Nick Vertucci is co-owner of High Stakes Poker Productions, which produces “Hustler Casino Live.” The show has launched an investigation into an allegation of cheating made by its star player. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS) Professional poker player Robbi Jade Lew shops at Kazanjian jewelers in Beverly Hills, California, on Oct. 5, 2022. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS) An image of poker pro Garrett Adelstein is displayed on a digital display at Hustler Casino on Oct. 13, 2022, in Gardena, California. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS) Daniel Negreanu wins prestigious poker tourney for $3.3M payday Poker cheating scandal sparks debate about math, sexism LOS ANGELES — More than a month has passed since an explosive cheating accusation upended the poker world. A final internal investigation report is now not expected until after Thanksgiving. And the results are likely to satisfy almost no one.
The biggest scandal to hit the game in years appears to be headed for an ambiguous conclusion, with no clear-cut answers about what happened — or didn’t — on Sept. 29, when top high-stakes cash player Garrett Adelstein accused newcomer Robbi Jade Lew of cheating in a $269,000 hand that he lost on “Hustler Casino Live.”
“As of today, we have not found any evidence of wrongdoing,” Nick Vertucci, whose company produces the popular YouTube poker show, said in an interview Wednesday.
“I could never come out with, ‘100% nothing occurred,’” he added. “I could say, ‘100% we did not find anything and it was absolutely inconclusive.’”
Vertucci expects an open-ended result to infuriate the niche community. Players around the world have been obsessively following the developments and daily gossip of what has been, by all accounts, a bizarre episode in poker history.
“It’s bad for everyone involved, unless you’re someone who likes to grab popcorn and watch a train wreck,” said Julie Yorn, a Los Angeles film producer and poker player who has played against Adelstein and Lew. She criticized the incident for becoming a “spectator sport.”
Swept up by the intrigue and fueled by insatiable around-the-clock interest on Twitter and other online platforms, amateur sleuths have been busy. They’ve spread conspiracy theories […]
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