Samuel McMaster Jr, a stockbroker, has swindled his customers on about $500,000 and for that he was taken to court. The court came to the conclusion that McMaster was guilty to 26 charges and therefore risked to face 12 years behind bars. But instead of sending him to jail straight away, the people who he owed money decided to give him a unique chance - to play poker and try to win back the money[...] Read more » Stockbroker sentenced to play poker
Joined: May '10
Location: Romania
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LOL, it's like playing poker with a gun pointed at your head.I don't think he'll manage to win anything.Just thinking all the time that he is forced to win , will make him lose. But hey ,who wouldn't like such a sentence.
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
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Quote: Samuel McMaster has won about $30k in poker tournaments since 2003. In other words, much better results than that are now needed if he wants to avoid going to jail for a very long time.
What? 30k in 6 years is like 5k a year. He needs 7.5k a month.
Joined: Mar '08
Location: United Kingdom
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" the people who he owed money decided to give him a unique chance" WTF, this judge should be sacked, not only did he give out a stupid get out of jail card but he let the "people" undermine him. Whats next letting pedos off providing they get wed when she turns 18. Justice system = Joke.
Posted by SHMAX999: No 666, this appears to be a real story. Google it.
Yes 999, i've already seen it's a "real story" but i want to believe that's not real. If i have to trust in this kind of judgements ... my god! My last card is thinking "This is America!"
Joined: Oct '07
Location: Philippines
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Damn, that's gonna be hard he might end up with more debts trying to win. ive heard a similar story, a drunk guy used a credit card from his company to play. his money there was just 2000EUR. played some casino, lost and deposited some 20000EUR more and lost it all in 30minutes.
