30 BIGGEST POKER SCAMS AND CONTROVERSIES OF ALL TIME
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2024
- Poker scams and cheating in poker are as old as the game of poker itself. As cash games and tournaments get bigger and better this creates a perfect hunting ground for poker scammers and cheaters. In this video we look at the 30 biggest poker scams of the last 3 decades.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:27 Poker blogger steals tips
1:24 Lock Poker scam
2:36 2011 WSOP ladies event
3:48 Jamie Gold scams backer
4:43 Pitbull Poker scam
5:46 Borgata counterfeit chips
7:06 Return of Chris Ferguson
8:28 RTA dream machine
10:19 Midway Poker Tour
11:33 Highlands Poker scam
13:17 MSN Messenger poker scam
14:00 Epic Poker League
15:05 Trojan Poker scam
16:14 Card marking scam
17:14 Oddsjam
18:22 Girah poker scam
20:43 Poker multi accounting scam
22:31 Peter Jepsen poker scam
23:59 Skype group scam
25:46 Isildur1 cheated
27:31 Brad Booth scams Doug Polk
29:27 Pasqualini and Rossi scam
30:23 Ali Tekintamgac poker scam
32:12 WCOOP poker scam
33:15 WCOOP poker scam 2
34:36 Jungleman scams Bill Perkins
36:17 Men Nguyen cheating
37:51 Sorel Mizzi poker cheating
40:57 Black Friday poker
42:09 Ultimate Bet scam
44:11 Mike Postle scam
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I always said on-line poker is rigged but love playing so much I still do it but just not as high stakes
Poker 😎 no-life lowlifes
I love the ad for a scam business in the middle of your scams video
Ferguson says, "The full story of Full Tilt will be told one day." He means as soon as all statute of limitations have expired.
I think he meant the story will come out on the same day the real story about the real Jesus comes out. I'm amazed that MLB gets so much crap for steroids compared to this. ESPN should be embarrassed that as reporters they never put together a video such as this to expose this entire racket.
Yes, very true!!
Hey man, this is really well done video. No BS just straight to the stories. Really entertaining. Thanks!
I always felt like the online poker world is inevitably full of scammers, cheaters, bad actors. Used to play in some low stakes back in the day, but always had this feeling that nothing was legit, so a lot that has been revealed over the years didn't surprise me. Humans just can't be trusted with something like this
💯. Was thinking the same thing.
Well there were plenty of scams, no doubt, but 99% of players were playing a straight game.
I am not a professional statistician but pretty good, i love to play poker but the hands dealt on Poker Stars and Full Tilt were absolute fiction, I do not waste money playing online poker
U really think they up in there cheatin the nickel ante games?
@@ralphkotwica6184 why not? If some small time hacker can see hole cards, it would make sense to fly under the radar and make a couple thousand a day at some MTTs or several sit n go's. The greedier the easier it would be to be spotted. The high profile ones are the ones that are going to get the attention.
Veronica Brill was the heroine of “Postlegate”. She should be lauded as a Crusader and given her due for uncovering the cheating.
Oh hi Veronica
@@noway9426 I just respected her. I didn’t say I WAS her. :P
@@noway9426 simping ain't easy
Idk I still think a 90% win rate can be achieved naturally 🤣
@@fiddynutz68 right? When i play at tables sponsored by my friends i ALWAYS achieve 90%.. well... as long as players put their cards on the reader properly
The 2011 ladies event isn't controversial unless you assume men have a better ability to play poker than women.
Great vid. 45 minutes with no filler. Hard to do. Thanks for the effort this must have taken.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The Chris Ferguson thing was the most infuriating thing ever. Proof there is no consequences for the rich.
Ferguson is hated. Bonomo was never punished
Bonomo has been a douche bag since he was a kid.
Don't forget Howard Lederer.
@@OneEyedJack01it seemed like he got the worst of it from everyone.
There sure is a lot of questionable activity in online poker.
Great content, you guys really smashed it with this one!
Much appreciated!
Solid video. Well presented. Thank you!
Much appreciated!
It's all about equality for the ladies until it's actually equal.
Imagine if there was a men's only tournament and a woman made the final table and was jeered and cat-called.
well done. Kept me watching the whole 45 minutes straight.
J4 will forever be known as the robbi hand.
Hell of a read. She put him on Ace high. Snuff out that bluff with her Jack high…oh wait.. she meant 8 high. Yeah, that’s it. you know she only did it because she had 1 club and another card. Otherwise she’d have folded.
In all reality, she coulda still lost on the river as she was not crushing his hand. I don’t get if someone is cheating, why they wouldn’t wait for a more natural spot.
you should check tony hawk dumb call
the lady shove the river (bluff, she had 3-6 straight draw)
my boy tony had 7-4 (7 high...) and called
Would be interesting if there was even a tiny spec of evidence against her.
