Lawyers Representing Alleged Poker Cheat Mike Postle Move To Drop Him As A Client

Lawyers representing alleged poker cheat Mike Postle in his $330 million defamation lawsuit towards a number of of the poker group’s most distinguished members have filed paperwork with the courtroom to drop Postle as a consumer.

Mac VerStandig, the lawyer that represented the 88 plaintiffs within the lawsuit surrounding the preliminary dishonest allegations involving Postle, tweeted a photograph of the doc with the caption “Posted without comment.”

What VerStandig tweeted was a “Declaration in Support of Attorney’s Motion to be Relieved as Counsel,” which was filed by Steven T. Lowe of Lowe & Associates, a distinguished leisure legislation agency in Beverly Hills. It was filed on Dec. 8 with the Sacramento Superior Court.

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— Mac VerStandig (@mac_verstandig) December 10, 2020

“Client has failed to comply with the written agreement between the firm and the client, and communication has otherwise ceased between client and attorney,” learn the underside of the movement, the place Lowe outlined his cause for the movement.

Judge Richard Ok. Sueyoshi will make a ruling on the movement at a listening to scheduled for Jan. 14, 2021.

Postle was accused of dishonest in a low-stakes live-streamed poker sport at Stones Gambling Hall within the Sacramento space. He reportedly received upwards of $250,000 taking part in virtually solely $1-$3 and $2-$5 no-limit maintain ’em money video games over a roughly 18-month time span in 2018 and 2019.

After watching Postle make suspect performs over the course of his heater, former Stones worker and commentator of among the video games Veronica Brill believed that he was dishonest. After taking her considerations to Stones Tournament Director Justin Kuraitis, who was additionally accountable for the stream, and having them fall on deaf ears, she made the allegations public.

At that time, many distinguished poker professionals started to dissect video footage from the stream and most believed that he had gained entry to the opening playing cards ultimately. Likely with the assistance of an worker, which many believed to be Kuraitis.

While no person was ever capable of pinpoint a particular means that Postle was dishonest, there have been a number of theories thrown round. One idea was that Postle saved a bone conduction headphone in his hat and one other standard idea was that he was having info forwarded to his cellphone, which he routinely saved in his lap on the desk, away from the gaze of the opposite gamers on the desk.

VerStandig then filed swimsuit towards Postle, Kuraitis and the possession group of Stones. The costs towards Postle have been finally dismissed and most plaintiffs accepted a settlement for the remaining costs towards Kuraitis and Stones.

After the fees towards Postle have been dropped, he filed a defamation and libel lawsuit towards Brill, six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu, high-stakes gambler Haralabos Voulgaris, poker persona Joey Ingram, poker professional Todd Witteles, in addition to ESPN, Poker News media, Upswing Poker, Run It Once, Crush Live Poker, Solve For Why and Poker Coaching, that are run by poker professionals Doug Polk, Phil Galfond, Bart Hanson, Matt Berkey and Jonathan Little, respectively.

But that lawsuit received’t be going anyplace with none authorized illustration on Postle’s behalf.

Witteles’ lawyer, Eric Bensomochan went on Witteles’ podcast Wednesday night and stated that the most typical cause for this movement is a scarcity of cost by the consumer. He went on to say that with a lawsuit of this dimension, even a large retainer of $15,000-$20,000 could possibly be used up in simply a few weeks and that Postle or whoever is bankrolling the authorized crew might not have realized how a lot cash can be wanted to battle this case.