Guilty as Charged.

PL: Speaking of online poker, did you hear about those two players who had their accounts seized for playing multiple entries in one tournament?
MIZRACHI:
Yes, they decided to take their tournament winnings away and divide it up between the other players. I played multiple accounts in a tournament before and I didn't even know it was against the rules and they never said anything; but I don't really think it's fair. It's pretty much a normal thing and a lot of players do it; playing two or three entries in a tournament, they're basically trying to give themselves 2 or 3 chances to win the tournament. As long as they're not at the same table, it doesn't really matter. I tried playing a few entries at once but didn't play very well; I can concentrate a lot better with just one. Now I just play the way they want with one account.

Yeah, well, I gotta come clean with my sordid history:
I started playing poker right after Moneymaker won, but I didn't know at the time. I was playing wild card homegames and learning new stuff. I soon met this fella who ran an underground 3/6 game. I was a great producer for his game. I played at his game for about 4 months, and also learned to deal. One evening, I went on tilt and got stuck for $360. While not earthshattering, I wasn't willing to toss that kind of $ a night with my lack of ability.

I started play $ online at PokerRoom as adodomini. I eventually built my play stack and was playing regularly in the 10K pf/or fold rooms. One day I tilted and got out the credit card to get the 10K play reload.

Next was a steady diet of 25¢/50¢ NL, lucky dollars, and freerolls. About this time, several friends of mine were at the same skill level. We would conference call and coach each other in tournaments, and cover for each other to register and start tournaments. Then, while covering, I 'met myself'. I stole a few pots until the table broke. We laughed about that, but it was never the object to win that way.

My darkest time was when we brazenly colluded on a cash table. Over a few sessions, we probably stole hundreds of quarters from unsuspecting victims.

I invited another fellow player to join in, but he declined, citing integrity of the game. That did it for me. I stopped colluding then, realizing that I wanted to become a better player, not a better cheater.

In a combination of Karma and donktastic play, I felted a short time later. I decided to abandon the adodomini name and become Box O Rocks as a new start. In an effort to better myself, I started learning all I could and started Nux Vomica on Pokah. I contacted PR and shut down adodomini.

The sordid story should end there, but i did a stint at FullContactPoker before the multiaccounting tournament bit started. I entered the first Royal Tournament early this year, to give myself a second chance, not to cheat. I lost both entries, but it was the wrong thing to do. I decided not to do it again.

Then the ace of aces news broke. That's my story. I'm guilty. but I think we all have holes in our past.