I once dated a woman, who’s mother’s sister’s brother was an oral surgeon, he later… well nevermind.

Your concept of evidence is laughable. Show your “evidence” to a trial lawyer, and see how far that gets you.

I’ve been known to wear a Full Tilt hat, so perhaps Clonie will name me as a defendant the next time she revises her lawsuit. And then they’ll interview everyone at my local grocery store to see if I talked about it. And analyze the security footage to see if I’m concealing something while I buy my Cap’n Crunch.

Now I have to comment about the other long-ass discussion about this whole episode:

@Tom: You have people you know who took out loans against their homes so they could pay back someone who loaned them money to play heads-up poker online in an unregulated environment? I have a bridge I’d like to sell those folks. Seriously? WTF were they thinking.

@BJ: Nevada is a party state. Nuff said.

@DanM & BJ: It is newsworthy because it’s evidence. It gives you witnesses to question (like Layne and whoever else was there with him). It tells you what club he plays at and you can question everyone at the club to see if he ever said a word about it. It lets forensic evidence scientists like Joe Navarro analyze his non-verbal reaction and get a read on him. It shows that he is still wearing UBT gear and can hint at the fact that he is still affiliated with the site somehow. It opens up a lot of investigative avenues. For the IRS. To get him. And that is newsworthy.

@Everyone: You are a bunch of hypocrites. Raise your hand if you still play on UB/AP/Cerreus, subscribe to PXF (who’s pro are/were sponsored pros AFTER the scandal broke), watch poker on TV, read Bluff Magazine or any other poker publication, use ThePokerDB, blog about people assocaited with UB/AP/Cerreus and give them any mention or coverage (like Annie DUke on The Celebrity Apprentice), etc. All of these sell ad space and airtime to UB/AP/Cerreus. So you are participating and indirectly paying them. Ok, you can all lower your hands in shame now.

@Pros: You are a bunch of fame-whores and guilty by association. Do you associate with Hellmuth or Layne? Well guess what – you support this fraud. And I bet you make more money from other poker-related sources than the actual poker table. So your success depends on this industry thriving and getting mentioned.

So everyone is to blame. If the poker community was truly incensed about this scam, UB would cease to exist. But it is still going strong. And the poor schmucks who got scammed are the only ones feeling the pain. Because they collectively gave a crook $20M in an unregulated poker game. Well guess what? The internet is the new wild west and you just got scammed. Happens all the time. Don’t get me wrong, I feel your pain, but you should have known better.

And since you have nothing you can do about it, give the IRS a call and tell them how much you lost. Unless your win rate covers that loss and then I guess maybe you shouldn’t make the call. Whatever. Me and my 4 cents on FTP are safe.

Eliot Ness (the guy who tenaciously went after and caught Capone) didn’t work for the IRS; he worked for the Bureau of Prohibition (though they both fall under the Treasury Department).

Once Capone was in custody and facing trial, the prosecutor used existing tax law to convict him. Capone’s violations against the Volstead Act were held back from that first court case, in case Capone got to the judge or jury and was able to beat the rap. If he did, they would have tried him again for breaking the Volstead Act.

With that minutiae out of the way, hopefully the Feds can legally charge this guy with something and make it stick. We all know he’s dirty, but proving it in a court of law is another matter entirely.

I just wanted to pass on some of the word on the street that does seem to have an element of legitimacy to it so people knew that gated golf course communities aren’t necessarily guaranteed the same protections as North American Indian nations.

I don’t think there’s a direct connection to the UIGEA, other than that these sorts of shenanigans could be properly — or at least more easily — dealt with in a legal, regulated environment.

But indeed, I would suspect our opposition on this legal/political matter will try to use this against us.