A Nevada judge said Monday that a lawsuit pitting high-stakes poker player Matt Kirk against Czech casino owner Leon Tsoukernik can proceed.
Per a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the local judge said that the $2 million gambling debt is unenforceable, but Kirk, an Australian, could be entitled to damages if he can prove that Tsoukernik never intended to repay the money.
Kirk reportedly would be entitled to recouping the money if his legal team can show fraudulent inducement and unjust enrichment stemming from the May 27 game at the Aria Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. It is not clear if alcohol was involved.
According to the lawsuit filed in June during of the annual World Series of Poker, Tsoukernik lost $3 mi…
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