Bryn Kenney sues GGPoker parent over unpaid commissions and cheating claims

Bryn Kenney, a former ambassador for GGPoker, is suing the operator's parent company, alleging breach of contract and fraud over unpaid commissions, a promised 5% ownership stake and claims about cheating on the platform, according to a Next.io report. The lawsuit names NSUS Group, NSUS Limited, chief executive Mansoo Kim and one other defendant. The case is at an early stage.

The complaint states that the two sides entered into their partnership in March 2018, the point at which Kenney put his name to an endorsement agreement with NSUS Limited. Per the filing, Kim subsequently that year proposed giving Kenney a 5% equity stake in the business alongside affiliate commissions. Kenney maintains that this ownership interest was never formally recognized, and he says the promised stake did not reach him when NSUS Group bought the World Series of Poker brand from Caesars Entertainment in 2024 for $500 million.

Commission revenue that had stood at $5 million in 2019 fell sharply, according to Kenney. The suit alleges that Kim altered the terms and payments on Kenney's player network, and that users were taken out of his affiliate network, which brought unauthorized deductions and smaller commissions. GGPoker is further accused in the filing of pushing agents in his recruitment network to move their accounts straight to the operator. Kenney puts the resulting drop in his annual commission at over $3 million and is seeking compensation for the unpaid sums.

The filing further challenges how GGPoker polices cheating. Kenney says he was given assurances of strong safeguards, yet he later came to believe abuse was widespread, and he accuses Kim of attempting to place the blame for cheating on him. GGPoker, for its part, insists that honest play is at the heart of how it operates. Under its Olive Branch Initiative, introduced in 2025, certain banned players can return to the platform.

After leaving GGPoker's ambassador program in 2020, Kenney went on to found 4poker, a separate poker business aimed at Latin American markets. As the report notes, how the lawsuit ends will hinge on Kenney's ability to show that Kim and the other defendants acted deliberately against him.