WPT500 Winner David Afework Disqualified for Account Sharing

David Afework has been disqualified from the WPT500 after partypoker accused him of account sharing. The Brit had just won the major event for a career best $160,210 and has now lost both his account and any funds that were in there.

David Afework posted on the 2+2 poker forums as Devplaza to deny the accusations. He explains how he received an email from the partypoker security team saying he has been disqualified for lending his account to a third party. “Hi, my name is David Afework and I recently won $160 000 on Party poker. It was my biggest win ever and the most amazing moment of my life. However today I received an email from party poker telling me that I have been disqualified because they believe I gave my account to a third party. Which is just complete rubbish.” He continues by clarifying that he played the entire event on his own Dell laptop and was alone for 99% of the time he was playing.

David Afework shares an apartment with another poker player, which is assumed to be a possible cause for the accusations. We also learn that Afework shares an apartment with another poker player and this is assumed to be a possible cause for the accusations. We don’t, however, find out who this mystery player is. “I imagine this third party nonsense comes from the fact that I have been living with another poker player for the best part of 7 months so maybe they see we share the same ip address or whatever but I'm completely transparent about that and don't want to hide that, no one has ever had access to my account other than myself, that's a 100% guarantee.”