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Jose "Girah" Macedo the supposed Portuguese Prodigy admits to being a scammer

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  1. CalBandGreat CalBandGreat is offline

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    Aug 9th, 2011 (8/9/2011 12:33am)

    I just saw this on another forum and I found it really interesting. He convinced some friends to play this player that he said was a huge fish and then convinced his online "friends" to let him sweat them through a program that allows you to see their cards in real time and it turns out that Jose Macedo was actually playing on the account that he was telling everyone was a huge fish. So he superused his online "friends" and stole money from them by being able to see their cards while he was playing them. He stole at least $30,000 probably a lot more. This is the worst thing that you can do as a poker player, I really wish people would get charged with theft for this type of stuff. I don't care how young he is, his reputation should be forever ruined for what he did.
    Here is the link to the cliff notes, which are pretty long http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-scam-1079792/.
     
  2. wackyJaxon wackyJaxon is offline Admin X

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    Aug 9th, 2011 (8/9/2011 12:48am) in reply to CalBandGreat

    He was a sponsored by one of the poker sites as well. I used to find his story fascinating, but no longer.
    Edited By: wackyJaxon Aug 9th, 2011 at 12:52 AM
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  3. norv norv is online now

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    Aug 9th, 2011 (8/9/2011 1:53am) in reply to what is check

    with the money on offer in online poker i would not be surprised if this goes way deeper, there are some seriously intelligent criminals out there, and the poker pie is just a steaming hot tub of cash for them - i realise it is just plain dumb luck, but some plays you see in poker really makes you wonder - they are not bad beats, they are just ridonkulous!
  4. SyphonSoul SyphonSoul is offline

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    Aug 9th, 2011 (8/9/2011 2:01am) in reply to norv

    cool scam tho, wp. knew the first time teamviewer was introduced to me that cheating/scams would follow a plenty
     
  5. The_Enigma The_Enigma is offline

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    Aug 9th, 2011 (8/9/2011 3:12am) in reply to SyphonSoul

    Pretty absurd, not too mention a lot of hair on the story with Jungleman and Dogishead.
  6. SpankyHamm SpankyHamm is offline

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    Aug 9th, 2011 (8/9/2011 3:43am) in reply to SyphonSoul

    I'm just waiting for guys to attempt their cheating at home games or casinos. They will be introduced to the true meaning of a lifetime ban.
     
  7. supra1988t supra1988t is offline

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    Aug 9th, 2011 (8/9/2011 4:07am) in reply to SpankyHamm

    Sigh, why do people have to suck?
    Edited By: supra1988t Aug 9th, 2011 at 04:08 AM
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  8. racer racer is offline

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    Aug 9th, 2011 (8/9/2011 7:20pm) in reply to supra1988t

    Isnt this the same guy that violated the TOS of Lock Poker, (the same site that hes a sponsored pro) let his backer play on his account from a different IP address during the Lock/Bluff mag. challenge, which he actually won, but was disqualified due to these violations? I believe he issued an apology for that as well.
    Hes been apologizing a lot lately i guess..at least hes humble enough to do that and admit hes a cheater, but really what good does it do when your already a repeat offender ffs.
    GG integrity, for Jose, and for poker in general IMO
    Edited By: racer Aug 9th, 2011 at 07:21 PM
  9. double_kyan double_kyan is offline

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    Aug 10th, 2011 (8/10/2011 8:49pm) in reply to racer

    yah this guy was settn people up for the take at least chino rheems just blatantly asks for 20k on the spot johnny style
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  10. chron6866 chron6866 is offline

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    Aug 10th, 2011 (8/10/2011 10:00pm) in reply to CalBandGreat

    wow
     
  11. dangood1 dangood1 is offline

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    Aug 10th, 2011 (8/10/2011 11:22pm) in reply to supra1988t

     
    Originally Posted by supra1988t View Post

    Sigh, why do people have to suck?

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    Aug 11th, 2011 (8/11/2011 4:17am) in reply to dangood1

    DIH just confirmed in a Bluff interview that he was operating the account that dumped a 100k to girah during the challenge. Tho he said it was done to fund girah's stake, and he didn't know there was a challenge.. LOL
    Edited By: Moonlight Graham Aug 11th, 2011 at 04:17 AM
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    Aug 11th, 2011 (8/11/2011 5:18am) in reply to Moonlight Graham

    I remember reading the article on 2p2 talking about his upcoming struggle and all...... Dumb kids will be dumb kids whether or not they have a lot of money or not.
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    Aug 11th, 2011 (8/11/2011 10:41pm) in reply to TrueMetalMan

    lol at this part from the Bluff interview with DogIsHead:

    "Did you ever act as Jose’s agent?"
    "No. [blah, blah, blah]..."

    "Why are there emails from you, where you explicitly state “I am acting as Jose’s agent”?"
    "Oh, okay, I misspoke. The one thing that Jose and I did agree on was that it would be within my demesne to try to land him a deal with online training sites. [blah, blah, blah]"

    LOL. Get him a deal with a site....like an AGENT would do for him?
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    Aug 11th, 2011 (8/11/2011 11:17pm) in reply to what is check

    why would he loan an account anyhow how the fk does this girah not have any ability to open any account anywhere
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  16. downbylaw11 downbylaw11 is online now

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    Aug 11th, 2011 (8/11/2011 11:23pm) in reply to double_kyan

    he's not longer a pro at lock poker (i think), according to the two plus two thread. also read that people now think he's the one who started the original thread about himself to get attention which could be put this whole scam into motion
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    Aug 12th, 2011 (8/12/2011 6:14pm) in reply to CalBandGreat

    Anyone have cliff notes? WTF happened? Ghosting/cheating scandal?
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    Aug 13th, 2011 (8/13/2011 11:25am) in reply to MadProfesor

    http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...rt-iv-1082497/
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    Aug 13th, 2011 (8/13/2011 2:18pm) in reply to franky73

    I've probably spent 6-7 hours the last few days reading all this stuff and I still cant even tell you what's goin on.

    DiH tried to take the fall for jungleman, but it has since come out that jungleman was playing 25/50 PLO on the Girahh account. There was also a $100k chip dump that Lock _supposedly_ covered up at the conclusion of the Bluff Competition. It's a pretty wild situation w/ some potentially serious implications for some of the nosebleed players. It's been a lot of fun reading it, but I'm kinda over it now.

    Girah was running a teamviewer superuser scam for AT LEAST $30k, but again, there is a ton if speculation as to what could have really happened.

    LOOOOOONG ass post from Haseeb outlining his version:

    http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...postcount=2376
  20. ShipThisPLZ ShipThisPLZ is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 1:45am) in reply to elusively

    Anyone who wants to hear an amazing two part interview with jungleman12:
    http://www.subjectpoker.com/2011/08/...n-about-girah/

    Kinda scary the shadiness of the people who were so respected and looked up to my so many.
    JM came off really bad in this interview imo.
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  21. aussie334 aussie334 is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 2:05am) in reply to ShipThisPLZ

    if theres a way to ppl will scam nething its pretty low scamming your friends that is just sick imo
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