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Originally Posted by Adjusted
I wonder if Turdelli actually convinced himself that he is innocent simply by repeating it so often or if he knows he cheated and just wont admit it?
he's convinced himself he's innocent bc he's a sociopath, he did something that benefited himself with disregard for someone else, or for what's fair, but bottom line he still got the $$ which was what really mattered. that's how sociopathy works. in that regard he feels he owes no apology to himself or to anyone else.
The inconvenience for him atm is that in the court of public opinion he is still very much guilty of being a self serving scumbag, which negatively affects his brand, and therefore his ability to siphon off extra money and admiration from the poker community. he's tried over and over again to manipulate people into thinking that he's actually a decent caring guy; but at the same time he has had numerous opportunities to make the situation right (i.e. why not publicly give the 10k to charity if he didn't feel he was completely entitled to it?) while again and again failing to do so. for him the benefit to reward isn't there, (can he really make 10k off the public by rectifying the situation, and semi improving him image?) so he just continues to weasel on.
if he wasn't still focused on building a brand for the sole purpose of self promotion he wouldn't give a single runny **** about what people thought of him at all.
one last thing that I'll add, is that the recent angle he ran on live at the bike (with the dropped chip) might actually be evidence that now he considers this type of anti-social behavior to actually be beneficial to his brand. It wouldn't surprise me at all if we now continue to see him take bolder and bolder angles, as he might figure that he not only directly benefits, but also benefits indirectly from the extra attention. I guess time will tell, but I would imagine we haven't seen the last of the shady behavior.