Dr.Hash“Wesley” (@CryptoApprenti1)

@CryptoApprenti1 @TheRyanFeldman Curious what kind of staking/incentive arrangement might be involved. Ryan being staked or getting a kickback while playing in the same game as a backer,I’ve seen it before in the LATB days. member the Armenian Mike “joke bet” hand?Ryan was reportedly staked by some1 in the game2

Since my name came up, a short note. Yes, I played the Bike game in 2023, for about an hour, and had a small piece of one player. It was over two years ago. Hank and Alan have already described what happened that night, and my recollection is roughly the same. I wasn't there for the settlement afterwards, so I won't speak to it. As for C Ye and Britney, that's between them. I wasn't involved and I'm not picking a side. If I can offer one thought: this all feels bigger from inside the poker bubble than it really is. Most people have never heard of it and never will. Settle it privately if you can, and move on. That's the whole statement. I won't be commenting on this again or answering questions about it, so please don't read my silence as agreement or disagreement with anyone. Poker isn't really where my head is these days. Life is full of more interesting things.

@CryptoApprenti1 talked to hustler before asked them one question: is this your show or Britney’s show ? Why she can control the line up ? I don’t care if hustler give me a seat or not. I am not play poker for living . But just this control line up things drives me crazy and so disappointed

C Ye @C_Ye__ & Britney’s Drama reminds me another story back in 2023. It’s kinda like Deja Vu. Britney leveraged her fame and connections to bully an unknown small-time poker player. I’ve seen many hustler players backing Britney. A lot of them were coerced into supporting her, yet none stepped up to speak up for C Ye. To me, this is grossly unfair and amounts to collective bullying. Most of them don’t even know what really happened. They may simply fear that if they fail to back her, she will get them banned from Hustler @HCLPokerShow since she is the “Queen” of hustler. XD This happened in 2023 at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Britney set up a game with Peter. She personally brought in two players, Hank and Jimmy, and asked another host, L, to bring five more. (L is just a codename — he is a very well-known Chinese host, but he prefers not to have his name mentioned here.) Most importantly, Britney bought action in all of the players — every player’s wins and losses ultimately ran through her. Charles the Prince also played in the game for about an hour and had action in Hank as well. That means both L and Charles were financially exposed to Hank’s play that night. To this day, L still believes that Hank and Britney were together at the time. The players on L’s side ended up losing. But when it came time to settle up, Britney refused to pay, claiming that someone had stolen chips from the table. The game itself balanced, though — every number was accounted for. Since Britney had action in all of the players, the “stolen chips” story looked less like an explanation and more like an excuse to avoid settling. And when people pushed back, she firmly denied owing the debt. Alan, an Australian regular who used to play at the Bike, happened to be there that night, and he took the matter into his own hands. He spent 36 hours on it. For the first 20-plus hours, he negotiated with the casino and obtained everyone’s deposit and withdrawal records along with the surveillance footage. The review showed that the person who had actually taken the chips was Hank — one of Britney’s own players, and reportedly someone very close to her at the time. Alan handed all of the evidence to Britney. She still refused to pay — and even after all of this came out, she kept up her good relationship with Hank. Only after their relationship later ended did she start distancing herself from him and publicly criticizing him, as if she had never had anything to do with him. Later, L — who was in Vegas at the time — called Britney and warned her that the police would be involved if the payment wasn’t made. Meanwhile, Alan and several other pros were right there at the Bike. Alan never left — he stayed the entire time for one purpose: to get his money. He was relentless. In the end, Britney had no choice but to pay up. Start to finish, the whole thing took 36 hours.

@CryptoApprenti1 talked to hustler before asked them one question: is this your show or Britney’s show ? Why she can control the line up ? I don’t care if hustler give me a seat or not. I am not play poker for living . But just this control line up things drives me crazy and so disappointed

@CryptoApprenti1 I am personally very disappointed with *Hustler*. I used to think it was a fair show and the producer who really knew how to pick players. It turned out to be nothing more than a charade driven by blind adoration for a female figurehead.

If you love poker like I do, one piece of advice: Poker was never the problem. Sometimes the people around the game are. I’m careful now. I play with good people, people who play their own money & respect the game. Protect your peace. Pick your table & company wisely. GL ♠️

Many have asked me to give my 2 cents on the (newest) HCL controversy. Probably a bad idea, so I’ll do it anyway: I don’t know C Ye or Britney or any of the “newer” HCL regs. And I have no insider info on this dispute. But I do know a lil’ somethin’ somethin’ about Nik Airball and Ryan Feldman. In my opinion, this is all par for the course for them: I believe they will do and say whatever they need to protect their financial interests. If you haven’t read Beneath the Cards, I break it all down there. As I see it, Airball has long been committed to doing whatever it took to become a mainstay on HCL. Give him credit: mission accomplished. And I think Ryan did and said numerous things in an attempt to destroy my reputation the moment I publicly stated that something shady went down on his show. Four years and a bestselling book later, mission definitely not accomplished. Here’s the takeaway, as is sadly too often the case in the pokersphere: Follow the money. It will so often explain the why behind the actions of the less-savory characters in our industry. In short, if Britney is good for the game, I suspect Ryan and Airball will go to great lengths to protect her.

most winning poker players will never say this stuff publicly because it costs them games & future ev standing up for C Ye & telling this story about Britney takes massive balls I don’t think people realize how much courage this takes, respect.

C Ye @C_Ye__ & Britney’s Drama reminds me another story back in 2023. It’s kinda like Deja Vu. Britney leveraged her fame and connections to bully an unknown small-time poker player. I’ve seen many hustler players backing Britney. A lot of them were coerced into supporting her, yet none stepped up to speak up for C Ye. To me, this is grossly unfair and amounts to collective bullying. Most of them don’t even know what really happened. They may simply fear that if they fail to back her, she will get them banned from Hustler @HCLPokerShow since she is the “Queen” of hustler. XD This happened in 2023 at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Britney set up a game with Peter. She personally brought in two players, Hank and Jimmy, and asked another host, L, to bring five more. (L is just a codename — he is a very well-known Chinese host, but he prefers not to have his name mentioned here.) Most importantly, Britney bought action in all of the players — every player’s wins and losses ultimately ran through her. Charles the Prince also played in the game for about an hour and had action in Hank as well. That means both L and Charles were financially exposed to Hank’s play that night. To this day, L still believes that Hank and Britney were together at the time. The players on L’s side ended up losing. But when it came time to settle up, Britney refused to pay, claiming that someone had stolen chips from the table. The game itself balanced, though — every number was accounted for. Since Britney had action in all of the players, the “stolen chips” story looked less like an explanation and more like an excuse to avoid settling. And when people pushed back, she firmly denied owing the debt. Alan, an Australian regular who used to play at the Bike, happened to be there that night, and he took the matter into his own hands. He spent 36 hours on it. For the first 20-plus hours, he negotiated with the casino and obtained everyone’s deposit and withdrawal records along with the surveillance footage. The review showed that the person who had actually taken the chips was Hank — one of Britney’s own players, and reportedly someone very close to her at the time. Alan handed all of the evidence to Britney. She still refused to pay — and even after all of this came out, she kept up her good relationship with Hank. Only after their relationship later ended did she start distancing herself from him and publicly criticizing him, as if she had never had anything to do with him. Later, L — who was in Vegas at the time — called Britney and warned her that the police would be involved if the payment wasn’t made. Meanwhile, Alan and several other pros were right there at the Bike. Alan never left — he stayed the entire time for one purpose: to get his money. He was relentless. In the end, Britney had no choice but to pay up. Start to finish, the whole thing took 36 hours.