{"id":5098,"date":"2022-10-11T11:43:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=5098"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:43:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:43:23","slug":"poker-pro-ian-ohara-accused-of-running-staking-scam-over-six-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/poker-pro-ian-ohara-accused-of-running-staking-scam-over-six-figures","title":{"rendered":"Poker Pro Ian O&#8217;Hara Accused of Running Staking Scam Over Six Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/ian-ohara.jpg\" alt=\"Ian O'Hara\" width=\"300\" title=\"Poker Pro Ian O'Hara Accused of Running Staking Scam Over Six Figures\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/ian-ohara.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/ian-ohara-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ian O\u2019Hara allegedly scammed Kane Kalas and Jonathan Jaffe out of six figures<\/li>\n<li>Kalas recently shared details of the alleged scam in a four-part statement on Twitter<\/li>\n<li>O\u2019Hara admitted to his mistakes and apologized to those he had wronged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Poker player <a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/player.php?a=r&amp;n=230292\">Ian O\u2019Hara<\/a> is a scammer. That\u2019s according to <strong>Kane Kalas<\/strong> who revealed in a lengthy post on Twitter that O\u2019Hara defrauded him and fellow pro <strong>Jonathan Jaffe<\/strong> out of six figures in a staking deal in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>Kalas said he and Jaffe initially agreed not to go public with what happened between them and O\u2019Hara two years ago under certain conditions but O\u2019Hara ended up breaking some of them. Kalas thought the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\">poker<\/a> world deserves to know who O\u2019Hara is and why people should avoid doing business with him especially when huge money is involved.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-the-scam-took-place\">How The Scam Took Place<\/h2>\n<p>Kalas shared that in 2020, O\u2019Hara had asked him for a cash game and tournament stake. Both ultimately <strong>agreed to a 50\/50 staking arrangement<\/strong>, but unbeknownst to Kalas, O\u2019Hara had also entered into a backing deal with Jaffe. <\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">Scammer Alert: Ian O\u2019Hara <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianohara2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ianohara2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AZ1gTby1df\">pic.twitter.com\/AZ1gTby1df<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kane Kalas (@KaneKalas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaneKalas\/status\/1577525124571566080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>Kalas made it clear that O\u2019Hara did not oversell despite having two of them as his backers, but the fact that he did not disclose it to both Kalas and Jaffe was unethical. <\/p>\n<p>After comparing some information O\u2019Hara had sent to each of them as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/blog\/poker-staking-websites-that-will-fix-you-up-for-the-2018-wsop\">staking<\/a> agreement, Kalas and Jaffe eventually found out that O\u2019Hara lied about his wins and losses by submitting conflicting reports. Kalas and Jaffe terminated the staking deal and lost six figures between them. O\u2019Hara admitted to his wrongdoing and promised to return the pair\u2019s money. <\/p>\n<p>Kalas claimed that O\u2019Hara pleaded with them not to expose everything to the public and give him time to fix things. Believing that the player was \u201c<em>genuinely remorseful<\/em>\u201d but worried he might do it again, Kalas and Jaffe agreed to stay silent on the condition that O\u2019Hara makes consistent payments to them until his debts are fully paid off. He must also let the pair know about all transactional business he conducts within poker.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ohara-sold-action-at-poker-masters-but-never-played-at-the-series\">O\u2019Hara Sold Action at Poker Masters But Never Played at the Series<\/h2>\n<p>Things were going well until recently when Kalas and Jaffe learned that O\u2019Hara sold action for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/eelis-parssinen-takes-home-purple-jacket-at-inaugural-poker-masters-online-plo-series\">Poker Masters<\/a> without their prior knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Hara was at it again \u2013 he sold action and sent fake screenshots of receipts. He used photos from the event and claimed he lost. But the truth is, he never really played at the series. Kalas alleged that O\u2019Hara has \u201c<em>selfishly opportunistic tendencies<\/em>\u201d and warned everyone against doing business with him.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, O\u2019Hara replied to Kalas\u2019s Twitter post and apologized to those who have been affected by his decisions. He said will face the consequences of his actions and will strive to do better moving forward.<\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m very sorry to all I have effected with my decisions. I made these choices on my own and I must now face the consequences. I will do everything in my power to rectify the situation as much as possible. I will do better in every aspect of life moving forward. Thank you<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian G. O\u2019Hara (@ianohara2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianohara2\/status\/1577593946699546624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Ian O\u2019Hara allegedly scammed Kane Kalas and Jonathan Jaffe out of six figures Kalas recently shared details of the alleged scam in a four-part statement on Twitter O\u2019Hara admitted to his mistakes and apologized to those he had wronged Poker player Ian O\u2019Hara is a scammer. That\u2019s according to Kane Kalas who revealed in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poker Pro Ian O&#039;Hara Accused of Running Staking Scam Over Six Figures<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Poker player Ian O\u2019Hara is a scammer.. that\u2019s according to Kane Kalas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/poker-pro-ian-ohara-accused-of-running-staking-scam-over-six-figures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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