SHOCKING POKER SCANDAL: The $15,000,000 Ghost
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2023
- This case is unbelievable. Ryusuke was one of the friendliest players on Hustler Casino Live. Fans loved to watch him play poker and his fellow players always enjoyed his company. He was even one of the biggest winners on the show. But suddenly, in October of 2022, everything changed. Owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in LA, and allegedly millions abroad, he vanished without a trace.
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@@TheDogGoesWoof69 fuck the trans movement
I enjoyed it Doug. I am gonna hit the thumbs up to express my enjoyment.
Great stuff man, you do serious well
Honestly this sucks I liked ryuske on that stream seemed so genuine . Good poker face
Apparently
Sounds like these players were involved in some......RYUSUKE BUSINESS!
😂 nice one!
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Yea jus casually giving someone they barely know 6 figures
Not just a Poker Channel, but also a SOUND ADVICE/ LIFE HACK channel excellent job Dougie!
Good job on covering this Doug!
very happy you are vlogging more and more involved in poker, its great for the game, thank you, Doug
Slightly off topic, but I just wanted to say it's nice to read messages like yours..It's positive, heartfelt, direct and most importantly, sincere. Much respect 😎😊 it's also messages like yours that restores my faith in humanity.
I'm 42... been around the gambling scene (very active) for 27 years... The one thing I learned about loaning money is... The nicer somebody ASKS for money the least likely they will pay... and something more concrete- If somebody asks you for a loan, honestly ask yourself "Why is he asking ME?" Usually because he has NO Credit with his friends/family.
Same same.. Been around since the mid 90's. ;)
Ok its way different there, those are hundreds of thousands and his old town friends or family likely dont have that kind of money thats why he had to hustle it out of dumb multimillionaires xd
Great Point.👍
I have one friend who plays 2/5 a lot, I've spotted buy ins for him for years. I know he isn't a deadbeat, as he will call me as soon as he triples up to pay me back. But he is an aggressive action player who loses big time also...so I just try to avoid giving him anything now
@@mrcv1999Yeah, I know it goes on but fuck... these guys' put all the thought and GTO into calling $50k or raising $100k... yet they get cooked for $200k on a handshake loan to a gambler? I understand Matusow, Hellmuth, Ivey, Negreanu, Tony G, Dwan, Patrick etc... guys that have cred and minimal pit appearances... but shit, but to blindly loan $100k and not get a penny after two weeks would be enough for me to start asking more and more questions
4:47 Doug meant to yell "That's how we do it at the Lodge!!" but remembered mid-sentence he was on Hustler 😂 "That's how we do it at the Llllllllllgghhhghghh" 😂 😂
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Lmaooooo
That shiv is funny 😅
Funny. He is a fool.
Now we all know why he was always laughing and smiling. Win or lose.
Laughing all the way to the bank.
Well said. Why worry when it’s not your money.
Ya he knew he was coming out way in the green in the end
I wish Chino Reems would start playing on HCL, him and Nik would get along.
@@mox542 He should be worried even more and he probably was, because he isn't rich as it seemed. For him to make a few buy ins at those games would mean life changing money. There is a reason why he plays 5/5, not because he loves the game so much 😂. He is probably just a degenerate gambler, who thinks he can win and pay back, but always loses like most people.
you make good content, Doug, and 10-15 minutes per day is the perfect amount of Daily Doug
The lesson was legendary Doug. Thanks for sharing
Absolutely best videos are from you, Doug Polk.... thank you and please keep them coming.... God bless you and your family brother...Happy Easter!!
Excellent content again. I’ve been wanting to hear more about what happen to that guy.
I appreciate your take on this issue and love what you had to say because it relates to life in general.
"The way we act and treat others both on and off the table is a reflection of who we are a a person"
Thank you Sir...
Much respect to you
Fabulous advice, Doug ❤
Thanks Polk! Keep up the great content.
