Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 05/04/2023 - Spaces of Despair
May 09, 2023
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Topic begins at (0:12:03) mark: Big cash game on PokerGO gets bad reaction for obnoxious table talk and cackling.... (0:34:57): 70-year-old bearded dude wins WPT Ladies Event, makes national news.... (0:59:10): Charlie Carrel goes at it with Doug Polk on Twitter Spaces regarding Doug calling him a pedo.... (2:13:15): Cyndy Violette's daughter is missing.... (2:17:54): Update in Doug Polk / JNandez lawsuit story.... (2:42:37): Nik Airball pays Matt Berkey $10,000 NOT to play him heads up.... (2:47:21): Hustler Casino Live to host $1,000,000 buyin game.... (2:57:40): Former NFL player Henry Ruggs gets sweetheart deal in plea bargain after his drunk driving killed someone.... (3:07:48): Barstool Sports personality Ben Mintz fired over accidental use of n-word when quoting rap lyrics.... (3:29:28): Longtime poker pro Eric Froehlich to have major heart surgery.... (3:43:34): Update: Accused casino scammer Brandon Sattler now facing federal charges.... (3:51:55): Update: RobinHood702 makes plea deal over bogus charges, gets Netflix deal.... (4:11:18): Paris Las Vegas to annex a Horseshoe tower, to falsely expand resort.... (4:18:18): Two people arrested for setting fires to various Vegas hotel properties, including Horseshoe's 18th floor.... (4:31:02): Druff gives his take on the Tucker Carlson firing.... (4:57:27): Listener question: Should you get a COVID booster vaccine before attending WSOP?
Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 04/22/2023 - Jade's Revenge
Apr 25, 2023
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Topic begins at (0:00) mark: Three different well-known personalities appear on PFA Radio for the first time.... (0:16:31): Druff talks about his trip to Jamaica, and some fail which occurred at the beginning.... (0:45:23): Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, dead at 92, and Druff has two stories where he indrectly caused noticeable impacts on Riordan during his campaign and first term.... (1:12:31): Interview with "Jade", who alleges that a poker player named Richard Eugene Turner victimized her with a poker-related romance scam.... (2:33:13): Quadriplegic poker pro K.L. Cleeton is asking for a bunch of money to attend WSOP -- is he overreaching or justified?.... (3:09:01): Vegas/Minnesota limit holdem pro "Snow Frog" senselessly murdered in Las Vegas.... (3:39:39): Doug Polk, Matt Berkey continue to battle on Twitter.... (4:01:25): Matt Berkey falls behind Nik Airball in their ongoing heads up match at Resorts World.... (4:08:17): Charlie Carrel and JNandez call out Doug Polk on Twitter regarding a 2018 dispute and lawsuit.... (4:50:15): William Kassouf accused of stealing -- again!.... (5:07:36): GGPoker boycotted by high stakes players after a major rake increase.... (5:26:29): Four Detroit Lions players suspended for betting on NFL.... (5:33:43): Update: David and Ina Steiner modify lawsuit against eBay, after it comes out that company is under criminal investigation over stalking matter.... (5:49:45): Update: Former Clark County official Robert Telles plans to represent himself in murder trial.... (6:15:06): Oakland A's have bought a property across from T-Mobile Arena, to move to Las Vegas.... (6:32:46): The Strat (Stratosphere) is now charging for parking -- and it's incredibly difficult to even pay.... (6:44:03): Druff and tradhershky discuss some implications of rapidly advancing AI.
Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 04/06/2023 - The Great Airball Challenge
Apr 12, 2023
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Topic begins at (0:13:10) mark: Background on Nik Airball, Matt Berkey, Doug Polk, and their recent issues... (0:36:44): Airball appeared on Polk's show, calling Berkey a scammer. This set off a major issue between Polk and Berkey, when Polk inaccurately claimed Berkey was dodging the Airball match.... (1:40:52): Airball and Berkey agree to play heads up... (1:57:50): Phil Galfond attempted to mediate match terms, but it almost fell through due to weird demand by Airball.... (2:08:01): Airball and Berkey have physical confrontation at Bellagio the day before the scheduled match.... (2:25:02): Airball took tons of breaks during the first 3 days of their matches, irritating Berkey, who also suspected Airball might be freerolling him.... (2:52:14): Garrett Adelstein does interview with Doug Polk regarding Robbi, Hustler, and Airball... (4:01:01): Forum legend "Nicky Pipes" makes his radio debut.... (4:12:34): Ike Haxton posts masked photo after winning $25k US Poker Open, in order to troll right wingers.... (4:49:23): Longtime online poker figure Thayer Rasmussen passes away unexpectedly at age 39.... (5:00:45): Shaun Deeb is now part of a million dollar weight loss bet with Bill Perkins.
Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 03/19/2023 - New! Instant! No Delay!
