Cheating on the gulf coast

Cheating on the gulf coast

What exactly is going on down south, the same stable of players literally has won every event for the past year.. i know i can't be the only one thinking something smells fishy

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14 January 2025 at 05:10 PM
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by wstanford25 k

I 100% was duped on the crypto coin. I’ve owned and admitted to it. I didn’t “push” anyone. I posted on my Facebook wall saying I thought it was a good investment. I didn’t tag someone or force it on anyone. It’s no different than someone posting about losing weight on Facebook or suggesting anything about anything. If I share about my wife’s embroidery business that’s not me pushing it on people that is simply me just promoting her brand. If you w

This is sociopath levels of squirming my friend. Yes, you posting an obvious scam token to your "friends" makes you either ******ed or a scum bag. And yes, running an illegal sports book would actually make you a scumbag. Are you kidding me? You can't actually be this ******ed

"Oh, does me committing RICO charges make me a bad person?" Yeah, actually.


My recommendation is the stable stop posting because you guys sound shady and/or ******ed and you probably aren't completely ******ed so probably just incredibly shady

edit: Well, I dunno, the guy ratting out the other guy (while thinking he was defending him) for running an illegal sports book is probably pretty ******ed


by dianadentist k

800 entries. not 800 players. And okay...10% is probably high, but I don't think it's ridiculous at all to estimate that in one of these fields that gets 800 entries that he and his friends make up 50+ of the entries.

What bombs did I drop? Did I make an accusation without evidence? I shared posts from Facebook that both Preston and Cody participated in... and both of their names had been mentioned in this thread prior to my post. Those facts aren't in question. People can draw their own conclus

Yeah, some valid questions and some bandwagon jumping on these topics in your response. I get why if you are not a regular and not in the true know of how these things work how it could raise some suspicion in your eyes.

On the crypto coin thing specifically, I was highly skeptical on that.....and that's why I chose not to buy into it. I pretty much knew it was a pump and dump as I have had experience with that in the past. The only people that profit from that are the principles at hand. Key phrase there was that I had prior experience. I believe Cody when he said he was taken on this. The guy was obviously a very good salesman, and Cody bought the hype. It turned out to be a costly mistake for him. Think this through a little more and you will come to the reasonable conclusion on this as well. Why in the world would Cody hype this, and doing it so publicly to all his friends that he knows he will see in person over an over and over again if he thought it would fail?. This makes him look very bad and feel very bad. He would never do that unless he believed in it. It's an awful position to be in. Scammers are people that steal and then disappear into the night. That was never an option for him, so it's safe to say that he is telling you exactly like it went down. Somebody who is great at poker and goes on a heater doesn't make him a cheater. The reason these guys names come up all the time is purely based on 3 things. They know the fields well, they play much much more volume than others and they are very good at poker. This is the main reason the same names pop up. It's not cheating. It's just using the system to your advantage. It most business circles that just called smart business. Anyway, I get where you are coming from, but it's really nothing more than I just stated.


by tiger24 k

So many new accounts in this thread with the join date of Jan. 2025, just an observation lol

For me ive never knew this forum existed cant speak for the rest. I heard about it and was curious and now ill be here. Its kinda of cool not this thread per say but the forum itself


Welp, I never planned on commenting in this thread, but someone told Cody Stanford I am one of the people in this thread.

Not accurate. If I name dropped, or made an accusation I told that person directly, not hid behind a fake name/account.

There is a lot of horrible optics here. Seems like the same 5-6 people win at certain events with the same tourney directors.

1) Win rates. Some people win way too often often in these 400-1200$ buy ins. If you show a million in profits from tourneys averaging 600$ an entry and itÂ’s from the same couple venuesÂ… IE Tunica, Cherokee, Philadelphia and now add Biloxi.

I have legit been able to call winner with 100 people left in tourneys bc the same few always win.

2) Hendon Mob stats- nobody gives two fu#ks about your Hendon Mobs stats. Prime Example a former good friend of mine has like 2 million dollars in earnings and probably cant feed his kidsÂ… Another is someone like Allen Kessler who brags about cashes and earnings, but if it showed buy ins, it would show him
Down probably 2 million. So shut the F up about your Hendon Mobs stats, it doesnÂ’t prove you are winning player.

3) There is absolutely casinos, players and venues who cheat. I think people that play on the live streams at places like the Lodge in Texas and other places are absolutely crazy.

There is a 99% chance that people are being scammed in these games.

