According to ABC News, Star Magazine, Radar Online, and other sources, “Spiderman” actor and past World Series of Poker (WSOP) participant Tobey Maguire (pictured) is being sued for his involvement in a high-stakes home game in California. Others involved in the suit included noted poker pro Dan Bilzerian, formerly of Victory Poker.

A CNN articleexplained why Maguire, Bilzerian, “The Notebook” director Nick Cassavetes, and former “High Stakes Poker” host Gabe Kaplanwere all targeted in the case: “What each defendant allegedly has in common is that they beat Bradley Ruderman in ‘regularly held, high-stakes and clandestine Texas Hold’em poker games’ held at several hotels and homes in the Beverly Hills area.”

Who is Ruderman, you ask? Good question. According to Star Magazine and Radar Online, Ruderman was the CEO of Ruderman Capital Partners and is in the midst of serving jail time. Radar Online rehashed, “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.”

Now, a lawsuit has been filed against Maguire and others in an attempt to recoup some of the losses in the high-stakes get-togethers, which supposedly ran between 2006 and 2009. CNN added that Ruderman was relegated to the slammer for 10 years “for tax, wire, and investor advice fraud convictions.”

Cassavetes, who has appeared on GSN’s “High Stakes Poker,” is being sued for $73,800. Also in the line of fire is Kaplan, whom the suit is seeking $62,000 from, while Bilzerian is allegedly on the hook for $100,000.

A representative of the Los Angeles County District Attorney told CNN, “Gambling is illegal, but it’s a misdemeanor.” Therefore, no criminal charges are expected in connection with the lawsuit. Maguire allegedly won as much as $1 million in the three-year game. Others who played, but were not charged, included actors Matt Damon (pictured), Ben Affleck, and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Radar Online quoted the legal documents as saying that Ruderman’s losses were in “clandestine, high-stakes poker games that were operated without any licenses or permits.” CNN added that Molly Bloom, who purportedly organized the gatherings in locations like the Four Seasons L.A. and Beverly Hills Hotel, is being sued for nearly a half-million dollars.

Meanwhile, billionaire Alec Gores, who is rumored to be purchasing the British record label EMI, is also named in the suit and singled out for $445,000.

A Poker Community threadon PocketFives.com popped up in recent days and featured members of the site weighing in on “Spiderman’s” legal troubles. PocketFives Mod wackyJaxon asserted, “Hope Spiderman does not have to give money back he won. It’s scummy of the hedge fund manager to use investor money for gambling, but it would suck for anyone in that game to have been freerolled.”

An article that appeared on Forbes’ website outlined Ruderman’s Ponzi scheme: “The scheme raised upwards of $44 million in two hedge funds… and promised lofty returns of 60% per year. At one point, as the scheme began to collapse in 2009, Ruderman claimed that the funds held $206 million in assets under management; they really held less than $600,000. When he was sentenced in January of 2010, Ruderman admitted to losing $5.2 million in investor funds in clandestine poker games.”

Maguire finished 292nd in the 2007 WSOP Main Event for $39,000. He won the Phil Hellmuth Invitational in 2004 for $95,000 and final tabled the Bellagio Challenge Cup one year later for $22,000. His film credits include the “Spiderman” series, “Pleasantville,” “Seabiscuit,” and “The Cider House Rules.”

Check out the Poker Community thread for the complete Radar Online story.