The first human rights violation in the poker world
The first human rights violation in the poker world
Becoming a professional poker player was not something I thought I'd be growing up. I started playing at 18 with my friends and I was consistently beating them, and I slowly became more immersed in the game as time went by. It wasn't until I was 22 that I realized I could be a pro, and by the time I was 24 in 2017 I was playing full time. The allure of this game has always been that I can set my own hours and routine, work as little or as much as I want, without a formal boss, without having to answer to any person, and without having any superiors. I've always taken a lax approach to the game, don't work myself too hard, and strive to enjoy what life has to offer. I'm certain I'm not the best player, but also far from the worst. I've always had big ambitions in poker however I go at a slow pace and am happy with the little I have accomplished in the almost 8 years I've been playing full time although I have no doubts I have a long way to go. The freedoms it gave me were always one of the draws of playing full time for me, and it pains me that I have to make this thread today as some of these freedoms have been taken away from me by people who have self appointed themselves to positions of authority in a game that should always be pure and fair but has in recent years taken a turn towards elitism.
Here is a link to a thread about me on another forum. I recommend you skip over this part and read through my account of what transpired first however.
https://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/showth...
Don't know what to say. Not something I'd do again but also definitely not as it has been reported. I've maintained and will continue to maintain my innocence and a proper and thorough investigation will exonerate me from wrongdoing and find that I have been wronged. Unfortunately, I have not been afforded that right. Every tactic in the book has been used to keep me quiet, and make my life a living hell for the past 475 days. I've been denied a chance to speak in my defense, I've been denied any form of due process, I've been restricted from doing my job, I've been isolated and blackballed from everybody in the industry, I may have a form of post traumatic stress disorder, and no matter what happens I'll never ever be the same again.
In short form (this is the most I could condense this there is plenty I had to leave out) I dm'd one of poker's influencers on twitter a lot of times. I was under the impression she was a willing participant. There was nothing to suggest otherwise and I have evidence to support she was a willing participant for whatever reason wether it was for her own entertainment or to bait me. She later doxxed me on her page to over 20k people. She lied about key details and leads 10's of thousands of people to believe I'm a schizophrenic and that I'm violent, neither of which are true. People calling for me to be hurt, crazies saying I need to be institutionalized against my will, she puts on a melodramatic performance including saying she needs armed home security guards. My reputation is destroyed and its clear that this person is in a position of power over me and has twisted things to sound like something they're not. Following this I started to have symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder which have persisted to today. It was bad the first few months now it comes and goes. I'm happy to say I've never felt better than recently however it comes back in the form of flashbacks and the like from time to time and longterm I'm not sure what it will be like. I have invested a lot of time effort and money into my mental game so that I know when to play and when not to play. I was unable to play much in the following couple of months and it began a snowball effect on my life that has cost me a ton of money and I am sure without the support I had would have put me on the street.
About a month after this happened I started to get attention from a few anonymous accounts. I talked with one of them via DM, for a couple days. They described themselves as a psychopath who enjoys tormenting people. Once I disengaged contact with this account, they started to dox me. There were over a dozen accounts working together (retweeting one another) for almost two months. Whenever I'd block one there would be another. And it didn't matter if I did because they still did a lot of damage. They'd routinely tag poker accounts and post whatever they wanted about me. Among the things they did was make fake death and rape threats towards the influencer that doxxed me (photoshopped using my profile pic and name to make it look like i tweeted rape and death threats that i didnt), and had them spread around, which people of course believed. They frequently encouraged me to end my life. They would comment a link to the thread where I was doxxed by her, on every one of my posts. They even were doing this to random people that followed me, and also whenever I commented on stuff that had nothing to do with poker. They frequently posted antisemitic stuff on my page. They'd post random Las Vegas addresses saying that I lived there. Might be a few other things I am forgetting. It made my twitter account completely unusable. This went on from around May 6th 2023 to June 26th 2023. These accounts (I concluded that it was at least 2 people working together) left a trail however.
