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This week’s news is all about the online game: is it safe to play in 2025? Here are the headlines.
- ACR Poker ambassador Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero was caught with the real-time assistance tool GTOwizard open on his laptop during online play.
- How was Nacho busted? He posted an image on his own Instagram account (of course).
- Speaking of social media blunders, the ACR Poker team is under fire - again - with the likes of Doug Polk dunking on them like Mac McClung for their handling of the ‘Nacho fiasco’
- Patrick ‘Pads’ Leonard donned his detective hat and spent his weekend digging through the evidence. His verdict? ‘We’re in a very dark time in online poker’
- Another top pro, Brian Hastings, has shared footage of a full table of colluding players on Ignition. Why keep playing there? We asked, Hastings answered.
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