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Originally Posted by 27AllIn
It would be kind of ludicrous, for Justin, to bring your partner in crime on the live stream to grill him about some of the most blatant cheating hands he's played. Especially since Justin would have to be responsible for changing the hand to 8s9s to cover up obvious cheating... Now he's going to expose some other ridiculous hands? Doesn't make any sense. Plus the fact that Justin is putting up his good job, reputation, jail time ect. at risk.
Maybe.
But you are looking back with perfect info. At the time (assuming Justin is guilty), they had been doing this for over a year with zero repercussions. They probably felt invincible, that they were committing the perfect crime.
Also, Justin and his team were clearly building up certain players as stars (not just Mike, but he was the prototype). I'm sure Justin was using the way he marketed Mike to promote himself and his work. So he could not just benefit from the cheating directly, but also legitimately, in a professional sense. For example, "I'm building brands like "Mike the God" on my streams, which has helped increase viewership by over 400%, generating more revenue for my clients," etc., etc. So it's win-win: get a % of Mike's winnings, plus promote himself as a genius Producer in the process (assuming he's guilty).
Sure, it's also insane to think he would get away with it, now that they were caught. But having pulled this off for so long, it's not surprising they just assumed the gravy train would never derail.
Remember a week ago, Veronika was a disgruntled employee, a "thorough" investigation found nothing, RFID cards are "unreliable" meaning who knows what he really had, etc., etc.. The perfect crime, right? Look how fast things changed.