I have a smoking gun of one person's involvement who happens to be a big influencer in the twitter poker celebrity world (>98%). I have a reasonable suspicion of another's involvement who also happens to be a big influencer (let's say 50/50), and that this same thing was done to two other people who were isolated and vulnerable. I have motive, intent, speech patterns, everything to make a reasonable to strong case of who did this. NOBODY has been willing to even take a look. Stay with me because next part is where it gets a little crazy.
June 6th I walked into WSOP to play the 1500 6max which is one of my favorite events. Play until right before dinner break, bust out and head home. Some time later (might have been June 15th?) I get a note on my door that I have legal papers that need to be served to me. I didn't think anything of it, and went in to pick them up on June 20th. I pick up the papers, and sure enough she has filed a report with a fabricated story, claiming that I was stalking her in the WSOP on the 6th. This happens to be the 2nd report she has filed against me, the first one was denied, the second with the fabricated story was approved to be heard by a judge. I happened to have a few eye witness accounts from reputable players that contradict part of her story however the way she wrote it I'm not sure what those are worth. Picked up the documents on June 20th and the hearing was scheduled for June 28th so I had less than a week to get a lawyer and prepare for this. Meanwhile I rushed to message a few of who I thought were trustworthy members of the poker twitter influencers to show them that she lied and to try and get some support, as I was not in shape to pay thousands of dollars for a great lawyer. I didn't get any support, however I did happen to get something out of it, because shortly after I privately shared this story with these "poker celebrities", one of the anon accounts was helpful enough to inform me that "I have no case against her" and threatened to murder me if I didn't keep my mouth shut! What a coincidence that they threatened me a day before it took place! Based on who I thought it was and the network and resources available to them I took it as a credible threat on my life.
I wasn't too worried about the hearing, I figured I'd be able to explain what happened and I'd get a fair hearing and a fair outcome. Nope. As soon as she opened her mouth it was waterworks, and one lie after another, after another. I'm not sure if any one of the things she'd said was fact and I am sure it altered the outcome because there were multiple ways it could have been ruled. The judge did not ask me anything, I did not get a chance to speak a word, and she granted her the most restrictive protective order for the most amount of time it could have been granted, that does not reasonably allow me to play cash games, and attempts but fails to make a stipulation where I can play tournaments. Here's the kicker for her: if it's found that I violated it somehow I'd get sent to prison for up to 5 years. So I figured at this point, I'm screwed. If she decides to lie and say I've violated the order I have no way of defending myself. I'm a nobody with no network or resources to fight this and it's based on a preponderence of evidence. Basically, if she claims I violated the order, whoever the judge believes wins. Coincidentally, after the ruling was made in her favor, the anonymous accounts abruptly stopped.
At this point, few days before the main event, I figured I was screwed. Three days later, July 1st, I got a call from the Wynn informing me that I'd been trespassed. I went to the horseshoe's security office to inquire with them and find out if I'd been trespassed there also. I was told that they'd been informed of the protective order but that I was not trespassed and as long as I dont cause any trouble I'd be fine. Despite that, I thought there was no way to protect myself from this, with the death threat, and the leverage had from the PO, there were people were really out to get me, and I decided to leave the country for three months and keep my head down for the remainder of the year.
Fast forward to a week ago, I bought myself a body cam and I was selling to the 2024 main event. I was having trouble selling where I was always able to sell in the past. I'm not a crusher but I have decent enough results where I should be able to sell 1.1, but all the big buyers passed on me. My reputation is more or less pristine outside of this incident. I'm not a scammer, I'm not a cheater, and I've never welched on a debt in the almost decade I've been in poker, and I'm honest to a fault. By a miracle I was able to sell out at the last moment on day 2D. I literally ran around the strip the entire afternoon collecting cash and made it to the registration window at 4:49PM just minutes before late reg was over. The cashier counts my money, takes my ID and players card and disappears claiming she needs to verify me. I'm waiting and waiting and assured that I was going to have a seat and everything was fine. A whole 30 mins pass and in come three security people informing me that they made a decision to trespass me from all Caesar's properties. I did not do anything wrong, I was a little jumpy because I had cut it close with the late reg time but I wasn't doing anything that warranted it. They refused to tell me why, I emailed them and they also did not tell me why, just that they don't review trespasses until at least a year goes by.
