Major embarrassment for Eli Elezra and 2+2.
The background:
Eli Elezra has written an autobiography, and he's publishing it through Two Plus Two Publishing.
In order to promote the book, Eli, who doesn't usually post on forums, showed up on 2+2's NVG forum and did an "Ask Me Anything" thread.
A few people asked Eli about accusations regarding bad poker debts and scamming, and Eli denied everything. "I pay my debts", said Eli several times in the thread.
People reluctantly accepted these answers, until "cts" -- aka Cole South -- showed up in the thread and posted this:
Source: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/s...&postcount=202Originally Posted by cts
Eli vanished after that post, and I'm guessing isn't coming back.
Now Mason Malmuth is taking heat for failing to do his due diligence regarding Eli, especially since the book apparently does not honestly address the scamming/owing money rumors, despite being a supposed tell-all autobiography.
Some are pressuring Mason to drop Eli's book unless Eli agrees to have his share of the profits diverted directly to Cole South.
Mat Sklansky showed up briefly and posted this:
Mason claims that he didn't know about the Cole South debt at the time the agreement to publish was made (which I agree), but it seems unlikely that Mason didn't know that there were many stories like this about Eli, including ones published all over Mason's own forum.Originally Posted by Mat Sklansky
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