Recently, there has been a stir circulating the very popular ‘Two Plus Two (2P2)’ internet forums. Recent online controversy has circled around the online cheating that has gone on around various sites. However, the war of words here, although mostly one sided, came from a post accusing a highly ranked moderator of the forums, ‘Cornell Fiji.’ Allegedly, Steve Ware, the man behind the user name, had been guilty of stealing their money. The first, and the claim that brought up the most attention, was when it was posted on the 2P2 forums. A thread popped up accusing Ware of the unpaid debts, and was quickly deleted. The damage was done, however, and word got out enough to the point where the site had no choice but let it be openly discussed in the ‘news, Views, and Gossip’ section of its forums.

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The first of the claims came from ‘Admo.’ According to ‘Admo,’ Ware had been looking for a way to transfer money online by paying cash. ‘Admo’ quickly accepted, and the two kept in touch. In ‘Admo’s’ words, the deal was set to go down where ‘Admo’ would fly to Vegas and pick up the $30,000 cash while he would transfer money to Ware’s online account on Full Tilt Poker, where he plays under the screen name of TheMatadorKGB. Ware allegedly denied this, however, and decided he would just transfer the money directly into ‘Admo’s bank account, which was fine for both sides, and ‘Admo’ quickly sent the money online. However, he claims the following day went by with no money being deposited into his bank account. Ware fended him off for a day saying he couldn’t make it to the bank, but responded the next day with a text message sent to ‘Admo’ reading ‘well I’m sure you probably guessed what happened…’
Ware, according to ‘Admo,’ admitted to being a degenerate gambler and that he had blown the money at the Bellagio to what has rumored to have been known player ‘Boosted J’ as well as in the sportsbook, although none of that has been confirmed by Ware himself. ‘Admo’ has claimed that Ware has promised to get the money back whether it be by borrowing from friends or family, selling his own property, paying from his upcoming book, or selling stock. However, none of this has yet to happen. Ware’s actions recently have been very questionable. He posted on the 2P2 forums challenging a player known as ‘stelthmunk’ to a minimum of $250,000 heads up match. This has led many to believe that he is really not in as bad of shape as he is leading off, and could repay the money to ‘Admo’ immediately if he wanted. ‘Admo’ did not panic. He waited paitently and even set up a reasonable $2,500 a week payment plan that was agreed to by Ware. However, the first deadline came and went, leaving ‘Admo’ once again with no money that he was promised.
In order to regain the money, ‘Admo’ has threated legal action. He has apparently had experience with this, and has been reimbursed through legal action. He has openly invited anyone who feels they are owed money by Ware to step up and join him in his legal battle. Even a website under the address of www.stevenwareisathief.com has been opened up, threatening jail time to the alleged thief. Ware has yet to make any sort of public comment on the matter. In fact, many posters on the forum are very upset because many posts about the matter are being deleted by Ware. He has even gone back and deleted his own posts to cover up any belief that he may have the money to pay back the debt. In an updated post posted on Thursday, new claims have come out accusing Ware of losing the money in big cash games at Bobby’s Room in the Bellagio as well as that casinos sportsbook. Ware has also asked that posts about him be taken down due to the damage that could be done to him personally. Ware has also now claimed that due to the circumstances forced on him by the debacle going public, that he now is unable to pay his debt to ‘Admo.’
The saga doesn’t end there. In the post on 2P2, ‘Admo’ revealed two others who had claimed they were also owed money in some way by Ware. ‘JP OSU’ claims that he was left ousted of $12,000 in a staking agreement gone wrong. Also, ‘aufzuckerter’ claims that he has been scammed out of $1850 in a debacle that involved a World Series of Poker ticket transfer. Steve ‘Cornell Fiji’ Ware has been silent, although everyone knows what seems to be going on with these accusations. Will he pay the money back? That remains to be seen. What we do know, however, is that this ongoing story can’t be pleasing those in charge over at Two Plus Two.

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