It seems like these influencers care about nothing above their self interests but act like they are gatekeepers of a game that is pure and fair. They act like they care about scammers and cheaters and right and wrong, but when it comes to something that might make them look bad as a whole it doesn't matter. The person who accused me has been outted in the past by an ex of hers as a thief but there is no fuss about that and this person has gotten every opportunity imaginable in this industry and was allowed to destroy every aspect of my life while everybody looked the other way. I've reached out to at least 15 different people trying to get a fair look at my side of the story. They either ignore me, block me, and on 1 occasion was told they don't want to get involved. I can only imagine the type of nonsense and gossip that has been spread in the background about me and contributed to my reputation sabotage, disintegration of my career, and to my isolation from the wider social community. I've been pushed out of twitter where I spent a lot of time and enjoyed participating in some of the discourse, I've been banned from Caesar's and Wynn, I cannot reasonably play cash anywhere in Las Vegas. Regardless of whether you think I'm innocent or not, this is done in a deliberate manner to sabotage reputations and lives, and it often ends with guys killing themselves. I've been isolated from everything and everybody I worked to be around for the past decade, I've been turned into a leper and I feel as I'm in solitary confinement for over a year. It is a slow form of murder and it's common for women like this to turn everybody against you, spread their false version of reality, exaggerate, cause hysteria, and make the lives of powerless people like myself unlivable.
Save your breathe if you are here to tell me that I deserve what's happening to me, or that I need to let it go, or that I have a victim's mentality. After spending a few months in a group with other men victim to similar false, and exaggerated claims and reading some of the things these guys go through, all I can say is save your time. A lot of them end up committing suicide, a lot of them end up homeless and estranged from everybody they know. What I am going through is torture in a literal sense. I feel as if I have been in solitary confinement for an entire year, with no right to speak in my defense, no right to due proccess, an open pass for people to discriminate against me and treat me however they want. I've been booted from WSOP and Wynn, and I cannot reasonably do my job of 8 years. Nothing I did justifies this. This is a clear depraved indifference for my life, and a pervasive pattern of neglect and abuse. The system happens to give these women a ridiculous amount of power over others, and by rule it will act as a magnet to bad actors and power abusers who know exactly how to cause the most amount of damage. It is not representative of an entire gender and I would not like this to turn into a gender discourse. What happens to men like me is a human rights violation and it should not happen to anybody ever. This needs to stopped somehow because I'm not going to shut up about it and I believe these people can hurt me worse.
The only thing I am here to ask of this forum, is cooperation, in verifying what has happened to me. If it is ok, I'll take as many of you as is possible, the more reputable you are the better, but anybody, and everybody is welcome to DM me and verify the claims I am making. I can't just start dropping names on here so I'd like for this to be done in private until there is a mutual agreement on who is involved and what can be verified and what can't.
I've tried and messaged at least 15 people in the industry to try and get my side looked at to no avail. Was lucky enough to have Jungleman open his DM's to report nefarious activities within the industry, and so I've got the support of Jungleman if I can have my claims verified, so it would go a long way. I have had no doubt since day 1 that I am innocent, that I have been wronged far worse than what you can imagine and that some of the people involved are influential figures in the poker industry and that there is a broad awareness of what happened to me while many have looked the other way. Don't need anything but to be treated like a human being. I've been denied that for over a year and as irreperable of a situation as this is I am going to get fair treatment and people will be held accountable.
Can you have psychosis for multiple years? Because this has been going on for years. From when he started stalking her until now when he clearly still doesn't understand and thinks he has been wronged all throughout.
