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William Shubb wrote on the message board: > In a Sept. 9 court filing, it was revealed that 60 of the 88 > plaintiffs will be accepting an undisclosed settlement. Judge William > B. Shubb of the Eastern District of California filed a notice of > partial settlement and stipulation to set date for motion to withdraw, > extend time to file second amended complaint, and vacate status > conference and status conference report deadline. > > “First, in the above-captioned case, Defendants King’s Casino and > Kuraitis have settled with the plaintiffs set forth in Exhibit A,” > wrote Shubb. “The Settlement Agreement has been executed by the > settling parties.” > > Postle himself was left off the defendants list as Shubb dismissed the > charges against him in June, much to the dismay of those who saw and > compiled the evidence against him. Despite temporarily escaping legal > trouble, Postle remains a pariah in the poker world. > > This left Stones Gambling Hall Tournament Director Justin Kuraitis, > who was in charge of the live-streamed poker games where Postle went > on infamous heater where he reportedly won upwards of $250,000 in > $1-$3 and $2-$5 no-limit hold’em cash games, and the casino’s > ownership group as the lawsuit’s sole defendants. > > According to the filing, settling parties will file stipulations and > orders of dismissal no later than Sept. 18. > > On the final three pages of the filing, Shubb lists the plaintiffs who > accepted a settlement. One of the most notable plaintiffs left off > that list was Veronica Brill, the former employee of the > Sacramento-area cardroom that made the allegations public. > > Based on the erratic nature of Postle’s play combined with the > infrequency of a losing session, Brill, along with many other > high-profile poker pros, believed that Postle had access to the hole > cards of his opponents. Despite several promising theories as to how > the cheating may have occured, none of them could be substantiated, > which ultimately led to the dismissal of the case. > > If Brill and the 28 other plaintiffs that did not accept a settlement > move forward, they will do so without gambling attorney Mac > VerStandig. VerStandig informed the court that he would be stepping > down as counsel for the plaintiffs.
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