midstakes pro sustains over $3 million in damages by poker's finest frauds, & ghost my sought justice, redemption

[Dan Druff]

Niko, we discussed this extensively in the other thread awhile back, and I gave my advice.

As difficult as this entire thing has been, I really suggest you just move on here.

The good news is that everyone has moved past the whole thing, and nobody in poker is going to care if they see you around. Just stay away from the woman in question (even if you feel that she wronged you), and nobody is going to give you a hard time. Believe me, there are far bigger fish to fry in the poker community, and your story was minor in the grand scheme of things, even among those who took the worst interpretation of what happened.

You will not get removed from this forum, provided you follow the (very few) rules here. However, you aren't likely to get a lot of sympathy from users here unless you provide compelling evidence for your claims.

If you would like some suggestions as to how to apply for WSOP to rescind the ban, I can give you some tips if you like.

Do you have a problem reading what I wrote sir? There is a protocol when somebody gets scammed, I was scammed, you and everybody else is gaslighting me and unwilling to follow the very simple protocol that will exonerate me and hold the negligent party accountable.

I am outlining it as clear as I possible can, I am not speaking in some code. This person has cost me millions in dollars in damages. She made up a fake story and posted it about me, it caused me a permanent injury. I am not even able to buy food right now, I do not know what planet you are living on where you think I'm going to walk into a poker room again. I can provide a mountain of evidence supporting my side, doctors notes, probably can even get a note from my boss that states I am having diffficulty even with basic tasks. This is humiliating for me even to post and you are prolonging what this women is doing to me. I have spent day and night studying this and talking to various people. She F'd up, they all F'd up, I am not looking for sympathy. I do not care about your sympathy!!! They owe me money. Period. You wanna help them sweep it under the rug?

You did not discuss this at all with me in fact you were not even willing to answer the first question. I'm going to state it again, a thorough investigation of every question I have will find without a doubt that I am due damages likely in the millions. If it is arbitrated it will find that her and her pals are liable for damages. I am unable to work, my life is a living hell, and you are talking about me coming back to play poker like I was on a timeout. Follow the protocol and then you have a right to say what you are saying. Until then I am accusing somebody of running a scam on me and it seems you are complicit in restricting my side of this story from being investigated.

I am not gaslighting you. In fact, you complain that everywhere has banned and ghosted you. On this forum, you are not banned, and people are responding to you.

So you have your soapbox. Present what you have.

I don't understand what you mean by a "simple protocol". This is a forum, not a court of law. If you wish to convince people that you were the one in the right, and that the other party harmed you without reasonable justification, you need to lay out the evidence in a clear and direct fashion. Otherwise you will get nowhere.

If you aren't ready to lay out this evidence, you shouldn't have created the thread yet.

[psaras]

Do you have a problem reading what I wrote sir? There is a protocol when somebody gets scammed, I was scammed, you and everybody else is gaslighting me and unwilling to follow the very simple protocol that will exonerate me and hold the negligent party accountable.

I am outlining it as clear as I possible can, I am not speaking in some code. This person has cost me millions in dollars in damages. She made up a fake story and posted it about me, it caused me a permanent injury. I am not even able to buy food right now, I do not know what planet you are living on where you think I'm going to walk into a poker room again. I can provide a mountain of evidence supporting my side, doctors notes, probably can even get a note from my boss that states I am having diffficulty even with basic tasks. This is humiliating for me even to post and you are prolonging what this women is doing to me. I have spent day and night studying this and talking to various people. She F'd up, they all F'd up, I am not looking for sympathy. I do not care about your sympathy!!! They owe me money. Period. You wanna help them sweep it under the rug?

You did not discuss this at all with me in fact you were not even willing to answer the first question. I'm going to state it again, a thorough investigation of every question I have will find without a doubt that I am due damages likely in the millions. If it is arbitrated it will find that her and her pals are liable for damages. I am unable to work, my life is a living hell, and you are talking about me coming back to play poker like I was on a timeout. Follow the protocol and then you have a right to say what you are saying. Until then I am accusing somebody of running a scam on me and it seems you are complicit in restricting my side of this story from being investigated.

I am not gaslighting you. In fact, you complain that everywhere has banned and ghosted you. On this forum, you are not banned, and people are responding to you.

So you have your soapbox. Present what you have.

