Poker news tagged with 'poker fraud'

An elaborate scheme by a sneaky scammer costed two unsuspecting poker players a total of $20,000 online. Users going by the names Grazvydas and James Romero became victims of the classic scam "man in the middle".

Read more » Sneaky Scammer Intercepts Deal between Two High Stakes Poker Pros, Gets Away with $20K

In case you haven't read it yet, check out this article on Dan Bilzerian accusing Daniel "Jungleman" Cates of ‘ghosting' in a private online high-stakes poker game hosted by Bill Perkins.

On Wednesday, May 27, the main subject of the scandal, poker pro Daniel "Jungleman" Cates finally confessed, and shared his statement of apology on Twitter.

Read more » Daniel Cates Admits to Cheating in Online Private High-Stakes Poker Game

The infamous Instagram star Dan Bilzerian accused Daniel "Jungleman" Cates of ‘ghosting' along with Sina Taleb in a high-stakes poker game hosted by Bill Perkins.

It all started this sunny morning of Sunday, May 24, when Bill Perkins shook Twitter with a highly interesting story, that a major cheating scandal has occurred, one he believes would make the Mike Postle scandal look trivial in comparison, as this scandal involved famous ‘heroes' of the poker world. However, he did not say exactly who it was.

Read more » Dan Bilzerian points Daniel Cates as Cheater in Bill Perkins' Private High-Stakes Poker Game

Mike Postle seems to be avoiding the legal summons in his alleged cheating case that happened at the Stones livestreamed cash games back in October last year.

• On January 3, 2020, plaintiffs' counsel attempted to serve Postle in person at his home, however, he refused to open the door despite being spotted.

• It has been reported that the process server tried but failed to serve court summons on five separate days.

• A formal supplemental filing has been submitted, accusing Postle of intentional avoidance of legal service.

Read more » Mike Postle Accused of Avoiding Legal Summons in Live Poker Cheating Case

In a continuous effort to enforce fairness and security for all players on the site, partypoker revealed that it has successfully closed 57 more ‘bot' accounts in October 2019 and seized $13,976 and €1,490 to be redistributed to players.

There were 50 dotcom (.com) accounts closed during October 2019 and in the process the partypoker Poker Fraud Team seized $13,976 in player balances, which will be redistributed to affected dotcom players.

Read more » partypoker Bans 57 More Bot Accounts in October 2019; $13,976 and €1,490 Seized

There has been a lot of follow-up news concerning Mike Postle and his alleged cheating at the Stones livestreamed cash games at the start of this month. From the looks of our initial post of this topic, we thank you for your helpful comments and for sharing updates, and so we thought we might as well write up an update article for this.

Read more » Poker God or a Cheat? Mike Postle Livestreamed Cash Game Scandal escalates to $10 million Lawsuit, but Lawyer says "such streaks are possible"

In a continuous effort to enforce fairness and security for all players on the site, partypoker revealed that it has successfully closed 16 more ‘bot' accounts in September 2019 and seized $9,338 and €3,368 to be redistributed to players.

Read more » partypoker Bans 16 More Bot Accounts in September 2019; $9,338 and €3,368 Seized

In a continuous effort to enforce fairness and security for all players on the site, partypoker revealed that it has successfully closed a total of 277 ‘bot' accounts between December 1, 2018 and March 31, 2019 as well as they redistributed $734,852.15 in associated funds.

Read more » partypoker closes 277 Bot Accounts, Redistributes $734K Funds between December 2018 and March 2019

This poker player from Moscow is now behind bars (for a mere four months) after he was found cheating casino rivals out of almost £60,000 in a single game of Texas Hold'em poker by using sleight of hand and ‘sandpaper' at an exclusive London casino.

Read more » Russian Fraudster Jailed After £60,000 Single Game Win