Poker player Robbi Jade Lew in Beverly Hills on Wednesday. She has been accused of cheating by one of the game’s top players. Robbi Jade Lew is determined to prove the $120,000 ruby ring on her middle finger does not vibrate, is not concealing a tiny camera and was not otherwise tampered with to help her win a controversial Texas Hold ’Em hand last week that has gone viral and rocked the poker world.
Same goes for the supposed bulge in the side of her Versace leggings, which online conspiracy theorists posit could have been hiding an electronic device that was feeding her information from an accomplice. The Hustler Casino chair she was sitting in has also been scrutinized, as have her $480 rose-tinted Fendi sunglasses.
She denies it all — and has invited me to a Beverly Hills jeweler in her quest to clear her name.
“People are saying, ‘She did it for fame; she did it for money.’ I didn’t need the money, so that’s hilarious,” said Lew, 37. As for fame, “I obviously look a certain fake Hollywood way. If I wanted to be famous, there are far easier ways to do it than this.”
The former biopharmaceuticals account manager from Pacific Palisades was relatively unknown on the poker circuit before the cheating scandal. She learned to play four years ago, initially picking up a “Poker for Dummies” book before having her husband teach her the basics.
They began playing regularly during the pandemic, hosting games with friends and family as a way to pass the long days at home. Realizing she had a knack for it, Lew hired two big-name poker coaches and turned fully to the game this spring, traveling to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker and playing in smaller tournaments and cash games there and around Southern California.
On Sept. 29, Lew appeared for the third time on Hustler Casino Live, a popular YouTube poker show with more than 180,000 subscribers that streams from the Gardena casino five nights a week. The high-stakes table included Garrett Adelstein, a 2013 “Survivor” contestant and one of L.A.’s best […]
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