Original von kochpat
Hier Girah's Entschuldigung:
I'm going to be taking a break for a while. There is no right or wrong way to say any of this, so I'm just going to say what happened.
A while ago, I did something stupid. A friend of mine, who I introduced to poker, made a suggestion to me which was, I'm not going to sugar coat it, cheating. I had introduced this friend to poker and he was losing money, badly. He asked to play some of my poker friends and said why don't you sweat them and we'll see their hands. I don't know why I agreed. I don't know why I did it. I guess it was a mixture of guilt and stupidity and feeling ****ty for getting him involved in something which seemed to be bad for him.
This went on for a short while but I felt so bad, I had to say something. I confessed. I told the guys involved what I had done, I told my friends and the people who I respect and who respected me.
I told my Mum, confessed everything to her. I could see the disappointment moving across her face as she told me she was not proud of me despite all my success in poker; she was not proud of her son. She said how she hadn't raised me this way and what had poker done to me. Thats when it hit me, how badly I had let people down. I felt ashamed, I had no explanation; explanations don't cut it in situations like this and often come across as excuses.
There is a quote on the wall in my school which I always see as I pass the nurse's office. It says that the real mistake is not tripping up, but staying down. I thought of that and that's why I'm writing this.
I'm holding my hands up and taking whatever consequences come. I realise the severity of this, but I also realise that I have to take responsibility for my actions and so I'm paying back everyone involved and in addition paying them compensation of $30,000. I've also told my sponsor etc and whatever happens there I will take the consequences too. They have been really amazing to me and I've enjoyed every minute of working with them. Representing Lock and being part of their amazing team, witnessing the incredible growth, was a pleasure and an honor.
I'm young, I made a mistake and I hope that this doesn't define me; I hope that how I deal with this and move forward is the thing that does. And people will say I have no excuse and I know and understand that. I agree. I just want to let everyone know, I'm sorry. I apologise to the guys who lost their money, the people who I love and care about and I have disappointed and the guys in the poker world who have supported me for letting them down. I wish Ish I had something to say to you all, to say to my parents and my friends and all of those who thought I could do no wrong.
Again I'm really sorry.
Ich denke die sollte sich jeder mal durchlesen.
Hier haben Leute geschrieben, dass er sich entschuldigt hat, NACHDEM er aufgeflogen ist, er schreibt, dass er "gestanden" hat, was nach vorher klingt.
Hat da jemand genauere Infos drueber?
Und ich meine nicht: "ich hab gehoert" sondern: "Ich weiss ganz genau, dass:"
Und wenn er derjenige war, der die Sache an die oeffentlichkeit gebracht hat, dann muss ich sagen: Hut ab vor ihm!
Mit 18 Jahren so mutig zu sein und sich bei sowas nicht zu verstecken ist imo bewundernswert.
Nun moegen manche sagen: Aber er hat doch!!
Schon, aber jeder macht Fehler. Wer sie zugibt und dazu steht, ohne dass andere davor davon gewusst haben, macht 100% richtig.
Deshalb sollte man auch in meinen Augen ihn daran messen, wie er im Nachhinein mit der Sache umgeht, nicht an dem Fehler, den er gemacht hat.
Und deshalb nochmal die Frage: Weiss jemand genau, wer als erstes in die Oeffentlichkeit gebracht hat?
ps: An Leute, die sagen: "Krasse Verschwoerung, der versucht jetzt noch sein Image zu retten und ist total berechnend"
richte ich nur ein altes chinesisches Sprichwort.
"Die eigenen Fehler, sieht man bei anderen als erstes."
