Dan Martin
On August 6th, Dan “Wretchy” Martin will once again be able to take to the felts of PokerStars. The world’s largest online poker site banned the rising poker star for three months due to multi-accounting under the user names Wretchy and WhatsLogic.
In a post on the online poker forum PocketFives.com, Martin added that his girlfriend can no longer play in the same cash game tables or tournaments as him. Martin’s girlfriend was not banned from Full Tilt Poker. However, the online poker pro did not escape punishment on that site and is banned for 30 days. He noted that each online poker room found the following: “I played under WhatsLogic for an ample time period (6-9 months), but that I did not ever play both accounts that were in a tournament. The hand histories proved this because the style of play was completely different.” The WhatsLogic name was primarily used in cash games, whereas Wretchy was one of the world’s top tournament players.
Martin revealed that the couple played 45 tournaments together, with one-fifth of those taking place using the same IP address. The incidents occurred over an 18 month time period. Martin noted that he did not have two IP addresses and only recently purchased a wireless card. He noted, “I do feel that I’ve learned a lot about myself and other people because of this issue. To those of you that turned your back to me, stay turned away. To those that supported me, thank you.”
The controversy began after a post in February by Martin on PocketFives.com that read, “I played under WhatsLogic for a few months… unknown this bish!” The comments came in response to a posted hand history involving an all-in pot that was called by Martin using the name Wretchy. PocketFives.com moderator murderer then posted a thread on May 9th questioning whether the Wretchy and WhatsLogic accounts were somehow related. After sorting out the situation with Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, Martin posted the aforementioned summary of the situation. However, he noted that he was anything but clandestine about his actions: “Everyone and their brother knew it was me under WhatsLogic as I clearly posted here that it was me. If you read things perhaps you’d know I was never trying to hide that fact.”
Martin will now head to the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas and noted that he may play on Full Tilt Poker (after his 30 day ban expires) and Ultimate Bet while there. The up and coming poker player was able to remove his money from PokerStars. However, his bankroll remains tied up on Full Tilt until the end of 30 days. Martin is 13th on the PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankings and took down the challenging PokerStars $100 rebuy in March. On May 3rd, six days before the post by murderer, he grabbed second in that tournament’s $300,000 Guaranteed version for $52,000. The Oregon native has victories in both the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl and PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand.
Murderer posted tournaments that the Wretchy and WhatsLogic accounts had played in simultaneously. On PokerStars, they included three tournaments in September of 2008 with buy-ins ranging from $109 to $215. On Full Tilt, murderer pointed out several instances in October of 2007 where the two accounts played in the same multi-table tournaments. Murderer then referenced two threads that appeared on PocketFives.com from the same time period, one by Martin posting about a hand involving WhatsLogic and another by SluggerWV displaying a separate hand involving WhatsLogic that ended in “gg wretchy.”
Using multiple accounts is against the Terms of Service of major online poker sites. One of the only examples of a room that allows members to change their screen names is Cake Poker. On the USA-friendly site that just hired Lee Jones to be its Poker Room Manager, players can change user names once every seven days.
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Useful poker information:
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
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