Josh never once made any attempt to either meet online players, or get near my computer (he never did) over the 2 yearish of various encounters I had with him. Maybe all the things he did for me were an attempt to gain my trust, but I think that it's kinda absurd that he had been passively working on this for 2+ years not to mention gaining the trust of real life pros such as Antonio Esfandiari, Dan Bilzerian and whoever else he hangs out with. However, there are various motives possible here not just very malicious ones.

man the best part of the op is when he's just randomly taking a shower in your master bedroom.

u expect him to use the guest shower? hes josh fk tyler.. heard hes got mad connects in vegas

I assume the Forbidden536 account isn't registered to Joshua Tyler? Or has transfer history to Josh's account? Is Stars not allowed to divulge this information even in this situation?

Either way, I'd go ahead and create the joshuatylerisascammer site and he how he responds.

Exactly. The guy's a baller. He's made mad paper from a card game. He's diversified into the growing technology sector. He's had the option to stay in any of the best suites Vegas has to offer.

Nah, I'll sleep on Doug Polk's floor please. I'm Josh ****ing Tyler.

I played a bit of live poker with Josh around 2006/2007. He was a loud mouth whom apparently had rich parents. When he won a big pot he acted like a complete fool giving the opponent he just beat a rub down. He certainly lacked empathy.

The last time I spoke with him would have been Jan 2010 in Melbourne during the Aussie millions and he said he had quit/was quitting poker and that he had gone into business with someone to set up some kind of business. Something involving online diaries and he told me how he was going to make it big.

Off topic...Playing at Bellagio High Stakes Saturday and this story was topic of table for awhile then when one former Tilt pro sat at table he accused Doug of not being this most ethical person and got what he deserved. Said he scammed FT for a ton of money with echeck deposits for months that of course never got deposited. I dont know if true but like Doug to comment on it since it was talked about at table

Lol, Flemish newspaper more or less copypasting this thread...

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/det...30806_00683092

I'm more interested in this. Was the Jungleman in there with him?

I hope that youre looking into pressing charges against this person and not just letting it go. Also posting pictures of the individual/facebook link or something so that we know who he is would be a great help to others.

I would think that if Dougs computer was hacked in Vegas the Clark County DA would be very interested in this especially with legal online poker being played in his County.Sure he would would love to make an example of a proven hacker

Couple thoughts/comments:

1. If Joshua Tyler has been around poker for years and knows about HU online poker play, why would he play in such a fashion that makes his opponents suspicious that he can see their hole cards? Surely he could play a more believable style without tipping off his opponents. I understand this may be since he always had limited time in WCG's house, but it comes off as pretty greedy/stupid.

2. If he was staying in the house of the people he was cheating, this guy has some serious balls. I for one would be afraid that if I were caught red handed that I would be in for a serious beat down. I certainly wouldn't rule out the scenario that Joshua Tyler gained access to the computers from inside the house, and someone remotely (from the UK?) was actually the one playing the poker.

Good point can't believe I didn't think of that. Certainly seems *really* odd. Then again, it seems like super users never do it very intelligently at all. Maybe pretending to be a big fish was his genius (terrible) idea for deception? Still weird though since thats pretty dang stupid instead of like... super using a few key hands an hour and otherwise just playing normally.

Glad you got your money back WCG. If you get more conclusive proof and want to chase after the guy legally you can probably get a lot of us to chip in some $. I know I want to start seeing these scammers see prison, I'd definitely donate to that cause.

WCG, you should be careful inviting random people to stay in your house for long. I know you are there with a bunch of poker friends and it is kind of normal to do so but you need to remember you have a million dollar business running. You should also remember the scamming which happened basically the same way to fisheye and couple other german highrollers I think in 2011? Also before that similar stuff happened. But hands down for you being a very nice person it seems like, wasn't expecting that to be honest.

