Brian Townsend admitted earlier this week on his personal Cardrunners blog that he was indeed guilty of using multiple accounts/user names to play online poker.  Allegations had been mounting for weeks on numerous poker forums and media outlets, and after a few days of waiting out the intense heat, he finally made a public apology on his blog.  Here is a small excerpt from Townsend’s CR blog:

For the past 6 months I have been playing under the 2nd aliases Stellarnebula on FTP and makersmark66 on PokerStars. I have not used the aba20 account on Stars since I began playing on the Makersmark66 account. I have since gone back to using the aba20 account and will play only that account. During this time I played the 25/50 and 100/200 PLO games. I played under the Stellarnebula account from February until the end of June at which time Lee Jones and I had a discussion and we came to an agreement that I needed to close it. During this time I was playing under the Brian Townsend account, never at the same table with the Stellarnebula. Under the Stellarnebula account I played 25/50, 50/100, and 100/200 PLO. During this time I played a very small amount of 50/100 PLO and primarily 200/400 PLO under the Brian Townsend account.

The story was broken all across the internet and was one of the bigger bombshells to hit the industry in recent months. Gambling 101 News had a very good opinion about the whole situation, commenting that although “his subsequent revelation and apology on his blog has come off very sincere…the punishment Townsend will receive is nothing short of a slap on the wrist in my eyes.“  The popular news provider was referring to was Townsend’s suspension of his Full Tilt Poker red pro status for only 6 months, and having his pitiful $30/hour wage taken away from him as well.

It’s certainly an interesting story and we’ll keep close tabs on it if anything else comes from it.  I also certainly wish Brian the best as he tries to make amends for what he’s done.  He’s not the first person to do it, and he most certainly won’t be the last…unfortunately…

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