I personally beleive Robbi is innocent
@@aaronsmith4806 The spot was good, she just didn't expect him go all in first... Then she just wasn't smart enough to let it go when slightly ahead. And incredibly some people still think se was innocent 😅. Then again, even OJ got freed...
any time an amateur sits down at a table of pros and regs they are colluding by attacking that player above all others. Like Damon said in Rounders " we're not playing with each other but we aren't playing against each other either.
It's crazy how evil humans will behave for some money
Imagine cheating to get ahead in life....
Great content love ur vids bro 😎
Appreciate it!
It's so many problems with the online poker that I will just stick to poker at someones house
Yeah. No one has ever cheated in a live setting.
I miss playing online (I’m in Missouri) but seeing all this makes me remember some super weird plays that cost me a lot of money. People hitting rivers 4-5 hands in a row. Make all in calls with deuces when pros wouldn’t do that on the board.
I will never play online anymore with all these GTO solvers and bs.
Mostly bots on the sites I play on. Online poker is dead
I was in the casting pool for The Million Dollar Challenge back in 2011. I won consecutive Poker Stars free rolls to make it there. 😖 I was so disappointed, I haven’t played since
Hilarious that some known cheaters accuse others of cheating.
Also, Anyone still playing online at this point has to know that it’s not on the level.
The Sklansky/Brandi incident was pretty significant and repulsive. Definitely should have made the list.
It wasn’t significant in terms of the overall poker world. It was significant if you were a member of NVG and wanted to read the sordid details beginning with Captain Tom, then spiraling down to Neverwin. Ultimately it led her to take her life.
@@JLALALALAwhaaaat
I’ve given up on playing poker of any sort unless it is in a regulated game at a casino. There is just way too much shady shit that happens online, even now.
Yea I use to play on pokerr2 app.. way to many setup hands kings run into aces 75% of the time etc it's just gross
Your content is really good.
Glad you think so!
10k buy in but 9k discount for women. So women pay 1k. What if im a man that "identifies" as a woman? Do i get the female privilige?
great video!!!
Thank you!!
I honestly don't feel bad at all when people try to scam casinos
You have no morals what is wrong is wrong
I'm actually impressed by those Costa Rican website owners.
I can't even load stuff in a stationary truck.....
9:44 You think he was/is the only top flight reg doing this?
MIT still does the black jack card counting. 3 full planes of players.
I always had a feeling like they could see my cards when playing online. Some players were impossible to beat. I also thought that I was playing against a computer or a bot from the site as well
Having a women’s only tournament is demeaning af in the first place. Basically saying they can’t compete against men? Lol it’s not basketball, the physical differences between male and female players would be irrelevant in poker.
seeing the ever quick to judge and deride others Justin Bonomo on here is kind of hilarious.
They're all narcissists mate.
Great job!
Thanks!
ironically, Brad Booth was one of the largest victims of the Ultimate Bet scandal, being taken for approximately $4m. This loss of bankroll and confidence (and only being repaid a very small fraction of what was stolen) caused Brad much grief and his play was never the same.
Sad story all round
That is because he paid no heed to my often repeated words: "Anyone who gambles online gets EXACTLY what he or she deserves."
Brad? 😂
lol that wasn't brad it was prahlad
@@skinovtheperineum1208 Hey, we found our fish!!!!!!! 🥳🎉
Can you guys do a short video on the sexism incident recently at hustler casino. I only heard on solve for why, perhaps you guys could a follow up???
I feel like there's definitely a lot of collusion that goes on with local players in the casino circuit. However I have first-hand knowledge of a group of people that would get together back in the early 2000s and try to populate a nine player table with six of them and they would all be on a conference call and explain their hands to each other and milk the other three players
Where was that in your garage? The floor managerS would have seen that right away. I can’t even put down a stack of cash as a 25 year old without 2 or 3 managers coming over
@@buzzkillington636online. Are you paying attention?
No way they played that rumble add on TH-cam 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Im not sure what was that Party Poker card showing scandal. Players saw on screen ex. AA, when showdown come those cards was totally different. I dont know what that was all abt bug or something else, but that did happen. It would be interesting to know did those players who was affected get they money back.
Lesson from this video, online poker is rigged!!
That's why I only play live at a major casino where people don't know each other at the table. Anything fishy and I'm out.
Ferguson was one of my favorites. It’s super sad because he had some skill. Greed is a sad beast. If he was innocent of everything he would have been open about the issue and still playing the whole time. I think the other pros were pissed cause their “friend” didn’t even apologize to them.
Who raises these kinds of people? You have to say bad parenting or absolutely bad people having bad kids.
