OMGClayAiken the cheater, or Gus Hansen a sore loser ?

[macmuckalot]

Hansen Goes off on OMGClayAiken, Urindanger

Gus Hansen lost several hundred thousand dollars on Full Tilt last night.

He then proceeded to insinuate that Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond and Di "Urindanger" Dang were cheating.

It was a somewhat unusual situation last night as there was a full ring at Hansen's Blender, which is a $500/$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha table.

The combatants included noted players like Erik Seidel, Phil Ivey, Hansen, Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Galfond and Dang.

The hand that started the controversy began with Hansen betting $3,500 preflop with J 9 8 7. Dang called with Q Q 8 8, but Galfond reraised to $18,000 with A A K 7.

Hansen called but Urindanger shoved for $48,144. OMGClayAiken reshoved for $167,432, and Hansen called for the last of his $80,985 stack.

The board came K 7 4 5 2 and OMGClayAiken scooped the pot.

The players exchanged the following texts after the hand:

Gus Hansen: too suspicious for me
Gus Hansen: nice play guys
Gus Hansen: and somehow they both were quiet
Phil Ivey: definitely collusion lol
Urindanger: you're an idiot
Gus Hansen: If you think the QQ88 is a good play
there you wouldnt have any money
Gus Hansen: thats why it is strange
Gus Hansen: but hey whatever I just have to quit
Phil Ivey: nooo
Phil Ivey: i will transfer u the 85k u jus lost
Phil Ivey: call it a gift

It wasn't clear whether Hansen was just extremely tilted by the hand, or was actually accusing OMGClayAiken and Urindanger of collusion.

Brian Hastings and Tom Dwan have already come out in defense of Dang and Galfond, while Hansen had yet to confirm any subtext to his comments. Dwan also defended Dang's play, saying the shove could easily be right.

[Cracker]

what did aiken have?

and dwan would tilt any player ! f*ucking idiot.

Gus I have a lot of time for but his poker champs game was as BENT as they come! hench it went bust and betfred or betfair bought it. Full of Bots and Colusionist

[Jepulator]

wow thats pretty funny stuff!! these guys on there playing often? I've never bothered to look. would be cool to see that stuff in action

[kingjames07]

what did aiken have?

he had AAK7

[LombardiStix]

There should be EXTRA security measures for the "high" stakes games. Like streaming webcam on the players... lmao. I was railing this room the other day. The chat is annoying as hell because of all the observers, but it is VERY interesting to watch.

As far as cheating goes in that hand I don't know. To be honest, I'm not experienced enough to know in the game of omaha. Definitely my current weakest game. I trust Gus though. Def my favorite poker player outside of Teddy KGB.

[Cracker]

he had AAK7

Cheers buddy I couldnt see it on the OP

[pothole]

This is one hand out of a session we don't know how long has been running. Maybe Gus had been squeezed before by the same two players. I have never seen Gus whine or tilt and he must have had strong suspisions. As for OMG I've never watched him play, odd though that he was the one player Dwan excluded from his 50k hand challenge. Don't kid yourself into thinking these 'pro's' don't cheat online, it's hard to prove so they can get away with it. Another notable pro cheat who did get caught is Justin Bonomo.

[tjtokes]

i dont think he was too serious, plus i doubt that clay aiken is a poker player, he has money and just shoved with what he had and won