PokerGO Tour Bans Ali Imsirovic and Jake Schindler Indefinitely

Ali Imsirovic and Jake Schindler have been indefinitely suspended from the PokerGO Tour (PGT) effective immediately. The suspensions will extend through at least the 2022 PGT season, upon which time a review will take place.

Imsirovic and Schindler have been at the centre of a massive cheating scandal that rocked the highstakes poker world earlier this year. Both were banned by GGPoker for Real-Time Assistance (RTA) use, with Alex Foxen outing Imsirovic, claiming he was also cheating live by rubbernecking. PokerNews included an allegation that the duo were also guilty of live collusion, although that has yet to be confirmed or refuted.

Both players left the PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo after just one event and have been missing from the Triton Poker Madrid and Cyprus stops this year. Schindler even bagged a bracelet at the World Series of Poker this summer. A new Poker Integrity Council (PIC) created by GGPoker could see them banned from the WSOP and a slew of other major events in the future. GGPoker stated: “Cheaters that are Industry Blacklisted by the PIC, will be barred from participating in any tournaments and events under the following brands...”