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The show was premiered yesterday, 21 April, hosted by high stakes poker pro and founder of Solve for Why Poker Training, Matt Berkey. “This is a great forum for us to introduce advanced concepts to the masses,” said Berkey. “Understanding where mistakes were made on the biggest stage can be useful to players across all skill levels.”. Matt Berkey has been a successful poker player since 2003. He began beating $1-$2 NL and $2-$5 NL games while earning his BA in Computer Science from Gannon University. In 2005 Berkey began his professional career, playing full-time at the $5-$10 NL level. 9,887 Followers, 475 Following, 524 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Matt Berkey (@berkey11).
The Postlegate investigation has gone through several stages over the past two weeks, players and fans of the game dissecting every aspect of the alleged cheating scheme that has gripped the poker world, but the main question is… if Mike Postle is cheating, how is he doing it? Matt Berkey thinks he knows the answer:Postle’s incredible win-rate over the past year or so on the StonesLive Poker stream almost certainly makes him either the best player in the history of the game, or one of the biggest cheats poker has witnessed.
In an attempt to get to the bottom of just how Postle might be carrying out a scam, Berkey - founder and lead instructor of the Solve for Why Poker Training Academy – had a eureka moment earlier this week…
The main theory is that Postle has been receiving real-time hole-card information – an idea proposed by many in the poker community who are actively investigating the case – and Berkey shows just how that would work if an accomplice is in on the alleged cheating.
According to Berkey it wouldn’t require more than a very basic knowledge of computers, a simple output URL and Windows Media Player allowing a cheat to have access to a version of the live feed – the cards and % showing up on a mobile screen and allowing the cheat perfect knowledge.
It has already been shown in numerous video clips of the StonesLive Poker streams that Postle has a very strange relationship with his phone, keeping it tucked discretely in his crotch area during almost all of his winning sessions.
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Clever detective work has also shown the exact same blue screen on Postle’s phone that Berkey’s RFID software experiments show in his video.
Not quite a smoking gun as yet, but a very damning piece of circumstantial evidence, and it supports the lawsuit that was launched this week against Postle, Stones and others.
In the legal action, such possibilities are mentioned several times:
‘Mr Postle’s systematic use of one or more electronic devices, for the purposes of cheating’.
It also covers as yet unnamed accomplices – referred to as John/Jane Doe 1-10 - who ‘Conspired with Mr Postle to cheat at the game of poker through one or more electronic instrumentalities’, and who ‘installed or implemented electronic devices’.
It may yet turn out that Postle is innocent of the cheating charges – though that seems increasingly like a 1-outer on the river - but the chances are that if cheating occurred, the method uncovered will look very much like the one Berkey discovered.
Professional high-stakes poker player and Solve For Why founder Matt Berkey is teaming up with Poker Central for a new original series titled “2020 Hindsight.”
Streaming exclusively on Poker Central’s subscription-based media platform, PokerGO, the new show features in-depth analysis of the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament, better known to poker fans as the Main Event.
PokerGO initially launched in May 2017, featuring original programming, live event streaming, and archival content from iconic shows like “Poker After Dark” and “High Stakes Poker.”
Early subscribers to the streaming platform may remember Berkey previously starred in an original series titled “Dead Money,” which documented his come-up in the high-stakes poker world, as well as his preparation for the third annual Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB), following a fifth-place finish and cashout of $1,100,000 in 2016.
Breaking Down the Main Event
The first episode of “2020 Hindsight” premiered on April 21st and features Berkey analyzing the final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event. Pros Joseph Cheong and Jonathan Duhamel feature in a teaser clip from Episode 1, in which Cheong fires away with A7 off-suit only to run into Duhamel’s pocket queens.
#2020Hindsight debuts this week on PokerGO!@berkey11 delivers new, hard-hitting analysis on the hands that defined the most exciting World Series of Poker Main Event final tables of the decade.
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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) April 20, 2020
Berkey explains how 2010’s online aggressive tendencies may have prompted Cheong to defy the Independent Chip Model (ICM) implications of shoving in this spot. While Berkey has been known to play a bit looser than the average pro, the often-dapper dude clearly has a deep theoretical understanding of the game.
With the advent of game theory optimal solvers, machine learning bots, and in-depth online strategy courses, it’s clear there’s been a significant shift in how professional pokers think about the game. “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em,” will only get you so far at the table these days.
Accordingly, for novice poker players, the concepts discussed in “2020 Hindsight” may be a little overwhelming. However, PokerGO is providing subscribers with a downloadable tutorial on advanced poker theory as supplemental material for understanding Berkey’s approach to poker.
Teaching Poker Theory
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“This is a great forum for us to introduce advanced concepts to the masses,” Matt Berkey said of PokerGO’s new series. He also stated that,
“Understanding where mistakes were made on the biggest stage can be useful to players across all skill levels.”
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Poker Central’s Chief Business Officer, J.R. McCabe, explained the importance of the new show’s analytical format, saying,
“This new series will provide teachable moments to sharpen individual gameplay, all while reliving some of the most iconic WSOP hands.”
Streaming “2020 Hindsight”
Five additional episodes of “2020 Hindsight” are scheduled to premiere on PokerGO in the coming weeks, and each episode is approximately 40 minutes long.
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The 2020 World Series of Poker has been postponed, but poker aficionados and fans alike can get their fix of Main Event moments via “2020 Hindsight” by subscribing to PokerGO. The streaming service is currently offering $30 off the cost of an annual subscription. Just use the promotional code POKER30 at checkout.