Bryn Kenney Sues GGPoker's Owners Over Commissions and an Alleged 5% Equity Promise

The high-stakes professional alleges GGPoker's chief executive promised him a 5% stake and commissions in 2018, then cut his pay and blamed him for cheating on the site. The claims are untested, the CEO has moved to dismiss, and Kenney amended his complaint on the day his reply was due.

• Poker professional Bryn Kenney is suing GGPoker chief executive Mansoo Kim, NSUS Group Inc. and NSUS Limited in federal court in Nevada over unpaid commissions and a 5% equity stake he says he was promised in 2018
• Kenney filed in Clark County on 2 July 2026; Kim removed the case to federal court and has moved to dismiss, with a hearing set for 12 November, court records show
• Kenney filed an amended complaint with a jury demand on 14 October, the day his response to that motion was due, dropping a Nevada company from the defendants
• The complaint alleges Kenney earned about $5 million in commissions in 2019 before his pay was cut, and that he paid players $1 million of his own when Kim failed to pay $6 million in winnings, according to Casino.org
• None of the claims has been tested, Kim's motion is not public and neither GGPoker nor NSUS has commented; NSUS was recently an intervener in Canada's Supreme Court case on Ontario's player pooling

A Former GGPoker Ambassador Says the Company He Helped Build Owes Him Tens of Millions

Bryn Kenney, a high-stakes tournament professional and former GGPoker ambassador, filed suit on 2 July 2026 in the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County, Nevada, case A-26-950483-C. The original defendants were Michael Kim, NSUS Group Inc., a Canadian corporation, NSUS Limited, an Irish private limited company, and Global Gaming & Hospitality LLC, a Nevada company, according to court filings. Kim's lawyers at Greenberg Traurig describe their client as "Mansoo Kim, erroneously sued as Michael Kim".

Kim was served in Nevada on 3 August and removed the case on 25 August to the US District Court for the District of Nevada, where it is Kenney v. Kim, 2:26-cv-02704, before Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey. He filed a 12-page motion to dismiss on 23 September, and the hearing was moved to 12 November after Kenney changed counsel and asked for more time.

On 14 October, the day his response was due, Kenney filed a first amended complaint with a jury demand instead, naming Kim, NSUS Group and NSUS Limited. The docket records it as removing parties, and Global Gaming & Hospitality is no longer named. The amended complaint is not in the public RECAP archive, so the account of it below rests on reports by Casino.org and NEXT.io.

What the Complaint Alleges

Kenney signed an endorsement agreement with NSUS Limited in March 2018, and Kim proposed that August to add a 5% equity stake and commissions on players Kenney recruited, according to NEXT.io. Casino.org reports that the complaint describes the equity promise as an oral agreement, and that Kenney says he built GGPoker's high-roller tournaments and recruited thousands of players and agents.

The complaint says Kenney received about $5 million in commissions in 2019, after which Kim allegedly cut his pay by removing recruited players from the tracking system, making unauthorised deductions, reducing the rate and approaching his agents directly. Kenney claims his annual commissions had fallen by more than $3 million by 2025 against his first year, and that he is owed tens of millions of dollars.

He also claims the stake was never transferred and went unrecognised when NSUS Group bought the World Series of Poker brand from Caesars Entertainment. That deal, announced in August 2024, was worth $500 million, The Nevada Independent reported. Kenney values the missing stake at tens of millions of dollars, according to Casino.org.

The complaint alleges Kim assured Kenney the site had robust anti-cheating protection, knew of cheating and failed to act, and later told players the problems occurred in games Kenney managed, Casino.org reports. Kenney says he guaranteed the winnings of players he brought to the site and paid $1 million of his own when Kim failed to pay the full $6 million owed. The complaint also alleges Kim targeted American players, including Nevada residents, and let those paying in cryptocurrency reach GGPoker without a VPN.

The claims include breach of contract and fraudulent inducement; Kenney seeks damages, punitive damages and access to company records. "In the world of poker, deceit, misdirection, and misstatement are fair game. In the world of commerce, they are illegal," the complaint says, as quoted by NEXT.io.

Kim's grounds for dismissal are not public. Neither GGPoker nor NSUS had published a statement that iGaming Times could find, and none of the allegations has been proven.

The Amended Complaint Moves the Fight Before It Has Started

Federal procedure lets a plaintiff amend once as of right within 21 days of being served with a motion to dismiss, and 14 October was the 21st day after Kim's. An amended complaint ordinarily replaces the original, which may leave Kim's motion aimed at a pleading that no longer exists, although the docket showed no change to the 12 November hearing by 15 October. The Nevada allegations also do procedural work: a Nevada court needs a Nevada connection to hear claims against a Toronto-based group and an Irish company, and a chief executive targeting players in the state speaks to that directly.

The Equity Claim Is Worth the Most and Will Be the Hardest to Prove

Commissions leave a payment record, which is why Kenney wants the books opened. The equity claim rests, on Casino.org's account, on an oral promise made eight years ago beside a written endorsement agreement, and its value has grown with a group that could pay $500 million for the WSOP brand. Courts are wary of turning conversations into shareholdings. Until documents are produced, "tens of millions" is a claim about what a promise was worth, not evidence that one was made.

The Cheating Allegations Reach GGPoker's Reputation, Not Just Its Books

Online poker sells trust in the game, and an allegation that the chief executive knew of cheating and pointed players at Kenney goes to that directly, whatever happens to the contract claims. It lands while the industry is still dealing with malware in two poker tools that exposed high-stakes players' hole cards. The US and crypto access claims, if they survive, would interest regulators in a company that licenses WSOP online poker to Caesars in Nevada and intervened in Canada's Supreme Court case on cross-border liquidity this month. For now they are one side's pleading.

Kenney has put a pay dispute, a cheating allegation and a question about US access into one complaint against GGPoker's owners. The 12 November hearing will show whether a Nevada court is where any of it gets tested.