[mindstatez]

The majority of people are skimming through the details of this story, jumping to this "omg Phil Laak is on TV and a well known poker player, he'd never have risked it all for this!" conclusion. While that assertion may be reasonable in general the allegations cite this all happening before Laak was known. They are based when he was staying in Thailand hustling cards, trying to make a living doing whatever, clearly not the Phil Laak he is today.