the least likely thing is that postle and robbi were the only 2 cases of (alleged) cheating in the history of live streams when both faced 0 consequences and the stakes people play for have grown exponentially over the last 5 years

Yeah, always thought the question over him is more to do with why or how he gets a seat. He is a huge nit who adds very little to the game.

I think your ability to judge people’s skill level is questionable at best. Whales lose a lot more than 15bb/100 especially live fyi.

I really don’t understand this argument. Basically it’s like crying that someone you think is playing bad is winning so there must be cheating. It’s basically the argument that every losing player has in every low stakes game has when they lose. He is friends with Ryan but ****ing nick is the owner and plays so if anyone’s ****ing cheating it’s probably him. Ryan also plays in the games himself. I’m not saying there’s not cheating just people used to get better ****ing evidence then a guy I think plays like **** is winning. I miss Chicago Joey he would have found the crotch staring if it’s here.

JBoogs also booked his biggest win on that super high stakes cash game session. Doesn’t fit his player profile at all to be playing a game like this. Unless..

Okay let me rephrase. Luda is a bad player. Bad players tend to lose at pokerz. Luda is boyfriend and living with the host of the games he plays in. Luda gets banned from previous place. Luda is a bad player who is perhaps top10-20 winners both in HCL and LATB.

Am i saying he cheated? No. Is the AAvs86s hand a total loser meltdown? Yes. Are all these little coincidences a bit unlikely to all occur?…

It does seem odd that the only hand not showing up on the screen is Luda's, even though his cards are in the RFI reading area. If GT thinks they are a bunch of cheaters, why did he play in the game?

look at 15:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INLYSan8HEk

One of Feldman’s greatest ”abilities” is to put on good line ups where the pros feel they have enough value and the recs feel like they have a chance and that the armosphere is nice.

To do this, you need to be extremely good at manipulating people, telling white lies all the time, deal with scumbag personalities. You have to be really quick thinker and come up with excuses and lies on the spot.

Based on the converstion with Garrett, Feldman clearly has these abilities. Vertucci is a known scammer. Who also was winning alot before the Robbi thing blew up. They had confirmed criminal working for them. Most of the players in the show have some weird aliases and professions. Everything just smells like a huge scam.

That being said, they have the best content and production at the moment.

I hope Lodge would stream more high stakes cash games, I feel that everytime they have done it, it has been really good. And it’s usually 5-6 regs vs 1-2 recs which creates alot more aggressive dynamic and fun to watch compared to Hustler 1-3 pros + rest fish.

I dont think Ludas a good player but he plays in lineups where everyone is really awful. I imagine the reason latb banned Luda is because he was poaching players for home games not that he was cheating but without a statement it’s speculation. I don’t think Luda is even winning that much at latb but maybe he is top 20 at the moment. He certainly isn’t usually top 20.

I really don’t care either way to be honest. I just think it’s really lazy to make an accusation on something you can easily get evidence and present a good argument on (the postle evidence is ****ing amazing just find hands like that and eventually see a pattern of how he cheats) but people just say random **** as facts instead and try to act like they’re geniuses.

This is spot on. You cant do what Feldman is doing without being a scumbag yourself. Personally I cant even imagine dealing with known rapists and other dregs and acting chummy with them to get them to come play in my game. What kind of person are you if you are willing to deal with those kind of people in a friendly manner? Being a "partner" with Vertucci also speaks volumes. No actual completely clean person would engage in that.

You also probably have to massively brown nose every single day to get fish into the game.

Who is GT? Garret Taddlestein?

reddit says he was on a 450k downswing followed by a 450k upswing, thats pretty standard variance for a bad LAG who is regularly playing 6 figure pots against other bad players

The RFID system can operate with no human interaction. Ryan Feldman, Nick Vertucci and the production team have access to the RFID and the hole cards in real time. Feldman has stated that it is for camera purposes. As long as they have access to the hole cards in real time the HCL stream is compromised.

What about the lodge and bally’s stream, do people have access to real time hole cards or is it just hcl?

Damn Garrett had over a year to prepare? Ryan’s barrage of non-sequitors succeed in getting Garrett to make an ass out of himself, screaming about how he doesn’t care about money. Lol? Go play .05/.1 online if you care about competition.

Smooth talking sociopath Feldman and serial scammer Vertucci are almost certainly fixing the game. Garrett won’t be the one to expose this no matter his delusions of grandeur. This is just gonna be another nothingburger until an insider presents evidence or the casino does its own investigation

I thought Luda’s origin story is he came from family money, was/is a fish, and would play super nitty at 5/5nl 1k cap at the Bike to limit losses but still get to be in the room all the time for social purposes. Then, he got more money from family, started playing bigger and crazier because he enjoyed all the attention and poker “fame” he was receiving.

Also, didn’t this get talked about on here before, how Feldman always has an Asian male roommate and it has nothing to do with a cheating conspiracy? Just so the 2p2 brain surgeons know, there’s other reasons men live together other than to cheat at livestream poker games.

Just HCL. Doug Polk went over this when the whole Robbi thing went on and Joey Ingram interviewed the owner of the company. When Ryan was asked about their system he stated "we have access to the hole cards in live time for camera and theatrical purposes i.e. doom zoom. Right then I deduced that something nefarious was at play.

Wow good catch! Given this thread is about Feldman's sexuality and not whether he's running a rigged game, this seems very relevant.

"My friend Mark is good friends with a blue person that he is likely allowing to cheat. It is ok though because he only has blue friends." Are you even capable of thought? Why would you even post this "brain surgeon"?

Dude has literally zero evidence, other than someone 3bet light, flatted a 3.x 4bet light, and flopped trips.

buddy, that happens kinda often.

Takes a special kind of idiot to play on HCL without being in on the fix. Hate to victim blame here but GT should probably know better.

We can only point to circumstantial things nothing definitive when it comes to HCL and players cheating but I feel like the quote "where there's smoke, there's fire" applies so much to HCL.

If I was a player on any of their streamed lineups, I would never feel 100% confident that I am playing in a fair game.

HCL reminds me so much of a rigged home game. Outsiders watch and see all these crazy whales vpiping 50%+ and playing 4bet pots with ****

What he's suggesting is that the deck is carefully set once he decides to rebuy / top up.

It's ... well... ludicrous

No particular insight on Luda, but anyone who trusts the integrity of Feldman + Vertucci at this point is crazy.

Said player then proceeds to call a raise with 9-3 clubs the very next hand…..from middle position with entire table left to act???

I think you guys are still not aware that the strategy used by the players during HCL games is loosely based on Postle playstyle.

Calling a 5bet with pocket 7s or KTs is only the most logical play based on Postle playstyle. Which still inspires most livestream poker players to this day.

If you can't replicate, it probably means you are a fish. PIOsolver is not the answer, pure intuition is. You don't have to be afraid if you know how to soul read your opponents.

It's simple guys, when you see that someone has the nuts or is better than you, you fold. When you have the nuts you value. When you know your opponent is weak you bluff.

"Every hand is a winner, and every hand is a loser". **** GTO ranges, it's time to throw it into a bin and start a new era.