Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Inspired by Ingram's review of the 9/18 5-5 game, I decided to check on the 10-25-50 game on 9/21/19, the last game Postle played.
Apparently he won big in that game -- $22k.
However, I don't believe he cheated in that one. Check it out:
Notice the following:
- Postle not ever touching his hat, looking down at his lap, or putting his left hand under the table
- Hat is the normal-looking white one seen in the previous non-cheating stream
- Postle quiet, calm, not animated or talkative at all.
How does he win? He just runs really well.
Supposedly 9/18 was when they instituted the "no phones at the table" rule. You had to step "one pace away" from the table if you wanted to touch a phone. So this is the second consecutive time he's played where he's apparently not cheating, right after they instituted this rule.
He still has his keys on the table (an element of suspicion, as he does this on all broadcasts), but that might just mean he's continuing to do so in order to not arouse suspicion as to why he suddenly stopped.
Among other things, I saw him get run off bottom pair with 43o by another guy also with 43o (he folded to a relatively small bet, rather than raise, which he could have done to win the pot if he were cheating). He also was up against a fish, on a 987 board, where Mike had T6 and the fish had 96. He could have charged the fish a fortune if he knew the guy's cards, but instead kept the bet sizing small.
Anyway, I think it's safe to say that either his phone had to do with the cheating, or he simply took a break from the cheating when the heat got turned up enough to where Stones changed its phone rule. Perhaps he planned to resume cheating after things cooled down, and then Veronica blew the whistle.
But why play 10-25-50 then? Was he just gambling?