The winner of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) Main Event, JackQKA, has denied being 16 years-old and having a backer, according to a thread on the popular forum TwoPlusTwo. JackQKA remains atop the FTOPS XV Main Event leaderboard.
In a thread posted on Tuesday afternoon on TwoPlusTwo, JMaverick, who had joined on the same day, lashed out at the FTOPS XV Main Event winner. He explained that last December, he noticed JackQKA playing on ESPN’s poker site. JMaverick decided to let his new pet project have a go at a few MTTs and the student racked up $1,000 in just three events. JMaverick promptly staked JackQKA until the latter had built his own bankroll and then the two parted ways.
In October, JackQKA requested additional backing and JMaverick purportedly transferred $2,500. He wrote, “I had 50% of him on all of his tournaments though until he paid me back.” JackQKA took home $237,000 for winning the FTOPS XV Main Event and JMaverick demanded $115,000, or roughly 50% of the haul. JackQKA allegedly said no, which prompted the following rant from JMaverick: “JackQKA first of all is only 16 Years Old, his parents have no clue he plays online poker… Jack I am telling you I will personally call them and tell them there gonna need legal representation because if I dont see $115,000 in my account by 12AM this will turn into a legal issue!”
On Wednesday, JackQKA responded on TwoPlusTwo, claiming that he’s 24 years-old and has never been backed during his poker career. The winner, whose real name is Jack, added, “I have been playing poker seriously for about 2 and a half years, mainly on pstars under sn jackellwood but also on ftp as jackqka and on absolute as ellwoodinho. For most of this time ive been a low-mid stakes mtt grinder with reasonable success. On Sunday I had by a long way the best results ive ever had and for some reason someone has decided to post a load of bs about me.”
About an hour after his original post, the accuser seemed to rescind his desire to seek legal recourse. After talking to his lawyer, JMaverick confessed, “I made a mistake outing him and there was no official legal agreement in place. This is now a private matter. I made a mistake posting on here! I may have screwed myself out of getting my money and if I do not get it I know the time will come when I will ship one of these.” JackQKA goes by the name “Ellwoodinho” on TwoPlusTwo and claimed that instead of arguing whether or not he owed JMaverick $115,000, he was out partying to celebrate his FTOPS Main Event win.
Meanwhile, JMaverick continues his search for $115,000. Yesterday around 4:00pm ET, he wrote, “I will try to talk to the kid when they come on either myspace or facebook tonight,” but JMaverick has not provided any further update as of 1:30pm ET on Thursday. The tournament had a $535 buy-in and was the largest FTOPS Main Event ever held, weighing in at 5,645 players.
Some posters cleverly responded with clips from “Bad Boys,” while TwoPlusTwo posters tried to squash rumors that JMaverick had actually played in the FTOPS Main Event and was merely seeking to move up the pay ladder as a result of a disqualification. TwoPlusTwo poster “zeppy” explained, “The original poster JMaverick of this thread is one of the higher place finishers in the FTOPS and started this thread to try to get FullTilt to escalate its normal procedures into an investigation and subsequent disqualification of JackQKA in order to move up one place in the payout award for the FTOPS tournament.” No user named JMaverick appears on the FTOPS XV leaderboard and zeppy later retracted his claims.
A source close to Full Tilt told Poker News Daily that following the FTOPS XV Main Event, site officials checked for multi-accounting and verified JackQKA’s ID. He passed with flying colors.
