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08-07-2011, 02:22 PM
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#751
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adept
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: US of Goldman Sachs
Posts: 820
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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Originally Posted by RangeyMcTriplmerge
Here's a question.
Haseeb - Jose told someone that you were logged in to his ipoker account. Was he lying?
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This is a valid question that needs to be answered imo.
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Originally Posted by tobbe
I agree that theres no excuse for what he's done but It's really not the same
thing here since he paid back double of what he stole. That's like a serial killer would bring the people he killed back to life after he's caught.
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Originally Posted by RangeyMcTriplmerge
yeah, I think that's possibly not a fair comparison lol...
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Yeah, it was an attempt at hyperbole. Obviously stealing money and murdering people are two different things, I thought that would be obvious to most people, guess not. So I'll go on the record and state that I don't actually think that murdering people and stealing money are the same thing.
My point is that apologizing for doing something wrong does not undo the wrong that has been done. A more accurate analogy would be if a car thief who has stolen hundreds of cars gets caught, he then apologizes for stealing the cars, and then gives back ten of them saying that he's sorry that he stole five cars. That doesn't make it ok and it's not a commendable or respectable thing to do.
Which leads to my next point. I find it hard to believe that he only stole 30k. It seems very likely that he actually stole a lot more than that, which would also explain why someone that's making a ton of money from poker would take the risk of scamming people. It's already been proven that parts of his apology are bull ****, so isn't it likely that all of it is bull ****. He's only apologizing for stealing the money because he got caught stealing it. He's not going to apologize for stealing all the other money that he stole.
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08-07-2011, 02:24 PM
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#752
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veteran
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 2,375
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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Originally Posted by DesperadoGM
A lot of decent mid stakes guys out there have the knowledge to pass off as NL genius', especially if they could make claims of huge win rates. Jose pulled the woll over some peoples eyes with big claims and a humble guy persona.
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I think this is true. I've never played above 25/50 but if I had some graphs to show I had been crushing there and higher, I think I might be able to pull off something similar to this. Maybe not to the extent girahh did, but I wouldn't be surprised if I could convince a bunch of 25/50 regs I had similar skills if we just talked about poker and never actually played.
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08-07-2011, 02:25 PM
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#753
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adept
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 751
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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Originally Posted by doctesseractyl
Make no mistake, Haseeb is 100% imlicated & heavily involved in this. Rangey & I have done more work on this investigation than any 2 people out there. Jungleman is "high 90's" but please have no doubts during this confusing aftermath, Haseeb has been in bed with Jose from the get-go and only threw him under the bus the very moment it was +EV for him to do so. Haseeb is on his "golden parachute" right now--see other thread. The best way for Haseeb to make his clean escape is in this smokescreen of uncertainty & speculation, which he will spin (through his shills) what he wants the 2p2 community to be guided into as the "official aftermath" to the fallout which he knew had calculable odds of backfiring.
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Seems that you and Rangey have some evidence regarding others implicated in this, why not release it?
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08-07-2011, 02:27 PM
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#754
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adept
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 760
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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Originally Posted by FoxwoodsFiend
IMO, DesperadoGM's breakdown seems like the most plausible scenario, other than overselling Sauce's involvement
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+1
I have a handful of internet friends that I'd vouch for IRL as being good and decent human beings, that I'd visit if I could afford it, etc. I've also known them for a few years from way back when. But could one of them actually be a child rapist? Could a girl actually be a guy? Of course. And if I told one of my IRL friends to go out and visit one of my internet friends if they were in the area and my IRL friend got raped or robbed, I'd def feel bad and take responsibility in so far as I should, but I don't deserve to go to jail over it. And I feel like my relationships and reputation would give me the benefit of the doubt to know I wasn't 'in on the plan'. Which is why DiH should get that same benefit here unless people know something else. Not saying he's above scrutiny, but condemning him prematurely is sort of retarded.
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08-07-2011, 02:28 PM
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#755
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grinder
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 424
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
Haseeb is being tied greatly to this because of the logging into accounts, writing blog posts, etc. so its safe to say he's definitely involved, how deep the rabbit hole goes is anyones guess.
but what do we know about JM? I mean for what I see in this thread, he could be put into the same boat as Sauce123, as in they only knew Jose through his own hype and not the ACTUAL player himself. Why is he under heavy suspicion too, what did he do?
Sorry i'm not trying to defend JM but i'm curious as to if he had any real suspicious leaks in his story.. like is there evidence of him playing in Girahs acct, etc.
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08-07-2011, 02:29 PM
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#756
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old hand
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Polarising my tanking range
Posts: 1,505
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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Originally Posted by Noobie Newbertson
Yeah, it was an attempt at hyperbole.
