WSOP Paradise documentary removed after AI concerns
No Limit has been pulled after it broadcast AI-generated quotes that Alan Keating did not say.
The WSOP Paradise documentary No Limit has been removed from YouTube by the World Series of Poker after it was revealed that fake AI-generated quotes were used in the most recent episode.
WSOP has recently learned that AI-generated content was used in the No Limit docuseries to alter players’ words without authorization.
We have removed the videos and will redo the editing to ensure the final product reflects our standards.
We sincerely apologize to everyone…
— WSOP - World Series of Poker (@WSOP) November 23, 2025
One of the episode's stars, Alan Keating, revealed on Twitter that some of the quotes used by him were AI-generated. This led the show's producer, Dustin Ionnotti, to apologise to Keating and admit they had been. Also on the episode was Keating's opponent, Alex Keating, who revealed his voice had been altered with AI due to a technical issue, and wanted to withdraw his consent to be featured in future episodes (which, it turned out, he was not in).
PokerNews revealed that the AI-generated quotes included this one: "I don't even like tournaments. I like putting people in tough spots and testing their will. And then ripping their heads off".
This quote was similar to other quotes Keating had said, but at no point did he say anything like "ripping their heads off".
Ionnotti has insisted that Keating's quotes were the only ones which were fabricated. The WSOP have said that the whole documentary has been removed until a version with original quotes is available.
"Poker content industry is creatively bankrupt"
This news is tremendously embarrassing for all parties involved, most of all Ionnotti, who, in the build-up to this documentary, launched a scathing attack on poker content creators, calling them "creatively bankrupt".
I'm about to alienate the entire poker industry with what I'm going to say.
But someone needs to point out that we've been telling the wrong story for 20 years.
The evidence is undeniable. The solution is uncomfortable.
The poker content industry is creatively bankrupt and… pic.twitter.com/VS8hZLNJ6d
— Dustin Iannotti (@dustini) April 10, 2025
He promised that his documentary was going to change the way we viewed poker content, yet prior to the removal of the episodes, it was performing much worse in terms of views than a lot of other poker YouTube channels.
It wasn't the only issue to face the documentary. One episode featured a favourable section on Ren Lin, shortly after he was banned by the WSOP and GGPoker for ghosting.
The timing is terrible for the WSOP as this documentary, despite its claims to be a drama to captivate a non-poker audience, was clearly just part of the marketing wing of the upcoming WSOP Paradise series next month.
