Worked various jobs over the years, including playing piano in coffeehouses, serving as a magician's assistant, and writing insurance policies. 'Only right I accept her' challenge, he tweeted.Ross, JoAnn (JoAnn Robb, JoAnn Robbins) PERSONAL: On Twitter, Lew appeared confident that she'd be 'vindicated' despite the allegations and even challenged Adelstein to a one-on-one match so 'the whole world can watch me read you all day.'Īdelstein, who Lew said had blocked her on the social media platform, responded Friday.

HCL had previously said that, until the investigation had been completed, neither Adelstein nor Lew would be invited back onto the show. HCL said its investigation may take time but once complete, it would 'release the findings publicly.' 'We are in the process of hiring a law firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation, which will include staff and player interviews, a review of relevant records and possibly the use of polygraph testing.' It said it is in the process of 'retaining experts' for its investigation despite being confident in its own security, technology, and integrity of its staff. They agreed to play the river twice but as both cards were ineffectual, Adelstein was left with eight high and knew he'd lost the pot.

Lew then stunned the HCL commentator when she called his bet to grow the pot to $269,000. However, Adelstein semi-bluff-shoved all-in to commit Lew's entire stack. Lew played wider with the jack of clubs and four of hearts.Īfter a flop of the ten of hearts, ten of clubs, and nine of clubs, Adelstein had an open-ended straight flush draw, a flush draw, and a straight draw.Ī turn card of the three of hearts was ineffectual yet Lew, potentially aware Adelstein is a loose, creative, and aggressive player, min-raised his $10,000 bet to $20,000 to get to the river card. Garrett Adelstein, a famous cash game player and a regular on the HCL stream, played a hand Thursday with a new competitor at the casino called Robbi Jade Lew.Īdelstein entered the hand with the seven and eight of clubs as his hole cards.

That's according to Hustler Casino Live (HCL), a popular live stream that takes place Monday to Friday in Gardena, California's Hustler Casino, and attracts some of the biggest characters in the Texas no-limit hold'em community. He said he was 'clearly cheated' when playing a hand at Hustler Casino against Robbi Jade Lew.Īn independent investigation into an accusation of cheating in one of the most famous high-stakes poker games in the country could include lie-detector tests. One of the most famous cash game players in the world, Garrett Adelstein, made an accusation Thursday. Polygraph could possibly be used in an independent investigation into an accusation of cheating in poker.

High Stakes by Jenny Carroll