashed in, were subsequently redistributed to affected players.

'Today, with hindsight I recognize the cheating aspect of multi-accounting'

As a result, his contract with Winamax, which was due to expire in June, has been terminated immediately.

In the statement, Deyra cuts a contrite and disconsolate figure, saying his punishment was 'heavy, very heavy' but also 'logical and understandable.'

'Neither [Winamax] nor I would have wanted this but it is so. Today, with hindsight I recognize the cheating aspect of multi-accounting.

'How could I have been so naive or oblivious? For the days and nights that follow, I am searching within myself to dig into the reasons for this unforgivable and serious act.'

Deyra goes on to apologize to Winamax, his fellow Team Pros, other players and the entire poker community for potentially jeopardizing their image, or the image of the game we all love.

Why Did He Do It?

Before his statement, many had speculated as to the reasons why Deyra would cheat. With close to $1.4m in lifetime earnings according to The Hendon Mob, Deyra was part of a group of Winamax Team Pros that featured fellow WSOP bracelet winners Adrian Mateos, Joao Vieira, and Davidi Kitai.

Deyra says that he has immense gratitude towards the team and staff at Winamax during his three and a half year stint as a Team Pro, but also explains why he chose to cheat.

'In the past, I realized when doing my finances that on Winamax I hadn't been making money for three years, since I became a Team Pro. After asking myself several questions about my game [...] I came up with a theory. Players change nicknames every six months. All the information that I collect on their play disappears at this time, but the reverse is not true since I keep the same nickname.'

By playing under another nickname, Deyra said that he wanted to see the difference for himself and check whether his hypothesis was true or not - that players knew who he was and how he played. Unfortunately for him, in doing so he got himself banned.

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What Now?

Despite the setback, Deyra says his career is 'far from over' and instead he will 'grow and learn' from this incident.

'I have given all my energy and passion for poker, through blogs, strategy videos, deep runs, my dreams, my set backs and team spirit, every since my first day as a pro. I will continue to share this with you until the end.'

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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) began a new series of online Circuit Events in 2021. The plan is to host 13 online series throughout the year, once each month plus a championship event. During that time, more than 180 gold rings will be awarded.

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With the first month of the year coming to an end, so did the WSOP Circuit January Super Series, which catered to a combined 8,653 entrants and awarded $3,080,707 over its 18 events.

Among the recognizable names to capture rings were Toby 'DustPistons' Lewis, Daniel 'centrfieldr' Lupo, Katie 'azulciel' Stone, Alexander 'jinyang' Butcher, Jasthi 'vkjasthi' Kumar, and Chris 'Robotbob47' Moorman, who actually defeated his wife in heads-up play to get the job done.

Meanwhile, New Jersey pro Daniel “juice” Buzgon topped the Player of the Month Leaderboard with 88.84 points (“gldude” was second with 70.46), meaning he earned a spot in the $250,000 WSOP Online Circuit Championship to be held later this year

“jnja1719” Wins Main Event for $67,376.85

The series culminated with a $525 buy-in Main Event on Sunday, January 31. The tournament blew past its $250K GTD as 583 players rebought 310 times to create a $446,500 prize pool, which was paid out amongst the top 120 finishers.

Some familiar names to make the money were James “Meatsweats” Carroll (15th - $4,097.10), Harrison “harrisond33” Dobin (23rd - $2,589.70), John Allan “Beastro” Hinds (26th - $2,589.70), William “swaggyb” Corvino (44th - $1,830.65), Kevin “GoneBananas” Garosshen (65th - $1,428.80), Daniel “juice” Buzgon (73rd - $1,428.80), and Conrad “IamNotBlack” Simpson (94th - $1,294.85).

It took exactly 11 hours of play for a winner to emerge, which came when AJ “jnja1719” Basselini-Truisi bested Ian “bootleg23isk” Kurzer in heads-up play to win the title for $67,376.85.

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WSOPC January Super Series Winners

All of the below players won gold rings, which means they are eligible for the season-ending $250,000 WSOP Online Circuit Championship bracelet event (Date TBD). Other ways to get into that tournament are to either win a $10,000 Player of the Month Leaderboard, win a Second Chance Fast Forward, or be one of the top 50 players on the Cumulative Circuit Leaderboard who are not otherwise eligible.

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Mark Your Calendar & Download WSOP.com

The next WSOP Circuit Online Series will be the “Planet Hollywood Circuit” running February 17-28. A dozen ring events will be held, so if you’re in either Nevada or New Jersey get in on the action.

WSOP.com caters to players in Nevada and New Jersey (players in Delaware are NOT able to participate in the Circuit events).

The first step in getting set up to play on WSOP.com is to download the client. You can do so for both mobile (Android and iOS) and desktop (Windows 7 or higher and Mac OS X 10.6.8).

To get the correct version of the client, use the links below:

Also, the WSOP.com client can only support playing one table at a time on mobile. Finally, pot-limit Omaha (PLO) games and tournaments are not compatible on mobile and must be played via a computer.

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