SLAPP-Happy<\/strong><\/h2>\nBut Postle quietly asked the case to be dismissed last week. This after Brill and another defendant, poker player and owner of the PokerFraudAlert forums, Todd Witteles, filed anti-SLAPP motions against Postle.<\/p>\n
A SLAPP, or Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, is a case which the plaintiff does not necessarily expect to win. Instead, they are litigating in a bid to silence, intimidate, or censor their critics.<\/p>\n
Around the time these motions were filed, Postle\u2019s lawyer, Steven T. Lowe, asked to be dismissed from the case.<\/p>\n
Postle is a low-stakes grinder of average ability who began to crush the cash games on the Stones Live Poker feed with such unerring proficiency that Brill \u2013 an occasional player in the games and commentator on the broadcast \u2013 began to realize something was not right.<\/p>\n
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Internet sleuths pored over hours of footage online, analyzing hands, and discussing the statistical implausibility of Postle\u2019s sudden godlike win rates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThey concluded he was working with an accomplice who had access to the backend of the radio frequency identification (RFID) system that read players\u2019 cards for broadcast purposes.<\/p>\n