According to the New York Post, “Spiderman” star Tobey Maguire (pictured) won’t be bringing his spidey senses to court as a result of his alleged involvement in a high-stakes poker home game involving Bradley Ruderman. If you’re not familiar with the original complaint, the Post recapped, “Investors, taken to the cleaners by convicted con man Bradley Ruderman, clawed back millions that the Ponzi man lost in underground Texas Hold’em games to rich L.A. players, many with ties to Tinseltown.”

The Post noted that Ruderman’s “victims” were seeking over $5 million from Maguire and company, but a settlement will prevent any of those poker players allegedly involved from having to appear in court. CelebBuzz added that Maguire settled for $80,000. The same website added that many of the cases were settled for around $0.30 on the $1.

A person involved in the settlement proceedings told the New York newspaper, “All of the poker cases are now resolved. We will recover approximately $1.75 million for the benefit of the creditors of the bankruptcy estate. I assume that the poker winners who had to turn over money are not happy about it, but the settlements were fair in my opinion.”

According to a Radar Online article, “Maguire won more than $300,000 from [Ruderman], who embezzled investor funds and orchestrated a Ponzi scheme in a desperate bit to pay off his monster debt to the star and others, it’s alleged.” The games supposedly took place between 2006 and 2009.

Also roped into the proceedings were “The Notebook” director Nick Cassavetes, who was sued for $73,800; “High Stakes Poker” host Gabe Kaplan, who was sued for $62,000; and former Victory Poker pro Dan Bilzerian, who was sued for $100,000.

Others reportedly involved in the high-stakes games, but not charged in the case, included “Bourne” trilogy star Matt Damon (pictured), “Titanic” heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio, “Pearl Harbor” actor Ben Affleck, and “Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin. A phone call from PocketFives to Bilzerian seeking comment was not returned at press time.

The Post added, “Ruderman, hit with a 10-year prison sentence for bilking investors out of $44 million, blamed his losses on pretty poker princess Molly Dubin Bloom, who allegedly organized these high-stakes games.” The locations for the get-togethers included the Four Seasons L.A., Beverly Hills Hotel, and area residences.

The same bankruptcy trustee told CelebBuzz, “The settlement of every poker-related case without having had to incur the cost of taking any of them to trial means that the fund available for the victims has been maximized.” The same website added that Ruderman “lost $5.2 million of the fund in Texas Hold’em games played on a regular basis.”

This author can remember Maguire playing in the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas in 2007. In that go-around, he landed in 292nd place for $39,000. According to the Hendon Mob, his largest live tournament cash was worth $92,000 and came by virtue of taking down the $2,000 Phil Hellmuth Invitational during the 2004 National Championship of Poker in Inglewood, California.

Maguire has three WSOP cashes to his credit and finished 24th in the 2004 Mirage Poker Showdown, a stop on the World Poker Tour, for $16,000. That tournament featured a heads-up battle between Eli Elezra and Lee Watkinson and a rock solid final table that also included Kaplan, John Juanda, Scotty Nguyen, and “Minneapolis” Jim Meeham.

Check out the original PocketFives thread about the poker lawsuit.