While Spiderman actor Tobey Maguire was the first big name to be accused and set for trial in the purported Hollywood illegal live poker games debacle surrounding the bankruptcy of Brad Ruderman, New York Yankee Alex Rodgriquez is now feeling the heat for having participated. Ruderman used investor funds from his Ruderman Capital Partners to cover losses when he played in the Beverly Hills high stakes home games that included big pros along with Hollywood actors like Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
According to RadarOnline.com, A-Rod was a participant “in an underground, illegal poker game where cocaine was openly used, and even organized his own high-stakes game, which ended with thugs threatening players.”Poker pro Dan Bilzerian, a regular in the game, supposedly leaked key information about the games to Star Magazine "Molly [Bloom] ran one game at Cody’s mansion. [One player] got all coked up. Everyone had to chase Cody down for the money, and he later paid me a sum and gave me a watch but stiffed me for $100,000.”
Star has chosen not to disclose the name of the person using cocaine but can reveal that others at the game included Rick Salomon, and Kenny Tran, a professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker, according to Bilzerian.
With tempers at the table flaring, A-Rod tried to distance himself from the game, another insider told Star. “He just shook his head, not knowing what the hell happened,’’ the whistle-blower revealed.Further allegations involve a romance between A-Rod and Molly Bloom, the organizer of the games.
In 2005, Rodriguez was warned about gambling in underground poker clubs by the Yankees and by baseball commissioner Bud Selig. The league has attempted to distance itself from any sort of gambling, and while poker doesn’t fall in the same category as sports betting, the fact Rodriguez ignored the commissioner’s demands could be enough to warrant a suspension.
Major League Baseball executives admitted that the league currently has two ongoing investigations into the matter. "I could see us trying to pursue this a lot further," the executive said. "The truth is still out there somewhere."As all the continuing allegations and bankruptcy recovering hearings move forward businessman Bradley Ruderman is serving a 10-year prison sentence for running a Ponzi scheme to pay off his debts.
What is perplexing to many of the player involved in these high stakes home games as that they were private and took no rake, so what technically makes them illegal? Additionally, the bankruptcy recovery lawyers are focusing to recover on sessions and instances where Ruderman lost money to the high profile players without balancing his wins to provide a more accurate picture of his net profit or loss to these players.
According to RadarOnline.com, A-Rod was a participant “in an underground, illegal poker game where cocaine was openly used, and even organized his own high-stakes game, which ended with thugs threatening players.”Poker pro Dan Bilzerian, a regular in the game, supposedly leaked key information about the games to Star Magazine "Molly [Bloom] ran one game at Cody’s mansion. [One player] got all coked up. Everyone had to chase Cody down for the money, and he later paid me a sum and gave me a watch but stiffed me for $100,000.”
Star has chosen not to disclose the name of the person using cocaine but can reveal that others at the game included Rick Salomon, and Kenny Tran, a professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker, according to Bilzerian.
With tempers at the table flaring, A-Rod tried to distance himself from the game, another insider told Star. “He just shook his head, not knowing what the hell happened,’’ the whistle-blower revealed.Further allegations involve a romance between A-Rod and Molly Bloom, the organizer of the games.
In 2005, Rodriguez was warned about gambling in underground poker clubs by the Yankees and by baseball commissioner Bud Selig. The league has attempted to distance itself from any sort of gambling, and while poker doesn’t fall in the same category as sports betting, the fact Rodriguez ignored the commissioner’s demands could be enough to warrant a suspension.
Major League Baseball executives admitted that the league currently has two ongoing investigations into the matter. "I could see us trying to pursue this a lot further," the executive said. "The truth is still out there somewhere."As all the continuing allegations and bankruptcy recovering hearings move forward businessman Bradley Ruderman is serving a 10-year prison sentence for running a Ponzi scheme to pay off his debts.
What is perplexing to many of the player involved in these high stakes home games as that they were private and took no rake, so what technically makes them illegal? Additionally, the bankruptcy recovery lawyers are focusing to recover on sessions and instances where Ruderman lost money to the high profile players without balancing his wins to provide a more accurate picture of his net profit or loss to these players.
