those tweets seem like they are attempting to set the course for him to leave poker in a way that he hopes will be perceived as his own decision, and not the obvious reason.

lol @ this whole fiasco, ridiculous.

Yea exactly lol

That's the face of internet poker in 2015. Enjoy.

just noticed that Stinger is from State College, PA - land of Joe Paterno and Jerry Sandusky, and home, apparently, to sociopathic behaviour

this
---either way, the future of legalized online poker in the USA is doomed---

big UPs to James Obst for his amazing interview at CalvinAyres.

GCOAT (Greatest Cheater Of All Time)
[ ] Brian Hastings

How on earth can that Scottish kiddy get **** canned, immediately, from Team Pokerstars, just for celebrating a goal yet Mercier is still there after playing God, and telling the Chosen Few about what Brian Haystacks was up to?

Brian Hastings @brianchastings
.@DylanLinde @JamesObst @DMBakes talk to my privately if you have a problem with me. Oh wait, you're all cowards, so that won't happen.

1. They don't owe Brian any privacy
2. I pm'd Brian and asked him to clear the air on the Pokercast. He declined.

But ya everyone else are cowards.

Just realized Hastings blocked me for mentioning Noel Hayes on twitter lol

So he wants to bash people publicly for not bashing him privately. Brian, please please please just stop.

Calling people cowards for speaking publicly. This is unreal.

"No wonder poker is not a respected industry."
Wtf

cowards? why would people be cowards for talking to him privately? he is such an intimidating person we wouldnt want to talk to him in person?

i dont get it.

His defense is to call out bakes, et al for "hypocrisy"? WTF? I've been away from this scene for a long time, but didn't bakes show integrity for calling this (and the WSOP card issue) out in the first place? Did I miss something?

I would assume that if Uncle Sam learns of this that Stinger is in a power of trouble,not being a US citizen myself i do not really know what the likely outcome would be really, but i would imagine they would fine the bankroll offa him. And what about taxes??? Even Al Capone was jailed for Tax dodging so i am guessing they would want a chunk offa stinger for the Hayes acct winnings.....anyone enlighten me please!?

thought hastings was a pretty smart and moral person.. now i find out hes a just COMPLETE SCUM prob worser than Chino rheem except he has money..

He was scum in 2009 and still is in 2015. He has probably been shady all his life. Unfortunately for him, people have been able to expose what he's doing.

It's almost getting to the point where I'm impressed with the "resolve" he's showing through all this, just by continuing to show up at WSOP events and by finding ways to blame those who call him out. It's a very high level of delusion.

you don't pay taxes off your accounts. you pay taxes on any income that you make. if he cheats on his noel taxes, he's likely cheating on his stinger taxes. but that is just ridiculous to talk about something when we have no idea what he does.

lmao i was thinking the same thing.

Brian Alpha Hastings

"No wonder poker is not a respected industry" and "you're all cowards". The irony.. He's the one hiding behind a multi account in order to gain an unfair advantage in high stakes cash games and bracelet bets, but nope, people who tweet him are the cowards who ruin the reputation of the poker industry.

His actions might not be as scummy as some people make them out to be, but he is not exactly making it better by making comments like these.

I'm no psychiatrist but I have heard that many sociopaths cant just keep doing what they do in the dark. They want to *show everyone*; they invite the shame of their actions; and then they yell and whine in denial, all the while continuing to draw attention to themselves.

His behaviour now is beyond irrational. He commits a *crime* (subject to interpretation) then claims everyone but him are criminals.

It would be laughable if it wasnt for the fact that (many) others have been deceived and cheated. AND the whole thing just throws crap all over the poker community in genl at a time when many (in the USA) are holding onto a faint hope that online poker will sometime soon get proper sanction.

exactly!

Now he's out of the One Drop, I'm sure we can expect some new gems from his Twitter account. Unfortunately I'm another one he blocked a few days ago, so I'll have to wait until they are posted on here.

Although, if I multiaccounted Twitter....

Famous last words.