Mike Postle FRANTICALLY PANICS As The Scam Falls Apart 

Damn that must be rough to only have access to two of your opponents four cards

He wouldn't have known his cards weren't reading unless he was cheating. This is the smoking gun. Even the commentators didn't understand until a bit later.

Mike should sue Stones for the EV, he lost in this hand by only knowing two of his opponents cards.

There was a time when a guy like this would have simply, permanently disappeared.

Allowing tournament players access to their cell phones is ridiculous.

The fact he sued for defamation is just an incredible slap to the victims.

Right after the hand he walks into the commentary booth and asks "why weren't the cards scanning??" how did he know it wasn't scanning right?? 2x proof of his odd behavior around the cards not being scanned

Why is any poker player allowed to have his phone between his legs?

I kinda hate that it' coming to an end because this is some of the greatest Doug Polk poker content to date.

This has to be the smoking gun, he shouldn't even know his cards haven't scanned 😂

"Now Mike is in genuinely tough spot because his opponent COULD have him beat, and he DOESN'T KNOW!!" Yea, welcome to the real world, Mike ;D That's how it is for the rest of us mortals...

Always thought this error in the stream was intentional by the room because they were suspicious of him and this was their way of figuring him out

Theres more to this hand, he goes in the back immediately after and asks the commentator why the cards weren't reading properly. prompting the question, how did he know they weren't being registered in real time.

I can’t wait til this guy’s day of reckoning arrives.

He says he's excellent at reading his opponents. How does he do this when he's constantly looks at his balls?

I hate seeing things like this, I'm glad you are out there exposing criminals like this. Postle should be in jail and the players should be refunded.

Announcer (AFTER the turn): "Is this a PLO hand?" Now that's some quality announcing.

The PLOt thickens

I'm a little new to poker, why are phones allowed at the tables? Maybe they could follow the rules set by the WSOP regarding communication & approved electronic devices.

Lol, how does he even know they are not showing, unless he's watching? He really just ultimately told on himself.

I wish they would have gotten the win rate data and went through all the film before they went public. Invite him to the next stream and nail him in the act. That would have been awesome!

Thank you Doug for Polking around and getting the bad guys

This has got to be one of the greatest pieces of evidence ever. Absolutely insane. He needs to be arrested and thrown in jail.

How about no phones at the table? See how “Godly” he is after that

"Mike can't call with bottom pair here." *"OoooOOoo, yeah?!"*

You should put this together with the vid of Postle going into the booth and ASKING about the readers being wrong, specifically about this hand. It's pretty damning.

Why did no one at the table question what he is looking at on his lap?

NOT ONE PERSON WAS EVER THINKING TO ASK" MIKE, WTF ARE YOU LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE ALL THE TIME FOR "

Thank you Doug for continuing to shine light on this. Very greatful for you and Joey.

For me that is the most undeniable piece of evidence because if he was unaware that the cards hadn't picked up why would he put so much effort into getting them to scan unless somehow he knew that 2 of the cards hadn't scanned. Another thing I found interesting is that he seemed to be putting more effort into trying to scan 2 of his cards as opposed to only trying to scan all 4 of them. Good video Doug

They need to install rules like I had in school: Keep your hands above the table at all times.

New rule: no electronic devices of any kind, not even a wrist watch. Wish it didn't have to be that way...

Hard to soul read when you can't see all four hole cards.

They must investigate n put him to jail.

My theory: It's as simple as tapping into the signal. When the table scans your cards, the signal sent to the display can be tapped into/intercepted. With the device Mike has, which may not be a phone, it taps into the signal and can read every card that is being scanned in just like the Display. It's possible that the only reason Mike looks like he's really thinking could be because his device does not eliminate those who fold, therefore, he has to do the process of elimination himself and hope that his hand can beat every hand at the table. In this clip, the "frustration" in the end was just an act. How do I know? Because look at it this way: If Mike knew Steve's hand the entire time, he would have no reason to look down at his device. Coincidentally, during that 1v1 Mike didn't look down not once. When the river was revealed, he knew he had the winning hand, therefore showing a "frustrated" act as if he didn't know what to do, but without hesitating calls the hand. Just like anyone who pretends they have a weak hand, in the end as soon as the other bets you call it/raise without hesitating because you know without a doubt you have the winning hand (whether it be pocket Aces and so on)

For any live broadcast events and RFID identified cards, there should be no phones, no cameras, no electronics, metal detectors and full cavity search.

Postle gets demoted from Best poker player of all time. To the dumbest criminal of all time.

His continual spreading of the cards was for two reasons. One, to try to get them to scan. But most importantly, two. He was signalling to the booth that they were announcing the wrong game. The announcer picked up on it, then switches gears into damage control mode.

