I know. I'm a soldier myself, so I'm somewhat sympathetic towards the mental health issue but at the same time, I agree with the poster that said some people are just life pussies. So if Brian has a legitimate mental health issue than I'm sorry but it just seems pretty rediclous given the circumstances. Like I said maybe a book on resileancy or a team/personal building exercise like a GoRuck or something might be good for him.

Solid post - Why not give some information if you want people to respond.

(FYI - In the last few months it appears Hastings has staked DP in a few tournaments and has yet to be paid profits. DP has told BH that there was an issue with witholdings I believe at PARX and BH has called bull****. I'm not sure if this has been confirmed. I'm also not sure what this has to do with multi-accounting. I don't condone DP's actions if it is proved he did do something wrong but do find it funny BH got scammed. Sidenote: It appears Massey has called him out for dodgy dealings over the past few years also so probably likely to be true).


Not sure what else needs to be said as it's not really relevant to this thread. Maybe pokernews and Hastings can team up and do an article about Dwight and add some bull**** about Hastings being for regulation and people like DP hurting everyones chances.

F. Marty Derbyshire

Just wondering what kind of 'donation' Brian Hastings made to Pokernews for them to write that totally biased and propaganda material?

scum gets outscummed by scum

arsehole on arsehole crime.

In before Brian appears on the secret millionaire to patch the final stages of his past up.

Ill add my 2 cents

Hastings is scum and deserves to get hustled out of $ every opportunity that arises. Kudos to Dwight, i'd pay money just to hear him say "im not paying hastings because he is scum lulz"

I will add money to that pot.

Dwight may be the first hustler in history to rehabilitate his reputation by NOT paying someone money owed to them.

Hastings is literally just like this guy i watch on youtube. No shame in calling out others in public. But when he gets called out onhis shady behavior he blocks everyone and calls them sociopaths.

Dwight is in wrong sure but i find it weird Brian is quick to out him but when he gets outed he flips out.

Why are you watching weirdos on youtube? Or am I getting trolled and you're talking about Negreanu?

Hayestings is really a grade A (rhymes with bunt)

Any updates? Also bumbing this so people don't forget.

brian hastings can do so much better than his current GF... really bro...

This just in. The high stakes pro don't think this whole cluster is a big deal. And they laugh about it on live podcasts.

What NickAA said:

- Ike knew, didn't tell

- Kanu knew, didn't tell

- Stars didn't fire them, and even wanted to renew their contracts.

- Those guys are now beloved for turning down the new contracts and Ike is flying to the IOM to rep the players in negotiations with Stars.

Cliffs: GJ/GE. Poker still scummy, NVG style popcorn still delicious...

I thought the meeting was @ AMAYA HQ, Montreal, CA

It was.

world class hustle. the long con...

I really don't see what the big deal is about multi a accounting. I play the player and adjust to their style and tendencies it regardless of who I think they may be. I actually believe that knowing who your opponent is can be just as bad as not knowing. For example if you are playing Tom Dwan and forget that he isn't rich anymore and really is struggling, but NOW that you know its Tom Dean, depending on what you know of a players situation you might play him incorrectly. Except if you know 100% of what you need to know about your opponent's, which would involve way too many borderline illegal spying, I feel time is better spent on just adjusting to your opponents style. If you ask me, I'd rather play against relatively nameless opponents as long as I'm allowed to be random and nameless myself. It is RUSH poker that I am completely against as it eliminates the psychological feel/reading aspect too much from the game. Honestly the relative anonymity of online poker is why I love the game. People just need to grow up. Like they say in boxing, protect yourself at all times.

brian?

well, thats all mighty fine, but issue lies alot in the fact that they know WHO you are and have history with you, and probably also shared hand histories/bought as an multiaccounter won´t suddenly feel hes passing a moral boundary there thus having a very comprehensive tendency hud along with it atleast in the caddy days.

Pretty obvious really... because you are CHEATING to get action from players who would not play you otherwise. Did not read rest of your post..

LOL, NO......But I wish I had his money.

All I said is my truthful opinion...But as far as whether he is a shady pretender, I say Hell yes, but only because he played the innocence card and turned the blame on others. And for that "for the good of the game" stuff, he should lose his man card. If he ever had one....he comes across as an emo kid, basically whiny, pretentious, and malcontent. And he basically indirectly threatened that guy by saying "if you want to work as an online professional in 5 years.". Who does that, and in such a lame way, lol.

I don't really blame people for calling him names. The actions are a mute point, but I am a big believer in being COMPLETELY unapologetic when you don't feel like you've done much wrong.

If he had cone on here and said, " Yeah...And...Guess what I don't care and I'm still a multimillionaire high stakes online professional " I probably would have applauded after bursting out laughing. But reading his lame email messages and retorts, all I remember is his voice sounding like an emo girly-man.

He should have told everyone here to eat a dick. But he cares too much about that sponsorship money. Funny thing is he came off like a slave to me. All these online pros do cone off as stool pidgeons.

You can capitalize "cheating" all you want and in the end it is still just your subjective opinion, one that Pokerstars enforces sparingly. You act like people always follow the rules. There's a saying, if you put a police car on anyone for 100 miles, everyone would get a ticket, if they didn't know they were being watched closely.

I'll be honest though, I don't even believe that insider trading should be against the law because I hate the subjectivity about what is considered inside information, which is quickly becoming a futile archaic issue now that Google and Facebook and Twitter have plunged the world into full information overload. I like to use as much information as possible, while not assuming that I have a God given right to that information.

I also am sure that my lackadaisical views on this matter come from my foreign upbringing. Information is key to survival where I cone from, and necessary not just to make a cushy income, but to have a chance to get to Western society. Americans don't realize how jaded they are, and how easy it is to survive in this country with some humility and common sense and discipline.

My advice is if you expect complete honesty in a game which is based on deception as an implicit strategy, then you should call the APPROPRIATE authorities that have ALWAYS policed this type of activity.....by which I mean gangsters and mobsters.

Police and the law safeguard society. The mob and gangsters safeguard vice. That's the way the world actually works and just because you think something is cheating doesn't make it so, and better yet doesn't mean anyone gives a damn.

If someone wronged me in a real way, I would simply get revenge one way or the other myself, instead of expecting someone to fight my battle for me, like a panzy.

If someone multi accounted me, in the online poker, in literally almost any way....I'd simply learn a lesson, and add another tool to being more careful and self-aware but I wouldn't need to take revenge for something that was more a result of my own ignorance. This is a teeny tiny issue for me. I can understand that this is different for people who depend on online poker as a living but guess what.... I think it's silly to depend on online poker for an only source of living so I guess that's where the real difference lies.

Ultimately Bryan is the bigger thinker here, because he exploits his edge since he knows he will probably get away with it and guess what he got away with it but lastly PokerStars is dead anyway so who really cares what happens or what doesn't happen to Brian Hastings. You don't stop buying weed because it's illegal. What he did is against policy, but policy is not the law. He did nothing wrong in terms of the law.

Fight your own battles. If you're really mad at him, I'm sure he'll be at the WSOP. Handle it in any way you see fit accordind to the dog eat dog ways of real life, where you face all consequences of your actions, and move on, instead of railing at him online. I love NVG though so keep the thread going, but really this issue is like Candy corn.