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    Kings Casino boss Leon Tsoukernik hit back against his detractors by launching a counter-claim against Australian poker player Matt Kirk and the Aria Casino, stating that: “I was taken advantage of and can no longer remain silent” with Kirk being portrayed as a house shill and the Aria purposely plying Tsoukernik with alcohol and basically preventing him from leaving the Ivey Room.

    Leon, the multi-millionaire owner of the casino in the Czech Republic which is currently hosting the WSOP Europe, was taken to court by Kirk earlier this year amid hotly-disputed claims that he reneged on a $3million loan during a high-stakes heads-up match.

    However, recently the majority of Kirk’s claims were thrown out of court and Leon has gone on the offensive, unhappy at having to endure “a significant amount of criticism from the poker community over the past several months” and now placing his trust in the US judicial system once more, in which he has “great confidence”.

    During the heads-up battle back in May, Kirk loaned Tsoukernik $3million in chips during their late-might match, $1million of which the casino boss returned shortly afterwards, and his court filing today sheds some light on his reason for not paying back the other $2million.

    In a statement today, Tsoukernik says:

    “Before any legal pleading was filed, I chose to resolve this matter amicably, with the help of several of the most respected members of the poker community. But, as a result of the behaviour of Matthew Kirk and the third-party defendant, I was taken advantage of and can no longer remain silent.”


    Tsoukernik claims he was plied with alcohol by Aria staff, to the point where he required help from both Kirk and the dealer to count his chips and was unable to even read his hand on many occasions, ‘rendering the game unfair, dishonest and non-competitive’.

    He also alleges that Kirk, unknown to Tsoukernik at the time, ‘did not have the financial wherewithal to play at the levels at which he was playing’ and was instead being ‘funded and backed by others’.
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    Whats not setting well with people ultimately is the fact that the WSOP gave Leon all this free publicity and likely a shit ton of money for hosting the WSOPE despite the fact these accusations were well known.. Tsourkernik has welched on a ton of poker liabilities and his half ass excuses don't pass muster at all.. I hope to hell the courts toss his bullshit counter claim in the toilet where it belongs.. I know its not KevMaths fault what happened with WSOPE ending up where it did and hes taken some heat on Twitter under the @WSOP twitter account but reality is WSOP needs to answer for what their decision in this case it makes them look as bad as PS has with the issues regarding thievery in Barcelona and half ass excuses by Lee Jones except this issue reflects badly on WSOP as a whole for not considering moving WSOPE to another location given the huge issues with Tsourkernik involving not only Aussie Matt (who is indeed a Maniac at the tables, watch him at the Super High roller cash games that have aired the dude really plays almost with no fear and the claim Matt might not have been able to meet any losses he took well first off as deep a hole Leon dug for himself that was unlikely and as far as him being backed its irrelevant as fuck because either way he unlike Leon would've paid off any debt he owed)..

    Any chance we can get the debt collector on this case.. Would be interesting to see if he would have the ultimate ability to shake down an Eastern Euro like Leon and get him to pay up.. Legitimately I doubt even our esteemed Debt expert would be able to squeeze him for the cash he owes Aussie Matt..

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    This made the Washington Post LOL

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    The guy is a bitch. And blaming Aria. Fucking fag. He's ruined in the States now.

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tellafriend View Post
    The guy is a bitch. And blaming Aria. Fucking fag. He's ruined in the States now.
    except for the multi year deal he signed with caesars that he's going to be reaping the rewards from...

    I will be stunned if caesars cancels the deal...once those fuckers get money they don't like to give it back unless it's the absolute last resort to do so...

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    Quote Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Tellafriend View Post
    The guy is a bitch. And blaming Aria. Fucking fag. He's ruined in the States now.
    except for the multi year deal he signed with caesars that he's going to be reaping the rewards from...

    I will be stunned if caesars cancels the deal...once those fuckers get money they don't like to give it back unless it's the absolute last resort to do so...
    Wonder what would happen if we could convince Kilgore to tell the NYTimes that Leon slapped her in the face with his penis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by duped_samaritan View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis View Post

    except for the multi year deal he signed with caesars that he's going to be reaping the rewards from...

    I will be stunned if caesars cancels the deal...once those fuckers get money they don't like to give it back unless it's the absolute last resort to do so...
    Wonder what would happen if we could convince Kilgore to tell the NYTimes that Leon slapped her in the face with his penis.
    still probably wouldn't do the trick...outside of murdering a world leader ceasars is keeping the dough...I mean for fucks sake they had an employee stalking KT and it took them multiple weeks to shitcan the fucker...

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    gonna guess caesars doesn't give a fuck about all of this because it's not gonna be the type of bad pub that affects any of their business...it's obviously shitty to do business with a guy who's been shown to be a public scumbag, but this is the poker community...it's not gonna move the needle with the public that frequents their casinos so they really don't give a fuck...

    it's par for the course for caesars...

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    Quote Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis View Post
    Wow. Such a differnent tale than what's been put out there.

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    Leon Tsoukernik Seeking Over $10M In Damages Against Matt Kirk

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tellafriend View Post
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    Wow. Such a differnent tale than what's been put out there.
    indeed...very surprising that kirk wouldn't settle for $2M in cash and then play for the other $1M...is it his job to make sure his opponent is coherent and shit? obviously no; if youre a fucking adult you should be able to handle your alcohol and deal with the consequences if you dont...but in this world where leon is an obvious fish (and where the pool of fish ain't getting any bigger), it's giving away a little equity in the form of the $1M freezeout to make him a long-term "customer"..if kirk is being backed, his backers are fucking morons for not taking that deal...obviously sucks to potentially give $1M back, but again what's the value of having leon as a long-term "customer"...gotta figure it's way more than a million bucks...kirk isn't the type of guy leon would probably quit...he's a fucking maniac at the tables, always good action so can't imagine leon would quit him in the future...

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    Quote Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Tellafriend View Post

    Wow. Such a differnent tale than what's been put out there.
    indeed...very surprising that kirk wouldn't settle for $2M in cash and then play for the other $1M...is it his job to make sure his opponent is coherent and shit? obviously no; if youre a fucking adult you should be able to handle your alcohol and deal with the consequences if you dont...but in this world where leon is an obvious fish (and where the pool of fish ain't getting any bigger), it's giving away a little equity in the form of the $1M freezeout to make him a long-term "customer"..if kirk is being backed, his backers are fucking morons for not taking that deal...obviously sucks to potentially give $1M back, but again what's the value of having leon as a long-term "customer"...gotta figure it's way more than a million bucks...kirk isn't the type of guy leon would probably quit...he's a fucking maniac at the tables, always good action so can't imagine leon would quit him in the future...
    Really he was settling for 2.5m, giving up 500k in equity.

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