He’s speaking of Ivey I imagine.
You're probably right. I don't equate what Ivey did with what is going on here. Ivey beat the casino by playing within the casinos own rules.
Ivey requested that the baccarat dealer sort the cards in a certain way, and she complied, that is on them - not Ivey. IMHO.
I equate what Ivey did with card counting at blackjack. Not cheating.
This thread is sort of funny in a way, you have zit ad nauseum slamming this guy because he cheated.
Then someone brings up notorious cheater Phil Ivey and says not the same situation and then compounds his error by stating
Absolutely Not the same fkn thing,,, Taking from the casino is leveling the odds,,, stealing from other players is disgusting!
Cheating is Cheating no matter who it has an effect on.
What if a guy dropped a $100 bill and another guy standing near by saw it and walked over and picked it up and walked away. What about going to the bank and the teller giving you back too much money and you know it.
Would you say it was ok to take from the bank and be pissed at the guy that took the other guys $100?
This so called poker player got caught but nothing has been done, why didn't they 86 him from the place? Why didn't they shut down the game from being shown live? Why haven't they come out and said we fucked up and offered restitution for this fuck job. It's not like they don't have the money to cover it. But wait they can't say that because their reputation as an honest poker room goes up in flames.
If you are so upset over this and you weren't involved, you should be upset over the fraud poker room called Global Poker you so love to state how you crush it there. Do a search on the fraud, I am not wasting my time educating you on it. Google is your friend.
1. You call Ivey a "notorious cheater." Other than him taking advantage of the casino providing trackable cards in baccarat, what other instances of "cheating" do you have to label him this way?
2. When I count cards in blackjack and adjust my play accordingly, do you consider me to be a cheater? Why or why not?
3. I have no idea why you have your panties in a wad about me posting about playing at global poker
It's clear you are the one with their panties in a bunch regarding something you have nothing to do with nor ever will. I just called you out on your hypocrisy is all.
ivey communicated the terms in advance to the casino. they accepted.
the staff, suits, and the cameras watched him like a hawk.
HE DID NOT CHEAT. he did allow the casinos' greed to let
them agree to terms that in hindsight were not in their best
interest. he would be called an ADVANTAGE player not a cheater.
since the casinos have great input in many states regarding
the statutes, rules, and decisions along with hating advantage
players, they were able to convince the courts that ivey had
transgressed, cheated, or taken advantage of the casinos by
using the aforementioned statutes etc to make ivey return
the money he won. a travesty of a decision, but not unexpected
viewing the casinos' contempt for winners and their ability
to make themselves look like uninformed victims when they
lose.
Mike Postle Accused of Avoiding Court Summons
<time datetime="2020-01-08T12:16:00-08:00" style="box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 1;">January 08, 2020</time>Mo NuwwarahAfter weeks of speculation over the next steps in the Mike Postle cheating saga, an update has finally emerged, though it may not be as substantial as many onlookers hoped.
Legal machinations against Postle began in October after he allegedly cheated dozens of players out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in livestreamed cash games at Stones Gambling Hall.
The update, from Vegas Slots Online, does not paint the picture of a man fighting back against false charges.
According to the reporting, a process server spent a large chunk of the month of December attempting to serve Postle with legal paperwork giving notice of the impending civil lawsuit against him. In all, the server attempted to make contact with Postle on five separate days, coming up empty-handed on each occasion.
Mac VerStandig, attorney for the plaintiffs, then made his own attempt to serve Postle with the summons.
The whole bizarre story is worth a read, but according to VerStandig, he approached Postle's residence in California and spent several minutes attempting to ring the doorbell and knocking on the door, eliciting no response. Rather than leave, VerStandig said he surveilled the place until spotting Postle inside, at which point he resumed ultimately unsuccessful attempts to serve the paperwork.
VerStandig also reported attempting to reach Postle through his criminal defense attorney, which also proved fruitless.
Next Steps
While Postle may wish to stay hidden away from the world and pocket whatever remains of his allegedly pilfered poker winnings, that won't be an option with pending legal action against him. He can't simply pretend this is a bad ending to what was once appeared to be a lucrative dream. At some point, he'll have to respond or risk the court granting judgment against him.
Postle's next moves will be watched by everyone following this landmark story, and PokerNews will continue to monitor the latest developments.
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2020/01/mike-postle-accused-of-dodging-legal-summons-36352.htm
Obviously, he was cheating - he is getting a big judgment against him - only thing he personally has going is that the casino is getting sued also - he probably does not have the money and the casino does - I don't think he can admit to cheating because it's criminal - it's become such a big deal that I sure the DA's office is leaning all over the casino that those involved are going to accept a deal and sing on Postel - it's only a matter of time before his ass is in prison - he may be best to admit everything and pay everything back immediately to possibly avoid prison