Can only Wonder how so many idiots have something
To say about a man they dont know and his personal debts.
Grow up Cole!You could reach out on a plattform in
Public where sosical ******s couldent replay for their own
Selfasteem. Next time it might be you...

The irony is strong in this one.

I'm not interested in a negative free-roll, thanks

Making deals with other players should be considered a private matter. Unless it takes years to pay them back. I know you're trying to put some onus on those outing you for damaging your reputation because they aren't keeping this supposed code of ethics by bringing these allegation to the light.

Your sentiments about the risk of not being paid back when lending money is true. However, are you saying that simply to fleece us into believing that you not paying people back is ok, that "they knew the risk?" Or for us feel slightly better about looking the other way? Or to excuse yourself and your lack of follow through? It seems this piece of your settlement... Er, I mean statement, is a logical primer to lead the readers down a mental and logical narrative so that your following statements, excuses, and responsibility dodging seems more plausible. Jenky and weak.

According to him, with some supporting evidence, this is not the case. But even if it was the case, that same code of 'money loaning ethics' also implies some responsibility on your part to be assertive in your communication with the party you owe "nominal" (according to some 2p2 posters) amounts of money to. Not communicating with them and seeking them out is seen as brushing it under the proverbial rug. You're playing stupid.

To help cement my point... Here's and excerpt from my biography. I hope you like it. (Call me Mason.)

"In the summer of 2002, Abortions parents gave him his first chore around the home at the tender age of 8. Trash duty. His parents initially prompted him every time the trash needed to be disposed of to alert him to the task and to help him become observant to his newfound responsibility. As time went on he did it without being prompted. But then the not-so nominal riches of $1.20 a week became to much for him and burned a hole through his wallet and he took his chore for granted. He stopped taking the trash out and conveniently stopped hanging out near the trash receptacle located in the kitchen. Then one day, his sister outed him concerning his trash negligence to a community known as Mom and Dad. Abortion didn't confront the matter. He opted to hide out at his neighborhood friends house hoping the matter would blow over. Upon returning home his parents sat him down and asked him why he had become lazy and wasn't doing his chore.

His reply to them... 'You never asked me to so I didn't think I had to take it out.' He played stupid and blamed his sister for telling on him. He thought they had a coalition of sibling ethics."

-Expert from "Biography of Living Abortion: The Road of $1.50 to NL $5 Legend."

(Call me Mason)


Honestly I think you would be a decent politician. Reading your entire post seems like you would decent job at damage control, as long as the majority of the time you acted in advance instead of waiting for the fallout, but I'm sure you would have advisers and a PR team to deliberate on what your next move would be.

But here is the thing Eli, the statement you have given the community doesn't address the heart of the matters that have been brought up. You vaguely feign addressing/taking responsibility for said allegations by filling an entire post with unnecessary, watered down information, (who cares about the full tilt days, you don't need to explain to us the risks of lending money, and we obviously know its not necessarily the case that someone is going to be paid back "the next day") and an attempt at written misdirection, with a hint of eliciting some self pity. All is seen as a means to blocker bet against addressing those allegations with a lengthy statement with enough 'this and that' so that onlookers would deem it as sufficient statement. Well I'm jamming on your booty and it seems you have "nominal" equity.

You say the allegations against you are baseless. How so? You either owe so and so money or you don't. That's all the the allegations were, allegations of whether you owed someone money and have not paid them or made attempts to pay them in a timely manner. You didn't really address this, other than a verbal (written) drive by. Then you follow it up with:

"All I can tell you is that anyone who has ever played with me, whether they’re a pro or a recreational player, and whether it has been in a cash game or tournament table, knows how passionately I love the game"

Who cares... More written jiu jitsu. I don't see why this relevant. How much you love the game doesn't matter, unless you consider you love it more than getting your priorities strait, downsizing your life, and paying people back.

Maybe poker shouldn't be your priority right now.

Under the assumption it would be paid back ASAP? What is your source on that?

I think lending money to a degenerate gambler is a terrible choice in general but if we get beyond that why wouldn't the player lending money get something in writing? It would take less than a minute.

One reason players lend money is to keep games running. Aside from that, I don't see a logical reason to lend money but I suppose they know at some point they may need the favor reciprocated, or maybe they just don't want to come off as a bad guy.

No it’s not. The first time i’ve seen the statement is when it was posted here.

Best wishes,
Mason

If this thread stops a single player from lending money it will be a positive. I've loaned small amounts and have mostly been paid back but am still owed by either players that still show up to play or who have disappeared entirely. I ran into one such in LV who asked me how much he owed on a 10 year old loan and I answered 'nothing' bec I'm never getting paid back from him and this guy is supposed to be a pro.

