I think the lesson here is to make a research before making such statement with racist connotation. The stacking website is romanian/others.

Well, we have some quality romanian players staked. The reason most of the ripoffs posted are from romanians is that 90% of horses are of this nationality.

Update

The warning has been posted on :

-runitonce.com
Link: http://www.runitonce.com/chatter/war...amian-copelan/

-deucescracked.com
Link: https://www.deucescracked.com/forums...ious-scamms-by

-cardrunners.com
Link: http://www.cardrunners.com/cr_forums...geh-quot/page2

-hendonmob.com
Link: http://www.thehendonmob.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48026

-blondepoker.com
Link: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=60733.15

I hope that after seeing the original thread and the responses in the warning threads, people now have a good idea about the scamming activities of Damian Copeland.

QUESTION FOR THE THREAD
does any one post about negative experience that are not scams or rip offs? I keep getting re negs from people after deals had been established. I was thinking about starting to post them here because there are at best disingenuous.
I guess they would fall into the "deal isnt a deal until money is in acct" as opposed to "dont do business with this person"
I looked through this thread a bit and didnt really see much of that. but feel like some of these instances are deserving of some sort of negative feedback.

Name:Pieter van den Maagdenberg
Pokerstars ID:peterpoker14
FTP Id:Pieterpost20
Partypoker:kappakappa14
888 ID:godmodembn
Winmax:godmodembn ?
Email:pieterpost20@hotmail.com
Skype:peterpoker14
Address:Johanna Ufkesstraat 7 Breda Netherlands 4822WZ
Phone number:31765324513
Part time poker:iwontmillion
nl.pokernews:petervdm14
2+2:peterpoker14

Pieter was staked for at least 8 months when he decided to cash out our funds and disappear, After several calls to what we believe to be his mother we received an email saying sorry and that he would pay back etc. Sense then we have sent 4 emails and PM on forums with no response. Amount owed is around 4.5k of which at least $600 was cashed out of his accounts Likely more and the rest makeup. Monday we will Put a website at the top of Google search with all this information.

This situation has been resolved with a payment deal we worked out. Can you please edit the OP to show this.

Name 2p2 : Pokergandhi
Name stars : DJwibi



hi all

this is not my style but i think its the right thing to do to...
i just bought some % by this pathetic guy like a week ago but it seems like
he just donk it away and since then avoid contact here. only come with lies that his pc broked down etc.
its a shame for a lousy $100 to messed up youre name in the comminuty.
i sencere hopes he get some brains in his head and comes around
coz this is to pathetic for words.

But to let you all know dont do bussines with this guy!

grtz

original thread here

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/16...03/index3.html

^

A link to the above guys pocketfives profile http://www.pocketfives.com/profiles/pokergandhi/ (if i'm allowed to link this here) where he seems to of logged in 16 hours ago maybe try contact him on there as he seems reluctant to log in on 2p2

I backed Arne briefly in late 2010 (maybe early 2011 also, can't remember). I may be able to dig up some contact information if he doesn't contact investors.

Some initial info he gave me via PM when applying for a stake:
Name: Arne Kiers (Netherlands)
Age: 26 (based on when he PMed me on 10/3/2010)
E-mail: pokergandhi@gmail.com
pokergandhi@gmail.com(MSN)
pokergandhi(Skype)

I'm pretty sure I can dig up his address and phone number he gave me at the time of the stake. Not sure if any info is current, but I can try digging it up this weekend if necessary.

Name: Jarrod De Longe
Stars Sn: iReadUrS0ul
Forum names (not sure if same for 2+2): iReadUrS0ul
Skype: live: tripple558

Not a huge scam and not something i am chasing but thought i would just make the communities aware of this guy. I have also reported him to PokerStars. Its more comical than anything. I sent the $30 or so without paying much attention then things started to look fishy!

He was writing about how he has taken $500 to $50k in a month or so and also made some decent posts. I was pretty sure it was BS so i asked to see the cashier so we could brag it about. He sent me the pics (below) which just looked so photoshopped and obvious.

