Controversial poker player Mike Postle filed a lawsuit in a California court last Thursday, seeking $300 million in damages for defamation, slander, libel, and “intent to inflict emotional distress.”
The defendants include ESPN as well as prominent poker industry names such as Veronica Brill, Joey Ingram, Todd Witteles, Daniel Negreanu, and NBA executive Haralabos Voulgaris.
In the suit, Postle — who said that he has made a living from playing poker since 2003 — notes that he played regularly at Stones Gambling Hall in Sacramento, Calif., from 2015-19. A year ago, a number of peers at Stones began to suspect Postle of cheating and said so publicly.