Nick Civitarese of Calgary Scams/Freerolls Eric for $16,000CAD
Name: Nick Civitarese
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/nick.civitarese
888 Nick: StuckDeep
Pokerstars Nick: Civi1717
Hendonmob:
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=151054
This post might be slightly long so I will add cliffs at the bottom..
I want to start off by saying this was not me who was Freerolled by Nick Civitarese but a close friend who is an active member on 2+2, I’ve just given Nick Civitarese till tonight to settle his debts since it has really frustrated me all week knowing this can happen to anyone.
There is a large Facebook forum dedicated to Live Poker in Alberta, Canada which Shak (
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...anada-1590015/) had actually scammed the community for Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars as well.
Nick Civitarese had message Eric the day of the $580CAD Main Event in Calgary, Alberta to ask if Eric would take 50% of his action at no Markup and he would be late Registering it. Eric had said he will take it, but was not able to send at the time because his EMT (Canada Bank Transfer) Limits had been maxed as his currently in Vegas for WSOP (There was proof posted from the member Eric has been buying Bitcoin from that has Maxed his transfer Limits.
When everything was done $32,000CAD ($24,133USD) was up top.
Here is the post that Eric had made after the incident
Quote:
Eric XXXXX
June 21 at 3:27am
This is a response to Nick Civitarese's post. I am the investor.
Nick messaged me the day of the tournament saying he wanted to play and wanted to sell me half at no markup. I told him yes, I'd take it and would send EMT. He late regged, sent a picture of starting stack and proceeded to update me during Day 1. I attempted to send the EMT during day 1 before realizing that I couldn't, because my EMT limits were maxed out as I'm dealing with a 5-figure BTC transaction that takes several days to send via EMT. I inform him of this, and he says ok. He updates telling me that he bagged over 8 starting stacks for day 2, and is almost ITM. At this point I assume I don't have to send unless he unfortunately bubbles, to save a transaction and continue with my BTC trades. I tell him that "oh, i guess I don't have to send the EMT right away" and he doesn't respond. He does not respond at any point during day 2, which I didn't even know was the following day (because I was aware it was a multiflight event). I opened 780 and discovered he was at the FT, and was in good shape to win. Messaged him after the win to congratulate him and ask him to drop off the cash with a friend because I'm in Vegas for the summer and can't collect.
This is where Nick now decides to tell me he doesn't consider the deal active because I never sent him the money. I didn't send the money because I couldn't until the end of day 1, and by that point it seemed clear to me that he had enough chips to most likely turn a profit on the investment, and sending an extra transaction would be unnecessary. When he does not message me at any point after day 1 with something like "Hey, I haven't received the money, can you send to confirm the deal?" it sets him up to freeroll me. If he bubbles he's always going to chase me for the money because he felt the deal was confirmed (as he should), and if he makes money he can just say "no deal because I didn't get money" which is absurd. My reputation is flawless with countless trades and pieces bought/sold, and my opinion is that Nick knew he was going to get the money after the tournament if he bubbled.
Below are the screenshots of our conversation - from the start of day 1 to the end of the tournament - for your consideration.
At this point in time, it seems clear to me that Nick Civitarese has an outstanding debt to me of $15,970 CAD. If he chooses to deny this debt he should be viewed by the poker community as a scammer and a thief until the debt is repaid.
Here is a screenshot:
Here is a screenshot to all the chats prior/during the MTT (That was attached to his post)
Before Eric posted this, Nick had tried to clear his name and pretend he has done nothing wrong since he did not receive the money which he acknowledged before that it is OK to ship when he can.
Here is the very first post from Nick Civitarese to make it look as if he is getting “Blackmailed” to pay the funds.
Eric was not the first person Nick had asked to buy him 50% as a few members had said No Thanks previously to buying his 50% since it was last minute. It is clearly obvious that Nick was not going to play unless he sold 50% of his action, especially since it was last minute.
Eric has bought action and sold many times including with me. When action is booked it is booked! Here is an example of me buying action from Eric and shipping AFTER he had busted the MTT.
I’m sure anyone buying/selling action with reputable people has been in the situation more than once especially when the MTT is starting when they are selling the action.
After nearly a week of Nick being silent and ignoring the situation he had wrote his second post.
There is many flaws in his story, and had mentioned he has been burned 3 times by investors not paying up, but had not mentioned it to Eric at any point and had updated him during the run with hands/chip stacks until he knew he was ITM and was going to be cashing the event. He was also aware of Eric having to send him funds later since his limits were maxed right now.
The Facebook Alberta Poker Community has given Nick Civitarese a week to not go public and Nick Civitarese believes he has done NOTHING wrong and owes Eric Nothing.
I had finally had enough last night and told Nick he has till 11:59PM June 25th to get in contact with Eric and settle this before it goes public but this was his response.
I’m posting this for Eric on some suggestions on what can be done and to allow the 2+2 community to be aware if Nick Civitarese ever asks for a staking deal or is selling action online.
CLIFFS:
- Nick Civitarese wants to play the $560 Main Event last minute in Calgary and sells Eric 50%
- Eric says he will take it but can not ship now because his transfer limits are maxed.
- Nick says it’s no problem and updates Eric during the day.
- Eric sees he has a stack at the end of Day 1 and asks if he should ship the funds now or later with no response.
- Nick Civitarese starts to ignore Eric when he knows his cashing and doesn’t want to pay his 50%
- Nick Civitarese binks for 32k CAD and doesn't pay up..
- Facebook Alberta Poker Community gives Nick 1 week to save his reputation and pay Eric the funds he is owed.
- Nick knew he would have been paid if he busted and knew he could freeroll the event.
This makes me sick and one of the reasons I never buy action on 2+2 is because I know something like this can happen, but when it happens in your city at a local casino that's extra harsh.
Last edited by Tcarnage; 06-26-2017 at 12:12 AM.