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Originally Posted by bizkit
And the casino has probably removed/scrubbed all physical evidence on site that could have been used to assist.
So you believe that the casino has obstructed justice? Because if anyone did that, they are on the hook for years of prison time if prosecutors decide this is an important case.
Seriously, this is not the movies. In real life, you don't just go out and destroy evidence. For one thing, digital evidence isn't that easy to destroy. For another, obstruction of justice / spoliation of evidence is actually even easier to prosecute than cheating at poker.
If the casino has competent counsel, everything has been preserved. Everything. You destroy one video recording, you make things infinitely worse. (I also believe there's a gaming regulation that requires casinos to maintain surveillance footage for a specific length of time. So they could lose their license and have to close if they destroyed anything.)
Also, it isn't as though the only evidence is footage. There's also all the people who worked at Stones. Many of whom were not in on this. You really think none of them are going to testify that they saw something fishy?
And there's other potential evidence as well. You think Postle didn't order the alleged device in his hat from someone? You think there isn't a credit card receipt out there somewhere?
It's VERY HARD to obstruct justice, and it only gets you in more trouble if you do. The smart play for the casino- and the casino's lawyers know this- is to cooperate with any investigation and to use their political clout to try to keep the sanctions as light as possible.
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It's a weak case unless the jury is comprised of an actual professional poker player peers.
Nope. Give me 4 hours and I could explain this to ANY group of 12 random people.
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Defense experts will simply say he is being punished for winning money. How statistically significant is his winnings? Well, we don't know because the sample of live players we have to calculated from is basically non-existent. Polish it up a little and it'll sound like a bunch of losing players are crying about losing.
And none of that explains going in and out of God mode, the crotch cell phone, the hats, the not playing when his buddy is out of town, etc.