I don't understand what you mean by a "simple protocol". This is a forum, not a court of law. If you wish to convince people that you were the one in the right, and that the other party harmed you without reasonable justification, you need to lay out the evidence in a clear and direct fashion. Otherwise you will get nowhere.

If you aren't ready to lay out this evidence, you shouldn't have created the thread yet.

I’m ready. I mean like if I show you that she lied in court you don’t say “oh well it still would’ve played out this way or that way”. It’s perjury. If she lied she denied me a chance at a fair hearing. Pattern of lying and cutting corners is what manipulators do. It is why they are so good at it because they expect your response. They use a lot of little lies to get their way. By simple protocol I mean be fair all around when you see what I show everybody. Don’t jump to conclusions in either direction.

[Dan Druff]

We've been waiting.

Nobody here is interested in technicalities like (unprosecuted) perjury. People lie in court all the time, and only a tiny percentage ever get prosecuted. Furthermore, perjury doesn't necessarily mean that the person's greater claims are false -- only that they lied about something.

You are trying to show that you have been severely wronged. You have to lay it out clearly, and state how this directly translates into hardship/losses. You also have to show wrongdoing.

[psaras]

We've been waiting.

Nobody here is interested in technicalities like (unprosecuted) perjury. People lie in court all the time, and only a tiny percentage ever get prosecuted. Furthermore, perjury doesn't necessarily mean that the person's greater claims are false -- only that they lied about something.

You are trying to show that you have been severely wronged. You have to lay it out clearly, and state how this directly translates into hardship/losses. You also have to show wrongdoing.

Guess what bud you are not a judge nor a prosecutor wether or how consequential this is is outside of your jurisdiction. my expectation of you and the rest of readers as members of the community is to verify what did or didn’t happen, how likely or unlikely each of my claims are and go from there. I’m certain if I had the money for proper legal counsel this would have been over already and multiple judgments in my favor.

Yea, you are correct in that bad women often lie with impunity in court but it can be (& is) key details that are lied about which destroy men’s lives. In this case if I were prosecuted (which is what she tried to do) she would have also lied in a criminal court.

I’m owed 6 figures or more for certain. I know it beyond a reasonable doubt. I’m slow to put out names because this should be handled in private. Now follow what I am going to show you and you’ll reach the same conclusion as me. This should have been given attention on March 29th 2023. It would have been much simpler then. It would not have been so severe and so would have been way better off. I cannot get back my health as this is getting progressively worse and I cannot get back my time. I pleaded with people then and I’m still pleading now to look at my side in its entirety. I’ll outline it step by step I ask that you remain unbiased in both directions.

[The Boz]

No wonder this clown got scammed.

He has “mark” written all over him.

With Walter apparently gone again, this guy is the new idiot with a kick me sign on his back.

Keep crying buddy.

[psaras]

No wonder this clown got scammed.

He has “mark” written all over him.

With Walter apparently gone again, this guy is the new idiot with a kick me sign on his back.

Keep crying buddy.

I’m the opposite of a mark. You are correct in assuming I look like one. I’m a magnet for abuse which may have helped in my being observant. Everybody who wrongs me in life gets paid back multiple times over. It is a birthright of mine. The universe has a way of protecting some people.

[Cerveza Fria]

hi my name is Niko I was a professional poker player for 8 years leading up to this summer. I'm the victim of a false accusation by Melissa Schubert. last year Melissa made a thread about me on twitter with a false story about me that was viewed over 100,000 times and got a pretty bad reaction. The result of that thread is (among a long list of other things) I have what seems like a severe case of post traumatic stress disorder. Regardless of where I turn to I have not been able to get my side of the story out. I've been censored and denied rights as an accused party. I've had resources that are necessary for my survival taken from me and I've been in a state for the past ~19.5 months that has felt like solitary confinement. Im unable to concentrate on basic tasks sometimes and I am having problems at a minimum wage job now. I am at on the fast track to homelessness for the rest of my life.

I have pleaded with over a dozen of the influencers who control the poker sphere to give me my basic human rights as an accused party in their industry. I am certain they are aware of this situation and the harm that is being inflicted on my by their willful ignorance. In simpler terms my accuser is an abuser and they are enablers. I am confident that a thorough investigation will find that not only I'm free of wrongdoing, but that I am a victim of negligence by various poker twitter influencers. I'm also confident that without an investigation, this woman will be allowed to escalate this to harm me further.