Very good video! Sad to hear about Ryusuke. He genuinely was one of the fun guys to follow on the HCL streams. So positive and happy. Yeah its always best to not lend money to people you don't know well. Amongst friends, I'd rather give money I can afford to someone who needed it than lend someone a sum of money that is beyond what I can give. So I really try to stay clear of lending money to people, unless its someone really close who really, really needs it.
My dad always said there are two sure ways to lose a friend: one to borrow,, the other to lend
That’s how all scammers are friendly lol I don’t even trust my shadow
Who give a F if he smiled a lot if he was stealing peoples money. You guys are like, "he may have raped my daughter, but he had a really nice smile during he rape, so it is hard to even be angry."
can I have money
@@brandendierker5873 me and my friend borrowed money to each other for years but i get your point
Doug you really are FKN hilarious and fantastic bro we appreciate your content greatly. Thank you.Andrew
If he owes $15m in Japan, there's also a chance he's permanently radio silent.
I thought the same thing. He's likely in serious danger if he owes that much in Japan
@@nickmr33 Maybe Yakuza took "care" of him. But who knows?
@@calinmarian98 Yakuza is a club of old men with no teeth
I do wonder though, could it be 15 million yen?
@@Realnamenogimmicksdudewatch ur mouth lil kid
Great advice Doug. Been scammed on loans multiple times. Easier to just not do it, but had to learn the hard way myself.
I had a poker friend/acquaintance ask me to cash his check when the cage at the casino wouldn’t do it for some reason. He promised me it was good, blah, blah, but I politely declined. Another guy ended up doing it and of course I heard a week later that it bounced 😂
Smart guy! Now why are these players giving this guy 6 figures and they don’t even know him lol
@@iamhorcruxer because they are working their own angle. It is always easiest to scam scammers.
@@ILmachiner hahaha imagine , Vying for the award for most DuhJennUrit
Don't buy beer for someone offering you money either.....lol
Doug, thanks a lot for sharing this very interesting episode. Putting all of the money he owes in the U.S. aside, there’s no way he could owe various people $15M in Japan without some hefty amount from underground people with outrageous accrued interests. Being a Japanese myself, I watched Masato Yokosawa’s RUclips channel about a year ago confessing he’d owed over $2.5M to many including underground outlaws. He even confessed it in tears. Of course, Ryusuke could have been born into a wealthy family, so people lent him that much amount. Hypothetically if his $15M story was true, there’s no way he could return home unless he’s ready to be buried. Being a Japanese national, I can tell you that for sure after living over 60 years.
His crypto-scheme in Japan is pretty well known.
Of course he is not coming back to Japan, he is most likely going to flee to a country out of US law reach like Phillipins or Latino America, etc.
It could be 15M yen (about U$120k).
I was thinking that pretty much anywhere in the world, if you got 15 million in loans to gamble with.......you probably have some money that belongs to people who will get their money back, or their pound of flesh from your ass.
Agreed. If it is a truth, it will be on national wide news in Japan. So I wanna wait to hear that news in Japan.
i was just talking about Ryusuke last night and how i missed him! Always was good vibes
Been waiting for this ... watching as I'm typing & good lord Doug, what's with the Legends of the Fall score? 🤣😂
Doug Polk is the definition of some who doesn’t mind his own business.
It is extremely important to start outing these people. In fact it should be done right away instead of waiting. If people know they will be outed right away the chances of them scamming people are less. It also prevents them from scamming multiple people when it becomes public. Other players deserve to know.
I agree that these people should be outed more publicly, but you have to remember the creditors position. When they put someone on blast like that the chances of getting paid diminish even more
Some very important life lessons, I think maybe the best video you have ever posted!
Just found this channel, I'm hooked
Ryuske took those boys money with a legendary smile.
poker hustler 101..
what berkey is dreaming of doing Ruyske did it with cpl of smiles . Now that earns him a big RESPECT
Damn only watched the intro but Ryuske was one of my favorite players. So sad.
Wise words Doug, this applies to all walks of life. I have many friends, but can count on one hand the amount of people I trust my money with.
thats rough.....thanks for the video......words of wisdom there.....when lending as with gambling.....only give what you are willing to lose
Glad to see Doug making content. He is the best poker content creator and it's not even close.
