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OT: Poker Controversy

Dock Ellis

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Posting this because we must have a few poker players on here. Yesterday, Garrett Adelstein was involved in a huge pot on Hustler Live in which he accused his opponent of cheating. Here is the video:



For those who don't follow closely, Garrett is known as one of the premier cash game players out there right now. He's also the antithesis of Phil Hellmuth - always respectful of his opponents and of the game in general. This is what he has released:



My first thought after watching the video was that she wasn't cheating and it was just a novice call that ended up working out for her. Then I watched this video and have pulled a 180:



This whole thing has just been fascinating. There was another poker scandal from 3 years ago in which a well known pro, Mike Postle, was basically caught somehow hacking the RFiD card system that allowed the announcers to know what cards everyone had, so somehow hacking the live card feed and feeding her info through vibrations isn't completely far fetched. She's also clearly a rube and why would this Rip guy stake someone like that? I suspect he is the mastermind and she is a willing pawn.
 
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