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06-03-2012, 07:40 PM
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#46
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veteran
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
The usual rant of STOP LENDING MONEY TO PEOPLE AS CHARITY. There is nothing good about lending someone money with no interest rate that you don't trust literally 100%. Sorry to be the annoying 10000th person to say something like that. The upside is you have a new friend! and the downside is you lose big $$$. Pretty bad equity there.
More importantly, thank you for bringing information like this to the community both to out a scammer and to hopefully further push the lesson to avoid this spots entirely. After the fact it seems like you are handling this as well as can be hoped and it does take some courage to do so.
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06-03-2012, 07:41 PM
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#47
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WINNING
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: TOP DOWN CHROME SPINNING
Posts: 5,926
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
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Originally Posted by Ce1ska
low/no vig
edit: obligatory pic
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Nope, I'm still not getting it.
WCG received $13k and transferred $13k
No upside at all 
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06-03-2012, 07:42 PM
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#48
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Pooh-Bah
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: In my troll cave
Posts: 5,567
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Clearly WCG wanted to get some cash off without waiting 2 months, knew there was some chance that he'd get ****ed on the deal and came to the conclusion that it was worth the risk. Obviously he can't just come out and say this because then he looks less sympathetic, but that seems to be the situation. Can't rungood 100% of the time, gl getting the money back in something resembling timely fashion.
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06-03-2012, 07:44 PM
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#49
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Pooh-Bah
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: It's the praying mantis
Posts: 4,782
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
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Originally Posted by roy_miami
Sounds like this was a planned con, borrow a smaller amount so you can pay back right away in order to steal a much bigger amount. There is a decent chance your friend was involved in this plan too, Booth probably owes him a giant sum as well.
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exactly what I thought. that's some james sawyer **** right there.
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06-03-2012, 07:46 PM
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#50
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old hand
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,608
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
yu got kon'd
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06-03-2012, 07:53 PM
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#51
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Pooh-Bah
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,924
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
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Originally Posted by PokahAllday
For future advice read NVG every once in awhile.
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Agree with this. There is a lot of crap in NVG but there is also some very useful information.
Hope you get your money back WCG.
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06-03-2012, 07:55 PM
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#52
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veteran
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 3,011
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
If you have to ask people if you should loan someone money DONT DO IT.
You gain no respect for loaning money, you just get seen as a pushover. If youre loaning money to people who arent your very closest friends, you are THAT GUY. THAT GUY isnt cool awesome guy whos great to hang out with. THAT GUY is "hey theres that guy i barely know and dont feel bad about ripping off cos he wont do ****".
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06-03-2012, 07:57 PM
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#53
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enthusiast
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 97
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
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Originally Posted by blastoff
yu got kon'd
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06-03-2012, 07:58 PM
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#54
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old hand
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: William Penns Woods
Posts: 1,681
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Wins big bluff against ivey but loses at life.
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06-03-2012, 07:58 PM
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#55
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newbie
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Auckland
Posts: 15
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
WTF how can you be so stupid.Get cash in hand before you trans your first $1. If you that keen on burning your $$ send it my way !! and i promise to not even try and pay it back.keeps it all simple then. 
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06-03-2012, 08:01 PM
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#56
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old hand
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Rome
Posts: 1,228
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sad that so many well known players in reality are just scammers
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06-03-2012, 08:01 PM
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#57
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banned
Join Date: May 2007
Location: 'MERICA
Posts: 4,605
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
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Originally Posted by MrBump
Nope, I'm still not getting it.
WCG received $13k and transferred $13k
No upside at all |
Upside is he didn't have to pay the 5-10% vig he would usually pay to get money off Merge.
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06-03-2012, 08:02 PM
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#58
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veteran
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 2,564
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
when i read OP my first thought was "how could you fall for this i knew you couldnt lend to him" but i cant figure out how i knew that and cant find any threads to support that
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06-03-2012, 08:03 PM
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#59
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newbie
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 15
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
I hope you end up getting in touch with Brad and end up getting your money back. It's a shame that so many well-known poker 'heroes' are such degens and scumbags.
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06-03-2012, 08:04 PM
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#60
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Outside the Box
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Between Scylla and Charybdis
Posts: 2,373
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Re: Poker Player Brad Booth stole ~$28,000 from Me
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Originally Posted by roy_miami
Sounds like this was a planned con, borrow a smaller amount so you can pay back right away in order to steal a much bigger amount.
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Yes, sadly have to agree on this being quite likely. I'm guessing he would have asked for much more if it was possible as well.
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