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