As for Jungle, be very very careful to people you trust, from what I remember when we met the only time in London while ago, already then there were people who wanted to benefit through your extreme poker skill by making it look like they are your friends. I can still see it when you post pictures on FB. You are probably way too good of a human or a bit too naiv for this poker world which is more and more just business similar to the stock market.

On the side note, really lucky this happened on Stars. FTP already had this kind of issue since relaunch but they of course don't pay anyone anything back.

Btw, did anyone in the NL section of the 6max games been paid back by stars, however them not telling the reason? Because last year alone I think Stars paid back about 20+ regulars in PLO games, we are still very unsure about who was cheating, especially because it must have been in the 25/50+ 6m games. I only can think of socutiefs but who knows!

It surprises me you say this about FTP. I would think PS would have put forth the same effort and team on this weather it happened on PS or on FTP but I am not familiar with how FTP is now setup.

Interesting......not sure it has a place on this thread though? maybe doug is choosing to ignore this because it will detract from the OP.


off topic

Poker really does seems full are ****** scumbags at first sight but in reality its no more so than any other industry and to be honest there are way more people in the online poker community willing to actually out the scammers and scumbags than pretty much any other IMO

YES online poker has some pretty awful people involved in the community but they are outnumber by such a large number who really just want the best for the games and when the dust settles the ratio of good/bad people involved really should be seen as a great endorsement for future players


Well done for all those who expose the people who really deserve it

Did any of your other roommates try to get refunds?

Didnt think it should start its own thread. I know Doug and like him but it was talked about at table and he should respond to it that he scammed $$ on FT during the deposit fiasco for a ton of money. I would take his word over any FT owner/pro for sure

He wasn't in the wrong place at the wrong time with Girah, and he doesn't get a pass.

He was clearly working with Haseeb Qureshi in the puppetry behind Girah, and somehow skated free of blame from the community at large. I guess it's because Jungleman was a better-liked guy than Qureshi (who was also guilty as sin), so it was easier to throw Qureshi under the bus alone.

You know... kind of like how Russ Hamilton was assigned all of the blame for the UB scandal, while guys like Greg Pierson skated away with minimal damage to their reps.

It's possible that Jungleman had nothing to do with this, but it seems he is too closely involved with too many "coincidences" that involve scamming and cheating.

The fact that Tyler was "introduced" to him, seemingly out of nowhere, makes it suspicious. To me it looks very possible that Tyler and Jungleman came up with a way to scam several high stakes pros, and this was a setup from the start.

Who says jungle doesnt have any social skills? 2 things:

a) This is a good observation.
b) You can deliver a punchline bro.

I'm compereing an open mic nite at jongleurs this week, you wanna come down? (I'm not a scammer btw. I dont know if that has any influence on your decision either way )

Whether this is true, whether this can be proved. What implications theoretically does it have for this situation? And for the Brad Booth 1?

(Applied philosophical q: If a drug dealer gets robbed in the street whilst walking his doggie, is he a victim?)

:S

Can a mod delete these absurd accusations? I am far from the only guy that knows josh tyler. I ought to smack you. You dont deserve the right to post thoughts in this forum

This is completely false, in fact its the reverse. I actually got scammed by someone in a trade where they did this and I lost several thousand. Also why would my full tilt account be unlocked if this is the case?

I have been around high limit poker for 10 years, so I definitely have the right to post here.

I have also been calling out cheaters and scammers for years, so again I have the right to post about this matter.

You aren't the only guy who knows Josh Tyler, but you are the one who introduced him to WCGRider.

Just like you were very much involved in backing that false Girah identity, and then claimed victim yourself when the truth started to come out.

Funny how close you keep finding yourself to these scams.

It's a wonder that anyone in the high stakes community associates with you at all.

girah is real you dumb ape, you can watch his interview and his video on pokerstrategy

i have no idea who you are so you must be some bumhunting ******, so no you dont automatically gain any kind of respect

you have no inalienable rights here.