Let me start by saying I have screenshots of EVERYTIHING!
I've been quiet for a long time but I am going to publicly tell everyone what happened to me at Club Jaqk Club JAQK. I was hired to run the live stream with the agreed up rate of $15 an hour plus 15% of the tip split between 2 people, on the days that I worked. At the time I was not aware that a tip split was illegal. If you don't know what a tip split is let me explain. A tip split for the sake of Club Jaqk is a percentage of the tips taken from tipped employees and paid to non-tipped employees. I agreed to the wage again unknowing that the tip split was illegal and I worked and let me just say I worked my ass off, more than 40 hours a week much much more and I was told by Dan Bekavac that they did NOT pay overtime, which again is illegal. My first week went off without a hitch and I was paid via direct deposit, now I never received a paycheck stub but I was paid $15 and hour for 40 hours and it was directly deposited into my bank account. I was then paid cash for the 15% tip split.
The following week I was sent a photo of two figures that were written on the back of an envelope from Dan,
$600 Hours
$360 Tip split
I was informed that this was my pay and I was informed that it would all be cash and I would receive a 1099. I was also informed that the tip split went from 15% to 8%. I was not happy but I needed a job so I worked the following week.
This is the week the **** hit the fan, the week of November 17th, and the Ladies Tournament. I was informed the Ladies Tournament would be live-streamed for a feature table. The day before I was informed that the the players for the feature table would be hand-picked instead of randomly chosen. I was not happy as that to me is collusion but again I needed a job so I went to work. I was offered by Rags to pay for my buy in to the ladies tournament and I was allowed to play per Dan as someone else would cover the live stream. I began to play but was stopped as the livestream wasn't working. My chips were removed from the table so I was not blinded out as I worked to get the live stream up and running. For hours I was on the phone with different people trying to get it working. I went back to the tournament once as the players, with every right, were complaining that my chips were not in play, so I went back to the table. Needless to say my mind was not in the game and I continued to get interrupted by Dan because of the live stream not running. I eventually busted out of the game and continued to work on getting the live stream up and running which never happened.
I worked the entire week with different people trying to get the live stream up and running and because the developer lives in Australia I was working crazy hours. Now if you don't know I have a degree in computer software so I am not stupid, I tried many different things to get the program back up and running but to no avail. I worked well over 40 hours, which Dan agreed to me working the hours as he said, "We have to fix it". Dan proceeded to leave Louisville the night of 19th after he lost $4k in the PLO game, that was supposed be live streamed after it was recorded, I do not know if that ever happened as you will see I was fired.
On November 20, 2023, the week of Thanksgiving, I texted Dan asking if he had heard anything from anyone regarding getting the live stream running. I explained to him that I had appointments on Tuesday and and Wednesday my daughter would be home for Thanksgiving and of course I had to cook, so I needed to work on the livestream that day. He said he would reach out to people and let me know. In this same conversation I asked about my pay for the previous week and was informed that I had money at the Club
$600 Hours
$80 Tip Split
as you can imagine I was NOT happy about the drastic difference from $360 the previous week to $80 this pay period, so I questioned it and I was informed and I quote the following.
" You only worked the live stream on Sunday and I didn't factor in Thursday, I'll tell Rocco to throw in another $100 in there for you". I was furious, I told him the number of hours I worked and that I accepted the job on the primes that I would be paid a 15% tip out between myself and Rocco Pace and now it was 8% and I had no idea how many people were sharing that tip split and that I couldn't pay my bills on that amount. Dan continued to tell me that I didn't really work 40 hours that week, yet he paid me for 40 hours. At this point texted the following text, which I will include in my post.
"Ok, I'm sorry we had a misunderstanding I appreciate the work you've put in. You will be hard to replace but thank you for trying to make things work"
So I was fired because I questioned my pay.
The following week, November 28, 2023, I received a text from Dan "Looks like we got the live stream fixed. Are you still going to run it? Or do we need to find someone"?
I told him I would need to be paid what I was owed and discuss my pay going forward. He attempted to negotiate with me but never accepted accountability for not paying me what we agreed to, needless to say, I was never working for him again.
As most know, Dan left Club Jaqk High and Dry and in financial hardship on December 15, 2023. So around this time, several people were posting on Social Media and 2 + 2
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/...../index12.html forum how they did not get paid by Dan. Ray Copley I believe was one of the first to go public and he did get paid by Brad Bishop. I was NEVER contacted by Brad until I reached out to him and he NEVER has paid me my loss wages. I will probably never see the money I am owed but I feel like I have the right to tell my side of the story. Club Jaqk should never be allowed to remain open as Dan Bekavac is still the owner on file with the state of Kentucky. Brad's last message to me on January 24, 2024, was asking if I had reached out to Dan regarding W2's and 1099s for me to file my taxes and that the next time Dan reached out to him for numbers, as Dan has him blocked, he would as Dan for me. I have heard NOTHING since.
