https://www.thedailybeast.com/poker-...ker-chips-feds

Playing live streamed high stakes cash is probably not great if you’re laundering money.

starting to think those streams are just a front for laundering money. those games play like 1/3 games except there is over a million dollars on the table and nobody except for maybe Garrett actually made their money from poker.

He hasn't been on the Hustler stream in months, hmmmm I wonder why. I'm surprised he didn't get Vertucci involved I mean, Nick always loves a good scam no?

in the brief bit i watched it really surprised me he was supposedly a wildly successful pro

Who says “let’s play slots at Gals” instead of going to the actual casino?

That's gonna hurt.

reading thru the highlights of the complaint in the article. I'd say his goose is pretty much cooked. He's gonna do some time.

Related to that.....Does any money come into those CA streamed games from legitimate sources?

Probably the same proportion as at any other live poker table tbh

lol, true dat.

I remember Gal and one guy doing coke on stream(not that theres anything wrong with that). It was the "big money week 25/50 with Gal and Danielle Anderson". You can clearly see the player to his left hand Gal a pouch, Gal steps away immediately, comes back looking coked up. It was like three hours into the stream. Anyone else notice that?

I know the casino I play $1-$2NL most of the players there are drug dealers, milking some BS insurance scam, among other things. Outside of the retirees and the few thinking players, they're all lowlife scum.

I thought Gal came up with Garrett/Garrett viewed him as a little brother etc.

I could be mistaken.

-RS

Gal always had some suspicious vibes about him

Hustler live stream sure has some colourful characters. A card peeker(skillzrock), a playa(Mikki Mase), a bunny(poker bunny)etc.
Makes for good tv.

What a menace to society, heinously... engaging in consensual gambling activity with adults...

Up to 25 years for a nonviolent, victimless crime is no less than evil.

I miss the old LATB streams where they had a good mix of good players and whales. The lineups now are pretty trash, I guess they make for good entertainment though.

Whatever happened to Art and Dan Zack? Are they not invited to Hustler? They were really strong players from what I remember.

He's stealing from the businesses that face the expenses of going through the legal hoops of being licensed. He's also stealing from every tax payer in the country (ie kind of everyone). It's not victimless just because no one got their head physically smashed..

The pitfalls of becoming famous while in the act.

https://youtu.be/oYQj971JIYo?t=48

Skipping the legal hoops and getting licensed isn't stealing from lawfully legitimate businesses. They've had nothing taken from them.

If they lose market share to the illegal businesses they're not a victim to the illegal businesses, they're a victim to the regulations which prevent them from competing effectively. Of course, they wouldn't want those regulations removed because they raise the legal barrier to entry and suppress competition.

It's pretty perverse to equate not wanting to have your money extorted from you with theft, but he probably paid plenty of taxes on his clean money anyway.

I do not accept that he committed even the slightest wrongdoing, but even if I did, how is it not outrageous that he could face 25 years in prison with a max sentence? Do you think that's proportionate to what he did? What would be an appropriate punishment in your eyes?

^ what a load of bs, gal.

25 years seems pretty justified after watching him play ehehehehehe

Yeah, i for one would love to play in unregulated casinos. What could possibly go wrong?

they break the wrong leg?

What's up, Gal?

The part about losing market share is a very interesting interpretation of the law. It can apply to every aspect of law and then suddenly no law matters because everyone is actually a victim of laws and not criminals, so therefore no one does any jail time. Maybe society should work that way, or maybe you should see jail time.

Your money, your choice.