Jose Macedo potpisao za Lock Poker

Cheating Scandal

Just days after winning the Bluff Magazine Lock Pro Challenge, PokerNews can confirm that Jose "Girah" Macedo has been disqualified for multi-accounting. After the competition, audits of all participants' accounts were made and it was discovered that Macedo had violated BPC rules, as well as Merge Gaming network rules.

"Jose is young and he has made a big mistake here. We wanted to make sure that regardless of being a LockPRO he won this fair and square. After doing an audit of his account we have found that he broke some rules and that will not be tolerated by Lock," Jennifer Larson CEO/Owner of Lock Poker said. "We pride ourselves in standing for trust, legitimacy and loyalty. The truth is sometimes hard to stand by but it is the only way we can move forward. Although José won enough money from his own IP to have legitimately won the challenge, the unfortunate fact remains that breaking the rules is strictly disallowed. The fact remains Jose is an exceptional player and I firmly believe that mistakes only lead to greatness if learned from."

Second place finisher Michael "bigguylegend22" Drummond will take the first-place prize. Drummond earned over $90,000 in profit during the challenge.

"I'm deeply sorry for having broken the rules," Macedo said, "but I truly had no intention of circumventing the rules in any way. Though it is no excuse, I want to be fully transparent at this point to let the poker world know what has happened and why. The computer in question was my backer, who logged into my account to check my balance and ended up playing some $25/$50 PLO while I was asleep and lost some money."

"Though on the merit of my own legitimate play I had enough winnings to win the Bluff Challenge, in light of the way things appear, I fully support and respect Lock's decision to disqualify me and hand over the challenge to the second place winner," he continued. "Once again, I truly regret that all of this has happened the way it has, and I hope that I can win back the generous support and understanding of the players who have believed in me so far. I will be issuing a more comprehensive explanation of what happened on my blog. Thank you."