I think so. I also think it can be fluid in a way you drift in and out of psychosis, with at times milder high functioning symptoms.
Just fyi, to the rest of the thread, psychosis is absolutely horrible. It is essentially the inability to filter out erroneous thoughts from your mind....which causes a cascade of beyond absurd and impossible thinking. The worst part is the one suffering from it generally doesn't realize anything is wrong.
Since OP hasn't posted in several days, it's time to lock the thread. If something significant happens we can reopen it with a request in the moderation thread sticky.
IÂ’d like to request this thread to be locked and/or deleted:
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/ne...
I know others have sought the same on the grounds of protecting OP from himself but I think it needs to be locked and deleted to protect the victim of his stalking.
The OP claims to be the victims in this case but the thread is just an extension of his harassment of the true victim here.
Her name is mentioned and someone seems to have
The purpose of my thread is that I claiming innocence and that I was wronged beyond a reasonable doubt. It is so that I can have a chance to present my data in private, have unbiased parties review it, answer my questions, and either refute or confirm my allegations.
I am not mentally ill and I am not suffering from some form of psychosis which is what my thread has been derailed into by armchair psychologists. I believe this women has gone about her actions with an intent to harm me and has succeeded in doing so. In short, she keeps going after my vulnerabilities.
Her being in fear does not align with her actions regardless of what you think based on the (little) you are able to see in this situation. The fact that you and others are calling for my thread to be deleted is ridiculous and a direct infringement on my freedom of speech. I have a right to voice my reasonable concern that this woman has attempted to and succeeded in harming me.
I also have a right to defend myself and I have not been afforded that opportunity. It's difficult to post publicly what I have because my opinion is she is a malicious and destructive individual that can use some of the stuff against me. I assure you I am certain beyond a reasonable doubt, I would not be putting this out there if I wasn't, and it's a simple request to have people look at what I am alleging and either refute or confirm it.
This woman destroyed my life and deliberately cut me off from resources necessary for my survival. What she did has had secondary effects on the people around me including my own family. The worst part is she left almost no trace of it. There is no world where I am being banned from casino after casino for somebody elseÂ’s safety. This point and a list of others indicate that this was done in order to cause me harm.
That you are some stranger who has not a clue what is going on, certain enough to want to take down my thread and prevent me from getting fair treatment is barbaric. I deserve to be treated like a person and you are making all these assumptions that prevent that from happening. Think about the chance that you are wrong and how harmful what you are doing can be. Even if you believe itÂ’s 1 in a 1000 chance IÂ’m right. Think about the damage you are doing by suggesting you should be able to prevent my side from being heard on an Internet forum.
There are two people in the whole world who know exactly what happened. One of them is me, the other one is not you. I have been transparent from start to finish and I am going to once again state that I cannot publicly share everything IÂ’d like to present.
I am not mentally ill, I am innocent, and this woman has gone after my vulnerabilities and irreparably harmed me. If you asked questions and viewed this situation from an unbiased lens you would have a chance to see that. I am committed to seeking justice and it will be had. Please do not contribute to the lunacy by saying that my thread should be deleted. Nothing gives you the right to make all those assumptions. Nothing gives you the right to stop me from talking about what happened to me.
So far I have had two people post something in my thread in my support one of them was attacked by people who accused him of being me, and he was then banned. The otherÂ’s post was deleted. The thread was locked despite that I did not break any rules, and people have attacked me throughout it calling me mentally ill, saying I should take up softball (???), leave my own country among other things. Anything but to consider the possibility that I might be right and that what is happening to me is an infringement on my rights as a human being.
You all keep using circular logic and ignoring the possibility that I am telling the truth. Again itÂ’s a simple request to have what I am alleging looked at in private. That was the only purpose of my thread. Worst case my claims are refuted in private and I can move on. Best case my abuser(s) get caught.
