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As the Jose “Girah” Macedo scandal approaches its second week of life on the 2+2 poker forum, Lock Poker has issued their first official statement on the matter, and it appears things are about to get even worse for Macedo, and possibly Daniel Cates and Haseeb Qureshi as well. According to Lock Poker Cardroom Manager Eric Lynch, the site will be pursuing legal actions against Macedo, which could bring even more evidence to light in a scandal that has been full of twists and turns.

Here is the official statement from Lock Poker given by Lynch on 2+2:

“Lock is currently pursuing legal action against Jose so we are unable to make a substantial comment at this time. We do realize that ongoing silence can lead to people jumping to conclusions. What happened goes against the very core of our player based philosophy and we intend on exercising our legal rights in the most severe degree. We will keep you updated as things progress”

While the statement was meant with immediate skepticism on 2+2 –this was after all from the News, Views, and Gossip forum, better known as NVG—Lynch made up a follow-up post in an effort to explain the reason behind Lock’s actions. Here is an excerpt from that post:

I was VERY clear with Lock before we released this statement that it was a bad idea unless we were actually committed to pursuing legal action, otherwise it would just look like an attempt to avoid commenting.

With access to Macedo’s complete Hand History logs, as well as his deposit, withdrawal, and transfer history, Lock Poker is most likely filling in the gaps of the story and trying to determine of the scandal goes even deeper than what has been revealed already –which has been quite a bit! Stay tuned as this story continues to unfold.