There was a hearing on the issues I described in my last post yesterday and the judge ruled that the money was to remain frozen. He clearly doesn’t believe Gold’s claims. He suggested that Gold was likely to abscond with the loot if he got his hands on it and he stated that Leyser was likely to prevail when the trial was held. This is a slam-dunk victory for Leyser.
If Gold has any sense, he will try to settle this quickly so that he can save face in the poker world just a little.
Here is a typical wire service story on the decision.
I’ll end with a highly amusing quote from the Leyser court file:
In order to believe the Defendant’s version of events, which is unsupported and is merely a self-serving statement of the Defendant, the Court would have to believe that on August 11, 2006, after being guarenteed at least $1,200,000 in the World Series of Poker Main Event, the Defendant contacted Crispin Leyser, who he had known for one month and who had been repeatedly harassing him during the poker tournament, to confirm his “promise” to Crispin that he would receive half of Defendant’s winnings, and that the Defendant did all of this because he felt sorry for Crispin.
Well, when you put it that way…