Allowing them to have phones is absurd. Also, he’s definitely not working alone…

I didn’t believe it until this footage came out! The constant movement of the cards across the reader is the smoking gun in my opinion.

At 3:30 he is signaling the commentators and showing them that there are 4 cards because they only read two. He is not alone in this...

This commentating is hilarious. The guy is in on it.

You gotta understand everytime you cheat on your phone it conveys information at the poker table.

It's so frustrating this situation was never properly resolved

Any casino I go to in Louisiana “only places I’ve traveled” you have to keep your phone above the rail so people can see what you are doing And they will kick you out if you put it under the rail after a warning or two. Not sure if it is like that in other states; it should be.

There is just no way he isn’t connected to the card readers. His world is about to come crumbling down. You never know it may not have been his idea to run the cheat. Could be a Stones employee who confronted him about doing it. Either way his world is going to crash and burn.

Unless he was cheating how would he know that the cards aren't reading? Not like that is something they would announce at the table.

Why is he scanning own cards ? He should ask opponent to scan the cards again

Wow trying to rescan your cards, this is straight criminal activity

This one tells the best story so far, Doug! Good find!

I don't get why the just don't ban phones at the table or just snatch his phone during the hand and see what he's looking at ....

Damn. That’s gotta be a major disadvantage only being able to see 2 out of 4 of your opponents cards.

He wins even without seeing all cards, he is a GOD!

I noticed he kept running them over the scanner like that, too. Almost as if he was getting messages saying, "I only see 2." "Try it again." ""Try it with each one individually."

great stuff like always Doug but here's the thing. If players, staff, and representatives of Stones Live are not willing to confront Postle and challenge him to play without having his phone on his lap, they're in on it. I wouldn't sit for longer than 30 mins before telling Postle off on his shady attitude at the table. Common sense guys c'mon...

If he was cheating, he's not very smooth at cheating. There are too many obvious flaws in his cheating. If he wasn't cheating, his table demeanor and decision making doesn't resemble any great player in poker history. He's one awkward poker genius.

Nice job explaining this. Thanks. Could his name 'SMFC' have anything to do with this? "Show Me Four Cards?" Would be interesting to know when his name was changed?

Being able to see half their cards is still a huge advantage!

About the re-scanning, my theory is that MP gets some kind of range or perhaps win % of his hand compared to others including the board. Information can really be anything, so I wouldn't get stuck on that at the moment. Before he re-scanned his cards, it looked like he was setting them up in a correct order or maybe scanning them differently to see a change in the % (the 2 hole cards shown kind of support that idea, no clue why they play 4 cards, but show only 2).

My mind is blown that no one ever called him out, like what the fuck are you doing with your cards and then obviously looking at your phone to see if something changed.

This, if nothing else, is HARD irrefutable evidence. Why is he trying to rescan his cards? How the hell would he even know that his cards aren't appearing on stream? Super user confirmed!!!

Interesting how sad and nervous Justin gets on the river when he thinks Postle is about to lose a big pot.

Crazy that he dead ass slow rolled him too. He’s so used to never needing to actually make a decision that he was so scared he had like the 3 hands that beats him

I'm just amazed that if so many people actually suspected Mike of cheating, why would they even allow him to play another game of cards, regardless if it was for cash or tournament? he should be black listed and never invited to another game. Apparently the other players are just fine with it continuing as it is.

I like how you say "lap" and Joey says "crotch." Taking the high road! Either way, Postle loves staring at his junk.

eeeasily have the titling going straight to his phone

The other night I’m at a 1-3 table and I notice out of the corner of my eye my neighbors cards high in the air. I excuse myself and tell him he might want to protect his cards better because if I wanted I could have seen them. He begrudgingly puts them down.A few hands later he’s doing the same things so I once again tell him he may be showing off his hole card. Can you believe this guy started giving ME shit for looking at his cards!!! He was definitely an inexperienced rec player who didn’t know what he was doing. Finally the dealer told him to protect his cards and keep his cards down.

In my poker club in London, no phones allowed, and if it rings, or a message comes, the whole table pauses until that person is finished, or left the table. If someone is cheating when no phones are allowed, then it’s not the cheater who we blame!!

Was giving him the benefit of the doubt till this and his hitting top pair and folding on the turn against 999 yesterday. Your observations are much better thought out than everybody else posting video. Thanks

I can't believe how much I've watched this shit casino as of late.

I can't speak on any other poker rooms or casinos, but the Poker Room that I play does not allow smart devices at the tables, end of story, if someone sees you with a phone, tablet or any other smart device the dealer calls for a floor manager and a security guard and you're escorted out of the building. We've also had problems with collusion with dealers and friends and or family members sitting directly behind players at the tables so if you're not playing at the table, you're not allowed on the floor you must stay in the lobby until you're assigned a table, also security cameras and professional are always watching every table to make sure that there's no collusion between players and dealers. Why is this venue allowing Smart Phones at the table to begin with?

