Bryn Kenney defends himself against cheating allegations

He spoke to Sarah Herring of PokerInformation for over an hour to defend himself against the allegations and share his aspect of the story.

Herring made a vital caveat identified earlier than the interview which was that she had been a good friend of Kenney’s for over a decade and likewise that she was not notably accustomed to a few of the material equivalent to RTA and why an app like TeamViewer may very well be used for cheating functions. 

She did convey up the entire main allegations against Kenney together with encouraging horses to softplay in satellites, RTA use, taking part in on Lauren Roberts account, ghosting and whether or not he may see the screens of horses. 

What adopted was what appeared like lots of filibustering and grandstanding from Kenney. He typically redirected the dialog, avoiding immediately answering lots of questions and took plenty of alternatives to reward himself within the course of. 

Some in poker circles had been perplexed {that a} 10 12 months good friend of Kenney’s was the one to interview him, particularly one with out an inside data of the topics being mentioned. Realistically this was probably the one interview Kenney was going to present, it will have been a way more uncomfortable expertise had it been with someone like Doug Polk, Joe Ingram or Matt Berkey who had seemed on the allegations intimately. It was a troublesome task for Herring and the one actual criticism was that she didn’t push again on Kenney sufficient when he prevented answering direct questions. 

Speaking of which, Polk, Ingram and Berkey all launched movies the place they broke down the interview afterwards:

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Barry Carter

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy & the brand new e-book Endgame Poker Strategy