{"id":13847,"date":"2018-09-14T15:12:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T15:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=13847"},"modified":"2018-09-14T15:33:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T15:33:12","slug":"pokerstars-wants-gordon-vayo-vpn-lawsuit-thrown-out-of-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pokerstars-wants-gordon-vayo-vpn-lawsuit-thrown-out-of-california\/","title":{"rendered":"PokerStars Wants Gordon Vayo VPN Lawsuit Thrown Out Of California"},"content":{"rendered":"

PokerStars<\/strong> is asking a California judge to throw out a lawsuit against it filed by 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Gordon Vayo<\/strong>, because it believes the Golden State isn\u2019t the right place for it.<\/p>\n

A motion to dismiss Vayo\u2019s suit was scheduled to be heard Sept. 25 in front of US District Court Central District of California Western Division Judge Frederick Mumm<\/strong>. However, it has now been moved to Nov. 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vayo earned more than $4.6 million finishing second to 2016 WSOP Main Event Champion Qui Nguyen<\/strong>. He claims PokerStars refused to pay him almost $700,000 he won in a Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP)<\/strong> event last year.<\/p>\n

Was Vayo in Canada?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Vayo filed the lawsuit this past May alleging the site falsely accused him of breaching its terms of service by surreptitiously playing the event from inside the United States. Vayo claims to have been in Canada throughout the May 2017 tournament.<\/p>\n

However, PokerStars claims Vayo was connected to the internet through a mobile device in Los Angeles using a Canadian mobile internet provider to make it look like he was in Canada.<\/p>\n

Vayo has admitted to using a virtual private network (VPN)<\/strong> to access video streaming services while in Canada as an explanation for why PokerStars may have red flagged his account in the first place.<\/p>\n

However, Vayo\u2019s lawyers also allege PokerStars froze his account and spent nearly a year harassing him. All under the guise\u00a0that it was investigating his whereabouts during the tournament.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit claims PokerStars pried into every aspect of Vayo\u2019s record and demanded he produce detailed retroactive proof of his location. Plus, the site even opened investigations into his friends\u2019 accounts.<\/p>\n

Vayo claims he submitted the evidence he was in Canada that PokerStars asked for. However, they essentially turned around and said it wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

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