You don't need administrative access to wipe a drive. (It is possible to lock down the bios of a machine so that it can't boot into the utility that wipes the drive, but this is almost never done in practice.) Once the drive is wiped you can reinstall the OS without any permissions and on a single-purpose computer like this there is exactly one program afterwards that you then need to install.

At your company this would probably fail because you couldn't rejoin the domain once you had wiped the drive and re-installed. This would almost certainly not be the case at stones live (they would not be part of the casino domain).

I have not been following the debate on the commentators closely. Think it's a bit of a waste of time since it's all pure speculation.

I will just say, I believe Veronica originally brought up her suspicions in March, and she said she mentioned it to at least one of the other commentators. I find it likely that the commentators may have heard about the gossip and speculation, and caused some uneasiness amongst them. That is completely different than any of them being in on the scam though.

People were leaving backpacks in the peek room. It could be as simple as Postle left a hidden camera in there pointed at a monitor with the hole cards revealed, and then had the camera relay this to his phone.

The guy played a ton in that room. I'm pretty shocked we don't have a decent second hand view of his finances. He talked a lot and played a lot. In the room I'm a regular at, I know who has a nice house, who has a brand new car etc. When I'm playing a home game when credit is introduced, I know who is good for it and who is not. These are often small, tight knit communities. I really thought we would know more about Mike by now.

Why can't he cheat when Justin is out of town though? I don't think this means justin is in on it but rather he needs Justin to be there to pull it off. My guess if the laptop used to stream they infected and when Justins gone a different computer is used and he can't cheat.

He's playing 1/3 for a living. If he was really a giant crusher, he'd play bigger. His single dad excuse is bs. He's only a couple of hours from huge games and legit MTTs. He's full of ****.

He didn't play that much before he started cheating. Once he had the live stream cheat, he played a ton.

congrats on not firing that river!!!

to clarify, most regs in these games don't make that much and i know this firsthand. im just highlighting how out of proportion his results are compared to actual strong players (which are few and far between at these stakes live)

Fully believe Postle cheated and I give benefit of the doubt 99.9999% of the times as someone that was wrongly accused/convicted. The commentators 'could' just be poker dumb or clueless. Some fanboy so hard that they are either 100% aware or 100% clueless. Either scenario IS possible. I believe some were aware and it was a promo job to get viewers, but it is conceivable that they are just clueless.

I know I’ve posted this several times but it keeps me up at night .
https://youtu.be/Gaek0o6eYTo
Freezeframe at 2:10:15, am I the only person who thinks you can clearly see a small grey scanner on that bracelet. It is not a glint of light, it stays in that same spot.

No one said the DOJ is investigating this

Or perhaps; granted I'm no IT/computer expert, maybe, just maybe someone who had access to the live stream/feed hole card info merely relayed it (perhaps via use of sms/cell phone) to MP during the game. Which, although my IT knowledge is somewhat sketchy here, would not require any programs (malicious or otherwise) to be installed on a Stones computer. Ergo, no need to wipe any Stones computer. Would that be possible?

All kidding aside; you seem to know lots about computers, and that's great. But all this cloak and dagger stuff starts to really conflict with simple basic explanations/theories as to what actually occurred. And what the heck does rejoining a domain mean?!?!?

That's the photo caption in the NPR story. Likely talking about the same thing. From the gambling control commission's website:

"The Bureau of Gambling Control within the Department of Justice (DOJ), is the State law enforcement authority with special jurisdiction over gambling activities within the State of California."

If he was able to get someone to agree to install and connect via teamviewer, no one else would necessarily have to interact with him after that.