1:40 "steve pops the nut flush draw" I know the meaning of each of those words individually, but it seems to me like she's having a stroke.

Why are the players allowed to go on their phones during games in the first place?

watching him trying to make the cards register is the most damning evidence I've seen. It is so obvious and there is no excuse for why he would be doing it.

You have no idea how happy I am to see this video. I am late to all of this and saw my first video covering him only a few days ago, with no follow up videos. There is something enjoyable about watching a cheater/scammer get his due.

Likely what is going on here is that he is using his phone's RFID system (or an after market mod added into the device) to change the RFID of his cards, or he's implanting data into the cards to get cards he wants, or is using the RFID cards themselves to gain access to the RFID system to read the cards at the table. It's not impossible, but is likely well beyond his technical understanding and expertise.

Wow, the commentators even sound worried for Mike at first. It's a scam.

This is the most convincing individual hand I've seen so far. It's so so clear he is trying to re-scan those cards, but he should have no idea at all there there's a scanning/display issue.

How did he get away with that even once? Nobody ever just looked at his phone to see what he's watching?

"Oh yah???? Mike might see one more card." That announcer is clearly in on it.

you missed showing where he turns up in the commentating booth later and asks in an annoyed fashion why only 2 cards were showing on the screen

Tell you what even if I had access to everyone’s hole cards there is no way I would play against Heisenberg 😳😳

Looks like Stones and/or someone at that organization is totally in on it.

In chess tournaments you cannot have cell phones with you at all. They even have metal detectors for that. And if in some tournaments you are allowed to have phones with you... They have to be switched off. If your phone gets a text or rings... You get immediate loss! With chess programs we have now you can have stockfish program and beat everyone there is. Sometimes there are some cases with someone watching games, checking moves with computer and whispering to earpiece with Bluetooth for example. I don't play poker but I like games in general and I play chess and all these issues are interest of me.

in mike apostle's honour you should do a video and review the biggest poker cheating scandals in the last 30 years

This is tremendous. Did Mike think that we wouldn't go through EVERY single one of his hands with a fine tooth comb

That PLO hand is the most damning evidence in this whole thing. HOW tf would he know only two cards are being picked up by the RFID?? There’s no way he didn’t know what was happening

How about no phones, no hats, no sunglasses, or no “props” of any kind at the table! 😉

Watch Mike texting and Jason checking his phone in the booth(early in the video around the 1 min mark)

Doug missed the part where the commentator later says 'it's also fun to PLAY a hand knowing only two cards right?'

1.ban phones 2.get announcers who know what game their watching 3.avoid playing there

There’s one scenario that would be a dead giveaway…if Postle was ever in a hand where he had the second nut and his opponent hits his one outter on the river and THEN goes all in…this would put Postle in an impossible situation because he would KNOW he was beat if he was cheating but how could you fold with a second nut hand and somehow explain later why you folded such a strong hand…or even worse in that same scenario the opponent hits the one out nut hand on the river and checks it to Postle with the 2nd nut hand how could you justify checking it back with the 2nd nut hand? You’d HAVE to roll your cards over and show that you checked back with a monster hand or bet and risk getting check raised all in where he couldn’t call because he’d know he was beat.

Holy shit, can we just arrest him already? Poor Casey, she must feel so stupid....all those streams.

1:23 He looks down at J4 and two other things that aren't cards.

What I want to know is, how come no other player ever questions why Mike's hand is below the table like 90% of the game and why is he constantly looking downwards?

Don't know if anyone will see my comment, but for those who are curious, according to Card Player Magazine (the most prestigious poker magazine printed in the United States); Mike Postle lost the defamation case against the poker players who accused him of cheating. Furthermore, he is now subject to an anti-SLAPP motion filed against him by the defendants meaning he will most likely have to pay for their legal fees. Additionally, there is ongoing litigation against Stones and their parent company Kings Casino. While Kings Casino was able to come to a cash settlement agreement with 60 out of the 88 players affected, Brill and 28 other players refused to accept the settlement on the grounds that there would be a non-disclosure agreement which included the stipulation that they could no longer say that Mike cheated. Brill and the other 28 players unanimously agreed that they would gladly accept the settlement if the stipulation that they were not allowed to accuse Mike of cheating be removed. Because of this, the case is still ongoing for Brill and the 28 other players.

Where's the gaming commission been at??

Wife in the background saying something like: You need to stop watching Joey and dough bla bla bla Me shouting: Quiet, I cant hear the new vid

I still don't understand why players are allowed to have cell phones at the table, when I go to a casino and play any table game they tell you no cell phones, I also find it kind of unprofessional. All poker tournaments should have a no cell phone rule.

Honestly if he is cheating he needs to worry for his safety.