Marle Cordeiro Files Lawsuit Against Mike Postle SeekingR$250K
April 07, 2024 Chad
Holloway Executive Editor U.S.
Over the weekend, Marle Cordeiro filed 7️⃣ a lawsuit against
Mike Postle, a story reported on by TMZ.
In a copy of the Complaint and Demand for
Trial 7️⃣ by Jury obtained by PokerNews, Cordeiro seeksR$250,000 in punitive damages as
well as any other relief as may be just 7️⃣ and proper. She has also requested a trial by
jury.
Cordeiro is being represented by noted gaming attorney Maurice “Mac” VerStandig,
7️⃣ who is also spearheading a separate, high-profile lawsuit against Postle and Stone’s
Gambling Hall.
“The actions of Mike Postle offend not 7️⃣ merely the standards of honor and
decency that have long guided the poker world but, too, the law,” VerStandig told
7️⃣ PokerNews when reached for comment. “We look forward to pursuing Ms. Cordeiro’s case in
court and have faith in the 7️⃣ judicial system.”
God Mode
The latest complaint, which was
filed in United States District Court District of Nevada, echoes many of the
7️⃣ allegations laid out in the class action suit, namely that during live-streamed cash
games someone sent Postle information regarding the 7️⃣ competition’s hole cards, which
Postle viewed on a cell phone placed in his lap.
“To carry out this pattern and
practice, 7️⃣ Mr. Postle was aided by one or more confederates – defendants who will be
joined in this litigation once their 7️⃣ identities are learned through discovery – who
furnished him with this information, for purposes of carrying out a fraud, through 7️⃣ one
or more concealed communicative mechanisms,” the lawsuit states.
If true, such
information would have granted Postle the ability to either 7️⃣ win or mitigate loss in
every hand. In the UltimateBet cheating scandal involving Russ Hamilton, this ability
was deemed “God 7️⃣ Mode,” which was referenced in a roundabout way in the latest
lawsuit.
“Mr. Postle’s winnings on the Stones Live Poker broadcast, 7️⃣ and his correlative
play of poker, were so exceptionally outstanding as to lead the games’ commentators to
note his seemingly 7️⃣ mystical abilities on numerous occasions, and to lead Stones Live
Poker to produce various graphics portraying Mr. Postle as a 7️⃣ deity-like individual
imbued with omniscient powers (with one such graphic conflating an image of Mr. Postle
and an image of 7️⃣ Jesus Christ).”
The complaint continued: “This optimal decision making
was so precise as to allow Mr. Postle to record net winnings 7️⃣ in more than ninety four
percent (94%) of the Stones Live Poker games in which he played from July 18, 7️⃣ 2024
onward, even though such games are of fixed duration and elevated variance (relative to
“normal” poker games); such a 7️⃣ winning percentage, under these confined circumstances in
a streamed environment, is not known to have ever been achieved by any 7️⃣ other poker
player – professional or amateur – over such a significant period of time.”
How Does
Cordeiro Fit In?
Cordeiro is 7️⃣ a well-known poker vlogger and co-host of The Rake Poker
Podcast. In late 2024, she was invited to be a 7️⃣ part of the Stones Live Poker broadcast
playingR$10/$25/$50 no-limit hold’em in a game involving Postle.
The lawsuit contends:
“Ms. Cordeiro makes 7️⃣ her allegation of Mr. Postle systematically, habitually and
regularly cheating at Stones Live Poker games based not on a hunch 7️⃣ or suspicion but,
rather, based on a statistical analysis of his results, analytical review of the manner
in which he 7️⃣ played, and extensive footage of his placing his cellular telephone between
his legs and thereafter gazing at it when needing 7️⃣ to make certain game-optimal
decisions.”
As evidence, the complaint highlights one hand played on the stream in
which Cordeiro raised toR$150 7️⃣ holding the Q♠10♦ and Postle called with the Q♦J♥ from
the big blind. The 9♦J♦8♠ flop gave Postle top pair 7️⃣ and Cordeiro the nut straight.
Cordeiro betR$200 and Postle called to see the 4♠ on the turn. Cordeiro bet again, 7️⃣ this
timeR$600, and Postle folded.
“In a vacuum, this could be attributed to the Defendant
having a conservative demeanor, having a 7️⃣ quality ‘read’ on Ms. Cordeiro, or being
exhausted at the end of a long night of poker; in the context 7️⃣ of his fraudulent
cheating operation, and realizing he was playing with the illicit advantage of knowing
Ms. Cordeiro’s Hole Cards, 7️⃣ this is only attributable to his tortious conduct.”
The
lawsuit then says that in “an honest game,” Cordeiro could have expected 7️⃣ to “have
profited several thousand dollars” on this hand.
Did Postle Give It Away?
Cordeiro also
references one specific incident from May 7️⃣ 6, 2024, in which she believes Postle
inadvertently admitted to being aware of other players’ hole cards. According to her,
7️⃣ when he visited the commentary booth to discuss his pot-limit Omaha play, he let slip
information that revealed his scheme 7️⃣ when he asked, “So what happened on that PLO hand
where it only showed two of our cards?”
“[He] indicated he 7️⃣ was aware that a specific
hand’s broadcast had only displayed ‘two of our cards’ to the viewing public (whereas
four 7️⃣ cards should have been displayed, based on the type of poker being played), even
though he would not have had 7️⃣ the opportunity to view the broadcast – and, thus, become
aware of this technical malfunction – prior to making that 7️⃣ comment, unless he had
illicitly accessed the information in real time, with the aid of one or more
confederates.”
In other 7️⃣ words, Cordeiro contends there’s no way Postle could have known
two of the hole cards didn’t show up unless he 7️⃣ was in fact cheating by viewing the RFID
table’s feed.
She goes on to say that in the rare instances when 7️⃣ Postle did lose on the
stream, he did not stare at his lap and such sessions appeared to coincide when 7️⃣ “the
person suspected of being his chief confederate was absent from the Sacramento
area.”
Postle has not responded to PokerNews' request 7️⃣ for comment at the time of
publication.
After he is officially served, Postle will have 21 days to provide an
answer 7️⃣ to the complaint against him. If he fails to do so, a judgment by default could
be entered against him.
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