A simple Google search will show you numerous times where people have been cheated in card games in the last five or 10 years and there are also multiple sites that will show you tech technologies and ways it can be done.

The alarming part is when the same tournament directors are in charge of the same tournaments that all these people in this thread have been winning. Between card marking, RFID playing cards (which are made by the same company card brands these stops use) and Dealers setting up decks.

4) first hand experiences- iÂ’ve had a few situations that red flags. 🚩

One of the players mentioned already a few times in this thread called me all the way to the river. Once the river 4 hit, they decided to call half of my stack on the river Bet having hit only a pair of fours of the 4.

The way the whole hand played out seemed incredibly odd and I do feel like this person who has multiple millions of earnings is somehow getting information on players at the table. I donÂ’t feel like he is a good enough player to legitimately call all the way down and think his four on the river is good.

In a Tunica WSOP, first hand dealt I get AK, I played it very aggressive and won a small pot. Second hand I get QQ. Stay aggressive preflop, and again on a flop of Q 4 3 turn is a 4. I stay aggressive, opponent calls. River X I make a large pot size bet and opponent moves all in. He has quads. I feel like while I was stacking my chips I may have been cheated on the QQ hand. Tunica was the last WSOP I played and there was several big spots I always seemed to lose when it mattered. The math just doesnÂ’t add up.

Is it possible that this hand was legitimate. Yes. Do I feel like it was legitimate, no. I absolutely do not. Oh, but the same people mentioned crush FT after FT that stop.

I just feel for the people that think this game is legitimate. The higher the prize pool the more likely the corruption/collusion and the more likely one of the people listed here will win.

We are not talking about high dollar Main LV Wsop buy ins. We are talking about shorter levels 2 to 3 day tourneys with much faster levels. The results should be more random than longer high dollar main events. Yet, there is zero Main Event World Champions (since the field size increased) and You may see the same person, or one of his buddies win the same event in back to back years. Another glaring 🚩.

5) Finally, this is the first time I ever made a post, ever, in 2+2. I read Codys page on FB and I mentioned it to another poker playing friend who sent me the link. Cody himself asked me if I was one of the people on this thread because someone told him I was. This person is a fu##ing moronÂ… Anytime, I have ever suspected foul play and had something to say about it, I put my name on it.

I have followed Cody for years, I respect Cody and I donÂ’t know if he cheated. I donÂ’t know Cody like that. I followed and admired his game for a long time as a poker enthusiast. This thread does make it look bad. You have a coin pump in dump, an illegal sportsbook, and illegal poker app all proven, so my point is I understand the speculations and look is not good. I never posted about Cody, I do respect you dude and I hope the allegations arenÂ’t true.

I find it odd though that when Preston won recently I questioned that. Someone tagged Preston, I shared some information showing Preston that cheating was possible, not saying he was cheating. To act like poker cheating isnÂ’t going on is another red flag. 🚩

Preston went to invite/tag the same people “pros” in this thread that are stating there isn’t cheating going on. If someone was winning often, I know that my first reply would be “there is no foul play”

I made those comments in December 2024 and both of you have hit 2 6 figure scores since each in 30 days. Seems like I am not the only person noticing irregularities. The last thing I would do Cody is accuse people of talking about you though, bc I have never mentioned your name publicly, in any derogatory way, until you asked/accused me of making remarks on here because someone guessed wrong. 😑

-Cody Alan Cunningham


Isn’t the simplest explanation that with a large roll, these guys are able to fire exponentially more bullets, and thus, have way more chances of deep runs/wins? It doesn’t seem that crazy when you have an unlimited ability to re enter. Also, while these guys go deep and win often, remember we’re only seeing the highlights. With the amount of volume these guys put in it’s no surprise that they’re going deep. But it’s not like they’re shipping a ring every day.

I think it makes more sense to see what these guys are doing and say “what can I do to be at their level?” As opposed to assuming they must be cheating.


If the circle ⭕️ gets too big, there is less profit for those inside.

Every single company/field is set up for profit. Education, Health, Law Enforcement etc. there is no fairness, not Integrity, only profit.

Just like sportsbetting and collusion in sports ruined professional sports. Some people are viewed as ambassadors could actually destroying the integrity of the game.


by coordi k

This is sociopath levels of squirming my friend. Yes, you posting an obvious scam token to your "friends" makes you either ******ed or a scum bag. And yes, running an illegal sports book would actually make you a scumbag. Are you kidding me? You can't actually be this ******ed

"Oh, does me committing RICO charges make me a bad person?" Yeah, actually.