He was really close with Wesley as well. He crashed at his place for a couple of weeks before he supposedly said he was heading back to Japan. He most likely owes 15 million yen which is equivalent to 113k USD.
Keep up the contant Doug!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Love your honesty Doug..
One of the nicest guys in the game, I can't believe it!
Most scammers have that persona 😬
Saw him in December playing at Hard rock Hollywood Florida
Thanks for another video!
Props to the cinematic music at the end, I didn’t know if I was listening to a poker Vlog, or watching field of dreams
I was playing a 10-20 game years ago almost daily with the same cast of rotating guys. One day a player was stuck that I regularly played with and seemed like a good guy. He said can I borrow 3k I’m at my card limits for today, I’ll toss it to you tomorrow. He left out the fact he was moving out of the country the next day. Never saw that 3k again. Learned my lesson.
sucks
Think of it as getting bluffed lol
there is a special place in hell for this guy. Seriously!
A dishonest poker player? Say it ain't so! No but seriously I feel for you, what a fucking snake
Doug is killing it on the tube. So many posts in a row
Hey Doug.... Loved the video just just wanted to know if you forgot about that 20 bucks I lent you back in the day to pay for your drink order at the 5-10 Bellagio game we were at😯🙈😜
Appreciate this video a lot
Rule #1: Don’t trust anyone when it comes to gambling
The fact that he is a scammer has been a bit of a rumor in Japan since he started participating in casino tournaments. The rumor that he was a scammer started because when he first started participating in casino tournaments, he was only known in Japan as Ryusuke, and he did not disclose his real name at that time. However, his real name, ''Ryusuke Daifuku'', was mentioned in Japan as one of the members of a group that committed virtual currency fraud for a company called PGA.
This became a hot topic in the online poker community. However, it did not make much of a splash because the online poker community in Japan is an underground poker community and many prominent Japanese poker players enjoyed talking with him.
This scam is really embarrassing for the same Japanese people and poker players, and we hope that those who were scammed will get their money back as soon as possible.
We are truly sorry.
Not your fault , thank you for your comment though.
This needs to be pinned
His actions do not reflect on Japan as a whole. They only reflect on him as an individual.
I suppose HCL should have a copy of his passport. Don't they at least get ID for tax purpose?
@@fredpzhang they likely do. But won’t/can’t share the info without some sort of official request (think warrant or subpoena, etc).
They won’t be able to release the info for supposed personal debts. I say supposed because that’s what it would “officially” be to the casino and such.
This is another major risk with these loans. Especially if there is no contract written.
Courts will consider it personal gambling debts and rarely do anything.
Doug what wax or gel are you using? Your hair looks so good lately.
When Nick said “he owes me half a million dollars…he is gone”, does it mean he is under cement for good? 😆
The old school poker books tell you that loaning money is bad for your poker career in most situations.
The bluff is even more impressive knowing now he wasn’t gonna pay the money back 😂
Hahahah
That's what they get by being so free willing with loaning out money. Sometimes when a person busts that table they just go to another player and ask for a loan and they do it straight up right there on the spot and then we never hear anything else about it for good. this time though...we are hearing a lot about it.
If they at least made a contract legal binding to protect their vulnerable self it would have been smart. What's the saying too much money for your own good. Yeah the lot of them have this issue. I don't think they really care because of how rich they are anyway which is insane but truthful. But it's wild to get scammed for so much. People get scammed every day but these types of amounts are next level. People are just like that though they could careless as long as they can keep playing so be careful ❤ never loan out large sums like are you insane 😂😂😂
Production on these newer videos are top notch. Reminds me a lot of @Coffeezilla Nice work!
Crazy because he was actually one of my top 5 players on HCL...
whats the opening background score called? its amazing....
Nik Airball: let’s not talk about him
Then tells the whole story 🤔
Good vid Doug anyway!
Scammers are always nice, that’s why they manage to scam people.
You never loan money to someone you don’t like.
Imagine taking anything Nik Airball says at face value.