She led everybody to believe her story and that I have schizophrenia, neither of which are true. She later lied on a report to get a court hearing for a protective order. Then she lied to the judge (I'll have the transcript within a month most likely), and got the order granted. With this protective order instated I have no way to play live poker, because I do not know where she will be, and if she will feel like lying again to put me into prison. Once this is investigated you will understand how malicious what was done to me is, and why I have a reasonable expectation of being sabotaged again. This woman was given complete control of my life without me being given a fair hearing. She went on to abuse her influence and power in the poker world as well.

Once the protective order was granted I got a phone call telling me I was trespassed. Following this, over a year later, I got banned from WSOP while trying to reg the main event at the very last minute (I have video with timestamps).

Then I got permabanned from 2+2 for trying to have it investigated (they cited a rule that does not exist), ive also gotten removed from a group I used to buy and sell ACR at, booted from a private game, I got kicked from a backing firm that allowed me to play any tournament. Every time I privately try to bring attention to it in somebody's DM's I get ignored.

In the midst of all this I got my twitter account raided by ~20 anonymous accounts who were doing all sorts of stuff to me like telling me to commit suicide, spreading a fake death threat, and threatening to have me killed if I talked about her lies. I traced one of the accounts directly to her.

When I reported this to Jungleman this past summer I warned him that it was from within the poker world and asked that he find me a neutral party to speak to. He went ahead and shared it with his group anyway. Within days I started getting texts, DM's and my page was being raided again. They were spreading pictures of my penis to random people, and the fake death threat again.

I worked very very hard to be able to play poker for a living. I loved it and can no longer do it anymore and there is a reasonable chance I won't be in the frame of mind to ever do it again. I'm certain that this thread will get some of the same visceral responses as before, and that I will get people intentionally trying to prevent a simple investigation. I have maintained my innocence from the day I was accused and will continue to do so if it takes my entire life.

Got to agree with Jayjami here. A lot of vague generalized accusations without specificity. Couple that with the bit about your dick pics being spread by others.... If someone has access to you dick pics, you must have sent them out to someone. Or maybe...you were the one sending them out. FACT: Nobody takes a picture of their dick without intending on sending them out to others.

I only have 30+ years experience as an attorney, but I'm going out on a limb here (not really) and calling bullshit on this one.

[psaras]

hi my name is Niko I was a professional poker player for 8 years leading up to this summer. I'm the victim of a false accusation by Melissa Schubert. last year Melissa made a thread about me on twitter with a false story about me that was viewed over 100,000 times and got a pretty bad reaction. The result of that thread is (among a long list of other things) I have what seems like a severe case of post traumatic stress disorder. Regardless of where I turn to I have not been able to get my side of the story out. I've been censored and denied rights as an accused party. I've had resources that are necessary for my survival taken from me and I've been in a state for the past ~19.5 months that has felt like solitary confinement. Im unable to concentrate on basic tasks sometimes and I am having problems at a minimum wage job now. I am at on the fast track to homelessness for the rest of my life.

I have pleaded with over a dozen of the influencers who control the poker sphere to give me my basic human rights as an accused party in their industry. I am certain they are aware of this situation and the harm that is being inflicted on my by their willful ignorance. In simpler terms my accuser is an abuser and they are enablers. I am confident that a thorough investigation will find that not only I'm free of wrongdoing, but that I am a victim of negligence by various poker twitter influencers. I'm also confident that without an investigation, this woman will be allowed to escalate this to harm me further.

She led everybody to believe her story and that I have schizophrenia, neither of which are true. She later lied on a report to get a court hearing for a protective order. Then she lied to the judge (I'll have the transcript within a month most likely), and got the order granted. With this protective order instated I have no way to play live poker, because I do not know where she will be, and if she will feel like lying again to put me into prison. Once this is investigated you will understand how malicious what was done to me is, and why I have a reasonable expectation of being sabotaged again. This woman was given complete control of my life without me being given a fair hearing. She went on to abuse her influence and power in the poker world as well.

Once the protective order was granted I got a phone call telling me I was trespassed. Following this, over a year later, I got banned from WSOP while trying to reg the main event at the very last minute (I have video with timestamps).

