A bombshell indictment unsealed today alleging of a high-stakes poker cheating ring involving NBA players has captivated the sports and gambling worlds, but poker pro Matt Berkey may have blown the lid off the scandal two years ago.
Federal officials on Thursday announced that former NBA star and current Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, current Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA guard Damon Jones took part in a multi-year poker cheating ring that saw victims cheated out of at least $7,150,000.
Shortly after news of the indictment, a clip surfaced from an August 2023 episode of the now-defunct Only Friends Podcast where Berkey spoke about alleged cheating in a Los Angeles private game "built around Chauncey Billups" that made its way to Las Vegas around 2019.