Great advice Mr Polk I learned the hard way about trusting people that you thought you knew in the world of gambling
Thanks dough polk for sharing valuable lesson 😊
Loaning money even to friends has generally worked out badly for me . not from a business sense but because even when I got paid back the friendship suffered and sometimes was destroyed. At this point if I can't give the money away with no expectation of seeing it again I won't do it.
gambling will definitely destroy people. it's a thin line with poker. totally can make a living with it but the gambler inside you may destroy you.
Excellent work Polk!
do you teach about quads v boat being good at upswing poker??
wow.. he was so nice the few times i met him, such a shame :/
Mariano lend 200k to rampage. Friendship between mariano and rampage. How much did/or can u owe to mariano or rampagw? According to Doug, they have to learn lessons. Tell them Do not loan money each other. Bang❤
If poker players borrowing money to finance their bankroll, never lend the money. It might be gone in one night 😅 some will just borrow 200k and play in a 100k buy in game, hoping for a big comeback and when they lose all then they’ll borrow from another guy.
just never borrow money you are not a bank xD. when someone asks me for money i tell them my local bank has good loans and if they want unnoficiall money they can go to mobsters who work with borrwing money to gamblers(they can get it back 100%)@@Ohtani9999
Just do the frog skip, keep jumping to the next guy to pay off the other guy@@Ohtani9999
Wow, this is the perfect example of "don't judge a book by its cover".
A lot of scammers try to perceive that persona 😬
I love your humor man 👍💯
At first glance I thought it was Rampage poker that you were talking about lol
This is literally heartbreaking. RYU was so dam fun to watch. He was always smiling and just enjoying life
If this is “literally heartbreaking” you need to take a step back lmao, way too invested in people that you watch play poker lol
haa you're heartbroken?
He was enjoying life cause he was playing for free and robbing people under their noses lol
@@InsaneTrickShots He was not just at work?
Dylan Mulvaney says hi Bud Man! 😅
No matter how rich you are, you gotta know someone pretty dang well to loan them $160k. Like friends for a really long time or they have something to put up for collateral.
great video Doug!
Any updates? I thought I saw him on hustler again recently
Yeah me too. Was that him?
Out of alllll the people I wouldn’t mind never seeing on stream again.. not himmmmm! But definitely makes sense why he was always Smiles and laughter even after he lost his ass. It was never his loss!!
Shame. Ryuske was such a great personality
he still is, people have done much worse than steal money from nik airball and were forgiven, some even gave bad financial advise for a payment are still around
We should set up a Go Fund Me for Ryuske and help him! He was such a nice guy.
@@jeremyrogers6179 Very good idea, we need to make sure to write in our terms and conditions that the raised funds can't be used to pay off already existing creditors tough, just to be safe
@Alexander Ryuske needs our help, where's your compassion?
@@Realnamenogimmicksdude you think ? 🤣 He aint got those sort of gutts n talent not a chance :)) he take of his dick selfie daily after every poker game to his wife
great vid thanks from the UK :)
Great video Doug
Scamming of life changing money from poker geeks, and getting away with it. A true legend.
not yet. every dog gets their day
@@nathanhouterman3440 bro is enjoying life in some obscure country right now, aint no way
how is that even legal ??
Nick Vitucci scam millions from people in his real estate Seminars funny how no one wants to talk about that!!
he is an absolute hero
The bottom line is never, under any circumstances, loan anyone anything that you're not willing to just give them outright.
I remember Wesley was saying Ryuske was staying at his place 🤦🏻♂️
I remember a comment made by Gabe Kapler during that Booth/Ivey hand. He said that Booth was making that play for the future, not actually caring about that specific hand. If he got Doug for money, that certainly applies.
Why would anyone lend money to a "friend" on the poker table? I know a bunch of people and share laughters on the poker table but NEVER have i consider them as "Friends". Not only that, I only lend money to people who I feel I have responsibility to, and most friends I don't hold any responsibility with them. So...yeah, sucks to learn it the hard way.
