Joe Ingram is featured on ESPN for his Mike Postle analysis
The mainstream media has picked up on this story of alleged cheating and elsewhere the Stones Gambling Hall have launched an investigation.
Apologies if you are sick of hearing about Mike Postle's alleged cheating on the Stones Live Poker live streams, but as we speculated yesterday it has gone mainstream.
Last night on ESPN's SportsCenter Scott Van Pelt did a three minute segment on the story where he gave credit to Joe Ingram for his investigative work and to whistleblower Veronica Brill for bravely going public with it.
While obviously it is never good optics for poker when a cheating scandal hits the mainstream, Van Pelt's overview actually gets to the heart of the story pretty well, especially given (by his own admission) how little he knows about poker.
Ingram has put the better part of 20 hours of streamed investigation into this story with even more behind the scenes. Yesterday he took a break from his own stream for a casual two hours of analysis with Doug Polk.
Elsewhere the story shows no signs of slowing down with much more analysis and speculation. Of two notable updates since we last checked in, the first is Veronica Brill has now shared a post in a group text chat from Mike Postle defending himself and his ability when the allegations first surfaced (but before they went viral).
The other major development is that Stones Gambling Hall, who previously dismissed these allegations after their own investigation, has now revealed a new investigation into their streamed games has been opened with a former US Attorney leading it.
(1/4) .@StonesGambling is committed to the integrity of our games. We have been alarmed by allegations of unfair play occurring during the streamed broadcasts of our “Stones Live” games and have acted quickly to investigate.
— StonesLivePoker (@StonesLivePoker) October 3, 2019
(2/4) Yesterday, we temporarily halted all broadcasts from Stones. We have also, as a result, halted the use of RFID playing cards. We have taken these steps proactively while we conduct a multifaceted and thorough investigation into every element of these games.
— StonesLivePoker (@StonesLivePoker) October 3, 2019
(3/4) To that end, we are today announcing the creation of an independent investigation team. The team will be led by Michael Lipman, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, and Chief of that office’s fraud unit.
— StonesLivePoker (@StonesLivePoker) October 3, 2019
(4/4) He is assembling other members who will be announced in due course. Stones intends to conduct this investigation and share outcomes with transparency. We will provide updates as appropriate.
— StonesLivePoker (@StonesLivePoker) October 3, 2019
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