Image caption, A row erupted following a high-stakes professional poker match held at the Hustler Casino in Los Angeles on Thursday night (file pic) First it was chess – now top-level US poker and match fishing have been dogged by their own claims of cheating.
A casino is investigating after one player stunned poker fans by making an audacious bet to win a huge pot.
Meanwhile, two fishermen have been accused of stuffing their catches with lead weights in order to win a tournament held on Lake Erie, Ohio.
And world chess officials are probing whether a teen talent cheated in face-to-face matches – something he denies. Accusations after audacious poker bet
A row erupted following a high-stakes game held at the Hustler Casino in Los Angeles on Thursday night.
Robbi Jade Lew stunned the table by appearing to successfully call a semi-bluff by her opponent Garrett Adelstein.
Lew called an all-in bet by her opponent, risking her chips with an underwhelming hand, apparently convinced her opponent was bluffing and scooping a pot that had grown to $269,000 (£241,000).
Pundits commentating during the livestreamed match expressed their incredulity at the gambit, while Adelstein gave his competitor an icy stare. THIS JUST HAPPENED… @RobbiJadeLew vs @GmanPoker in one of the strangest poker hands you’ve ever seen
Tune in now for SUPER HIGH STAKES $100/200/400: https://t.co/VcpZNMUTi4 pic.twitter.com/iGppl6l9aa — Hustler Casino Live (@HCLPokerShow) September 30, 2022 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. View original tweet on Twitter There followed an exchange of words on and off camera, with the two players giving conflicting accounts afterwards of what was said.Lew ended up returning Adelstein his chips, saying she had been “threatened” – something Adelstein denied.She challenged her opponent to a head-to-head match, tweeting: “After I’m vindicated, let’s go heads up. The whole world can watch me read you all day.”In his own tweet, Adelstein said he had been “clearly cheated”, claiming that his suspicions were confirmed by reviewing previous playing footage of Lew.He speculated that his opponent might have been wearing a vibrating device that was used to communicate information to her, though conceded […]
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