Ace is high, definitely too off topic.

Daytripping, you kind of need to knock it off as well.


I'm on my phone so can't take care of this right now. But all this talk of "20 with 17 is sketchy...19 with 17 is ok" and that type of nonsense needs to stop and I would appreciate your cooperation there.

Stop talking about your youngest sexual experience or conquest etc. Nobody cares. The thread is about the epl and that they banned a guy.

Lol, mike beat me to it.

its going to be pretty hard to keep this thread on topic when you consider the subject matter and how strongly some people feel about such subjects.... there was already a thread about this which had to be locked within half an hour. but i do agree with and i will try to keep my posts more on-topic.

it would be cool to hear something from this guy regarding what he plans to do. i think he could almost certainly get his 20k back. but therein lies the problem, if they give him 20k its going to be out of their own pockets because they already gave the seat to someone else!

20k or sue obv

epl is totally fail and overreaching
they did it with chino, and now they're just taking it further

I realize the thread has gotten a bit out of hand and I will stop as well.

To get back on topic, I would just like to reiterate that EPL is completely unjustified in their actions against this guy. If the offender agreed to give up the seat in the hopes of his past not being made public, well obviously that failed thanks to doublejoker. I do think it sets a dangerous precedent when EPL can basically say "we are going to take $18,500 from this guy because of something he did in the past." Like another poster said, it is a freeroll for them.

A lot of people feel Chino should not be allowed in the league because he has ripped people off in the past. But once you let the guy in, I don't think it would be fair to take money away from him once he wins it. They let the sex offender play in the satellite because it is obviously unrealistic to do background checks on every Joe Blow who plays a satellite. If EPL wants everybody who plays in their tournaments to be fine upstanding citizens with no blemishes on their records, then 1) don't offer satellites, 2) accept the fact that you are going to have a very small league because there are plenty of people who were given membership who I am damn sure a private investigator could dig up some kind of dirt on.

The information on him was already public. This does however show how poorly run the epl is.

Seems like Anne is the the second in her family to decide:

"Very weird, dude."

The only thing I can think of is if he was on probation and his probation states he may not gamble. Besides that he should sue the **** out of the EPL.

Wow this is really ridiculous, they obviously owe him the money.

Yes, the guy is a scumbag, based on his record. But Epic Poker League is an epic, epic fail. This is what, their second tourney? LOL. Seems to me they owe the scumbag at least $20,000, though I wish it were legal to just give it to charity or something.

Daniel negreanu will be having a laugh.

Jesus, what a joke the EPL is!

I can't find their "rules" concerning this subject on their code of conduct page? Is it just up to their discretion or are there actual rules regarding the subject? Does it actually state "If we find out you touched a boy we will take your 20K." I can't find it....

It's discretionary. And, as I posted above, they had previously issued a statement saying they would not take into account conduct prior to the league's formation.

Which Michael Devita is it?

This one, who's 20 and charged with indecent exposure?

Or this one, who's 54 and charged with child molestation?

the second one

I understand that Mr. Devita doesn't want to make a big deal out of it because he doesn't want to make his past big news. But if I was him, I'd just tell the EPT guys that I'm gonna sue unless they give me the seat, even if I wasn't planning to actually do it. I mean what are the chances EPT actually wants to take that gamble?

Ya this is a joke you cant have the seat pass down, he is owed $20k fair and square

Also just because he has a criminal record doesn't mean anything, like others pointed out tons of other people have hard criminal records and play poker.

I get it so what your saying is that its a load of crap. I was gonna start a *****Official Epic Poker League Main Event******* thread but it sounds like you guys wont be interested.

Also as per mike johnson's post, we are not allowed to discuss what 22 year olds should be allowed to do to 17 year olds. I will say that I am 22 and I am grateful every day for living in canada, home of the free.

Dutch Boyd is deep right now in the EPL main. ONE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boyd was the president and co-founder of the PokerSpot online poker cardroom, which operated from May 2000 to late 2001. When PokerSpot ceased operations, the cardroom did not refund $400,000 of player funds.

Flashing somebody in a toilet is hardly the worst offense ever.

i've had a look too, but to no avail. in order for them to take his money they would literally have to have some sort of rule banning convicted criminals from playing in their events, along with some sort of "any person who does not notify the EPL of their criminal history will forfeit any winnings that have have profited whilst playing in the league" clause, which seems pretty ridiculous. either they've illegally stolen his money or chino rheem's pockets are going to be a million dollars lighter, which will probably leave his bankroll at around the -$900k mark considering all the people he had to pay back

Exactly. They are treading pretty thin on this "we do what ever we want" rule.

Was this rule made so Annie could play?

Annie Dookie

and Dutch Boyd winning would truly be EPIC beyond belief.

I am def pulling for him bigtime. EPIC EPIC EPIC EPIC

Boyd was truly ten years ahead of his time. DUCY?