I am requesting that my thread be unlocked, the deleted post in my support be put back up, and that it is bumped by the mod who locked it.
niko, what do you make of everyone in that thread unanimously told you that you were out of line, not the victim as you claim and that you need to leave her alone and seek help
also, none of those posts "supporting" you were real, they were trolling you
The purpose of my thread is that I claiming innocence and that I was wronged beyond a reasonable doubt. It is so that I can have a chance to present my data in private, have unbiased parties review it, answer my questions, and either refute or confirm my allegations.
I am not mentally ill and I am not suffering from some form of psychosis which is what my thread has been derailed into by armchair psychologists. I believe this women has gone about her actions with an intent to harm me and has suc
Go see a psychiatrist and prove everyone wrong. Show them the thread and messages you sent her, and see what they say.
Go see a psychiatrist and prove everyone wrong. Show them the thread and messages you sent her, and see what they say.
The burden of proof for that is not on me. And I’m sorry but I don’t need to do any of that to have my claims reviewed by an independent 3rd party. Which I have stated time and time again is the purpose of my thread.
You are not presenting your evidence (where you're not even presenting all of it according to what you are saying now) in a "private" matter. This is a public internet forum.
However, this is also private in which that you are not guaranteed a right to post here.
With that being said, I am *not* a moderator of this subforum.
Videopro locked the thread, posting:
Since OP hasn't posted in several days, it's time to lock the thread. If something significant happens we can reopen it with a request in the moderation thread sticky.
So it looks like you took the necessary step towards reopening by requesting in this very thread.
You are not presenting your evidence (where you're not even presenting all of it according to what you are saying now) in a "private" matter. This is a public internet forum.
However, this is also private in which that you are not guaranteed a right to post here.
Right. Once again, I made that thread because I am seeking an independent 3rd party to review my claims in private. I expect to be held to the same standard and by the same rules as everybody else. As I have not broken any rules, I don’t see why my thread should be locked. As people continue to attack me and discredit me, and call me mentally ill, without ever addressing any of my points, I don’t see why their posts are not being deleted or my thread be policed to the same standard of care as others.
I can't answer those questions as I am *not* a moderator of NVG. I am a moderator of only the Sporting Events subforum.
You are *not* posting in private. Anyone with an internet connection can view your thread.
I believe the thread that you started got locked because you stopped posting in it for several days. I'd suggest reporting posts that you deem are against the rules of this subforum.
No one *has* to address your points. They can ignore them all they like. That's kind of how the internet works. Again, I'd suggest reporting posts that you deem are against the rules of NVG.
The burden of proof for that is not on me. And I’m sorry but I don’t need to do any of that to have my claims reviewed by an independent 3rd party. Which I have stated time and time again is the purpose of my thread.
I have a bi-polar friend. When he gets manic he sends endless messages to people, talks all the time, has wild ideas, and doesn’t notice any difference. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, but it’s something to be proactive about. You got your “3rd party opinion” and they’ve almost all said the same thing. I think it’s best to at least go to a psych. What’s the worst that will happen if you’re totally fine?
I have a bi-polar friend. When he gets manic he sends endless messages to people, talks all the time, has wild ideas, and doesn’t notice any difference. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, but it’s something to be proactive about. You got your “3rd party opinion” and they’ve almost all said the same thing. I think it’s best to at least go to a psych. What’s the worst that will happen if you’re totally fine?
None of it is any of your business!! YouÂ’re in a thread about a specific subforum moderation talking about your alleged bipolar friend and his alleged symptoms. It doesnÂ’t matter what you think is best. I am the final authority over what is best for me. Does it bother you that I have that right? I have made a thread alleging that I am victim to a human rights violation and you are a prime example of what I am going through. You are talking about me as if I am a guinea pig. Why donÂ’t YOU see a psychiatrist? This has nothing to do with this thread. This thread is for moderation of a subforum and IÂ’ve posted a complaint to get my thread unlocked.
