Cheating Allegations<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn 2019, Postle, a low-stakes grinder of average ability, began to crush the cash games on the Stones Live Poker feed with such frightening 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
Internet sleuths pored over hours of footage of Postle, analyzing hands and discussing the statistical implausibility of his win rates.<\/p>\n
Eighty-eight players subsequently sued Postle for fraud. They alleged he was working with an accomplice who had access to the back end of the radio frequency identification (RFID) system, which reads players\u2019 cards for broadcast purposes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThe lawsuit was nixed by a federal judge in California, who cited an archaic state law that gambling debts cannot be recovered through the courts. This prompted Postle to sue for defamation.<\/p>\n
This week, apparently not wishing to draw attention to his reappearance, Postle registered for the tournament under a pseudonym, \u201cMike Lawrence.\u201d The ruse failed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alleged poker cheater Mike Postle made an unexpected comeback with a seventh-place finish in the Million Dollar Heater Main Event in Biloxi, Miss. on Monday. But he may not get to keep the $32,703 first prize. That\u2019s because two poker players have filed garnishment orders against Postle in a Mississippi court to recoup legal fees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":254210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83771,14,84511],"tags":[84567,84586],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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