Hi all,

I am a backer well-known in Russian poker community as ritsar (if links to other poker resources are allowed I can post the link to my profile there). I work mostly with the Russian-speaking players from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, etc. I registered here to let you know that Juris Epins, a professional online MTT player from Latvia, scammed me and disappeared with the money after cashing $27700.

I was providing him staking for several years and previously it went well. However, recently, he went to a large make-up of around $36k. Besides that, he had a debt of $2700 that I gave him to support during the makeup period. On 10th of January, 2022, he cashed 27700 in one of the events on Winter Series on PokerStars. Even this cash would not be enough to cover his makeup fully.


However, he wrote to me that he wants to split this case 50/50 for no particular reason. Below is a screenshot in Russian


Thus, he wanted to split this cash as if there were no makeup at all. I should say that earlier I made him a favor and agreed to freeze some part of the makeup you can also see it on the screenshot. Thus, he should get some money after this cash anyway but of course not half of the cash given that this cash does not even close a makeup. After I rejected his "offer" to split it 50/50, he just stopped responding to my messages and stole all $27700.

In total, he owes me $38733.

Information about the scammer (I am not very familiar with the forum rules here, so please delete any part of it if it violates the forum rules):

Name: Juris Epins
Country: Latvia
Date of birth: 09 May 1988
Profile on twoplustwo: jurisepa
Nicknames in online pokerrooms: dexitoo (Pokerstars), TRAUMAR (WPN), Royaltease (GGNetwork), el_fabilous (PS.ES)
Skype: dexito1

I just wanted to let you know that this person is a thief and to warn you against any dealing with him.