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I really don't like to get involved in public drama, but I can't stay on the sidelines when I see something like this.
Eli borrowed $100k from me during a cash game in Bobby's Room on July 15th 2010, toward the end of a long summer where we played a ton against each other and generally got along very well. At the end of the session, one of the most seasoned high stakes Vegas regs pulled me aside and warned me what I did wasn't a good idea, and not to do it again.
We didn't cross paths my final few days in Vegas that summer. Over the course of the next year, he was responsive and widdled down the debt from $100k to $40k (a few grand at a time, via Full Tilt transfer), which he still owes me. By summer 2011, he had stopped making payments but was still responsive with plenty of reasons why he couldn't.
Since then, he's been basically nonresponsive. I've sent him messages every now and then when he's hit a big tournament score and he's ignored them. The only time I got a response was when we were both in Vegas playing the same tournament, and he asked me not to make a public scene about it. I still have screen shots of texts and other evidence, but would like to give him a chance to respond before sharing more.
Sadly doesn't surprise me at all. There were way too many stories on here and elsewhere about him scamming people and owing money for all of it to be as he put it, 'false'. Yet Mason invites this guy to his office and promotes him on here. Why Mason? Why not invite Chino to come on here? Or Mike B? Or others? Sure I asked a couple questions but it's laughable that Eli is treated as some saint to be looked up to on here while others get attacked mercilessly on here for scamming and owing much less. This OP mentioned $100,000 Eli 'borrowed'. Does anybody not living in fantasyland realize how much damn money that is? And Eli still owes him $40,000? Just pathetic on so many levels that Mason brings this guy in here.