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Theft/Scam by Horse - Warning re: Jeffrey May/SilentNut (Long)

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  1. David Jung David Jung is offline Hero Poker CEO

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    Feb 8th, 2012 (2/8/2012 1:08am) in reply to wackyJaxon

     
    Originally Posted by wackyJaxon View Post

    Good job David, is he banned from just Hero or from Merge entirely?

    He is banned on Hero, and usually that cascades into a network wide ban, but I do not know if that has occurred.
  2. Kiribato Kiribato is offline

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    Feb 8th, 2012 (2/8/2012 8:09am) in reply to David Jung

    there is a serious lack of communication between backers. When someone doesn' t pay, speak up! If he does it to you, he will do it to someone else!
  3. 4bet72o 4bet72o is offline

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    Feb 12th, 2012 (2/12/2012 4:58pm) in reply to Kiribato

    sour... gl
  4. ryan beckwith ryan beckwith is offline

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    Feb 12th, 2012 (2/12/2012 6:03pm) in reply to 4bet72o

    So sad to see this type of news. I have been backed on several occasions by many different people. Most times we made money a few cases we were not so fortunate for a particular series. One thing I always did was be honest, gave real results, kept contact with backers however possible, and never considered stealing or using a penny of their money for my personal use. When you are staked this is poker money. This is not life money for your bills unless stated but I would not back anyone asking me for life money. Black Friday sucked for many of us and people sadly are often scum bags.
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  5. iLLNuGWichee iLLNuGWichee is offline

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    Feb 12th, 2012 (2/12/2012 10:44pm) in reply to ryan beckwith

    This is all pretty crazy. I consider myself friends with both Tyson and Jeff. I used to skype with them a ton last year during sessions. I have to say I'm pretty surprised by all of this. First off, I wanted to say that Tyson, the OP, is a very good person that not only plays poker but also has a full time job as well. Since I've known him he seemed to always have his shit together. He's a very nice guy that would give you the shirt off his back, so I can honestly see how he could get scammed like this.

    Jeff seemed very nice. He has a wife and kid. I'm not sure what the child support thing was about someone mentioned earlier. Maybe he got divorced since I last talked to him a few months ago. I do want to say one thing. Although I always found Jeff as a good person, I had something stuck in the back of my mind that he once told me. He claimed he had a "host" at Stratosphere in Vegas that would hook him up anytime he wanted because he was such a sick degenerate at the slots. lol. That always had me worried that he may not have the stability to have longevity success in the poker world.

    I guess it all kind of snowballed, and his degeneracy has gotten the best of him. As much as I don't want to think someone like Jeff would try to scam people, there is just too much damning evidence here. He is clearly a chronic liar. All those bad things don't happen to people in that short of a span. All the people dying, in hospital, sick, etc happens to him in one year that would happen to a normal person in 10 years. I've seen this a few times with people outside the poker world. It's too obvious when you have an excuse literally every time you're asked to transfer money.

    Jeff has asked me to back him a few times on bodog/bovada in the last 6 months or so. I'm glad I didn't do it now. Hell, now that Bodog has gone anonymous, there would be no way to track what a chronic liar has won or lost!
     
  6. Willedtowin Willedtowin is offline

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    Feb 22nd, 2012 (2/22/2012 6:55pm) in reply to iLLNuGWichee

    has there been any updates of information...............
    Has Jeff talked to anyone in the last week or so???????
     
  7. ZachL ZachL is offline

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    Feb 23rd, 2012 (2/23/2012 12:20am) in reply to Willedtowin

    I don't get it, is everyone on the internet naive and have no social skills?

    Pretty sure I learned this lesson in grade school when some kid wants a part of your lunch and promises to bring back 2 the next day of the same item then comes to school with excuses as to why he doesn't have it.

    I'm not being sinister and I do hope you get your money back, but there is a rule of thumb you should have with money and it is if you lend it out don't expect it back, cause you are very likely to be burned. Also you should limit who you lend money to , ie immediate family and friends you have known for years and years.

    To even think this guy isn't the biggest piece of shit ever, put yourself in his shoes and look through his eyes, he sees easy marks that fall for stupid sob stories, to be able to have a clean conscience and continually hassle multiple different people for money for his kids, or grandma dieing or some other bullshit excuse is hilarious. Have we not even heard the term there are no friends in poker?

    I also find it disturbing that people are coming in here and saying he is still a good person. He doesn't give a shit about any of you and he has clearly stated that but robbing many of you. Quit sticking up for him, get a fucking backbone and do something about it. After years of lurking on this site and posting it is almost amusing at this point how people are still surprised people are getting ripped off from people on the internet. Reminds me of the Nigerian scammers still getting away with what they do, or they people calling from India telling you your computer has a virus. loooooool
  8. swd805 swd805 is offline

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    Feb 25th, 2012 (2/25/2012 5:00am) in reply to ZachL

    Umm loaning money to family is a horrible idea.
  9. lischke13 lischke13 is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2012 (3/15/2012 9:00pm) in reply to ManchVegasPwn

     
    Originally Posted by ManchVegasPwn View Post

    Genuinely shocked by this. Silentnut is a midstakes legend and can't fathom how somethin like this could happen. Hopefully this will be resolved. So many big-name reg's names bein tarnished since BF.. it is really scary.

    It makes me question if I'm even cut out for this game, when I see players who I consider at my level or above my level scamming/doing shady things to others in the poker community. Used to be proud to tell ppl I was a professional poker player, lately, I'm just downright embarassed. PLEASE COME BAK REAL POKER! and bring some fkn integrity bak to the game

    Well put sir. Super tilting read. Best of luck to all scammed.
     
  10. ReadIcculus ReadIcculus is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2012 (3/18/2012 9:55pm) in reply to lischke13

    sry to hear about this bro. I hope that asshole wins something and pays you back.
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