Also, IDK why when Doug said Nik lost money, I giggled XD
You never seen HCL where someone busts out and immediately asks someone on their right and say can you spot me?
I heard mikki loaned him 2 billion dollars
Epic song on the intro!🙂
doug been snapping recently keep goin
How, precisely, do you run up a $15 million dollar no limit tab?? DGAF and Tuchman couldn’t stop gushing about Ryuske every time he was on stream.
Blows my mind a guy like this cant even scrape together $10,000, how the hell does he build up enough trust/credit to burn people for over 15 million?
Crypto-scheme in Japan.
Bernie Madoff........
A good scammer can find a way to make you feel like you are getting a great deal. History is littered with the emptied bank vaults of people who were scammed.
ponzi schemed his way to 15 mil, probably
I agree. And my guess would be that loaning unknown, foreign poker players money is probably at the bottom of every financial planner's list of good financial ideas. Nick Airball lol. That's too funny thanks for sharing!
never lend money give it....if it comes back its a bonus
He deserves what ever happens to him. I'm still pissed about people who owe me $50 from 15 years ago.
I wanna hear more about that offstream $800k Quads vs Full House hand DOUG!!
New subscriber from Ireland, best wishes and God Bless Doug……you’ll always be welcome over anytime in the Emerald Isle for a latta Guinness and Whiskey 👍 ☘️ 🍺 🥃 ♣️ ps I’m telling all my friends and family in Belfast about your channel too, great entertainment 😃
Who knew all we needed was Doug to have a baby for him to start posting more content
Hey it was because he too busy MAKING the baby, he couldnt make content. He was making a live content instead
Gotta pay for those diapers. They ain't cheap. I got two babies and their poops are putting me in the poor house
Who is dumb enough to lend huge piles of your own money to someone you didn't grow up with and know the whole family for decades?
Nik airball
Everyone in the high stakes community, mainly because it can get difficult to move money around otherwise, and the games would suffer.
Successful people with high net worths that understand the value of networking. Nothing @timmpy34 needs to concern himself with.
Yea I don’t get it. Either poker players don’t know how to manage bank rolls. Or are not as rich as they seem. Why are so many high rollers lending and backing other players. If your good at the game yourself is the best bet. I don’t get it
Nailed it! I wouldn't loan a stranger 10 bucks
is his name was daifuku or something? because he also appear at NGNL?
I m at the point to clic the like button before watching the video. Great work 👍
Easily my favorite player on HCL, Ryu disappears and Hairball is on most streams, life is unfair sometimes
Doug is a cool dude he came by the casino in Rhode Island last week and showed the locals a lot of love.
Ryuke never tilt play smooth and smile ...i love it
lol imagine people lending you a total of over $15 million dollars, the high stakes/asian poker scene is crazy.
Ryusuke is the japanese Cyril mouly
Wow, he seemed like such a friendly sweet guy too.
A lot of scammers have that persona lol 😬
How was he never seen again? I just saw a video of Rampage playing CG with Ryusuke.
Hope he doesn't owe money to the wrong people or he may actually become the $15 million ghost shortly.
This sucks and I feel bad for all the good people that loaned this guy. He was one of my favorite hustler players too. Sad. I hope he digs out and pays everyone back. Maybe we see him at the wsop and he scores and pays some ppl back. ❤
he would be absolutely dumb to show up on a live streamed high profile event lmao. that's the last thing you want to do if you are trying to avoid people.
@@scrubfive9239 The original comment does say if he pays everyone back it would be refreshing to seem him at the WSOP. Obviously not if he is not going to pay them back.
@@IAmTheRealUsopperGoddamnit He said maybe he plays the WSOP and scores so he can pay people back lol
@@scrubfive9239 Oh yeah mb bro. That would be crazy LOL
He is digging out now. He was spotted playing 5/5 $500/ max buy-in. He is on a roll, he is up 4 buy-ins, so now only has $14,998,000 left to win to get everyone paid back. He asked everyone to remain patient and to show he is a stand-up guy he sent a $50 token payment to his backers in good faith.