Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 15, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Sometimes you forget that the principles involved in this case were 22, 21, and 20 respectively, but if something along the lines of Haseeb Qureshi’s latest 2+2 post/confession –along with the subsequent reply by jungleman—were posted last Sunday this story would have had a much happier ending, andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 14, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The allegations and admissions of guilt just keep piling up for Daniel “jungleman12” Cates. The once godlike online poker legend now finds himself in the middle of a firestorm –mostly of his own doing—where the truth is being uncovered little by little, and each time “jungleman” seems toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As the one person in the whole sage that seemed to have been forthright –although the questions posed to him have been lacking in both depth and scope—Daniel “jungleman12” Cates agreed to do an audio interview with Noah Stephens-Davidowitz (NoahSD on 2+2) and Vanessa Selbst, where he intendedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

It appears that the initially reported high-stakes scam perpetrated by Jose “Girah” Macedo is far from reaching its final chapter. After shocking revelations by Haseeb Qureshi yesterday, and as the poker community eagerly awaits a transcription of a second interview of Daniel “jungleman12” Cates –this time performed byRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Hours after a very vanilla interview with his travelling companion, Daniel “jungleman12” Cates, was posted on BLUFF Magazine, Haseeb “DogisHead” Qureshi had his own BLUFF interview land on the Internet, and unlike the jungleman12 interview, Qureshi’s interview had an admission of guilt, and also opened the door toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The scandal involving the Portuguese Poker Prodigy came to a standstill yesterday when all of the main players involved declined to talk to the poker community. However, we also learned that both Daniel “jungleman12” Cates –who seems to be the least involved, but also the least willing toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 08, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Anyone involved with the so-called “Portuguese Poker Prodigy” has been distancing themselves from Jose “Girah” Macedo after the recent news that he has been involved in scamming other high-stakes poker players who put their trust in the supposed online poker prodigy by allowing him to “sweat” their onlineRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In a bombshell thread on 2+2, Jose “Girah” Macedo responded to allegations that he setup a private study group with other high-stakes pros, and would “sweat” these players, all the while playing against them from another account –in effect becoming an external super-user. Girah wholly admitted to theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 06, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There may be some major news on the sponsored player front at Lock Poker if the current rumors are true. The grumblings in the poker world have to do with the contract of the Portuguese Poker Prodigy, Jose Macedo, or better stated the lack of a contract. AccordingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 05, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After being denied access to Canada, Daniel “jungleman12” Cates is now on his way to Portugal according to his Twitter account. Cates was prepared to move to the Vancouver area last week, but ran into some visa issues as he crossed the US/Canadian border –apparently Cates wasn’t awareRead Full Article