Matt Savage

This situation occurred deep in the 2025 WSOP $600 NLH/PLO Deepstack. A floor person asked Tyler Brown to color up all the 25K chips that he had – and he had 3 million of them. Brown didn't want to do that and offered up 2 million. He claimed he wanted to keep some so he wouldn't have to keep asking for change. That’s when chaos ensued, and an expletive from Brown cost him a one-round penalty. He was also subsequently threatened with disqualification from the event.

Ali Imsirovic was recently booted from a tournament he was chip-leading at bestbet Jacksonville in Florida. No reason was given, but it's assumed it was linked to his past controversies. Imsirovic has admitted to multi-accounting and is banned from GGPoker but has denied cheating in live events. Imsirovic remainsindefinitely suspendedfrom the PokerGO Tour.

PokerStars recently released a new set of procedures to improve security and integrity throughout their tournaments. The biggest procedure put forth is that all dealers will continue to slide cards instead of pitching. The reason for this is so that players with bad intentions cannot see the cards coming off the deck, not only with their eyes but with technology and cameras in their phones, rings, etc. This situation has actually recently happened at some casinos.