Overview
- RealOA was permanently barred from GGPoker, WSOP, and partner platforms, with $250,523 confiscated from his account.
- Ren Lin received an indefinite suspension across the same ecosystem and personally paid $96,380 to complete restitution.
- GGPoker redistributed the full $346,903 first-place payout to affected players under its refund policy, including top finishers such as Adrian Mateos and Kelvin Kerber.
- The sanctions followed allegations by third-place finisher “Buzzcut” that RealOA received live strategic advice, which Lin acknowledged in a public apology stating he took no profit.
- Live enforcement accompanied the online actions as WSOP Tournament Director Andy Tillman disqualified Lin before Day 2 of the WSOP Super Circuit Cyprus Main Event for a GGPoker integrity violation.