Last month, we tallked about the problem facing many online poker players on Nevada’s only legalized and regulated site, WSOP.com, and how it appears that the prospect of winning a bracelet in a relatively inexpensive online tourney has drawn a lot of cheaters out of the virtual woodwork. This month, the battle over transparency and …
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(Opinions offered here are those of the author only and do not necessarily represent the opinions or viewpoints of the owners of Kick Ass Poker — hh.) Beginning on August 1, a new era in trying to oust chronic cheaters from both the online and live poker worlds is slated to begin its monitoring and …
Continue reading “The PIC era arrives, but will poker actually become a cleaner game?”
It’s taken me a few days to get my head fully around the cheating episode that unfolded during an episode of the “Hustler Casino Live” poker livestreamed cash game a week or so ago. One would think that in this day and age, poker players would know better than to cheat in front of the …
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Mike Postle, the California poker pro who was sued by nearly 90 other players for allegedly cheating during dozens of livestreamed cash games at Sacramento’s Stones Gambling Hall, has been granted a second continuance in his $330 million defamation lawsuit against a dozen of his most prominent public accusers. Postle received a 33-day continuation until …
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US District Judge William B Shubb has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 88 plaintiffs and former players on Stones Gambling Hall’s “Stones Live!” podcasts against alleged poker cheat Mike Postle, “Stones Live!” director Justin Kuraitis, and Stones Gambling Hall corporate parent Kings Casino Management. In his opinion, offered yesterday, June 3, 2020, Shubb largely relied …
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The high-stakes hullabaloo over alleged “ghosting” activity in an invitation-only, online-app-based poker cash game hosted by multimillionaire Bill Perkins has lit up the poker world through the entirety of the extended Memorial Day weekend and much of this past week, exposing what can only be described as the sad state of affairs in at least …
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Separate filings in two poker-cheating lawsuits allege Postle has been gaming the legal system to muddy up the two processes. There’s been quite a bit of news in recent days in the two lawsuits involving alleged poker cheat Mike Postle, the focal point of an ongoing firestorm that’s unlikely to go away any time soon. …
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Sacramento-area poker pro Mike Postle, the central figure in a high-profile, $10 million civil case including allegations of cheating during dozens of live-streamed poker sessions from California’s Stones Gambling Hall, has filed his initial legal response in the case. The filing, dated March 24, 2020, was first published on the RounderLife website already closely linked …
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The most interest-drawing topic in the poker world in recent months, the outing of alleged cheating by Mike Postle during dozens of “Stones Live” podcasts and a $10 million lawsuit subsequently filed by a lengthy list of alleged victims, is back in the news after two months of only very minor developments. This time out, …
Continue reading “A Mid-January Mike Postle / Postlegate Update: Those Service Blues”
Welcome back to another installment in the newly reborn Kickass Poker Blog, this time honing in on one of the highest-profile poker cheating cases in recent memory. Of course, that means it’s about accused cheater Mike Postle, who’s been accused of having used secret access to his opponent’s hole cards during dozens of modest-stakes “Stones …
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