there is a 0% chance u played the same way knowing u would be screwed if u cashed

as others have said, stop lying and come clean with everything, u will earn more respect that way

IF this is a one off its clear eitherway you've made a big mistake, if this is really the worst/only bad thing you've done poker it's alright but don't really know if this stuff comes from the blue and agree the Vegas excuse is weak.. even if it's true that's your own weakness as the vast vast majority of people who are otherwise legit get so "owned" by Vegas even if they run bad...

would imagine the main was legit since it would be so dumb to post that list and have people not on it given circumstances, I've met you/Ben a couple times briefly and played a few times and rly as others said wouldn't expect this for various reasons so it's disappointing.. I hope this really was a one off and it will never happen again. I also rly hope that if this hadn't come public that you wouldn't have gotten out of control because if this is the only thing then relative to what it could be I guess at least it's a little "better". and people do make mistakes even if this was particularly poor form with premeditated stealing and lying to friends... if this could somehow be proven to be the only thing wrong in poker you ever did then sure I would hope eventually people can kind of forgive you even if they don't trust you again..

if there is anything else please just tell the truth now as it's much better to come clean then have others post or figure out. and if it's not super clear any swaps or investments in the 5k should be obviously refunded in full, this is like the minimum that should happen because you essentially tried to freeroll people, so should be slightly punished for that so paying people for a swap that didn't cash the % you swapped (plus obviously any %s sold and even more obviously second bullets charged should be refunded full) as well as returning money to anyone who cashed.

R.i.p to your live career . What a dog !!

posting receipts is good, but not definitive proof, since most tourneys let you unreg.

so, in the end they're not really that important, unless it's a photo on the table with a receipts & stack aside (although even this could also easily be faked), or a picture taken AFTER the event.

Leave him alone. He was disoriented OK..vegas has a lot of flashing bright lights

yeah was just about to write this after re-reading the Op about receipts not being the best proof, although when "unexpectedly requested" like in the OP can still be damning

Jah know Ben... whaddat star?

As others have said.. Just make sure you fess up to all of it and then make amends.

Forgiveness may be a long way away and trust even further.

Bless

In the best case scenario you are still a degenerate gambler who has proven to not be trustworthy and not capable of handling money the right way.

In a worse case scenario you just stole money and were hoping to get away with it. Either way nobody should ever put any faith in you as a poker player any more and you should seek help for your problems. I'm guessing right now you probably think that degening away money that was meant for tourneys isn't 'that big of a deal' and that you don't have a gambling issue, but this is unfortunately probably not the case.

To anyone who had swapped % with him in any event and ended up cashing, I would never pay this guy his money and not feel bad about it for a second. you reap what you sow

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

Winner

yeah didn't mean to imply it is definitive proof, just something that takes 2 seconds to do and there is no good excuse not to post a pic of receipt and stack at some point when tourney is starting. Literally takes 2 seconds to tweet out a pic.

FFS you have swaps with ankush and Brian ***** altman and you still pull this half assed scam? You could prob just make a living off those two swaps

Cmon David we both know that even if this is literally the only bad thing he's ever done it's not even close to alright

the nonchalantness of the response is pretty crazy... like just made a mistake my bad ill move on and learn from it. no dude u scammed ur friends and backers.

also dont get how you have the means to make everyone whole, like if you had the means to make every1 whole why did u scam in the first place?

Yea, this.



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"not liquid enough for a second bullet, will reimburse when I'm liquid again" or just the fear of admitting your cash broke?

A paragraph or 2 wouldn't have gone astray or I guess that was intentional.

I presume you will be banned from the marketplace now?

How does everyone have such a bad moneymanagement

It's seems clear that the main event wasn't a scam due to the quick transparent nature of the replies from kidcardiff. Is their any questions over the rest of the package sold for the series?

Nothing is clear without verification imo

lets not get crazy here

Pretty surprised/ disappointed to see this happen. Seems extremely out of character from someone who has always come across to me as very professional and composed. How you can jeopardise close friendships/ relationships and your reputation over something so trivial like this is completely beyond me. All I can say is that poker has clearly brought out the worst in you, and it is not healthy for you to continue playing. I would recommend strongly considering finding something else to do/ taking a sebatical from poker. It's a shame to see a seemingly intelligent man with a lot going for him being reduced to stealing from his friends and investors out of what I can only imagine is desperation/ stress.

sorry "alright" is ofc 100pc not the right word there, bparis you're right.
maybe "repairable" or something along those lines