JUST TO CLARIFY: I am the Hal Lewis who had dealings with Maurice Hawkins... and I can tell you with 100% certainty that I did NOT make the original post in this thread. It contains so many clear errors -- like the location of my law practice and the name of our local newspaper -- that anyone can see it was made by someone POSING as me.
I have a very strong guess as to who posted it and why... but I will keep that to myself.
Sorry for responding so late to all of this... but I had no idea this site even existed until someone just recently brought this post to my attention.
I no longer stake players (lesson learned), but I still play the wild PLO games in Gretna, FL. Come join us!