How the world's biggest bookie was snared at last year's WSOP

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How the world's biggest bookie was snared at last year's WSOP

11-13-15, 03:25 PM

From The Mag: How the world's biggest bookie was snared at last year's WSOP -- and walked a free man

http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id/14095257/how-world-biggest-bookie-paul-phua-was-snared-fbi-last-year-world-series-poker-walked-away-free-man

An in-depth investigation into how Paul Phua rose from a numbers runner in Borneo to the world's biggest bookie and poker impresario -- and how the FBI hooked him, only to have to let him go.

Casually taking in 400mil in bets at the last World Cup.
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11-13-15, 03:42 PM

good read, thank you CanuckG
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11-13-15, 04:50 PM

enjoyed that, thanks
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11-13-15, 05:00 PM

Guy turns a Villa into a wire room. Gangster as fukk. Pesky 4th Amendment.
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11-13-15, 05:44 PM

Interesting read
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11-13-15, 07:48 PM

Welcome to 2012
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11-13-15, 07:52 PM

they all got off easy too
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