Here's some points against the commentators being in on the cheating, why they didn't notice it going on, and some justification for their "suspicious" comments:

-Since cheating isn't on anyone's radar, they're going to try to justify what they see on the screen anyway they can.
-He had a huge VPIP so people wanted to play with him. It would be easy to assume he's a donkey on a heater, and was drinking so he's making some crazy plays that happened to work
-He became the cardroom hero, so they're going to be praising him and his genius, instead of asking questions. Group think will influence/silence any questioners or doubters
-This happening is unprecedented
-Commentators work in shifts so they don't see all the hands Postle plays
-Commentators themselves likely aren't strong poker players, so when they see Mike do something that works, they're not going to be able to criticize it. Even if it was a bad/ crazy play.
-Mike Postle was likely friends or quite friendly with them, and probably tipped everyone quite well
-Twitch viewers, or Youtube viewers also didn't notice cheating going on, or didn't speak up against it

I'm not ruling out that commentators aren't in on this somehow. I just don't think their comments, that I've seen so far, incriminate themselves by any means. Plus one commentator did speak out against Mike, Angry_Polak. She received a lot of pressure from Mike's friends, and others, to hush up. I bet someone could manufacture a compilation of all her comments that would make her look fishy.

Although not evidence of guilt in and of itself, I'm very suspicious of the tournament director who supposedly investigated the allegations initially, then aggressively dismissed the Angry Pollack's claims by stating that she didn't know what she was talking about and that Postle was using the Martingale strategy. I mean, what the **** does that even mean?

It's possible that he just wanted to stick his head in the sand and was concerned that if the allegations surfaced it would be very bad for him and his employer, but wouldn't you think that at the very least he would notify his bosses? If he did, did they also try to cover things up? Why would he make a nonsensical argument about the Martingale system, which is so stupid it's comical? The far more likely scenario is that he was involved to some extent. If not, he's a complete moron.

I also think it's unlikely Postle had help from more than one other person, but he didn't do this on his own imo.

I don't even think winrates or standard deviation are even necessary to prove he is cheating. Even if had a reasonable winrate it is still plain as day that this dude is cheating.

To be fair online most people just automatically use tracking software that will track other player's results from the the hands they play with you.

Live, you're probably likely not tracking anyone's results but your own. For all we know there could have been multiple other superuser/cheaters in that very game that are simply doing it much more subtle.

No one is really doing a full check on all the players in the game...I don't think.

Yeah, I was thinking about asking that...lol

What's your experience with closing arguments as the prosecutor in a criminal case? Do you mind sharing a ballpark time frame or range on how long they would typically go?

I'm not a lawyer but if I understand his posts correctly, he is saying that he would not have to use statistical evidence.

The argument is not "the guy's winrate is impossible".

The argument is "he is looking at his phone and then making a decision based on his opponents cards -- every single time. And here is video of him doing it, over and over and over. And on the days when he isn't looking at his phone, his hat has this mysterious bulge in it, and he covers his ears before making a decision. And here is that on video, again and again and again". Honestly, I think that even I could explain that to a jury. It's extremely obvious and anyone can understand it.

I am not here to defend anyone as i dont know all the FACTS (and neither do you) and i definitely will not defend someone i dont know, nor have any interaction with in my life.

But the bolded is the point..what is the EVIDENCE against against Justin....I know... when he is not there there is not God mode....he defended Mike all the time... but there is no evidence...suspicions and accusations (rightly or wrongly) are cool and make for a long thread on the interwebz, but they are not EVIDENCE.......


I said its very well possible HE or someone else is involved, but i think its just a very "simple" case of "mike has an entry to the RFID stream...plays it on his phone...sees hole cards... runs like God....


Ps.... i missed the BACKPACK conversation/posts.... is this confirmed? Is this only with a specific person on duty? this COULD be why he only does it with Justin on shift? If justin is the person letting people in the room/leaving things there??

Well this comment didn't age that well:

https://youtu.be/DGDiACF58fo?t=8107

Ok godeep, you have made your point. I read all your posts and I am now convinced enough that you're trolling the thread and it's getting to the point where you are starting to make the thread cluttered with useless trolling comments.

I have no problem if MP supporters come in here and make reasonable and decent posts. Mike and his supporters have every right to come in and defend him but you're not really doing that,

I don't want you in this thread any longer. Any further posts by you in this thread will result in a permanent ban.

Didn't he work at Stones before? I think it's quite possible he would have access to install a virus on a computer without anyone's help.

Ugggh, is this over yet?

Found this interesting from Marle's Twitter:


Marle Cordeiro
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@MarleCordeiro
Oct 2
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Ho-ly ****.

JFK is the poker room floor..who has a new Tesla that he showed off to me and @berkey11. Seems to be doing good for himself.