{"id":3519,"date":"2019-02-12T09:17:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T09:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=3519"},"modified":"2019-02-12T09:17:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T09:17:01","slug":"joseph-stiers-reaches-settlement-with-caesars-over-wsop-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/joseph-stiers-reaches-settlement-with-caesars-over-wsop-fallout","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Stiers Settles With Caesars Over WSOP Fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"
Poker pro Joe Stiers<\/a> has put an end to his long-standing battle with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) which ran for more than two years.<\/p>\n Stiers was playing at the $10,000 buy-in WSOP Main Event in 2017<\/em> when he was kicked out from the game, despite holding a sizeable chip stack, after it was revealed that the he was using a pseudonym. <\/p>\n During that time, the poker player was subject to a ban from Caesars properties nationwide, and therefore he was trespassing at the WSOP tournament which was held at the Caesars-owned Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino<\/a>. <\/p>\n The ban was put in place in 2015 when Stiers was caught card counting at the blackjack tables at the Caesars-owned Horseshoe Casino Baltimore<\/strong>. Despite the ban, the player still managed to get into the WSOP in subsequent years by playing under a pseudonym. In 2016, he entered the WSOP Main Event as \u201cJoseph Conorstiers<\/em>\u201d, and finished 640th, walking away with around $18,000. However his ruse did not work and he was caught during the 2017 edition.<\/p>\n During 2017 WSOP Main Event, he apparently had a massive stack worth $150,000 but was suddenly pulled up and sent out. He did not receive any refund for his stack of chips. Stiers went back to his normal life, pursuing a degree in law while continuing to battle Caesars. The poker pro said he was left with close to nothing after the embarrassing event. <\/p>\nBattling the Giant<\/h2>\n