I assume you don’t play home games?


by wstanford25 k

Wasn’t this thread started in January 2025? It’s obviously going around and people are making accounts to come in and read/comment. Unsure what your point is

Just in my experience with forums or social media when you see a bunch of new accounts pop up it's usually by the same person/people trying to steer a narrative away or towards the accusations.
I'm not saying thats the case here....like I said just an observation


After spending almost 24 hours wasting my time in this thread from now going forward I am done reading and commentating. I’ve spoke my truth. I’m sorry that most of you just haven’t won anything but hopefully it happens for you one day. I hope you win enough that people assume you have to be doing something wrong so you’ll get a taste of how it feels. I’ve spent my entire adult life working towards being the best I can be at this game and I’m not going to let any of you take my hard earned success or my peace of mind from me


by TheOtherCody k

If the circle ⭕️ gets too big, there is less profit for those inside.

Every single company/field is set up for profit. Education, Health, Law Enforcement etc. there is no fairness, not Integrity, only profit.

Just like sportsbetting and collusion in sports ruined professional sports. Some people are viewed as ambassadors could actually destroying the integrity of the game.

Glad you were able to find a honest and fair poker game in Arkansas, but as the great Bill Clinton would always say "come to Arkansas where a man get his **** sucked and there is always a fair and honest poker game!"


by CoachGuru25 k

Glad you were able to find a honest and fair poker game in Arkansas, but as the great Bill Clinton would always say "come to Arkansas where a man get his **** sucked and there is always a fair and honest poker game!"

Definitely seems more fair than the 5 places mentioned previously.


by CoachGuru25 k

Glad you were able to find a honest and fair poker game in Arkansas, but as the great Bill Clinton would always say "come to Arkansas where a man get his **** sucked and there is always a fair and honest poker game!"

Why is Arkansas catching strays?


man the MTT scene seems pretty contentious


by smoothcriminal99 k

I don’t know these people and even if they’re not cheating which they’re probably not I think running stables for MTTs and creating situations that collusion/chip dumping/dealer manipulation etc like this are suspected are terrible for poker just from an optics view. A lot of people quit HS tournaments when they found out how much people bought/sold/swapped of each other and it’s terrible for poker. Organizers should just have a rule if you are found or suspected of not playing your own money/fo

Yup totally agree about the optics. Although i dont know these people I will say it sounds suspect but with no more evidence coming to light on outright cheating people should be careful.

As far as your larger point it's exactly what I've been thinking the whole time while reading this.

I have a question: when you end up at the same table as one of your "horses" do you make everyone aware of it? Have you ever started at the same table and if so did you also make others aware when you started going all in dark?

Having 10 people on the same dime in a tournament is pretty shady and shows what your view is about money and what you'll do to acquire it. In no way should a serious group of players start a tournament together as a "team". You disagreed earlier regarding using that word, but what else would you expect others do view it as?

Problem is, this not the first nor only group of people to do this so it's hard to single them out for this specific example.


by wstanford25 k

After spending almost 24 hours wasting my time in this thread from now going forward I am done reading and commentating. I’ve spoke my truth. I’m sorry that most of you just haven’t won anything but hopefully it happens for you one day. I hope you win enough that people assume you have to be doing something wrong so you’ll get a taste of how it feels. I’ve spent my entire adult life working towards being the best I can be at this game and I’m not going to let

Sure. And if you're good, then youre going to have more chances to win than others. But don't act like your outright skill is winning you 1000+ player tournaments .

Honestly if I were you I'd have come in and simply said "these accusations are absurd. I'm playing well and running well. Bye." You've made it much worse by going to extremes to defending yourself and letting other things come to light.


This Tip. How can I be of assistance?


by alansacks k

What do I know? Please explain. I know that 36 bullets in any one tournament is ridiculous. I know that's more bullets than I have ever used in a whole week at Cherokee. I know that's something that I would ever do. What I don't know or would ever try to hate on or speculate on are somebody's else's reason for doing so. He had the money to lose and he chose to do so, even if I think it's a poor decision. It's his and only his to make. Get over it.

I think you are somewhat misrepresenting what I'm saying I'm not implying cheating i was just speaking to the number of buy ins.

I would be way more concerned about the WSOP circuit in cherokee using the same chip sets in everyone of their headline events every series. This should be more concern for a way for people to cheat, and i would bet it all that it has happened and still does happen. The mini main the monster stack the 6 max and the main all use the same chip sets. If a player pocketed 4 100k chips at bagging of the monster stack they could easily turn back up in a later tournament or at another series in a few months.

