Talking can run your odds of going to jail up to 100%. Consider a typical loser who gets caught shoplifting from Wal-Mart. Like an idiot he yaps like a puppy dog when the cops show up, and admits he came to the store to steal the DVD or whatever it is. Oops! He has now admitted to committing a commercial burglary. Instead of petty theft and probation he is convicted of a felony, goes to jail, and complains to his cellmates about the unfairness of it all.

agreed zachvac

It could be possible the admired people listed were misled just like the rest of the world
a CFO cooking/adjusting the books may lead them to think the pay/bonuses were reasonable


almost like the Bernie Madoff case, how many people really knew? did his wife? did his kids? how many working at the business? some may have had suspicions but did they know?

So much judgment in some of the comments. From what I have read it sounds more like mismanagement of assets at a company level more than particular "accused" people trying to defraud players.

Most of these "houshold names" are probably either on the run from the IRS, too embarrassed because their bankrupt, or just dont care.

They dont want to stick their neck out TOO much, draw attention, because historically, people that stand up talking publically get targeted by ... 'you know who'; it starts with 'Internal' and ends with 'Service'.

These folks are smart to STFU.

I always wondered what happens to "poker professionals". Because poker is still gambling, I'm sure most of these guys are broke anyway. Another institution of falsehood, to join all the others on the bones and sculls of dreamers.

(Insert tragic music here)

But you gotta take your shot; better that than face the reality that we are not special, all our beliefs are lies, and we are condemned to a mundane existence in the machine as, well... nothings. Better off dead.... or more likely... broke.