Then I got permabanned from 2+2 for trying to have it investigated (they cited a rule that does not exist), ive also gotten removed from a group I used to buy and sell ACR at, booted from a private game, I got kicked from a backing firm that allowed me to play any tournament. Every time I privately try to bring attention to it in somebody's DM's I get ignored.

In the midst of all this I got my twitter account raided by ~20 anonymous accounts who were doing all sorts of stuff to me like telling me to commit suicide, spreading a fake death threat, and threatening to have me killed if I talked about her lies. I traced one of the accounts directly to her.

When I reported this to Jungleman this past summer I warned him that it was from within the poker world and asked that he find me a neutral party to speak to. He went ahead and shared it with his group anyway. Within days I started getting texts, DM's and my page was being raided again. They were spreading pictures of my penis to random people, and the fake death threat again.

I worked very very hard to be able to play poker for a living. I loved it and can no longer do it anymore and there is a reasonable chance I won't be in the frame of mind to ever do it again. I'm certain that this thread will get some of the same visceral responses as before, and that I will get people intentionally trying to prevent a simple investigation. I have maintained my innocence from the day I was accused and will continue to do so if it takes my entire life.

Got to agree with Jayjami here. A lot of vague generalized accusations without specificity. Couple that with the bit about your dick pics being spread by others.... If someone has access to you dick pics, you must have sent them out to someone. Or maybe...you were the one sending them out. FACT: Nobody takes a picture of their dick without intending on sending them out to others.

I only have 30+ years experience as an attorney, but I'm going out on a limb here (not really) and calling bullshit on this one.

Could you point out which is the vague generalized accusation without specificity? Lot of people calling me a liar but giving me no chance to back myself up. This is one of the points of the thread rights of an accused party. You’re the 2nd in this thread to do this without any follow up.

You’re the one being vague. What exactly do you think I’m making up. Point it out for me.

Edit: Being a lawyer for 30 yrs doesn’t say much to me. Some lawyers are like furniture. The little you wrote makes me feel like you’re one of those.

For reference I joined one of the bigger men’s rights group earlier this year I was asked to be their poster boy ��. I’m just trying to put it into perspective. This women caused me a lot of harm there is no doubt at all about it. That will not be in question and neither will negligence or liability. It is proving her pals had anything to do with it that will be difficult and require community involvement. It is coming like I said I’m waiting to be emailed the transcript and then I’ll have what I have to show for now.

This could be dragged on for years to. If it’s not enough there are more ways to prove my side but it would cost me a ton of money.

[Jayjami]

I only have 30+ years experience as an attorney, but I'm going out on a limb here (not really) and calling bullshit on this one.

Edit: Being a lawyer for 30 yrs doesn’t say much to me. Some lawyers are like furniture. The little you wrote makes me feel like you’re one of those.

It’s so funny when you try to help someone and they attack you because you don’t tell them what they want to hear. Nothing in the facts indicate you have a viable cause of action. You keep talking about negligence, when all the alleged harm is intentional. You claim damages of $3,000,000, for what? Once again, there is nothing preventing you from playing poker. You don’t need a lawyer, you need a therapist.

[psaras]

Edit: Being a lawyer for 30 yrs doesnÂ’t say much to me. Some lawyers are like furniture. The little you wrote makes me feel like youÂ’re one of those.

ItÂ’s so funny when you try to help someone and they attack you because you donÂ’t tell them what they want to hear. Nothing in the facts indicate you have a viable cause of action. You keep talking about negligence, when all the alleged harm is intentional. You claim damages of $3,000,000, for what? Once again, there is nothing preventing you from playing poker. You donÂ’t need a lawyer, you need a therapist.

I’ve spoken to 2 psychologists and one of the best lawyers in Clark county. I have a life altering disability that has been getting progressively worse. It is impeding on my day to day life. I have EVERYTHING that I need. I also do not have any other options. Read my first post carefully. I am correct and you are not. I have infinitely more info about my case than you. Your level of involvement in my thread is a metric for how intelligent you are (or not). It’s not looking good. You think I got out of bed yesterday and said “gee I feel like I’m owed $3m”. You think I am going to outline my case on a public forum?

You think you can read a few paragraphs and that you have any clue what you’re talking about? I used the wrong word that is your grounds for trying to pull apart my thread??? You are not only not helping, you are probably NOT trying to help. you are gaslighting me and it is thanks to guys like you who act like they know what they’re talking about that this has dragged on as long as it has. Get OUT of my thread. You I can spot from a mile away, you are a bad person! If I wanted your legal advice I would have asked you. You probably charge less than I used to make playing 2/5.

