All-Time Poker Money Leader Bryn Kenney Accused of Running Cult-Like Cheating
Operation
April 21, 2024 Jon Sofen Senior Editor U.S.
Poker's recent 🍏 slate of cheating
scandals has evolved from utter insanity into pure outrageousness following Martin
Zamani's interview on the Doug Polk 🍏 Podcast Thursday afternoon, which you can view in
full at the bottom of this article.
Bryn Kenney, poker's all-time money list 🍏 leader
atR$57.2 million according to The Hendon Mob, was the focal point of the 80-minute
conversation. In that chat, Zamani 🍏 accused the high roller legend of, more or less,
running a cult-like online poker cheating operation on GGPoker.
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According to Polk, he was threatened with
legal action via Kenney's attorneys "if misinformation 🍏 is spread and negatively affects
him." Polk commenced the interview 10 minutes later, much to the enthrallment of the
poker 🍏 world.
Zamani's appearance came on the heels of a tweet thread he shared earlier
in the day.
Since we are in the 🍏 midst of calling out cheaters @BrynKenney and all his
horses are basically forced to collude o… //t.co/9i7PRGEYTF — Martin Zamani
🍏 (@martin_zamani)
Earlier this week, Alex Foxen, Justin Bonomo, and Chance Kornuth
brought forth cheating allegations against Ali Imsirovic, accusing the 2024 🍏 GPI Player
of the Year of colluding in live poker tournaments and using real-time assistance (RTA)
tools to assist his 🍏 play online.
Frog Poison and Poker Cults
Bryn Kenney
On Thursday,
Zamani accused Kenney of hiring "horses" to work together as a group 🍏 to collude in
online poker games. In doing so, Zamani, who met Kenney via WPT champ Dennis Blieden,
who is 🍏 now serving 6.5 years in prison for perpetrating aR$2.7 million embezzlement
scheme, admitted he was part of a group of 🍏 players that allegedly cheated others out of
potentially millions of dollars, but he wants to make it right.
Among the cheating
🍏 tactics cited by Zamani were forced collusion in satellites, ghosting, and real-time
assistance (RTA), just to name a few. Arguably 🍏 more engrossing were the conditions in
which the cheating allegedly occurred.
Zamani, who was admittedly high during the
podcast, gave viewers 🍏 and Polk the impression that Kenney was, in a sense, leading a
cult. Those who were part of allegedly cheating 🍏 online at GGPoker and partypoker were,
as Zamani claims, required to do as they were told or be dumped from 🍏 the staking
situation. That supposedly included leading the lifestyle Kenney wanted them to lead,
including eating a Vegan diet and 🍏 obeying Kenney's demands.
Kenney's horses (players
who were staked to enter tournaments), according to Zamani, would receive criticism for
failing to 🍏 adhere to the leader's standards. He used an example of one player sneaking
out to eat Taco Bell and then 🍏 being reprimanded for doing so.
Martin Zamani
Polk then
asked his guest to explain a comment made in a tweet about Kenney 🍏 sending him to a
shaman for a, let's just say painful ritual.
"She talks to me for a little, and she
🍏 goes, 'I was the warlords wife, I'm a killer, I'm a thief, I'm a liar, but I tell you
these 🍏 things straight to your face," Zamani said of his initial interaction with the
shaman.
"We talk about stuff and she goes, 🍏 'I think you need to cleanse yourself. We're
gonna do the Kambo, it's called Kambo, it cleanses you, it's good 🍏 for you, it's a
little violent. She takes incense to your skin and it blisters up. She then cuts off
🍏 the blister with a knife so your pores are open and then she takes the poison from the
frog and 🍏 puts it on you."
"Into the cut?" Polk asked.
"Yes, into the cut, into your
open wound."
No, Zamani didn't permit the shaman 🍏 to go through with the ritual on his
body.
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Far More to the Story
The shaman frog poison 🍏 ritual has
nothing to do with poker cheating. But the instance does paint a picture of a supposed
cult-like environment 🍏 surrounding those who allegedly played under Kenney.
Zamani
expanded further on what took place from a poker standpoint, although he didn't 🍏 bring
many receipts. Thus, we can only repeat what he claimed to be true and allow you, the
reader, to 🍏 determine for yourself if you believe the accusations against one of the
winningest poker players of all-time.
One claim Zamani made 🍏 that, if true, is
troublesome is that Kenney could see his computer screen when Zamani had the GGPoker
client open.
Kenney's 🍏 stable, which Zamani claimed included Sergi Reixach and David
Miscikowski, allegedly used RTAs, which are banned on GGPoker, and apparently 🍏 colluded
during thousands of online tournaments.
Bryn Kenney and Sergi Reixach.
PokerNews
reached out to a player who had been staked by 🍏 Kenney in the past and he confirmed, on
the condition of anonymity, that Zamani's allegations are true. PokerNews also reached
🍏 out to Kenney but received no response as of press time.
For Zamani, he appeared to
have no regrets after the 🍏 interview:
First time I've ever been happy about something
I've done. Whatever the consequences for my parts played. — Martin Zamani
🍏 (@martin_zamani)
PokerNews will continue to monitor the situation and offer updates as
developments happen.
Check out Zamani's full appearance on the Doug 🍏 Polk Podcast
below:
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