+1. Who knows how much longer this would have gone on if she hadn’t come forward.

Mclovin? lol this also happened in the DC area and legitimately it was the exact same reaction, guy offered pennies on the dollar to "make it right" (with NDA attached) players declined and after like 6 months he was back playing in pretty much the same games, he even got a player banned from a casino property for threatening him....casinos just want the rake.

As others have said, if it wasn't for Angry Polak this would have gone on for longer than it did.

All the people who are coming out saying so-and-so did this and so-and-so did that and is still in poker are bringing up high profile examples that are different to what has happened here unless im missing something.

Mike Postle (allegedly) cheated whilst playing. He didnt run a ponzi scheme (Federer/Ferguson etc), he didnt beg, borrow, scum %'s (Chino/Eli etc). He directly at a table cheated players.

Casinos have complete discretion to turn away players for any reason. Why would cardroom managers open themselves up to the possibility that their games are compromised?

How could players honestly sit at a table with him, knowing who he is, and play without fear of the game being dodgy. Everytime he makes a slightly out there call that pays off, he will be under suspicion.

If he walked into my local tomorrow and wanted to join the game the regs would kick up such a fuss he'd never be allowed back.

Maybe im wrong and an idealist, or maybe time changes things, maybe, but for me he is out of live poker for the foreseeable future at least.

So you are suggesting he file a lawsuit where he has the sole burden of proof and then plead the Fifth and not testify?

He can't prove that he didn't cheat. They would need to prove that he did cheat, which is the claim they've made in several videos. It is interesting.

Represented by Jackie Chiles ?

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

Sucks because stones has amazing food and used to be my favorite place to play when I came back to california Definitely won't be playing there anymore though

I hope to god you are not his lawyer. Actually let me think about that again, I do hope you are his lawyer.

ChicagoJoey better ask some damn difficult questions in this podcast if Mike comes on as stated in that tweet.

He’d probably be welcome in most non-Stones-stream games.

Postle not completely out of the woods...there is STILL a pending federal case in Nevada that was filed in April and where alternate service was perfected by FedEx delivery on May 19 after Postle continued to duck service.

The Motion for the alternate service was actually one of the most thorough I have ever seen, either at the State or federal level. There is no valid argument that could be advanced that multiple efforts were not made- it even included emails to Postle's mom asking for assistance.

Would guess Postle will try to claim somewhere down the road that he never actually received the materials since they were just left at the door without signature.

Who is suing him? How in Nevada and not California?

1. What federal lawsuit ? Name did not pop up in case records search.

2. Collateral estoppel, etc ?

You can present evidence and not testify. I hope he loses and is exposed as a cheat. I do not support Postle in anyway.

Postle making a profit on being busted for cheating would be very 2020.

He should organize a cash game with his biggest victims over like 30 nights and by the time it’s over and his win rate pretty well matches that of the disputed time frame, everyone will know he really is Jesus.

Gamble at your own risk. If you are cheated, there is no legal recourse.

Man, I used to love cards. I grew up playing cribbage, 500, Euchre, every card game you can think of. I learned that the worst thing you could be was a card cheat. It still is. Cheat at cards......what are you? That goes for all the angle shooters, ghosters and bot runners too.

Postle should be able to play anywhere but Stones. Lol, no one is going to put him on a live stream. Lol, Postle can't sue anyone. The case was not dismissed because the allegations were false.

The biggest public cheating scandal happens over recorded livestream and the community can't get a judge to hear both sides of the case - great.

I may have mis-read the tweet. I hope he wants to tell his story on your pod...

Well, in California, that is the Law.


Or maybe you thought that everywhere Justice and Law were the same thing.

Agreed. And this is specific to California. If Postle cheated in a Reno cardroom the lawsuit would be alive.

There's still the "will a jury be able to understand probability" and "there's no smoking gun" and all that stuff that's been thrown around here and elsewhere, but at the end of the day, none of it mattered.

In California, a victim of cheating can't sue the cheaters for money lost if it was in a gambling game/activity.

Have poker players ever successfully sued a casino or card room?

Both of the suits against Postle were viewable for me in PACER.

Time will tell on CE...since he refused service, it remains to be seen if he finds shadow counsel to prepare his Original Answer and/or Motion to Dismiss.

The Nevada case is SOLELY Cordeiro v Postle 20-CV-00640

Same counsel for plaintiff as in California.