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10-01-2019 , 11:19 PM
losing a lot of respect for both Jaman and Trooper. talking about how there's "no real proof" that Mike Postle cheated and the whole saga is only because of "mob mentality"

I really hope those paychecks from Stones are worth it.
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10-01-2019 , 11:48 PM
Talking out of their asses at this point.

There is no way they could knowledgeably state that if they'd viewed any of the stuff in NVG or youtube. It's looking very bad for Mike Postle at this point.
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10-02-2019 , 01:56 AM
Where's Jaman saying that?
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10-02-2019 , 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by WasitacatIsaw?
Where's Jaman saying that?
starts at about 1:52:20

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/489058455?t=1h52m20s

highlights include Jaman boiling it down to "mob mentality" and "people are just bored", Mike's brother "there's no proof. If there was proof, then show the proof" and Trooper going with the classic "innocent until proven guilty" defense.

At this point if you haven't seen any proof then you are just willfully burying your head in the sand and don't actually want to see it.
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10-02-2019 , 12:50 PM
The thread in NVG is moving quite fast. This is happening in California (Stones Casino) - not Turning Stone Casino (in upstate NY)

I think this is a fantastic summary and is pretty much up to date in terms of what every one currently knows

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Summary thus far:

Thesis - Mike Postle was using technology and/or a partner or partners to gain access to opponents hole cards in real time.

Evidence -

HANDS PLAYED IN A VACUUM - At this point there are too many hands to count in which Postle played his hands perfectly or close to perfectly given his opponents exact holdings. Many of these plays have been analyzed by individuals in this thread, Joey Ingram and others on Youtube, and by high level pros such as Matt Berkey, Scott Seiver, and Haralobos Voulgaris. All of the above mentioned pros and the vast majority of individuals in this thread have concluded that his play style strongly suggests he has access to his opponents hole cards,

HANDS PLAYED INCONSISTENTLY - This is related to point one, but should be made separately as it is important to note that not only is he playing these hands optimally in a vacuum against opponents specific cards, but that in doing so it led to him taking wildly different lines in similar spots across different sessions. Although his lines differed considerably when he faced similar spots, he was nearly 100% accurate with his decisions, particularly on the river.

POSTURE DURING HANDS - THE CROTCH ARGUMENT - The above two lines of evidence have been rebutted by Postle supporters and Postle himself on his Twitter by arguing that he has an ability to read players that allows him to play a high VPIP style and consistently make correct decisions based on his live reads. This argument becomes problematic when reviewing the film. Postle has a very consistent posture present throughout most hands in which he is simply staring straight down into his crotch, barely paying attention to the other player. This is an odd posture to begin with, but when you consider that he actually has a phone in his left hand that is in his crotch, it becomes clear that he is actually staring at his phone. Why would he just stare down at his phone in the middle of a hand? Postle himself addressed this briefly in a tweet talking about how he and others would watch the stream on their phones. When taken together with all of the other evidence, many believe he was using his phone to gain access to opponents hole cards. It should also be noted here with posture that he consistently sits close to the table, keeps his left arm under the table holding his phone even when gathering chips many times. He is very careful not to let anyone see his phone. Perhaps the most damning problem with his posture on film is that it serves to rebut Postle’s argument that he is live reading his opponents. He is barely looking at them, while mostly staring down at his phone.

HIS RESULTS - I don’t know that anyone has actually compiled his overall VPIP or any other stats aside from winnings, but the winnings are insane. They were posted by Joey on his Twitter last night. I’ll summarize here. These numbers are from 2018. +93.2k overall in 21 sessions. Joey does note he had two losing sessions. Playing ⅓ he logged 52 hours over 13 sessions and profited 36.12k for a nearly $700/hr winrate. He played 13 sessions at that level and never lost once. At 5/5 he played 64 hours over 16 sessions and profited 56.8k for an almost $890/hr winrate. He had one losing session out of 16. So out of 29 sessions total at these levels he had one losing session and profited 93k for a total winrate of $800/hr.

