want to tell me why ivey needed to "borrow" 10million from ftp?

Pretty stupid... especially for somebody already under such scrutiny.

At least he came clean (got caught, w/e) before it went any further.

how about we remove "Portuguese Poker Prodigy" from Jose's title and instead just refer to him as Girah. I mean, it's become quite obvious over the past few months that this kid is young and immature and has been involved in at least 1 incident of cheating and 1 incident with his sponsor.

How about Girah release all of his screen names on other sites because after this, it'd be nearly impossible to trust him as a coach with a live sweat session. Girah, not only have you ruined yourself as a future coach, but now you ruined your empty 100k challenge!

man did the cheating came after the announcement of the poker prodigy or before? if after man your timing is horrible! At least you got talent and more money than me LULZ be happy you'll recover like a normal human being.

guilty are sorry when they are caught..

extremely shady, premeditated and scumbaggish behaviour..

how many times can this guy cheat before people wise up? Dude's obviously a dbag, no matter how well he tries to hide it. Funny how people who screw others always blame it on being young...

Once again proved those kids playing high stakes are naive and stupid in life.

Nice attempt at damage control and PR work. For those naive enough to buy it, LOL. One born every minute.

Lol you're an idiot. Totally different situations. I'm sure it's really hard to move 1mil off and onto a poker site. That's the reason Ivey needed to "borrow" the money.

So did he just admit to stealing at least 30k? Online poker is legal and regulated in europe right? Isnt what Girah did constitute an indictable offence?

kinda of ironic to think that had he not made that long winded showboating thread calling himself a "so called prodigy" he would have gotten away with so much more.

like they say "the fish dies by its mouth"

cant believe players like Jungleman associate themselves with scum like this... wow, just wow.

We never imagined that Jose could do something like this. Suffice it to say that Jungle and I will be changing our plans and will no longer be living in Portugal with him.

Never again do you deserve an ounce of respect from the poker community. I hope all your sponsors drop you and your strategy video deal revoked. Being young is not an excuse for this behavior. You sir are a scum bag.

I was shocked when Kjemmy brought this to my attention and could barely believe it.

I have (informally) coached/chatted with Jose for over year now since he somehow got my skype and showed he had a sharp poker mind. I did this because I admired his drive to improve and he seemed like a nice kid who could go far in poker. Jose offered me large sums of money for private coaching which i refused in order to talk strat/general bull**** over skype for free. I have repeatedly vouched for him on 2p2 as well.

Kjemmy brought these suspicions to my attention which I dismissed as circumstantial (until IP addresses were confirmed or Jose confessed) because I felt that the scam was so flagrantly unethical and poorly conceived that I couldn't imagine Jose or anyone rational doing it. That same day, Jose advised me on skype chat to put money on ipoker and play "this aggrofish sauron1989 at 50/100" and I still was not convinced he was scamming.

I suppose the only constructive thing that can come from writing this post is that I want to advise other poker players to be extremely, extremely wary of others' intentions, especially when so many interactions occur online. There are many incredibly honest people in poker who have fostered a climate where deals totaling thousands or millions of dollars are brokered on people's word alone, usually without incident. We have to both be more careful about trusting other people these days and we also have to make sure people who behave like Jose are barred from the poker community by any non-violent means possible.

Is he still a Lock Pro?

reminds me of another prodigy we're all familiar with, Josh "JJProdigy" Field!

That's some great company kid. I once had a WSOP bracelet winner asking me if I could hack into Party around 2003ish so it appears poker and cheating are synonymous. I guess this answers the other thread about whether or not to mention poker as a career choice.

So Girah even targeted Sauce. I wonder if Jungleman would have been in the mix had he been able to play online...

"my mommy is not proud of me boo hoo hoo" jesus kid grow a little balls. Stop acting like a little bitch. lol talking about his nurses office at school..gtfo

Don't care what Girah says, still complete scumbag

It's so funny that he tried to scam some of his close pokerbuddies for a ''few nickles'' when he is supposed to be some poker prodigy winning mirrions

Also find it hilarious that he feels sorry after getting caught doing it.

The joke is over, rangey mc triple merge wins.

EDIT: I thought this had taken place a long time ago. Confirmed scumbag.

well, there goes your poker career out the window.

youre just gonna have to be a no-face grinder like rest of us

why wouldn't it be made public? The guy needs to be outted as a scum bag.

EDIT: I thought this had taken place a long time ago. Confirmed scumbag.

are you leveling? 3 buyins is irrelevant to the topic.