How can I get my film in front of NJ regulators so they understand RTE is a company with a cloudy pedigree run by an individual tasked to perform the faux audit of player refunds for UB? We show clear examples of players getting shorted, RTE audit staff describing an inadequate process and Pierson motivation to underpay. We show Uri Kozai holding 1.2m shares and a clear financial interest in not paying players from the Excapsa shareholder cash. How can a gaming commission grant this individual any kind of license?

Purchased last week and watched while traveling this week. Great movie, thanks for making it!

Eleven, could you save me the time of watching the doc for the 4th time !!

cliff notes on Uri, direct actions he took that were questionable, and what is his current involvement is in NJ online gaming?

Owning shares in a corrupt company would not in and of itself preclude one from getting a gaming license (as long as that association was fully disclosed on your application). Having knowledge of the corruption would certainly present a problem toward licensing, especially anything gaming industry related.

On most gaming license forms (of which there are many types) it is a requirement to list all past companies one was associated with, held management positions in, was director of, etc etc. Any conspicuous information left off any form, is a very very very serious violation to most regulatory agencies. Lying to them is the cardinal sin.

I am sure the DGE would be thankful for any information about any of their licensees withholding information on a gaming application.

His equity is critical since he was the one asked to perform the only real audit of the fraud to determine the amount repaid to players. It is a clear conflict of interest and the resulting audit is fatally flawed, allowing Pierson to decide how much to repay.

He was senior management at Excapsa with a fiduciary responsibility to shareholders not to allow the exploit at least between late 2005 and the end of 2006. He took nominal control over a software platform with no due diligence allowing fraud to occur the entire time he managed the code at Excapsa.

What is exact name of company that was licensed in NJ?

What do you believe Uri's role is/was with that company when they got licensed?

can someone please repost that link to where we sign up with the DOJ to get our UB withdrawals?

I have no idea about Uri but Pala Interactive is probably the company you are asking about that was named as eligible to apply for a transactional waiver if they find a partner.

I'm sure you've already come across this in performing your research for this work (or perhaps you'd already read the book, prior to undertaking to make this documentary), but Mike Matasow's "autobiography" (God-help!) actually has some interesting references to the UB cheating scandal. The book is called "Checkraising the Devil," and I think I bought my copy on Ebay for, like, $2.99... And that's in hardcover!

(I don't hate on Mike--so I don't mean to sound so bitchy about the book. It's just that a lot of it is just what you'd expect: self-indulgent tripe, designed to make the "author" of the book look his best, even as he goes about relaying his most trying times.)

Anyway, just thought you might want to know that Mike recounts in his book some interesting "anecdotes" himself--and these are, IMHO, some of the more interesting passages in the volume (along with descriptions of the poker of yesteryear, which I really enjoy from just about any source).

Good luck with this project, brother!

Just want to say thank you for making this - really enjoyed it, particularly the attention to detail. I was a pretty avid follower of the AP/UB stories but at some point with the pages and pages of detective work I missed out on a lot. Fascinating depth and well told. I'm glad the documentary exists.

Thank you. I started a major overhaul of the project in Dec to make it more accessible to non-poker players/casual players but ran into health issues. I'm back in the saddle now and am quite a ways along in the process (a lot of After Effects work, script changes, etc). Once completed, I have a few plans for some bonus stuff and then to do streaming events with people who did interviews on the project. Will let folks know as things progress.

Looking forward to the re-release that's scheduled for tomorrow. Haven't watched this yet but wanted to recently, saw it was about to be re-released and figured I'd wait until that happens.

interesting. I very much enjoyed the previous cut.

Eleven... please let us know when new cut is up.

What are the main changes from previous?

Hi Guys,

I'm in Amsterdam. Tomorrow will be the 1st showing. I was unhappy with the version released last year as it was rushed and the work suffered. I let it go and went back to work redoing all the graphics in After Effects, removing minutiae where it doesn't further the main plotlines and updated some content. Truly respect the names in a typical credit block after doing everything (benefit is only have to get coffee for 1 person).

I made changes right up to the night before the flight and have a version that tells the story to almost any level of poker knowledge without compromise. If you purchased the film already, you will get access free to the new version (one reason to buy now, since we plan to charge a little more normal price when the new version goes up). It should be available before next Tuesday and maybe sooner depending on my Internet access here in the Netherlands.

I originally planned to do an Absolute Poker featurette based on a long dialog with key founders, managers and other names well-known around here. I'm punting because it is a deeper story that cannot be told in a short and I don't have the resources to do it justice. Perhaps when the new UB cut comes out, somebody will see value in it. The amount of sweat equity all but ensures I will never make any money off these projects and that's OK since it was never my goal. Thanks again to everyone for your support, it doesn't get done without this community.

More shortly
EG

Looks OK---

Kinda student funded version---

Needs a big time editor--

I thought this documentary was outstanding. I'd like to see the new version and will likely just buy it again because it's so cheap anyways. I still think it's a joke that hellmuth walks around unscathed in all of this, it makes me a bit sick to my stomach thinking of him playing the ostrich the whole time. No one could possibly be as oblivious as he was, ill never ever buy that.

Backed the original project so looking forward to the new version, thanks Elevengrover for your largely unsung work on this project.

As legal US Poker for all looms large this work is more important than ever.

Saw it on the schedule for the iGaming Show. I'll give it a review if I make the screening.

Hope the changes made it more like American Greed or some similarly easily digested presentation.

How did the initial screening go, and any idea what day it will be available to rent/buy online?

Any sign of the new cut?

Anything?

I apologize, been super busy working on the re-cut and website among other things. The redux version is online and available. If you purchased previously, you get automatic access. Because we can, the project will probably continue to get updated over time.

Also, if you visit the film's website, there is a page that currently includes a skeleton timeline to be fleshed in over time and include as many primary case files as possible. I expect to put the refund lists and other currently unreleased files there.

Vimeo still says it was released 8 months ago. I presume this makes no difference to your update?

The whole flow is much better now imo. I have watched the most recent version (just now) and the original version.

Good work!

Nice! Will purchase this soon.

Quick aside: Kenny Einiger ranked among the Day 1A chipleaders in the Main during a WSOP in which he has scored a couple of cashes. I wonder if he could see hole cards.