RFID WEIRDNESS - CHANGING POSTLE’S CARDS - There are multiple instances of hands where somehow Postle and/or Stones claims that Postle had different cards than what was shown on stream. One point of view is that these changes were fabricated to make Postle’s play seem less suspicious. Arguments from Postle and supporters state that RFID errors occur frequently on the Stones stream. This topic is still up in the air as there have been multiple posters in this thread that have indicated that they played on the stream and can verify that their holecards were wrong in certain hands. Further, there is a screenshot of a hand where the Jd is in Postle’s hand and also on the board, providing clear evidence of some kind of error.

POSTLE ONLY PLAYS IN THE STREAMED GAMES - This issue is also a bit murky as posts have come in indicating both ways, but some have stated that Postle racks up after the stream ends and does not play off stream or does so rarely. Others have come in to state they have played with Postle for years and that he does play off stream and there was even a claim that he was a good online player back in the day. I don’t know that any conclusions can be drawn here just yet.

THE BREAK - This is the newest piece of evidence to come to light. According to Veronika’s (original accuser) twitter, Postle took an unusual break during this summer where he played very few streams. This wouldn’t mean much except for the role it plays in one of the biggest questions surrounding this - If he cheated, did he have a partner and, if so, who was it? Many have speculated that the individual in charge of the Stones livestream was involved as he would be someone with access to the realtime RFID feed. It just so happens that this individual left to attend the WSOP during the times where Postle took his break.

CONCLUSION - The vast majority of people who have looked at this evidence have concluded he cheated, most likely by being sent opponents exact hole cards. Most seem to agree he had a partner and did not know what cards would come out on any street. Most favor that he knew exact hole cards rather than just being ahead or behind but some do support the latter theory.

There might be some stuff I missed but this will generally catch you up. Cheers.
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10-02-2019 , 12:58 PM
What ArtyMcFly posted after is even better.
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10-02-2019 , 01:18 PM
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ya'll will be back when his life goes through another low point
You mean when he makes a poker vlog again
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10-02-2019 , 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by squid face
The thread in NVG is moving quite fast. This is happening in California (Stones Casino) - not Turning Stone Casino (in upstate NY)

I think this is a fantastic summary and is pretty much up to date in terms of what every one currently knows
In other words, the "evidence" is circumstantial or "he wins too much to not be cheating".
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10-02-2019 , 01:46 PM
I have played a lot of live poker. I would bet everything that I have that he is cheating.

His w/r is close to a g note per hour over 277 hours of footage (most of which is 1/3 and 5/5). Dude never makes a bad call/ or piles it in v nuts. It is beyond comical
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10-02-2019 , 02:01 PM
Hard to find ethics in poker players

Phil Hellmuth shilled for Absolute Bet even after the superuser scandal came to light
Daniel Negreanu shilled for PS even after they robbed Super Nova Elite players of their promised rakeback
Andrew Neeme shilled for PS as well with the #VloggerInParadise challenge in exchange for a $25k buy-in
Jeff Boski shills for ACR even though their site appears to be bot infested and has questionable payouts
Trooper shills for Westgate even after their scandal of giving late entrants discounted tournament buy-ins to meet the overlay
Jayman shills for Stones in the same week their livestream cheating scandal came to light.

Brad Owen is the only popular vlogger I can see with his hands clean at this point.
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10-02-2019 , 02:02 PM


Greatest Live Player Ever.
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10-02-2019 , 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by rtd353
starts at about 1:52:20

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/489058455?t=1h52m20s

highlights include Jaman boiling it down to "mob mentality" and "people are just bored", Mike's brother "there's no proof. If there was proof, then show the proof" and Trooper going with the classic "innocent until proven guilty" defense.