Mar 20, 2023
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Topic begins at the (0:26:03) mark: Wrap up of the Jami Lafay Gofundme situation: Druff and Jami make a truce.... (0:51:46): Rory Young, inventor of the Odin poker training software, under fire for removing delay which was preventing it from being used as a cheating tool.... (1:54:31): Chat GPT attempts to give advice when to fold aces preflop in holdem.... (2:03:22): Controversial 2000s poker pro Shawn Sheikhan convicted of illegal marijuana sales operation, faces long prison sentence.... (2:24:14): Angry ACR player sends bomb, death threats to Chris Moneymaker and Phil Nagy.... (2:43:51): Robbi Jade Lew wins a GPI award for "Best Hand" -- does this make a mockery of the poker community?.... (3:03:03): Christopher Mitchell's third YouTube channel was terminated, leaving him with no YouTube channel.... (3:40:15): Prahlad Friedman battles with poker community on Twitter after he calls everyone racist cheaters.... (4:20:13): D Lucky update: He's now doing blackjack coaching, and he has shills "reviewing" him on YouTube.... (5:10:02): Nick Vertucci claims Live at the Bike was not renewed by the Bicycle Casino.... (5:30:05): Johan Guilbert tanks incessantly in hand, gets clock called on him three times.... (5:52:43): Las Vegas Review Journal publishes article explaining that blackjack has degraded to 6:5 in most places on the strip, then is pressured to kill it.... (6:03:05): New owners of Rio have raised $850m in capital for what is surely going to be a fail casino.... (6:20:05): Silicon Valley Bank is the biggest bank failure since 2008 -- is another collapse coming?.... (7:03:42): Lawsuit says Wynn blackjack dealer kept dealing hands after patron slumped onto table with a heart attack.... (7:14:22): Bally Sports is filing for bankruptcy -- what does this mean for sports and the casino industry?.... tradershky co-hosts at end.
Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 03/09/2023 - The Silent Majority
Mar 10, 2023
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This is a "partial show" to be finished later, but is being presented as a separate episode. Most of the show involves updates on the Jami Lafay Daniels Gofundme situation... Topic begins at (0:06:58) mark: Recap of the Jami Lafay Gofundme scandal, up until the prior episode on 2/23.... (0:24:53): Gofundme donations essentially die off after people take a hard look at the dishonest claims in the campaign.... (0:40:17): Jami publicly posts communications with her doctor supposedly verifying her cancer, but are they real?.... (1:06:32): Jami's "sister" posts two weird updates on the Gofundme, deletes them, and then her boyfriend posts an update of his own.... (1:27:13): Why have almost all prominent poker players, both male and female, been so quiet on this entire matter?.... (1:45:02): Gofundme clears Jami to receive payment, and she claims vindication, but does this really mean anything?.... (1:51:26): Jami's boyfriend Dan Chen puts out a short video to verify he's real.... (2:01:12): Interview with Luke "Slaydog" Vrabel, who was an ally of Druff's in calling out this situation.... (2:47:27): Druffytime Theater: Druff went to Horseshoe Las Vegas cashier to get a $5 bill for some loose change -- and it turned into a ridiculous ordeal.... (3:14:24): Bryan Sagbigsal's Hustler Casino Live "tell all documentary" has been a dud so far, and the opening voice narrating it might surprise you.
Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 02/23/2023 - Cancer Fraud Alert
Feb 24, 2023
Show notes
This is a special, one-topic episode regarding Druff's heavy involvement in calling out the Jami Lafay Daniels Gofundme controversy. Druff introduces his history at the beginning of the episode. At the (0:20:47) mark, Druff gives the basic about Jami Lafay Daniels and her shady Gofundme for her claimed cancer surgery.... (1:36:17): Druff explains the reason he got involved with the entire matter.... (1:42:35): Jami's boyfriend Dan Chen gets into the mix, and reveals that Jami did indeed lie about some things.... (2:04:40): Jami posted her hospital discharge paper, and it revealed a lot more than she intended.... (2:31:40): Jami wanted everyone on Twitter to unfollow Druff, in order to deplatform him -- how did it work out?.... (2:42:02): Jami claims she will file a restraining order again Druff and Luke "Slaydog" Vrabel, in order to silence their criticism of her.... (2:56:23): Druff is dealing with a lot of new haters of his heavy involvement in this situation.... (3:04:50): Brandon comes on and talks with Druff about one particular hateful person who attempted to play "superhero" for Jami, and used Brandi Hawbaker's tragic 2008 death to make disgusting and false allegations against Druff.... khalwat and tradershky join during the final hour, as well.
Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 02/12/2023 - Big Drama
Feb 15, 2023
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Topic begins at (0:17:30) mark: Robbi Jade Lew to return to streamed poker, scheduled to play Live at the Bike.... (0:41:20): Former Hustler Casino Live employee Patrick Curran claims that Bryan Sagbigsal will do a tell-all about the J4o scandal, to be streamed after Superbowl.... (0:54:21): Full WSOP 2023 schedule drops -- Druff gives his take.... (1:28:57): Left-wing Twitter agitator "Dr. Kamikaze" claims almost all poker coaching operations are racist and sexist.... (1:51:44): Should trans women be in Ladies poker events? What should determine eligibility?.... (2:30:03): WSOP finally does away with satellite lammers.... (2:42:03): Steve O'Dwyer uses poker stream to call out Lufthanza for losing his bags, makes national news.... (3:04:34): Another lawsuit has been filed to attempt to stop casinos from issues separate ticket to get your change.... (3:15:46): Lawsuit filed against Vegas properties for allegedly using third-party software to fix prices -- but are they really guilty of this?.... (3:36:39): Jonathan "Apestyles" Van Fleet had his YouTube channel and Google account deleted, and nobody can figure out what happened.... (3:56:14): Reddit post raises question as to whether it's appropriate for a poker dealer to remind players that they work for tips.
Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 01/26/2023 - The Return of Mike Postle
Jan 28, 2023
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Topic begins at (0:20:21) mark: Mike Postle final tables in Biloxi, lists himself under name "Michael Lawrence" -- did Veronica & Druff get any of it?.... (1:48:20): "Jim", a friend of Mike Postle's, calls in and has a debate/discussion about the entire situation.... (3:11:11): Pokerstars PCA back in Bahamas, but Druff warns of "civil forfeiture" effort by government which might nail players flying back.... (4:42:37): Jami Lafay's tweets imply she is committing suicide, and poker Twitter panics when she vanishes.... (5:25:52): MGM properties in Las Vegas ban recording of any gambling on property, which affects poker vloggers -- was this D Lucky's fault?.... (5:44:03): Las Vegas judge who attempted to break up underage prostitution ring is found dead, "suicide" immediately listed as cause.... (6:46:25): Final table of WSOP Circuit event has an embarrassing moment, as a player is "elminiated" on a hand that should have been a tie.... (7:05:03): Melissa Schubert and Danielle Anderson hilariously shame "Coke Can Greg" for sending gross unsolicited nudes to Melissa.... (7:42:29): Harrah's Las Vegas has gotten rid of the iconic casino statue of "Buck, Winnie, and Chip".... (7:53:38): FBI claims a European woman ran a $4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme, and they can't find her.... (8:10:07): Druff breaks down the bizarre feud between major conservative YouTube personalities Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder.... tradershky and khalwat co-host the final few hours.
Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 01/16/2023 - Just What the Mister Doctor Ordered
Jan 17, 2023
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Topic begins at (0:13:17) mark: Druff invited to Commerce party and freeroll for influencers, meets Robbi Jade Lew.... (0:48:29): Eric Persson has fellow player "Mr. Dr. Batman" banned from Hustler Casino Live over a joke tip jar -- Batman is on with Druff to tell his story.... (2:07:23): Poker Bunny (Paulina Loeliger) is pregnant.... (2:35:34): A guy on Facebook tried to sell Druff a massive amount of MGM MLife credits for super cheap.... (3:16:52): Druffytime Theater: Druff was followed out by an angry fast food employee in 2021.... (4:39:04): Jami Lafay in another social media battle, this time against fellow Native American female player "Pokerhontas".... (5:06:16): Pro poker player Thomas Zanot wins $6.45 million Pai Gow jackpot at Flamingo, leaves monster tip.... (5:27:30): Adele is filling seats with Caesars employees in order to make her show seem successful.... (5:49:58): Major offshore sportsbook Red44 shut down by feds, 11 Americans indicted.... (6:01:08): Australian site "Marley's House of Sport" turns out to be the scam that many suspected it was.... (6:20:20): Legislators attempting to bring live poker to Hawaii, where all gambling is prohibited.... Mr. Dr. Batman co-hosts first 2.5 hours of the show, and tradershky co-hosts the last 2 hours.
Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 01/06/2023 - Dave Lerman's Final Act
Jan 07, 2023
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Topic begins at (0:22:05) mark: Dave Lerman, friend of Druff's and amusing character who appeared several times on PFA Radio, passed away at age 55.... (1:17:10): Call from Matt the Rat about various topics.... (1:33:51): Jerermy Ausmus lost heads up to Jared Strauss in October $7777 WSOP online event, and now says that he found out WSOP banned Strauss right after.... (2:31:09): Daniel Negreanu posts overall tournament results for past 10 years, gets into bizarre battle with unhinged Jordan Cristos.... (3:08:57): BetMGM / GlobalPay bank theft update: San Diego based crime ring was behind the scheme.... (3:16:12): David Copperfield's show in Vegas is said to be one of the worst -- but how has this happened?.... (3:38:38): Vanessa Alvarez, aka "Mamacita", accused of scamming 2+2 member out of $17k.... (4:02:23): Jami Lafay calls out smelly poker player, Twitter says she's mean.... (4:25:18): Psycho stabs four people at Washington poker room, in apparent unprovoked attack.... (4:40:18): Former site of Steven Paddock shooting tragedy will likely become an Indian casino.... (4:47:00): FTX update -- Caroline Ellison's testimony released, SBF is still tweeting.... (5:05:55): Daniel Friedberg has been cooperating with the feds since mid-November regarding the FTX matter.... (5:20:03): How much should you worry about new dominant COVID variant XBB 1.5?
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