Bryn Kenney is suing NSUS Group, the owner of GGPoker, in a case now before a federal court in Nevada over a 5% stake in the business he says he was promised in 2018 and commissions he says were cut by more than $3 million a year.

The complaint names NSUS Group, NSUS Limited, chief executive Michael Kim (Mansoo Kim in some reports) and a fourth defendant, and alleges breach of contract and fraud. It was filed in Nevada state court in July 2026 and moved to federal court on 25 August.

Kenney, the all-time live tournament money leader with more than $90 million in tracked live cashes, signed with GGPoker in March 2018 and left its ambassador programme in 2020. He is asking for damages and an accounting, which would put the commission records in front of the court.

Kim filed a motion to dismiss on 23 September, and a federal judge in Nevada hears it on 12 November 2026. No statement from GGPoker or NSUS had been published by 14 October. NEXT.io, which first reported the complaint that day, said it had asked both sides for comment.

The docket is the public record for the case. The detail of what Kenney alleges comes from the complaint as reported, and every figure that rests on it is labelled as his claim. VIP-Grinders is a GGPoker affiliate partner.

The 5% Stake Kenney Says He Was Promised in 2018

According to the complaint, Kenney signed an endorsement agreement with NSUS Limited in March 2018. That August, it says, Kim proposed widening the relationship to a 5% equity stake in the business plus commissions on the players Kenney brought in.

He was one of GGPoker’s first high-profile signings, two years before Fedor Holz joined the roster he left in March 2026. The stake, the complaint says, was never recognised in any form.

The filing then points at the biggest number in the room. NSUS agreed to buy the World Series of Poker brand from Caesars for $500 million on 1 August 2024 and completed the purchase on 29 October, and Kenney alleges his interest was never accounted for when it did.

A slice of the buyer does not pay out when the buyer buys something. What the WSOP deal does is set a public price beside a private business, and it is the only public figure anyone can put near the stake Kenney claims.

How the Commissions Were Allegedly Cut From $5M a Year

Kenney says he received $5 million in commission revenue in 2019. After that, the complaint alleges, four things happened to the players he had recruited and the money they generated.

The result, he claims, was annual commission income more than $3 million below what it had been. Alongside damages, for which no figure has been reported, he asks for an accounting, which means the court ordering the books opened so the figures can be checked.

In an April 2022 interview with PokerNews, Kenney said his ambassador role had grown into something closer to an affiliate deal, and that he “influenced and advised them on the tournaments, guarantees, satellite schedules”.

The Cheating Claim in the Complaint

The complaint’s final strand is that Kim assured Kenney robust anti-cheating measures were in place, that Kenney later learned systematic cheating was occurring, and that Kim eventually blamed him for it. Kim is asking the court to dismiss the case.

It is separate from the April 2022 allegations against Kenney, when former stable member Martin Zamani accused him on social media of ghosting, collusion and real-time assistance in his staking group. Kenney denied most of it; no sanction followed.

GGPoker’s public handling of cheating since then includes the MoneyTaker69 case of December 2023, where players flagged an account exploiting a data leak. The room banned it and confiscated $29,795.

Kenney has said he has never been banned from GGPoker, and he won a WSOP Online bracelet there in 2024.

What Happens Next in the Bryn Kenney GGPoker Lawsuit

The 12 November hearing is on Kim’s motion to dismiss, not the merits. A judge can dismiss the case, strike parts and let Kenney amend, or deny the motion and send it into discovery, where the accounting would begin.

Before that, Kenney’s response to the motion was due on 14 October and Kim’s reply is due on 26 October, under a court order issued on 9 October.

The motion and the hearing date rest on NEXT.io’s reading of the court file, and the briefing dates on the federal docket, until the next filings appear.

Kenney has not stood still since 2020. He co-founded 4Poker in 2022, a real-money site built for Latin America, and in July 2026 became the first player past $90 million in tracked live cashes.

The ruling will decide whether this is a dispute that ends on paper or one that opens GGPoker’s commission records to a court. Whatever lands first will be in the follow-ups in the poker news section.

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