At this point if you haven't seen any proof then you are just willfully burying your head in the sand and don't actually want to see it.
The way Jaman was going on and on about it you would nearly think someone was paying him to declare Mike Postle's innocence. It actually blows my mind that any experienced poker player would come to the defense of any other poker player so quickly after serious accusations like this have come out. We've seen this kind of thing play out so many times in the past where a poker player (sometimes squeaky clean) is accused of something and then it turns out he is guilty.

How well does Jaman even know Postle? I suppose he's played poker with him a decent amount and enjoys his company. I think you're crazy if you think you can judge a person's character simply by playing poker with him. Also, being good with people (as Postle seems to be) is a trait common to any good conman.

At this point I'd give Trooper a pass on this one though. I doubt he's that familiar with all the details and the only point he made was true. A person shouldn't have to prove one's innocence. Thing is, there is overwhelming proof that Postle was cheating. We don't need to know exactly how he cheated to know he cheated. I only needed to watch one session to realize he was cheating and there are literally dozens of sessions that people are watching to gather the data which will prove his guilt.

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Every trooper video I have watched has been boring as dirt, I don’t get the attraction.
I guess it is different for different people but the initial attraction for many of us was that his vlogs were showing the struggles of a poker player trying to gain traction as a full time poker pro. The ups and downs he experienced made for a fascinating story, IMO. However, those days are long passed and I'm not sure what people find interesting about his vlogs these days other than he's a likeable guy with some fun catchphrases.
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10-02-2019 , 03:32 PM
I thought all of these streams had a delay on them of at least 5 minutes, and usually more like 30 minutes. It's very surprising to me that anyone would think streaming a literally live game with hole cards was a good idea.
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10-02-2019 , 03:39 PM
It is on delay, except not delayed for Postle, direct to his phone. Allegedly.
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10-02-2019 , 03:50 PM
Yes it's on delay but the card data exists so there are likely a number of ways the system could be compromised in order for a cheater to gain access to that data. It sounds like Postle probably utilized the easiest way which is gaining access to the real time stream itself which should only be accessible to certain superusers in production.
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10-02-2019 , 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by squid face
The thread in NVG is moving quite fast. This is happening in California (Stones Casino) - not Turning Stone Casino (in upstate NY)

I think this is a fantastic summary and is pretty much up to date in terms of what every one currently knows
One thing missing from this is Postle has deleted his Linkedin profile (and another I think). The issue here is that they show that he seems to be involved in some poker and mobile phone tech.
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10-02-2019 , 05:02 PM
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In other words, the "evidence" is circumstantial or "he wins too much to not be cheating".
Not at all. Start with the summary posted earlier today in this thread and jump right into the NVG thread (that's what I did today. No way I was reading that kegathread from the beginning). It becomes obvious right away from the evidence that he is cheating.
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10-02-2019 , 05:13 PM
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In other words, the "evidence" is circumstantial or "he wins too much to not be cheating".
Google "Sam Rothstein Fires the Slots Manager" from the movie "Casino"
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10-02-2019 , 05:24 PM
I think boski played with the accused on one of his vlogs. Curious if he thinks the guy is cheating.
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10-02-2019 , 05:30 PM
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I think boski played with the accused on one of his vlogs. Curious if he thinks the guy is cheating.
Boski appeared in a session Chicago Joey was reviewing late last night. I didn't watch the whole thing but right off the bat Postle bluffed Boski off Aces in a multiway PLO hand. It was looked like he had access to the hole cards.
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10-02-2019 , 06:30 PM
Whoever does live graphics for the stream has access to the cards that are dealt first. It wouldn't be hard to relay that info to a player that you have an agreement with to split the winnings.

IJS.
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10-02-2019 , 06:48 PM
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10-02-2019 , 06:50 PM
Post the updated version:

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10-02-2019 , 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by foatie
Whoever does live graphics for the stream has access to the cards that are dealt first. It wouldn't be hard to relay that info to a player that you have an agreement with to split the winnings.

IJS.


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