Poker Player Quits Job After $60k Win - Bank Refuses to Pay Him

Pete - Thursday, April 23, 2015, Written by- Thursday, April 23, 2015, Online poker

Unfortunate Italian poker player "RuiDeck" had the score of his life after pocketing $60,000 for his third placed finish in PokerStars recent Micromillions Main Event only to be refused the cash by his bank as he tried to withdraw his hard-fought winnings.

The 29 year-old Italian told ItaliaPokerClub that he only had $11 in his account at thet time of the win, and only got into the $22 $1m guaranteed event via a 10FPP satellite. RuiDeck, who worked as a waiter in Dresden, Germany at the time of the win decided that he would use his new found wealth to give up his waiting job and have a stab at playing poker for a living.

However, things took a turn for the worse when the 29 year old Sicilian tried to get his money as he found himself firstly delayed by European money laundering precautions (Euro banks often impose strict restrictions on large withdrawals to combat laundering) and was told he would have to wait a week to withdraw more than €10,000, and then, more worryingly, was told that he could not have the money at all as poker was illegal in the federal district of Saxony in which he lives.

Despite PokerStars confirming his legitimate win, and offering to write a letter of explanation to his bank, the now unemployed "RuiDeck" is currently unable to access the life-changing funds and is considering legal action.

HSDB would like to wish RuiDeck the best of luck and we hope he's back at the tables soon with a nice, fat bankroll.