His tournament schedule started and i could not see him in the Big $109 lobby, he said he bust and even sent me the hand (below). Again look how obviously fishy it is.

I told him to be honest, he said he has been and has contacted Stars as there must be a glitch with their lobby (looool) and he was sending the money back. < obv never got this and case closed as far as im concerned.

Cliffs: Hilarious scam for $60 total.

I'm glad to hear that, but would like to clarify here that power_up45 is still a scammer. He has not returned any of the funds stolen from me.

How can this be negative feedback for ***Marketplace and all Subforums*** if you don't even know his 2+2 name?

Well, we know it now

ratslla got some ace detective senses

Name: Eddie Shorrock
Email: shezzyman@gmail.com
age:28
location: UK Northants
Skype: BallinAllin
Screen names @ all sites that you play on.
Ladbrokes: BallinAllin
Gala: BallinAllinagain
2+2: BallinAllin http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/members/387679/

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...-year-1405711/


Eddie was given $75 and played 5NL. He won and was given permission to play 10NL after getting up to $150 and then was never heard from again. We have found out there is $0 left in the account. Eddie had an admitted sports betting problem and we suspect this may have been where the losses occurred. He has not responded to emails/skype/2+2 messages.

This amount of money is small, but it's more to warn other backers about him.

name : Catalin Constantin Pochea
pokerstars ID : fireman494
email : catalin_pochea@yahoo.com
Skype: catalin19898
adress : RO

comments : After sending him the trial 50$ bankroll, he came with the excuse that his account got hacked by a friend which played a few higher buyins HUs. We somehow believed him and reloaded his account. He left after getting the 2nd reload.

Pic removed by request

Real Name - Ernis L
Stars Screen Name: Ernis7
Skype: ernis.17


We started staking Ernis on 10/10/13 for $7 hyper-turbo HUSNGs. We had a 6 month agreement with a certain volume requirement.

On 2/3/14, he requested a conversation via email about needing to leave the agreement early. The reason he gave was his company was downsizing and he wouldn't be able to put in the proper volume that was required. We told him we were fine with lower volume from him, and he should just put in whatever he could. He told us that he would not have any time for poker at all and would be playing zero. We told him that if he wasn't able to put in any volume at all due to his job we'd part ways, but if he were to put in any volume whatsoever, he would need to be doing it under stake for us. He agreed and we left it at that.

A week later we decided to look up his Sharkscope. He had played 43 games over a 3-4 hour period. We emailed him and asked about it and he said "that day I came back from work a bit earlier and played those 40-something husngs. I didn't play for almost 10 days before this. When I said that I did not have time to play I meant it, and I do not have the time to grind regularly."

After that, he removed us as a contact on Skype and blocked his Sharkscope. Using a site similar to Sharkscope we saw that he had been grinding again, almost immediately after. Shortly after he then blocked 2 other sites that showed results. Since then, we have had players tell us they have seen him on the tables on 2 other occasions.

Do not stake.

He did not take our money. We ended the agreement early because he wasn't going to be able to play poker at all according to him. We specifically told him that if he were to start grinding again, it needed to be under the agreement he signed a few months earlier. This was not followed as promised.

This is a negative feedback thread. I'm providing feedback on a stakee that ended negatively. It is up to future backers to decide how they want to use this information. As a backer, I would much rather have these notes on a players' previous history than nothing at all.

And that's exactly it, greg2be. We give all of our players a lot of materials to improve their game, which includes tons of coaching. They are going to be exponentially better 4-5 months down the road from where they started, which is why we have them sign an agreement in the first place. It's beneficial for both parties to be together long term.

oh you mean so others can see that he appears to have lied to not honour a contract he signed?

