{"id":254207,"date":"2023-01-18T10:16:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=254207"},"modified":"2023-01-18T11:40:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:40:12","slug":"mike-postle-beau-rivage-casino-freezes-tournament-winnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mike-postle-beau-rivage-casino-freezes-tournament-winnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Postle: Beau Rivage Casino Freezes Accused Poker Cheat\u2019s Winnings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alleged poker cheater Mike Postle made an unexpected comeback<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

\"Mike
Veronica Brill (left) is targeting Mike Postle\u2019s winnings from the Million Dollar Heater. She says he owes her legal fees. (Image: Hayley Hochstetler\/YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That\u2019s because two poker players have filed garnishment orders against Postle in a Mississippi court to recoup legal fees stemming from the collapse of a defamation case<\/a> brought by the accused cheat in 2021.<\/p>\n

Veronica Brill is a former Stones Gambling Hall employee who, in September 2019, first voiced her suspicions about Postle\u2019s unbelievable winning streak at Stones, a Sacramento-area card room.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, she appeared to announce she was targeting Postle\u2019s winnings, albeit obliquely: \u201cLean on your friends, lien on your enemies,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u2018Lien on Your Enemies\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Brill later confirmed to Poker.org<\/em> that she had filed a garnishment order, which is a judicial proceeding that orders a third party to pay money owed by a defendant to a plaintiff \u2013 in this case, $27,785. The Beau Rivage Casino, which hosted the tournament, is withholding the money, Poker.org<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

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Todd Witteles<\/a>\u00a0of the Poker Fraud Alert<\/em> website has also initiated action to recoup money allegedly owed to him, believed to be a similar amount. Postle sued Brill, Witteles, and a group of other players for defamation after they publicly accused him of receiving information about his opponents\u2019 hole cards during live-streamed broadcasts at Stones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Both Brill and Witteles filed anti-SLAPP litigation to shut down the suit. A SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) is a case in which the plaintiff brings legal action in a bid to silence, intimidate, or censor their critics.<\/p>\n

It did the trick. Postle\u2019s lawyer asked to be dismissed from the case and Postle withdrew the suit shortly afterward, which left him with court-ordered legal fees to pay.<\/p>\n

Cheating Allegations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 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>\n

The 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":"

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