Totally forgot about the WhoJedi chopsticks thing. He now works for TopGolf, so players... tip the staff electronically.
What's amazing is how greedy these people become. Take that Mike Postle guy. I watched a hand where he hit his full house. However his opponent had a bigger full house. The look of disgust in his face for hitting a monster hand. Then you could see the pain of making the call. Even though he was not convicted you can clearly see he is cheating. They referred to him as a God. Very sad!!
Worst name was the "Apostle"
@@shtcoinmaxi1367 judus
I loved the breakdown that Polk did on that hand❗️
Doug said something like *“He makes poker look easy …which it is when you can literally see your opponents cards.”*
"Poker Jesus" Veronica Brill
You are full of **it
ive never played on line... never will... reasons obvious. somebody always finds a way to get an edge
I watched it all! Bravo! I played online from 04-11 quit once the government shut it down. Wouldn’t even think about playing now no fckn way! With Ai and all these horror stories don’t think for a second the online rooms are safe.
every online pro is using one form or another of RTS & that's been the case since Full Tilt was hot
"Nobody is more inferior than those who insist on being equal." Nietzsche
I used to play on pitbull poker. It was insanely shady and I learnt that the hard way.
half of these are about online poker, and players will still be surprised and outraged the next time they get robbed lmao
The Jay Newnem one was rough....people really respected that dude....man
Ironic that Daniel Negranaus latest 3 mill win where he ousted Bonamo from the final table.
Huh?
Mizzi used the mechanic's grip didn't he learn from Worm on Rounders lol
Caught a hanger sarge 🤣
😎
Time for pt. 2 😅
😂😂😂
I'm amazed ACR has made it, surprised they haven't shut it down yet.
Played a 7000 player $11 tournament on full tilt. Was down to final table bubble with 3rd high stack . Went all in with AK suited and got called by K2 unsuited. Knew straight away I was being ripped. Site folded a month later.
God i/we love guys like you. (Just bad luck! Keep trying, you'll get better.)
@@bholdr----0 You want bad luck story's. Got plenty. 😊
@@waynekilgour393
Lol... we all do, brother. (Got some good luck stories too... the f'n swings, eh?! I love it.)
Cheers!
Wayne, you sound like a loser. Yes, really.
When Sammy Farha loses, he gets abusive to the dealer. Same thing.
Variance?
>Guy doesn't let women bully him into quitting the tournament
>Uses their own "anti-discrimination" laws against them
>Comes in 9th place and cashes
What a total Chad move.
How could anyone trust on-Line poker? This is a 'DUHHH' situation
If postle wasnt so greedy he couldve ran that scam for awhile ... he just wasnt willing to lose
It wasn't that he wasn't greedy. His play and knowledge of the game made no sense at all.
Brynn Kenney is a cheating poker player on so many levels. His whole group cheats with his backing
The poker boom made people think that the poker world wasn’t as dirty as it is, simple as that.
Or perhaps the boom brought in an inordinate number of shady characters who suddenly saw a relatively easy avenue by which to cheat.
@@6thwilbury2331 When a former WSOP winner is involved in one of the biggest scams ever, and adding to that the FullTilt scandal with all the faces of the top pros involved in that one, I think @jbf4184's point stands true.
@@roland7584 Of course, when it became easy and convenient, a large amount of baseball players became cheaters.
Justin bonomo calling anyone a cheater thats rich ...
Immediate edit to include the HCL Adelstein vs Lew hand
postle was awarded 30 million?? Holy crap dude. He got caught cheating but somehow gets 30 million bucks
He was not awarded. He saved himself from not having to pay 30 mill to the accusers.
@@PokerBounty - that's now how it was presented in the video.
No one should be surprised at this at all. Anywhere money is involved you're going to have people trying to scam others.
Nick Vitucci the scammer that swindle millions of dollars from people in his real estate Seminars!!!!!!!!! Con-man of Poker!!!
When those online poker games came out I knew they were not to be trusted and anyone involved in the poker world can not be trusted. The reason why I took this stance against the games is because I know people that would help me find out who,where, and when these scammers done what I knew what would happen. The difference in me from other people is I would have stopped at nothing until I could see them. So that is why I didn't play there bull shit. I like my life but don't want to spend it running for something that should be but is not. I just watched a poker game on TH-cam and the dealer had to be a mechanic. The hands were too close and always tipped in one person's favor. It's so bloody crooked they deserve a lot more than 2 or 3 years.
The guy who ran the Midway Poker Tour went on a heater in 2022. No justice in poker lol
Supposedly he has paid everyone since the heater he was on, so ill give the guy a little respect for that at least.
I remember Mike Matasow telling a story of how Russ Hamilton beat him out of a tone of money at HU hilo
That's BS, could u imagine if they had a men's only event? The discrimination laws are there for a reason. These chicks and their double standards.
