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Poker player indicted on mortgage fraud charges

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  1. skymutt skymutt is offline

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    Apr 22nd, 2010 (4/22/2010 3:51pm)

    Ralph Pecorale, the amateur who finished 2nd to his home game buddy in the 2005 USPC for a $430k score, might be scoring a cellmate soon...

    http://www.sourceoftitle.com/article.aspx?uniq=6171
     
  2. bef99hwk bef99hwk is offline

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    Apr 22nd, 2010 (4/22/2010 4:00pm) in reply to skymutt

    Ha I remember this guy...sick profits in one day...good scheme...phucked up using false name tho lololol
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    Apr 22nd, 2010 (4/22/2010 4:15pm) in reply to skymutt

    so this guy is a 'noted poker player' because he binked his way to 2nd in a game 5 years ago?

    sick life.
  4. skymutt skymutt is offline

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    Apr 22nd, 2010 (4/22/2010 4:20pm) in reply to Reech

    You can blame me for that, I wrote the headline. Slow news day in the title industry :-( I figure that since I remembered the guy myself, he was at least arguably 'noted'.
     
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    Apr 22nd, 2010 (4/22/2010 4:34pm) in reply to skymutt

    what exactly does this have to do with poker? pretty sure poker had nothing to do with him being a scumbag, sigh.
     
  6. sgildea25 sgildea25 is offline

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    Apr 22nd, 2010 (4/22/2010 4:43pm) in reply to dgillis

     
    Originally Posted by dgillis View Post

    what exactly does this have to do with poker? pretty sure poker had nothing to do with him being a scumbag, sigh.

    Gotta make sure poker playing and players still looks shady in the eyes of the general public.

    Don't you know poker players are still crooks who smoke cigars in back rooms and carry concealed guns around to shoot people who beat them?

    Go UIGEA........

    /sarcasm
  7. skymutt skymutt is offline

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    Apr 22nd, 2010 (4/22/2010 4:52pm) in reply to dgillis

    You're being a bit defensive. It has to do with poker because the guy's claim to fame in life came from playing poker. There's no connection made between his being a poker player and his alleged criminal activities.

    He just happens to be a poker player who got a lot of TV airtime in a major poker event, and I know that a lot of people here will remember him... I did. That's why I posted it here. It is what it is. Some will find this mildly interesting, many will not care.

    I'm a poker player myself, a long-time member and occasional contributor to P5's, and I assure you that I have no ax to grind against poker players.
     
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  8. littleze littleze is offline

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    Apr 22nd, 2010 (4/22/2010 5:16pm) in reply to skymutt

    he got a taste of quite cash and went to the dark side chasing the high life IMO
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    Apr 22nd, 2010 (4/22/2010 9:20pm) in reply to skymutt

     
    Originally Posted by skymutt View Post

    There's no connection made between his being a poker player and his alleged criminal activities.

    Why put it in the article then?

    All the public see is the words criminal and poker, put them together and you get poker = criminals, reinforcing the general publics perception of poker players as shady.

    Puting it in livens the story up, thats the reason you did it, no?
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    Apr 22nd, 2010 (4/22/2010 11:53pm) in reply to rayfox111

    Maybe they were trying to prop him up by saying he was a poker player and not just another run of the mill scumbag fraudulent banker
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    Apr 23rd, 2010 (4/23/2010 12:25am) in reply to rayfox111

     
    Originally Posted by rayfox111 View Post


    Why put it in the article then?

    All the public see is the words criminal and poker, put them together and you get poker = criminals, reinforcing the general publics perception of poker players as shady.

    Puting it in livens the story up, thats the reason you did it, no?

    Definately this. As a poker player yourself I would imagine that you would be more likely to side with the the poker community on an issue such as contributing to the negative stereotype of a typical sleazy poker player so much of the public has.
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    Apr 23rd, 2010 (4/23/2010 1:10am) in reply to rayfox111

    Why would I not put it in the article? That's the price of fame-- if you get your 15 minutes and later you screw up, it's absolutely fair game to mention what you are famous for right along with your screw-up, so that the people who know you from your previous fame can make the connection. This guy's 15 minutes of fame just happened to come at a poker table. If a guy who had finished 2nd on Survivor had allegedly committed the same crime, should I purposefully not put that in? Should I leave that out because the public might think "Survivor contestant = criminal?"
     
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  13. skymutt skymutt is offline

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    Apr 23rd, 2010 (4/23/2010 1:19am) in reply to Scarypooper

    In my role in the title industry, I don't side with or against the poker community, not that it has ever come up before this... I think I help fight any negative stereotypes of poker players through my own conduct away from the poker table, but not through PR. Facts are facts-- this guy was best known to the public as a poker player, and now he's charged with a crime. Don't blame the messenger.
     
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