Arnaud Mattern Statement : False accusations by Wesley Fei and Nik Airball Arcot - Page 2 - Poker News

Arnaud, I have no idea what you did or didn't do.

However, it seems pretty clear from that recorded phone call Wesley posted between him and Mars that there WAS cheating in that game.

You dealt in that game -- just not on the day the cheating was finally caught.

It is possible that you had no part in that cheating. It is also possible that you did have a part in that cheating. At the bare minimum, you admit that you dealt in the game about 25% of the time it ran, and the given the fact that cheating was suspected in the game and then eventually caught, you can't complain when your name is caught up in the stink.

This lawsuit is highly unlikely to emerge victorious, given that you dealt cards in an illegal private game where it is highly likely cheating took place at some point. Therefore, even if Nik Airball and Wesley are incorrect that you were part of the cheating ring, it is not unreasonable for them to make such an allegation, since you both dealt in it and had some association/friendship with Mars, the alleged ringleader.

I agree there is no proof of wrongdoing on your part, but there's also enough reasonable suspicion involving that entire game to where anyone associated with it can't cry foul.

I agree with you that Wesley likely was trying to build a bot to cheat on GG, but that isn't very relevant here. Bad people sometimes get cheated, as well.

I guess if the purpose of this lawsuit is to hassle or shut up Airball/Wesley, maybe it will have that desired effect, especially if you didn't pay this attorney very much to get it started.

Nevada is a state with anti-SLAPP legislation, and I suspect this suit will be dismissed in that manner. Has the case actually been filed yet?

I am more familiar with California anti-slapp provisions, but agree that is a risk Arnaud should consider as he may be on the hook for legal costs airball or Wesley incur responding. Seems like a desperate attempt to change the narrative.

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02-14-2024 , 02:36 PM

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dwb3

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What a world that private illegal games and cheating turn into a lawsuit. Might as well sue the drug dealers.

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02-14-2024 , 03:19 PM

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Wilbury Twist

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Originally Posted by The Standard Station

Also, your attorney doesn't seem to handle these type of cases...

"Kevin practices in the areas of personal injury, automobile accidents, slip and fall, premises liability, product liability, social security disability, consumer rights, construction law and commercial landlord/tenant law. Kevin has had numerous jury trials in Nevada and California with excellent results. His jury trials have involved automobile accidents, slip and fall cases, complex construction litigation, commercial landlord/tenant, premises liability, general negligence and products liability." https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/kevin-hansen-757289

Oftentimes people will take court records and repurpose them for their own use if they're trying to seem credible online. I hope that isn't the case here as an error like that is almost never done by an innocent party.

Interesting. To the lawyers in the chat, is slander/defamation sch a highly specialized area that it should be left to that niche of lawyers? I would just guessed Mattern simply sought a civil litigator, and Hansen fits that need despite being more experienced in other areas.

It's sort of like a passenger falling unconscious on an airplane. When someone asks if there is a doctor on board, you're not likely to hear "Yes, but I'm an OBGYN specifically... can't help here." No, Dr. Speculum will still jump in to help, as ultimately, every MD or DO has a certain level of general medical expertise. So it stands to reason that defamation might also fall within a litigator's standard tool belt.

Unrelated: I like to think of the volume of mail that attorney receives beginning with "Dear Kevin Hansen..." It makes me smile.

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02-14-2024 , 04:07 PM

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Ace upmy Slv

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Originally Posted by ILoveThisGame8407

Not true. If you ain't playing private games with people who don't cheat, you ain't livn life. The casino is boring ASF, catered to make you go insane and lose your hard earned money in table games. Sure you may not play them now but eventually you will not give a **** one day after leaving the poker room and be like I can get it back simply by doubling up. Lol

Talk about not being true. I have played poker in casinos for over 25 years and not one single time have I played a table game before or after a poker session. I have occasionally played BJ or something similar with a group of friends that don't play poker just to hang out and have fun with them, but I was not there for poker.

BTW, there is a high probability that your getting cheated in some fashion in your 'livn life' private game.

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02-16-2024 , 03:31 AM

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The Standard Station

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Originally Posted by Wilbury Twist

Well for starters the lawyer isn't even practicing in the state he filed the lawsuit in, and then also the type of law he practices is nowhere close to what op is trying to accomplish. For example, thered be no reason to hire a blackjack dealer for your poker game, when there are plenty of poker dealers available. Especially a bj dealer from another state.

Whats more likely, that this guy would choose to hire something akin to a divorce attorney for his patent dispute, or that op had a copy of a lawsuit that at one time was being litigated by this attorney and he simply went through and changed the details to fit this scenario so he could bluff that he's lawyered up??

Court records are all public, it is possible to find a record with the county clerk but oftentimes someone would need to go in person to check.