Having ladies only events is just dumb and should be insulting to all female poker players. You’re essentially saying women aren’t as good as men and would benefit from separate events.
Lol they aren't wrong🤣😅
Ferguson and Lederer should be in jail period
Is lockpoker what's called betonline today, very similar soft
lost 625. of hard grinding wins at Pokerstars. always feel like rich ass Daniel Negreanu could have paid winners off instead of taking the money and run to Europe. weeks pay of shoveling concrete for me.
This video exhausted me. Jolly good show. I lost $300 via UB on black Friday. Seems like yesterday. After this video I don't ever want to play online again. Admittedly, having my morning cup of tea and playing for about an hour was fun. I remember Jungleman, he usually was on 3 or 4 tables, winning mostly. Sayonara !!!
You can play online but not for money
Just one of MANY reasons that I don't play poker!
How powerful is the Pasqualini and Rossi scam really? The signalling can't be much more complex than letting your partner know you have an ace or a king for example. Would it even give you an edge?
11.16 "perth mint" lol
Pokerstars
When Australia banned real money poker online
Me and my sister lost 2.8 million in real money overnight
Pokerstars are horrible to deal with, delayed our cash out and took our money exactly on midnight when the ban took hold
3 days we tried with error messages
The biggest scam, are these online vloggers whom sell you this idea that poker is a "skilled based game" and with their training course, you can succeed at a poker career.. It's not skilled based, it''s luck based. No amount of skill you apply in your game, can possibly beat out the luck to skill ratio factor of 9-1.. It's statistically impossible.
Knowing your opponents isn't an applicable skill that can just magically be acquired at any table you sit at, nor is sitting at the right table, to begin with.
Not everyone gives off the same physical tells, either.
It really mostly boils down to luck of the draw. If poker were skilled based, then more than 1% of cash game professionals would be making money, throughout their lifetimes.
Think about it, that's like walking into a cash game poker room with 11 full ring 9 player tables, and knowing that only about 1 player out of all of those tables, will ever make money in their lifetime....
Yet the same people always win main events 🤯🤯 must be luckiest people on earth... It's 80 % skill and 20% luck imo
TBH, I used to play 2 accounts all the time, because my wife played too, and sometimes we'd have to take over the game if the other had to go to the bathroom. Also I might start a tourney for her if she isn't awake yet, and then she take over later.
what a nice channel, im a new sub
Thanks and welcome
Daniel isn't just a Canadian, he is also a rian of which you don't mess with. Very simply like I am an ish.
Canadian matters, but Daniel has fam hundreds of years old.
Wait until players start identifying as women to play in that WSOP Women’s tournament.
PokerBounty: free rolls, oh shit I want in. That's kinda like the casino giving free booze to the players right? So far there's still a half dozen poker stars that have not been caught doing something wrong. At least some got caught but we never heard if they got in trouble or had to do a few hours in jail.
My dad used to play online poker tournaments and actually won a couple but after a certain year he would notice a lot of people were able to see his cards so he ended up quitting
In which place ?
No. Your dad just ran hot a couple times and then long term skill played out. Most people are losing poker players, but most incorrectly think they are not.
Probably just a bad player
Ole Dad would notice that a lot of people were able to see his cards…
That’s what you wrote. 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
No
If Postle isn't #1 this is bogus. Oh, and ANYBODY who gambles online gets EXACTLY what he or she deserves.
There is no other conclusion to be drawn than if you know anyone who plays poker alot or for a living, they are a scumbag. The proof is everywhere.
I still have not been paid from Black Friday
online gambling with real money will never be fair
Alec Torelli is an angle shooting cheater.
This makes me never want to play online again.
Are people really that gullible when playing poker like it was started by the mafia u really think it’s gonna be clean play like are u on crack 😅
Why is there even a woman's tournament this isn't an athletic game where woman couldn't compete. There isn't a mens only tournament.
there are tons of mens only tournaments every day across the country. what are you talking about? I literally play in one every saturday.
Wait, so Mike postle (idk how it's spelled) never cheated? I'm not really into poker, but I've gone down poker rabbit holes on TH-cam and most every video I remember watching about his poke scandal, states he cheated. How did he win $30million in the court case, if he cheated?
He won the case which prevented him from paying 30mn to the people who filed a lawsuit against him for cheating
Yeah he cheated for sure. Just he got away with it.
Crotch Theory Optimal , Postle had inside guys at the casino. The hole cards were being recorded by table cams.
Haha. I dealt at Foxwoods for 8 years. You wouldn't believe what people tried. Lol.
Online poker game is full scammers to me eh
Guy got booed for playing in the ladies event?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
..... sucks when the shoes on the other foot, doesn't it ladies?