Jamie Gold Responds to $12 M WSOP Lawsuit

[AngusThermopyle]

From one of the articles:

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Final table play on the last day of the championship event ...started at 2 p.m. Aug. 10.

About three hours beforehand, at 10:52 a.m., Gold left a message for Leyser, according to the complaint, in which he tried to reassure Leyser that he would be getting half of whatever after-tax winnings Gold won that day.

"I promise you - you can keep this recording on my word - there's no possible way you're not going to get half after taxes," Leyser claims that Gold said in the telephone message. "So please just be with me. I can't imagine you're going to have a problem with it. I just don't want any stress about any money or any of that (expletive) going on today, or even after the end of the day."

Later in the recording, Gold allegedly said: "But please just trust me. You've trusted me the whole way, you can trust me a little bit more. I promise you there's no way anybody will go anywhere with your money. It's your money."


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First, if Gold was going to back out, think he is going to leave that message as evidence?

Second, that "after taxes" sounds like Gold didn't realize he could have Harrahs give Leyser his cut and Leyser would be liable for the taxes on that part.

Thirdly, sounds like Leyser had already been pressuring him, even before the final day.