As I understand it, the case against Mike Postle was dismissed, because courts in California basically will not get involved in gambling disputes. From what I have heard, they have also dismissed a case, where someone complained, that a casino failed to pay out a bad beat jackpot as promised. So in no shape, way or form does this mean, that Mike Postle has been "cleared".
And with this counter lawsuit things are a bit different. I dont know US laws, but it would surprice me, if they are that much different from laws in other western countries, which I know better. And go get someone judged for infamation, or whatever the correct english term is, Postle need to prove, that they said something, which is obviously untrue, and that they had no good reason to beleive, it was true.
For instance calling someone a child molester is not infamation, if he actually molested a child. Or even if you had good reasons to beleive, that he molested a child. We do after all have freedom of speach in most of the western world, and I have heard, that this also apply to the US.
So realistically Postle and his lawyers are doing this as some kind of blackmail. They are hoping for a settlement, because a settlement might be cheaper for the people now dragged to court than endless lawyer fees. Which in my country the losing part would usually have to pay, but maybe not in the US?
For us as poker players however this counter lawsuit is actually kind of good news, since a court will now actually be forced to look at the evidence collected by the poker community and perhaps say something about it. And at the end of the day anyone with a minimum of understanding of poker know, that Mike Postle was cheating. So its a nobrainer to never play with the guy again, which is already a severe punishment for him.
And since Stones Gambling Hall have failed to separate themselfes from either Postle or JFK, I seriously also dont understand, why anyone is still playing poker there. This is like saying, you dont care about being totally f....., and if poker players have that mentality, then frankly nothing can be done to protect them.