If you had read my OP carefully you would know there are at least two things preventing me from playing poker. But you insist on making up stories that fit your bias. I am reporting to you the facts and you are in my thread misinforming people about me. There is no point in you being here.

[Deal]

What's the purpose of this thread? You attack the one person (JayJami) that has actually read your drivel and tried to flush out anything of substance to possibly help.

You seem to be the architect of your own troubles. You have two choices. Move on like Druff suggests or...

[Peter Binklage]

I’ve spoken to 2 psychologists and one of the best lawyers in Clark county

Which lawyer? I know a lot of Clark County lawyers.

[Cerveza Fria]

Got to agree with Jayjami here. A lot of vague generalized accusations without specificity. Couple that with the bit about your dick pics being spread by others.... If someone has access to you dick pics, you must have sent them out to someone. Or maybe...you were the one sending them out. FACT: Nobody takes a picture of their dick without intending on sending them out to others.

I only have 30+ years experience as an attorney, but I'm going out on a limb here (not really) and calling bullshit on this one.

Could you point out which is the vague generalized accusation without specificity? Lot of people calling me a liar but giving me no chance to back myself up. This is one of the points of the thread rights of an accused party. You’re the 2nd in this thread to do this without any follow up.

You’re the one being vague. What exactly do you think I’m making up. Point it out for me.

Edit: Being a lawyer for 30 yrs doesn’t say much to me. Some lawyers are like furniture. The little you wrote makes me feel like you’re one of those.

For reference I joined one of the bigger men’s rights group earlier this year I was asked to be their poster boy ��. I’m just trying to put it into perspective. This women caused me a lot of harm there is no doubt at all about it. That will not be in question and neither will negligence or liability. It is proving her pals had anything to do with it that will be difficult and require community involvement. It is coming like I said I’m waiting to be emailed the transcript and then I’ll have what I have to show for now.

This could be dragged on for years to. If it’s not enough there are more ways to prove my side but it would cost me a ton of money.

I guess you know better than everyone else. This is probably why you're in this mess to begin with. And now you've learned lesson No. 2 - Don't send Dick Pics. Nobody wants to see them. In case you were wondering, Lesson No.1 is Don't shit where you eat.

Other posters have given you good advice. Learn to move on and get some therapy. You will not find salvation here on this forum.

[psaras]

Could you point out which is the vague generalized accusation without specificity? Lot of people calling me a liar but giving me no chance to back myself up. This is one of the points of the thread rights of an accused party. YouÂ’re the 2nd in this thread to do this without any follow up.

YouÂ’re the one being vague. What exactly do you think IÂ’m making up. Point it out for me.

Edit: Being a lawyer for 30 yrs doesnÂ’t say much to me. Some lawyers are like furniture. The little you wrote makes me feel like youÂ’re one of those.

For reference I joined one of the bigger men’s rights group earlier this year I was asked to be their poster boy ��. I’m just trying to put it into perspective. This women caused me a lot of harm there is no doubt at all about it. That will not be in question and neither will negligence or liability. It is proving her pals had anything to do with it that will be difficult and require community involvement. It is coming like I said I’m waiting to be emailed the transcript and then I’ll have what I have to show for now.

This could be dragged on for years to. If itÂ’s not enough there are more ways to prove my side but it would cost me a ton of money.

I guess you know better than everyone else. This is probably why you're in this mess to begin with. And now you've learned lesson No. 2 - Don't send Dick Pics. Nobody wants to see them. In case you were wondering, Lesson No.1 is Don't shit where you eat.

Other posters have given you good advice. Learn to move on and get some therapy. You will not find salvation here on this forum.

Nobody has given me good advice here! It is not good advice. There are situations that cannot be moved on from. This happens to be one of them. Nothing you say and nothing I do can change that!!! I get great advice from the people I would take advice from. Not you! YouÂ’re most likely a manipulator. You came into this thread with next to 0 information trying to give me destructive life advice. You are somebody I could just fade and probably be right. It is reassuring to me to see this same response. There is a guy telling me I should hang myself, yet none of you know what IÂ’m even talking about. Todd was right saying I opened this thread early. Jaymi saying theyÂ’re narcissists. ThatÂ’s about it.