 Eight well-known online professional poker players sued Excapsa Software, Inc., a company behind UltimateBet, seeking damages for the Super User cheating scandal that was uncovered in 2008.
The players are: Daniel “Ashman” Ashman, Brad “Yukon” Booth, Thomas “tommyboy83” Koral, Greg “Captain Zeebo” Laverly, Dave Lizmi, Daniel “King Dan” Smith, Joseph Sanders, and Dustin “Neverwin” Woolf.
The complaint is 42 pages long and we know what amount of money each player is suing for: Ashman – $154,863.50; Booth – $500,000; Koral – $20,000; Lavery – $140,000; Lizmi – $500,000; Sanders – $100,000; Smith – $20,000; and Woolf – $300,000.
Eight Causes of Action are listed in the suit:
First Cause of Action – violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
Second Cause of Action – Conspiracy to Violate the RICO Act.
Third Cause of Action – Conversion (essentially, the civil brother to the criminal act of theft).
Fourth Cause of Action – Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage (the cheating caused the poker players to lose money and move down in stakes because of dwindling bankrolls, causing them to lose out on more potential winnings).
Fifth Cause of Action – Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Sixth Cause of Action – Unfair Business Practices
Seventh Cause of Action – Fraud (Excapsa promised “fair and honest” poker games, while intentionally cheating the players).
Eight Cause of Action – Negligence (Excapsa promised “fair and honest” poker games, but failed to properly protect its players). Most of the document presents whole cheating standard in details,
The player are also looking to uncover the people behind the cheating scandal, as this has not been done yet: “Plaintiff’s [sic] bring this action, among other things, to vindicate their right to discover how they were cheated and by whom, and to receive compensation for their injuries.”
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