Extreme racism and hate: Jonathan Tamayo's WSOP controversy

For any of you guys that don't know, Jonathan Tamayo is a poker player that won the 2024 WSOP main event, earning a record $10 million, the highest prize pool in all of WSOP history.

However, there's a huge controversy that surrounds his win. When he played his final heads up table with his opponent, he went back to the rail a couple times to consult with his friends (Also WSOP winners). What he did was legal since it was between hands and he never used a solver. Under every video, reddit thread, and IG post about him, the only responses were people calling him a cheater and a disgrace.

There's a huge catch though. After doing some research I found out that this was literally STANDARD PRACTICE. Before this year, it was COMMON and even CELEBRATED for people to go back to the rail and consult with others. Phil Hellmuth was known to have extensive rail discussions during WSOP events, and everyone loves him.

Yet suddenly when this random Asian kid wins the most amount of money ever in WSOP history, it's all of a sudden a problem. Common arguments include how it's "Against the spirit and ethics of the game", how "Technology is so much better in 2024 so he's cheating", and otherwise just a massive amount of hate.

The way I see it, he's just a smart kid that came to win. He did what others did before him, taking the opportunity to gain a fair advantage while many others didn't. This is pure anti-Asian racism on an extremely easy target. If he was white, nobody would bat an eye.