'I Hope They Got Cheated': Justin Kuraitis Calls Out Players Who Sued Over Postle Allegations
Justin Kuraitis, the poker supervisor who oversaw Stones Gambling Hall when Mike Postle was accused of cheating in 2019, spoke publicly for the first time in years and called out dozens of poker players who took part in a lawsuit against him.
Those 88 players were part of a 2019 class action lawsuit claiming they were cheated out of six figures at the Northern California casino. The lawsuit was largely dismissed and then settled in September 2020 with plaintiffs, who were represented by Mac VerStandig, receiving $40,000 — just a fraction of the millions they were suing for. Postle was not named in the suit.
Kuraitis, who has long maintained Postle's innocence and denied knowledge of cheating, took a victory lap at the time and called out the plaintiffs for "the pain and unfairness of their allegations and the wrath of the social media mob and internet bullying lingers."
Four and a half years later, Kuraitis made it clear his feelings toward the plaintiffs haven't changed. In an X Spaces conversation hosted by Omar of The Omar Show, Kuraitis said he hoped Postle did cheat them.
"Because the people that (claim) he cheated, the people that joined that lawsuit to try and get a couple extra bucks for their gambling addiction and sued me and dragged my name through the mud with nothing but fake made-up data, I honestly hope they got cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. I really hope they did. So if he did cheat, at least he cheated those people. At least he cheated those f***ing people."
Mike Postle, Justin Kuraitis Break Silences in Wake of Settlement
Kuraitis 80% Sure of Postle's Innocence
The former Stones poker director has long maintained Postle's innocence, but he qualified his position on Wednesday, claiming that he thought there was around an 80% chance that Postle was innocent.
"I don't know if he did or not. I really can't say for sure," he admitted.
He also claimed that he personally reviewed all streams played by Postle and logged his wins and losses, though when pressed to disclose a win rate he said he was only looking at "dollar amounts." He wouldn't divulge the data other than saying it varied greatly from the data gathered by "internet sleuths."
Kuraitis also spoke about his employment at Stones and claimed he was never let go over the Postle situation. He said he stayed on as an employee throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and left amicably when he was demoted to a dealer position. He said he has no desire to ever return to poker.
Kuraitis has long criticized poker media and mainstream outlets that covered the scandal. During Wednesday's Spaces conversation, he revealed he considered suing ESPN, Barstool Sports, and other outlets for defamation, but the suit never materialized, in part because of how difficult it is to win defamation suits.
Postle also spoke during the nearly eight-hour X Spaces conversation, as he did in a similar conversation in February 2024.
The explosive Spaces interview came a week and a half after Postle whistleblower Veronica Brill launched a YouTube series breaking down the scandal from her perspective. The fourth installment of the "God Mode" series was published on Wednesday.
