What's with all the cheating posts? I couldn't find much, other than some former cheater Russ Georgiev accusing him. Then I found this: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...cxDk%5B1-25%5D where Doyle offered 5-1 on taking a lie detector that he didn't cheat and I don't think the bet was taken. I'm going to assume he didn't cheat and he's just one of the GOATs, unless someone gives me some better evidence.
lie detector tests are complete garbage (there's a reason why they're inadmissable as evidence in a court of law...)
cheating scandal at Bellagio in poker room. Doyle Brunson and Billy Baxter fixed a game in Bobbys room this summer at wsop 2012. Heard gaming is involved and every high stakes player knows about it. Heard employee’s involved and it has become huge. Heard the cheated for millions. This is not only bad for poker but, bad for Bellagio. I knew these old guys were cheats but, they have no respect for the game or any player that plays in it. Feel more sorry for Bobby Baldwin. I’m sure he is disappointed in them and embarassed. I know they are doing everything they can to calm the scandal but, it has spread to every high roller in the country. They don’t feel safe there anymore. People are moving to other casinos. Thanks Doyle and Billy you have tainted the poker world one again. You also have made Howard look like mother Teresa.
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Doug Dalton fired from Bellagio poker room for this big cheating scandal . They waited 5 months to do it because right after would be like admitting guilt. BOBBY BALDWIN tried his best to clean it up. Every poker player alive knows about this. This is why Bobby’s room has been a ghost town.
Read the second comment, it says exactly who was accused of cheating. I have no clue as to the validity of the claims, I can only add details that make it seem like there is something to it.
Billy was indeed playing everyday during the timeframe of the accusations as was Doyle. It wasn't odd for Doyle to be there but seeing Billy in the room everyday was not normal.
The floorman floored anytime the game was going. He would stay until the game broke. He was working like 18 hours a day. Someone was approving his overtime. Him leaving a premier floorman spot immediately after seems odd timing.
Doug Dalton getting let go a few months after.
I had no clue as to the method of cheating that was being accused until Bob mentioned it in this thread which reminded me that around the same time the dealers were givin a new step in their dealing procedure that was basically the only thing that could be done to make this cheat device viable without dealer knowledge, which I think is pretty damning and I've never seen mentioned before. In fact I've only seen this "scandal" mentioned on here once by Private World (which reminded me of the floor guy leaving abruptly) and in a couple of random comments like the one I linked previously. In fact, I would say it's crazy how under the radar it has flown and how no one here seems to care.
Genealogy is my hobby so this stuff is easy for me to look up. I'm interested in Doyle's genealogy because I have a 2X great aunt that married William Lee Brunson in Newton County, Mississippi in 1878. They had many children. Doyle's grandfather, Joel Tilford Brunson, was from Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Remember the Tallahatchie Bridge? If Doyle and William Lee are from the same stock, most likely they are but I'm still doing the research, it would mean Doyle and I have cousins in common but not blood related.
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Hey, the SEC investigated but the case was dropped. That's all water under the bridge now...
Was that about the time him and Todd and a bunch of other pros all heavy bought and 30 or 40x their money from some inside info given at the tables on a med stock i think it was?
Genealogy is my hobby so this stuff is easy for me to look up. I'm interested in Doyle's genealogy because I have a 2X great aunt that married William Lee Brunson in Newton County, Mississippi in 1878. They had many children. Doyle's grandfather, Joel Tilford Brunson, was from Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Remember the Tallahatchie Bridge? If Doyle and William Lee are from the same stock, most likely they are but I'm still doing the research, it would mean Doyle and I have cousins in common but not blood related.