Also BigNittyBanker on FTP

My bad - thanks for enlightening me

PTR is blocked on FTP but some hands manage to slip by , looks like BigNittyBanker went from micros to the nose bleeds

Just wanted to repost this. The original account holder knows about the thread and didn't say anything, Brian hasn't showed back up, and Joey I love ya, papi, but isn't stinger one of your boys? You typed out like 10000 words and didn't have a single mention of whether he was MA or not?

Its pretty easy to google noel hayes, look at his hendon mob in combinations with pictures of him and with some street smart you know there is literally zero chance this guy can play/beat skystakes in 2015.
If you add all teh sudden silence of this thread after page 2 its pretty obv.

Imo lifetimeban him stars, ft any stars live event and distribute money which is still in that account.

This case should set an baseline on wat is happening if...

I don't think making the bracelet bets is bad (if he indeed was multi accounting). Bracelet bets and Multiaccounting are 2 different things.

But if he was multiaccounting then obv it is what it is. Scummy

Can you not see how in this instance they are totally connected?

I actually thought it was noel himself on the account until someone said look him up on Hendon mob n stuff.

http://www.highstakesdb.com/5633-noe...okerstars.aspx

Speaks for itself ha

He could have played anywhere on any site where people don't know his SN or ran sims on hands or played live or gotten coaching anywhere from anyone

So I don't think the bracelet bets have anything to with his alleged multi accounting. 2 diff things

right, but he didn't. for all we know the reason he allegedly multi-accounted was to stay sharp vs the best in the world without the bracelet bettors finding out, thus giving him an unfair advantage.

you're way off on this.

omg , just googled him, hard to believe this guy is crushing/playing nosebleed when he is playing 50$ tournaments since forever.

Did any of you contact PS about this obvious multi account situation ?

Multiaccounting is scummy but connecting it with bracelet bet is just ridiculous.

You don't play the toughest game in the world cause you want to win bracelet bet. You play that cause you think you have edge.

Brian is smart enough not to "practice" to win 500k in bracelet bets when he could lose 500k+ in a single session if he doesn't think he has edge there.

And I lay 5:1 Jason Mercier knew NoelHayes is Stinger and took the bet anyway.

+1

Of course not. Half of NVG wanted to either suck Isildur1 off or be him.

As I said on twitter, the way it was relayed to me, he was telling some of his high stakes opponents but not others. I'm very curious to know who actually had this information, and who didn't. I'd be pretty offput if someone sponsored by PokerStars had been keeping his secret while playing at high stakes

I sent an email to Stars after SCOOP, they responded with a form email saying that they look into all concerns and that they can't disclose anything due to privacy policy

Mercier Knew for sure. He made a comment at 8 game table with Noel Hayes account during scoop when they began talking of the scoop razz. Mercier commented to Noel that he was the razz pro after making the wsop razz ft. When i looked up the wsop razz ft Stinger was the only one who made sense to be on the account. I asked about it in the june thread but no one seemed to know

chicagojoey, will you be distancing yourself from brian if and when the MA accusations are confirmed? will you maintain your friendship?

Look at the last podcast beginning from around the 27:00 mark, when Brian says he was "working on his game" a lot lately and then watch Joe´s reaction ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A-Jxo3lE5Y

Draw your own conclusions...

Edit: Joe I really like your podcasts and I hope I am totally wrong here fwiw.

is this a real question like honestly dude?

Joey laughed because Brian said PLO was probably his worst game from all the mixed games. Ofc Joey would find that a funny comment considering all the money Brian won at PLO, including a record breaking 4 million session; at least that's how i understood it.

If revealing how much poker Hastings had played in X/ time wasn't in the terms of the bracelet bet then he didn't do anything dishonest in that regard. As far as the online accusations well...there's a sucker born every minute.

it's not your or anyone's business.

This. People looking for any reason to stick it to Brian. Of course he's not going to admit this in public if it's not knowledge to Stars. Of course he's not going to deny it here if it's true and a bunch of people know this. Either answer he gives (if Stars does/did know) just keeps his boat rocking. Time to put away the pitchforks here as we know the truth and there's no reason to keep going after him. He doesn't owe any of NVG, Twitter, or anybody else any explanation except those directly involved and it sounds like they already know.

only problem is, he has been playing with people who didnt know. kinda sucks all around.

(yes, i am directly involved in both online action and WSOP bets)

NoelHayes and BigNittyBanker are both Irish accounts that both appeared in the highest stakes for a short period and played every top mixed game specialist on route.

Why would anyone be surprised at anything Hastings would do, as far as him and his cohort are concerned its only unfair if its being played out on them, when its from their side its all just a laugh for those in the know, what are the chances that Townsend had a piece of his run versus Ivey and Isildur on the last few days on the account when they were playing across Pokerstars and Full Tilt on the two accounts?

Nothing will ever come of this no matter how much the minions rattle the pitchforks but here we are years after the 'take meeting' crews power point dissection of Isildur lead them to claim the largest session in online history.....valiant effort team..... discussing another scummy act by 'one of the smartest' guys in poker.

As someone mentioned earlier in the thread if this was Seb or Ivey or Durrrr or some random russian trying to get in some mix game practice pre wsop versus the best in the world without letting everyone in the game know the (nitfest) highstakes community would be in full rage mode calling for immediate recompense for their lost BBs

@Stinger88 seriously have you literally no shame?

i have now compiled circumstantial evidence that would greatly benefit from access to russian PTR since HSDB doesn't track mixed games. accuracy and efficiency would greatly be improved if i were to get an invite via PM.

due to having been sick and up for way too long, i'm not confident i can present my findings in the best way possible; i must first rest. hopefully someone will be kind enough to fulfill my request while i'm asleep. as it stands, the evidence points to brian being both NoelHayes (PS) and BigNittyBanker (FTP).

good night.