Tobey Maguire has been dragged into a bankruptcy case ... all because he's really, really good at Texas Hold'em poker.
Here's how it went down.� A hedge fund manager named Bradley Ruderman is currently in prison for operating a ponzi scheme, defrauding a number of clients by essentially stealing from Peter to pay Paul.� But according to legal docs obtained by TMZ, Ruderman was also a not-so-good poker player.
Ruderman's company is now in bankruptcy and the trustees are looking for money anywhere they can find it to pay his victims and other creditors.� Now here's where Tobey enters the picture.
According to the docs, Tobey, Ruderman and others laid down lots of loot in private, unlicensed, high-stakes games at posh hotels in L.A., including the Four Seasons and the Peninsula.� Ruderman -- who has already admitted to losing $5.2 million on the poker tables -- fell victim to Tobey's card skills.
Problem for Tobey� -- in California unlicensed poker games are illegal so the winnings are considered ill-gotten.� As for how much, the docs say more than $300,000 betweeen 2007 and 2008.
So now the bankruptcy trustees are going after Tobey, trying to seize his winnings so they can use the money to pay off creditors.
Note -- TMZ is aware of big-named celebrity poker games at a Hollywood Hills home in which Tobey and others have been secretly playing high-stakes poker for years.
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