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The Cheating Scandal That Ripped the Poker World Apart
- TillE 6y agoThis is a weirdly "human interest story", "both sides"-y take which almost entirely fails to wrestle with the absolute mountain of evidence against Postle. To be clear, at the time this story was blowing up, every serious person in the poker world expressed astonishment at what an obvious cheat he was. And yes, the overwhelming consensus was that it was probably an inside job, with Postle given access to a live version of the stream on his phone.
- valuearb 6y agoIt’s also silly to say it “ripped the poker world apart”. There isn’t a competent poker player in the world who doesn’t believe Postle cheated.
- Sebb767 6y agoThis was discussedon HN as it unfolded, with very interesting insights: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21161043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21161043