I would guess its relevant in the real world to a degree. Here is the thing, if you dont want your name posted on the internet, dont back out of agreements where you gave your real information.

if you dont want to give up your real name/info when a backer asks because you dont want it on the internet if you don't honour the deal, don't sign the stake

If you do sign a stake and give your real name and information, maybe try and honour the agreement, knowing your real information can be posted if you don't

its a pretty simple game

Name: Nils Kula
Stars: Nilino
Email: kula.nils@gmail.com
Country: Latvia

Staked this horse for over 1 year with no issues. Both parties made a decent sum of money and a lot of coaching was provided. About a week ago, nilino informed me that he withdrew $600 without permission. He was already $3343 in makeup and was in MU for quite some time. We decided to drop the player (regrettably) and we are forced to take the hit for MU as well.

This post will be edited once $584.44 has been returned (a small portion was paid back).

scammers don't care about skype addresses , 2+2 names , site names etc , they just create another one and carry on. A real name is of limited value when it can apply to multiple people.i.e fred smith scams ....there are probably 1000's of fred smiths in the world.

Stakers need to tie the person they are staking to an identity that is hard to forge i.e passport , driving licence etc to protect the innocent namesakes as well as target the scammer. At the end of the day , if you don't want your identity details removed , don't scam the staker or don't take a stake. If scammers are intent on scamming stakers then they shouldn't be surprised if they reveal their details.

Name: Andrei Stoica
Stars: Andrei1543

Andrei is a Romanian 180man and MTT player who broke his contract by quitting the stake while in makeup. He also refused to send in a last screenshot of his cashier and transfer history, so I don't know how much (if any) he kept of the stake funds. At minimum he had FPPs earned on stake that should have gone toward the roll.

Do not stake.

this thread is for negative feedback. no one cares about how you feel towards 50-100 bucks. If people steal, they should be named. if they dont want their info out there, dont steal.

this isnt a discussion thread. people post info of people that steal from them. if you want to talk about whats "allowed" in this thread, make a post in ATF or PM a mod and ask them.

correct
numerous posts deleted

If anyone feels that content in this thread is personally unfair or disagreeable they can either attempt to correct the situation that resulted in the post(s) or contact Marketplace moderators with their objections and input.

Trolling this thread like Affisant has done with numerous posts relating his personal views on nf posts and policy is not what this thread is about.

Marketplace Questions, Random Stuff - NOT FOR BUYING/SELLING
can always be used for expressing your views.

Name: Robert Corry-Earnshaw
email: robertcorryearnshaw@hotmail.com
Country: United Kingdom

I have staked Rob since May 2013. After hitting a downswing towards the end of last year his volume deteriorated and he has been stuck in makeup for months now. After promising to grind an hour a day to repay the small amount owed ($300), he has not been in contact for almost 2 months.

When I mentioned to him yesterday that if he didn't give me an update I would be forced to post on 2p2, he left my staking group chat and presumably blocked on skype. It is fair to say this is a sign he has no intention of paying the money back which is owed.

I have attached a screenshot of his photo ID too. If he gets in contact and pays back the money owed, I will remove the image.

First post in a while, but the following little man was creative in his earning a spot in this thread


Name: Chi Fai Yeung

Country : Belgium

Screenname: 01SAI Pokerstars

Email: thunderchiefke@hotmail.com

Skype: chiefke3


When speaking to us he indicated that he needed a stake because he tended to degen away all of his money and possessions in cash games. Bad on us for not imposing cash game restrictions on his account, because once he had a minor downswing in the 18 mans he was staked to play he requested a reload, received it, and shortly after requested another.

Problem was he had not played any SnGs in that time. When asked that he said that he played cash games instead. When told he was not supposed to play cash games he agreed and said he did not plan on losing, and lifetime he believed he was ahead on cash games. Had he mentioned what the weather was like or what he had for lunch that too could have been considered based on his unique approach to a staking deal. When he was told he violated the terms, he readily agreed and asked when he would get the next reload.

I admit that was probably the first time a player openly admitted to essentially stealing by playing unauthorized games who followed it up with a reload request as if nothing had happened.

He still likely is puzzled why he is not being reloaded, but he did emphasize to me that he literally has no money, so perhaps he can sell some blood to help make ends meet. The human gene pool hopes those are the only bodily fluids he considers donating.

For all those reasons and more, it is highly discouraged that this person ever be given a stake in this or any known universe.