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lol sorry dude, should have realised that. lot of crazy statements on NVG that I can't always discern rhetoric from genuine belief as well I'd like
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08-07-2011, 02:29 PM
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#757
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adept
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 760
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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Originally Posted by lm91
I was in on the first page of the original thread calling the situation suspicious. I agree that more attention needs to be paid to the involvement of dogishead, jungleman, sauce
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It's also p clear that sauce has nothing to do w/ this beyond talking to the guy once in a while and believing his story in as much as you'd believe someone your peers vouch for on the internets.
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Originally Posted by daxile
but what do we know about JM? I mean for what I see in this thread, he could be put into the same boat as Sauce123, as in they only knew Jose through his own hype and not the ACTUAL player himself. Why is he under heavy suspicion too, what did he do?
Sorry i'm not trying to defend JM but i'm curious as to if he had any real suspicious leaks in his story.. like is there evidence of him playing in Girahs acct, etc.
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imo the only fishy thing is if Girah was busto or only up 30k + or - whatever, his attempts at durrr challenge or playing isil heads up is def questionable
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08-07-2011, 02:35 PM
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#758
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veteran
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: @SteveScales
Posts: 2,682
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
Wow, this is absurd. I don't even know what to say, are you still a lock pro? If so, you should probably tender your resignation.
Ughh this is so sad to see HSplayers let everything get to their head, make so much money playing yet still exploit others for capital gain.
I was really excited to hear all the hype about you in the past months and when you signed with Lock, now I wish you never joined the poker community.
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08-07-2011, 02:37 PM
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#759
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grinder
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: @camjsimz
Posts: 573
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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Originally Posted by lm91
I was in on the first page of the original thread calling the situation suspicious. I agree that more attention needs to be paid to the involvement of dogishead, jungleman, sauce and the guy who bet his entire net worth on Jose's credibility. There is almost certainly more to this story and their involvement and character needs to be called into question. It's even more suspicious considering that they went out of their way to vouch for some random kid who came out of nowhere. Yet, when the house of cards came tumbling down they had little to say and are suspiciously absent. At the very least it's irresponsible, at worst they are in on the scam.
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imfromsweden right? LOL
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08-07-2011, 02:37 PM
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#760
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veteran
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Rooting for RelaxedPrecision -NMHU.
Posts: 3,204
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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08-07-2011, 02:37 PM
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#761
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journeyman
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: los angeles, CA
Posts: 364
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
Between these scams and part time poker .com in the last year.... Its just not getting easier to be confident that most poker players won't do anything for their bottom line.
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08-07-2011, 02:37 PM
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#762
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newbie
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 38
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
Why was it that Cates (jungle) was denied from entering Canada ??? hmmm
And is dog going to defend himself/give explanation about the claim he logged on and played on Jose' account.
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08-07-2011, 02:38 PM
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#763
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adept
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: location, location
Posts: 1,088
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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Originally Posted by SGT RJ
Everything else aside, I hope incidents like this can finally lay to rest the ridiculous argument that "person/company X would never cheat, look at how much money they make! Why would they risk it?"
The truth is that for a lot of people, however much money they have is not enough, and they will look for any shortcuts to make more money, and quickly, and even when they get that more, they STILL won't think it's enough.
Old but often true: Money is the root of all evil. Or at least the root of a lot of immature, greedy, scumbag behavior.
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The crux of your argument rests on Jose actually making the 2mm or w/e he allegedly made.
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08-07-2011, 02:38 PM
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#764
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old hand
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Polarising my tanking range
Posts: 1,505
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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Originally Posted by GloupnaktouK
Seems that you and Rangey have some evidence regarding others implicated in this, why not release it?
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I'm not keen on posting what I've found in my stat comparison analyis as I don't want to make any direct accusations against anybody without being 100% sure. I've shot myself in the foot before by comparing stats and then finding out that an account that was claimed to be Jose's is in fact someone completely unconnected and innocent and I don't want to do that again! I was hoping that Jose would at some point reveal some of his other past account names so I could be clearer but that's probably not going to happen - bit late to try to save his reputation now lol...
One thing I was absolutely sure about was that a) Jose incorporated the results of oovoo99 in his HEM screenshot and b) there is no way that Jose and oovoo99 are the same player - so I posted about this briefly a while back. However this is no longer especially scandalous since I think nobody believes any more that Jose is the true player behind the winrates in that HEM screenshot.
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08-07-2011, 02:40 PM
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#765
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adept
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 751
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Re: The Portuguese Poker Prodigy José “Girah” Macedo Scammed HSNL players for >$30,000 HSNL xpo
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Originally Posted by Matt Probability
The crux of your argument rests on Jose actually making the 2mm or w/e he allegedly made.
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In this context yes, but many other contexts can be summoned to illustrate her argument.
Think of Wall Street, for one. I mean...
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