There was a braclet winner a while back that brought up chip counts discrepancies on day two of an event according to what was bagged up total at the end of a flight to what was in playfrom the buy ins. I think he makes a reasonable argument.

Does this chip set issue happen at other circuit events, do they use the same set at every event.


by TheOtherCody k

Welp, I never planned on commenting in this thread, but someone told Cody Stanford I am one of the people in this thread.

Not accurate. If I name dropped, or made an accusation I told that person directly, not hid behind a fake name/account.

There is a lot of horrible optics here. Seems like the same 5-6 people win at certain events with the same tourney directors.

1) Win rates. Some people win way too often often in these 400-1200$ buy ins. If you show a million in profits from tourneys averag

We have brains and can analyze a hendon mob.... The reality is OP and a couple others have likely 15k hendon mob scores over 5-10 years or more and are liftime losers expecting to be winners in series at the same rate they ft their 45 man $65 dollar nightly when a series isnt there.... Its just a miserable jealous shitty human without the intellect to ever beat the game and yall are having actual convos with people that suck at life. The same people posting are an echo of represnation of the 90 percent that show up to fields with hopes and dreams that have never studied in their life especially in the correct way with currently successful coaches or solvers.

You also fail to accept the fact that if 50 good players go to a Series there will likely be many of the faces of the group on the FT. Its getting annoying to have to repeat the same thing

I can analyze your hendon cody cunningham if you wish that you are almost guaranteed not up lifetime in tournaments over a stretch of 15 years cashing for hardly a years salary and a net loss so to portray yourself as capable of analyzing others game is comical honestly. So keep throwing shade while you run normal and get the results due to you according to your actual skill and keep crying about beats thinking that you are more unlucky then others and due cuz you arent.

I welcome the next unqualifed clown posting here to post that real life name and let the rest of us know that the people speaking arent worth the time tho respect for being the only 1 to post cody.

A couple more names that roll with this group are scott stewart( just won the 10k wpt main in dec for 2.5mil, zak who just won the 1.1 for a million, jennifer who just won a plo8 event last night in florida vs all well known pros.


by Normalguy79 k

I think you are somewhat misrepresenting what I'm saying I'm not implying cheating i was just speaking to the number of buy ins.

I would be way more concerned about the WSOP circuit in cherokee using the same chip sets in everyone of their headline events every series. This should be more concern for a way for people to cheat, and i would bet it all that it has happened and still does happen. The mini main the monster stack the 6 max and the main all use the same chip sets. If a player pocketed

In regards to what you just said, I really hope that players aren't doing that. It's a huge risk on their part, because if caught you would be banned for a very long time. If you are a serious player that would be just not worth the risk. I mainly only play at Cherokee, so I can't speak of other venues. At Cherokee like you said, the same chip sets are used across multiple big tourneys. I never really even put thought into this, but i'm kind of gonna be on the look out for it. I doubt it happens very often, but I might be naive to it.


by VincentVega k

Sure. And if you're good, then youre going to have more chances to win than others. But don't act like your outright skill is winning you 1000+ player tournaments .

Honestly if I were you I'd have come in and simply said "these accusations are absurd. I'm playing well and running well. Bye." You've made it much worse by going to extremes to defending yourself and letting other things come to light.

I agree wholeheartedly with you on both points.

The crypto thing is indefensible.

Cody comes from nothing materially. He doesn’t have a lot of formal education. He is a gambling savant.

The reason he is so ferociously defending himself is because he’s not cheater. He’ll push every edge he can to the darkest shade of gray, he’ll never cross that line.

He’ll do anything to beat ya, he’ll never cheat ya.

He’s given more toys to kids at Christmas than Santa Claus and he’s the best thing to come out of Tupelo, MS since Elvis.


What I do know, is that this post will make great fodder at the Code Names game next Cherokee stop. Can't wait!!!


by Bamatide88 k

We have brains and can analyze a hendon mob.... The reality is OP and a couple others have likely 15k hendon mob scores over 5-10 years or more and are liftime losers expecting to be winners in series at the same rate they ft their 45 man $65 dollar nightly when a series isnt there.... Its just a miserable jealous shitty human without the intellect to ever beat the game and yall are having actual convos with people that suck at life. The same people posting are an echo of represnation of the 90

My earnings womp womp if anybody cared as much as you do ��


by TheOtherCody k

My earnings womp womp if anybody cared as much as you do ��

Truth hurts.


Bamatide88 is 100% a shitreg lol. Def the guy who still talks about his high school football days.

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