you got dozens of 3rd party opinions
and niko, nobody is dunking on you when they are asking you to seek treatment
most of us are either very close to others who have similar issues or have them ourselves - there's nothing wrong about having those issues, but it is wrong to actively ignore seeking treatment for them
you'll be much happier in the end, i don't know a single person who sought treatment and regretted it
NikoP,
People are just trying to help. Perhaps if you listened to some people who were trying to help previously then you wouldn't be banned from multiple Vegas casinos.
you got dozens of 3rd party opinions
and niko, nobody is dunking on you when they are asking you to seek treatment
most of us are either very close to others who have similar issues or have them ourselves - there's nothing wrong about having those issues, but it is wrong to actively ignore seeking treatment for them
you'll be much happier in the end, i don't know a single person who sought treatment and regretted it
I have gotten exactly zero 3rd party opinions. Zero. There is not a person in the world that has volunteered to take an unbiased view of my side and my evidence, not a soul has volunteered to answer my questions, and now my thread has been locked in this forum. It has been over one year and that one year of my life is gone.
I have stated over and over again that I am innocent, and that I am not mentally ill. I have maintained that since day one and there will not be a day in this lifetime or in any other lifetime where you hear otherwise from me.
why are the dozens of opinions viewing the curated information you presented them all disagreeing with your interpretation biased?
I'm unbiased, I've seen plenty of evidence (including one "piece" of evidence I wish that I could "unsee") and I don't like your side.
NikoP,
People are just trying to help. Perhaps if you listened to some people who were trying to help previously then you wouldn't be banned from multiple Vegas casinos.
So you are so sure there is a 0% chance I am innocent? And itÂ’s my fault I am banned from casinos? IÂ’m sorry but I did not break any rules that warrant being banned from over 50 casinos.
If they are trying to help then they should start by investigating my claims. Consider that I may be correct before wasting more of my time. Let my thread do the job that it was intended for. This is how it would work for everybody else. Howeve, for me, extra rules have been implemented. Rules that you cannot find anywhere. And you cannot give me a valid reason for why somebody who is claiming innocence and that he is a victim, is being treated in this way.
So you are so sure there is a 0% chance I am innocent? And itÂ’s my fault I am banned from casinos? IÂ’m sorry but I did not break any rules that warrant being banned from over 50 casinos.
If they are trying to help then they should start by investigating my claims. Consider that I may be correct before wasting more of my time. Let my thread do the job that it was intended for. This is how it would work for everybody else. Howeve, for me, extra rules have been implemented. Rules that you cannot
You are lucky you are just banned from casinos and not in jail. Just let it go man . You need help and clearly won’t ever see that . I feel sorry for you .
NikoP,
Do you know how casinos operate? They can ban anyone for whatever reason they deem fit. They can say "I don't like your shirt, you're banned".
They do NOT have to take your business. Grow up and realize the reality you actually live in.
NikoP,
Do you know how casinos operate? They can ban anyone for whatever reason they deem fit. They can say "I don't like your shirt, you're banned".
They do NOT have to take your business. Grow up and realize the reality you actually live in.
That is the whole point. They can do whatever. Then you guys can close my thread whenever even though I have not broken any rules.. I can be excluded from anything and everything and you donÂ’t have to give me any reason. That is the very point of why I am here.
niko, if the point of the thread was to post your evidence to get unbiased opinions then why didn't you post your evidence?
niko, if the point of the thread was to post your evidence to get unbiased opinions then why didn't you post your evidence?
I’ve addressed this at least three times but I’ll do it again. What you’re saying is not true. The point of the thread was not to post evidence it was to find an independent 3rd party who would be willing to privately review my side and either refute or confirm my claims. There are a multitude of reasons why I can’t make it public and one of them is so that it doesn’t get flipped on me again.
That is the whole point. They can do whatever. Then you guys can close my thread whenever even though I have not broken any rules.. I can be excluded from anything and everything and you donÂ’t have to give me any reason. That is the very point of why I am here.
How is your reading comprehension?
videopro posted that he locked your thread because you *stopped posting in it*, which I restated to you as the reason.
