yepper!

For the same reason they play in each others houses instead of in a casino. They want their privacy.

Are they going to get in trouble for not reporting winnings to the IRS?

Not to beat this angle too much more, but when I saw this post, I immediately pictured the following:

Was Phil Laak there?

He was probably banned after they got sick of listening to him talk. I wonder how long that took.

No, but Haralabos Voulgaris was in the game, I didn't know who he was as he wasn't famous yet, thought he was witty though, and a bit of a dick, lol.

Estafardi came by ( accompanied by two honey's) and said hi to Tobey late at night. I think he had just come out of Drais, back when it was in the Barbery Coast. Tobey asked him if he was going to play, but he declined and left with the honey's.

As to people who say that comments by Blitz could never affect others ability to play in this game, cause we'd never get in anyway. You might be right, this game in particular was probably pretty hard to get access too, although several people posting ITT claim to know people who played it.

I had an aquatance who played in Shannon Elizibeths game several years ago and told me he could get me In if I was in LA.

I've played in private games in my home city with various pro sports players. I wouldn't go around telling the tabloids how much they won or lost or that they were, " tight ass jerk offs". But then again I'm not trying to get my own reality show, as Blitz might be.

if being an idiot on some forum is fun for you, you must have a really sad life

Haha.......Dan had about 3 seconds on GMA just now..."the more bad players the better"

we have our answer

imagine toby maguire grinding in pleasantville

Thats so sick. Suprised we didnt hear about this earlier.

Cards weren’t the only things being cut during those celebrity high-stakes poker games -- so was cocaine; and oh yeah, there were also hookers involved.

In yet another bombshell revelation, resulting from a blockbuster investigation by Star magazine, a source says that drugs and prostitutes played a part in the top-secret games. The issue with Star magazine’s investigation is on sale Friday.

“It was known to a handful of us that one player would keep two hookers down the hall of the hotel in another room,” a source with knowledge of the games told Star. “He would disppear for 30-minutes at a time, leaving the main players in the game frustrated. In reality, he was getting to do blow (in a room with) two hookers.”

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusive...ers-a-backroom

I guess they were frustrated he wasn't sharing? I don't see how sitting out a couple of orbits is a big deal unless they were playing 3-handed.

Maybe if he's doing it multiple times throughout the night and they're playing 5-9 handed and his stack is 100k + that would be annoying?

The documentary premiers on HBO on Monday (6/27.) I know the person who made the documentary and it greatly exposes how the media made the whole lawsuit seem insane. I'd highly recommend that everyone watch.

Just watched the trailer. Very interesting (tried to embed, wasn't successful. will take time to figure out later).
http://hotcoffeethemovie.com/


So much win:

I once spilt hot coffee on my lap while involved in a big pot during a poker game....

but since there were no movie stars at the table, and, to my knowlege, it didn't involve a Ponzi scheme, hookers, cocaine or a lawsuit, it's probably not too relevant.



edit: wow...what a waste of my 1900th 2+2 post.

no one is getting arrested or sued, as theres no documented avidence, i read this story on the bus today, the only person who will be getting sued is the guy who set the game up

Obviously the guy now in jail knew he was going to be busted so he "dumped chips" to Kaplan, Spiderman et al and will reaquire the $$$ once he's done his time

Totally baller if true.

Right or wrong, whether McGuire or DiCaprio and company have to pay back any money or not, this story is totally baller. Let me get this staight... Spidey makes millions working in the movies. He comes up with the brilliant idea one day, "Hey guys I got it! Let's take all the people we work with who make millions too, find out who the biggest fish are...then put them in high stakes poker games and cha-ching!" "Of course no pro players allowed, just us....sound good to you?"

Tobey McGuire sounds smart to me not like an idiot duche bag taking advantage of people at the table.

Here's an official response from camp McGuire in response to the Allegations:
Official Release.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/tobey...club_rss_daily

"While Tobey Maguire has admitted to taking part in a series of clandestine poker matches that also involved incarcerated Ponzi schemer Bradley Ruderman, he has denied one thing: He’s not the steely-smirked card shark Ruderman made him out to be. Maguire’s attorney acknowledged in court filings that he won more than $300,000 from Ruderman, but he also points out that he lost $168,500 to him too, and should there be a ruling that Maguire has to return his winnings to the victims of Ruderman’s plot, that money should be credited to him. Maguire also denied Ruderman’s claim that there was a regular roster of movie stars and wealthy entrepreneurs who frequented the games. Way to make yourself less awesome, Tobey Maguire. Wouldn’t the added cachet have been worth the $168,500?"

Does anyone have a link to the Dan Biltz interview with GMA?

Playing HSNL in the spiderman suit would be epic.