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Pro Poker Player Caught Suspiciously Fiddling With Her Ring Before Winning The $269k Pot
The newcomer won the game, but was accused of using a “vibrating device.”
Robbi Jade Lew was sending a storm in the poker community after winning the $269,000 jackpot in Las Vegas, live before the Hustler Casino Live game. She went all in and won, shocking her professional rival, Garrett Adelstein.
Adelstein immediately accused her of cheating during the livestreamaed no-limit hold ’em, claiming that she had a device that “vibrates” when she had the better hand. He insinuated that a confederate was watching the live broadcast that reads the cards no others could read.
Eagle-eyed viewers noted that Robbi was fiddling with her ring and noted that the red stone was missing later.
The players got involved in a light banter when Adelstein suddenly stopped and stared at the newcomer. The commentator noted that “it’s literally the most disturbed look I’ve ever seen Garrett give.”
Uncomfortable, Lew fiddled with her finger, and she put her hands under the table. When she lifted them back up, the stones were already missing.
Some users questioned her action. One deleted tweet read, “Why unnaturally slap your hand down on the table, nervously clear your throat, then take the red ring off of your right middle finger and put it elsewhere?”
Lew had Jack-four in the hotel while Adeltstein had a seven and eight of clubs. And flipped open a 10 of hearts, 10 of clubs, and nine of clubs. He needed either a club, a jack, or a six to hit a flish or straight.
Lew initially better $10k, and Adelstein raised it to $20k. With one more card to reveal, Adelstein went all-in with $129k.
And the card revealed its Ace of spades face, meaning Lew’s Jack-four hole cards won the pot.
She denied cheating on the table after Adelstein accused her. She claimed that she’d misread her hand, thinking they were a three, so the turn gave her a pair of threes. But she returned the money she’d won to Adelstein after the man dragged and threatened her in a “dark hallway.”
She later updated that Garrett had blocked her after she told the 36-year-old to “make it right.”
Professional poker player Adelstein has over 10 years of experience and specializes in “live no-limit hold ’em cash games.”
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He’s aggressive and often shoves big wagers, stunning his opponents, who are sometimes too scared to take the bet.
Enraged, Adelstein immediately commented when he realized he had lost, “I don’t understand what’s happening right now.”
“You look like you want to kill me. I thought you had ace high,” Lew replied.
“So, why call with jack high?” Adelstein asked back.
“Because you don’t have s**t!” she told him.
He got up and left the table.
He later shared his side of the story, adding that Lew had returned the money as prove of her guilt.
He threw several theories, such as having a vibrating device that tells you when you have the upper hand, or having the technology to read the cards.
But Adelstein has no proof. Getting the winnings back was “the closest I would get to a confession.”
The casino took the accusation seriously and explained that neither would be invited for the time being. Their statement read, “We completely understand the magnitude of the situation and the accusations. We take this extremely seriously.”
“At this point we have no proof either way or any indication of any wrongdoing besides the accusations of parties involved.”
Garrett Adelstein had won a total of $1.6 million and has appeared on their live stream a number of times now.
On the other hand, Lew had appeared only twice, winning for a total of $100k.
