Alex Bertoncini Alleged Kira Cheat at San Jose SCG with Sound

The alleged cheating is at 3:20 when he puts the Kira in his hand instead of the graveyard.

Breakdown: Vidi bounces Kira with Jace, which gets countered by it's ability and then kills it with Cursed Scroll. Except Kira never goes to the graveyard but straight to his hand. Which is the important part. It shows malicious intent because the Kira right before it that is on top of his graveyard died that way last turn, so he should know it doesn't bounce to his hand. Then he plays the bounced Kira and it gets killed again, this time he puts it up to his hand then decides not to keep it, eventually putting it in his graveyard.

Moved described in further detail: http://mixedknuts.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/unlocking-the-cheats-of-scg-player...

Video taken from Round 7 of the Star City Games San Jose Legacy Open from January, 2011.

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[TsavMemorai]

I don't always play 2 explores and 1 kira, but when I do I play 3 lands and 2 kiras

[JJNess]

And the commentators were even discussing getting wins on game rules violations... talk about unintentional foreshadowing!

[Slagomancer]

What a fucking disgrace.

[7Spleens]

@7Spleens Or maybe Alex realized that playing a fourth in his deck that has only two Kira was too risky :/

[7Spleens]

@VILEseason Good eye. Yeah that's definitely the work of a seasoned cheater. If Vidi had looked up a second later I'm sure Alex would have kept it in his hand.

[sclaperz]

Live Magic/Yugioh/Pokemon is terrifying for this reason alone. 

[cobracop1]

I don't do that even without competiting. what a bitchtroll

[felipe28g]

I cant believe he is dumb enough to cheat in front of camera..

[PkingProjectSSFS]

He may be a cheater but hes pretty good at it considering he did it against me in chicago and didnt realize till some1 explained after

[VILEseason]

LOL wow, at 5:10 the fuckin' kid tries to do it again...

[nfinn42]

Facing down a Jace TMS and a Cursed Scroll, with a garbage hand where the only reason he was alive was a topdecked second Kira, AND HE STILL CHEATED ANYWAY. Lost anyway, too. This is a guy who will simply take any opportunity to cheat, even if it stands almost no chance of turning defeat into victory. Compulsive? When you're locked under Jace + Scroll, is it really worth risking your pro career to rebuy a legendary wind drake ON CAMERA?? O_o

just sad. I would call banning him an act of mercy.

[confucianjoe]

Why only ban for 18 months--this guy should be banned for life or stripped of his prizes and cash based on tort and fraud principles. If you get caught cheating anywhere else in life where significant prizes are at stake, you minimally get stripped of the prizes...?