Justin Kuraitis, the poker supervisor who oversaw Stones Playing Corridor when Mike Postle was accused of dishonest in 2019, spoke publicly for the primary time in years and known as out dozens of poker gamers who took half in a lawsuit in opposition to him.
These 88 gamers have been a part of a 2019 class motion lawsuit claiming they have been cheated out of six figures on the Northern California on line casino. The lawsuit was largely dismissed after which settled in September 2020 with plaintiffs, who have been represented by Mac VerStandig, receiving $40,000 — only a fraction of the hundreds of thousands they have been suing for. Postle was not named within the swimsuit.
Kuraitis, who has lengthy maintained Postle’s innocence and denied information of dishonest, took a victory lap on the time and known as out the plaintiffs for “the ache and unfairness of their allegations and the wrath of the social media mob and web bullying lingers.”
4 and a half years later, Kuraitis made it clear his emotions towards the plaintiffs have not modified. In an X Areas dialog hosted by Omar of The Omar Present, Kuraitis stated he hoped Postle did cheat them.
“As a result of the those who he cheated, the those who joined that lawsuit to try to get a pair additional bucks for his or her playing dependancy and sued me and dragged my title by way of the mud with nothing however faux made-up knowledge, I truthfully hope they received cheated out of a whole lot of 1000’s of {dollars}. I actually hope they did. So if he did cheat, no less than he cheated these folks. At the least he cheated these f***ing folks.”
Mike Postle, Justin Kuraitis Break Silences in Wake of Settlement
Kuraitis 80% Certain of Postle’s Innocence
The previous Stones poker director has lengthy maintained Postle’s innocence, however he certified his place on Wednesday, claiming that he thought there was round an 80% probability that Postle was harmless.
“I do not know if he did or not. I actually cannot say for positive,” he admitted.
He additionally claimed that he personally reviewed all streams performed by Postle and logged his wins and losses, although when pressed to reveal a win charge he stated he was solely taking a look at “greenback quantities.” He would not disclose the information apart from saying it different significantly from the information gathered by “web sleuths.”
Kuraitis additionally spoke about his employment at Stones and claimed he was by no means let go over the Postle state of affairs. He stated he stayed on as an worker all through the COVID-19 pandemic and left amicably when he was demoted to a supplier place. He stated he has no want to ever return to poker.
Kuraitis has lengthy criticized poker media and mainstream retailers that coated the scandal. Throughout Wednesday’s Areas dialog, he revealed he deliberate on suing ESPN, Barstool Sports activities, and different retailers for defamation, however the swimsuit by no means materialized, partly due to how troublesome it’s to win defamation fits.
Postle additionally spoke throughout the almost eight-hour X Areas dialog, as he did in an identical dialog in February 2024.
The explosive Areas interview got here every week and a half after Postle whistleblower Veronica Brill launched a YouTube collection breaking down the scandal from her perspective. The fourth installment of the “God Mode” collection was revealed on Wednesday.
Connor Richards
Editor & Stay Reporter U.S.