I loaned bec these ppl became 'poker friends' and it wasn't for huge amounts but not getting paid back is a miserable feeling so for those who are just starting out I've got a bit of simple advice re lending to poker players: Don't do it.

I never would have guessed purple, I would have bet 10 to 1 against purple tbh.

I pretty much agree with you guys re loaning, especially in a casino. But with home games and private games it’s inevitable. The game I used to be a reg In has only had one instance of a guy welching (at least that’s public knowledge) on a marker or bet. And game has been running for over 5 years and markers are given on a nightly basis (well on game nights, so twice a week usually), to the tune of 300-6000

This statement is just word play. It addresses nothing and is full of information not relevant to the allegations against him. My favorite part is when he implies that he is not 100% responsible for his debts.

Also lol@not moving down stakes. Swallow your pride for once.

Wow..."to the tune of Three Hundred Dollars"....that's some balls deep game you're playing in

Never said it was some super high stake game. Did you miss the -(up to) 6000 part? And that’s per night. I’ve seen the same guy owe 300 and the same guy owe 6k at end of night.

My point still remains only one welcher in 5+ years.

Edit. In conclusion, Anywhere from 51-90% of poker players are good ppl who will pay their debts.

This matters completely what group of poker players you are referring to. The good ones its damn near 100% and pretty much the only ones I ever talk to or associate with.

If it's any standard online winning player across whatever website, maybe 75% works? But I have no idea. Maybe it's higher at 90%? But it really I'd probably say depends on how strict your criteria is for winning player. Your $5/hr winners are going to be less payback worthy than your $100/hr+ winners.

If it's whatever degens exist at a live poker table, I wouldn't even know how to calculate that nor would I want to know.

I'm confused!

If you two guys can call each other on the phone and text each other . Why the need to post it on here? This makes zero sense . I called you and left a message ? Lol. Obviously he seen you called and left a message . So confusing that you would feel the need to announce that here.

The question should not be how often do people pay off debts. 50, or 75 or 90%, etc.

The question should be what % of all the money ever loaned by poker players to poker players have been paid back.

You could be right (doutbfully) saying the real number of loans paid back is 90%. However, even saying that is the case the monetary % of money that has been paid back could still be under 50%. Not saying there is anyway to prove that, but it just takes a few huge loans not to be paid back to skew those numbers drastically.

For example
How many 5$ loans have been paid back? 90%?
How many million dollar loans have been paid back? The answer is much lower than the amount of loans paid back at the 5$ level, I would think.

This is all conjecture, but I think it's clearly better to look at the total lent and paid back over the what % of loans are paid back.

1) You say Cole South has a misunderstanding of the facts. Can you tell us what that misunderstanding is? What are the actual facts as you understand them?

2) In your mind what is the 'private arrangement' you have with Cole South? Clearly he doesn't share that understanding of the arrangement.

Until you actually address these issues, your statement is basically:

'hey guys, i'm a good guy. everything is a misunderstanding. trust me. and don't trash my book on amazon'

he doesnt get a response from u for 10 years until it goes public then..

and u think keeping it private is the way to go?

Somehow I think this statement from Eli is going about as well as his original
AMA...

Personally if I was due tens of thousands of dollars I'd be thrilled to hear the guy that owed me say "I get plenty of buzz and enjoyment playing for lower stakes". Like staying in the game was critical.

I love how it only took 30 minutes from the OP being posted before CTS had exposed another one of Eli's lies. CTS wins the thread, again.

Eli comes off as a pathological liar. It's impossible to trust a single word he says.

Also Eli's statement is full of hints at why he thinks it's ok for him to borrow money and not pay it back. "The financial crisis ruined my business" "Loans come with a risk of not being paid back" - he's basically making excuses for stiffing people. He even blames CTS for going public, when Eli is the one who has ignored a debt for 9 ****ing years. But somehow, in his twisted mind, CTS is the one at fault for actually expecting to get paid the money he is owed.

Eli is a good example of everything that's wrong with the poker world. He seems to have no regard for other people's money and has no moral issues with essentially stealing from people. These types of people are sadly everywhere at all types of games at all stakes. But the lack of morals and not caring about paying what you owe is sadly the same.

Biggest upset in any of the Eli threads, by far.

LOLZ

your ghostwriter kinda sucks at writing

just saying

Eli,

Thanks for your statement confirming you a complete scumbag.