The poker player won $269.000 in an unusual hand: The opponent accused her of cheating

There was a big dust-up after the high-stakes poker game that was held at the Hasler Casino in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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A controversial situation in which fraud was suspected happened in the world of chess, and then something similar happened in poker and sport fishing.

The management of the Hasler Casino in Los Angeles launched an investigation after a poker player surprised fans of the game by winning a big hand.

The affair also broke out on the other side of America, as two anglers were accused of filling their caught fish with lead in order to win a competition on Lake Erie in the state of Ohio.

Previously, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) began investigating whether the talented teenager cheated in live matches with opponents, although he denies it.

Accusations after an incredible hand at the poker table

There was a big dust-up after the high-stakes poker game, which was organized on Thursday at Hasler Casino in Los Angeles.

Robbie Jade Lev stunned the rest of the players when she decided to see off Garrett Edelstein, who put all his chips in on a semi-bluff.

A semi-bluff in Texas Hold'em (a type of poker game) is a situation in which a player invests chips with weak cards, but also when his hand becomes strong with the release of new cards on the deck.

Lev called Edelstein's bet and risked losing all of her chips with weak cards because she was allegedly convinced her opponent was bluffing and won $269.000.

The commentators of this game, which was broadcast live, were in disbelief, while Garrett Edelstein stared coldly at his opponent.

The two players argued during and after the broadcast, and later gave different versions of the conversation.

Lev eventually returned the chips to Edelstein, claiming she had been "threatened", which her rival denied.

She challenged him by posting on Twitter to a game of one-on-one.

"Let's play one-on-one when I'm cleared of the charges.

"The whole world can watch me read you all the time," she said.

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Edelstein said it was "clear that he was cheated," adding that he confirmed these suspicions when he watched tapes of previous games in which Lev participated.

He suspects that his rival may have been wearing a vibrating device, through which she received information about the cards her opponents have, but he admitted that it is impossible to prove it.

The organizers of the party launched an investigation, and announced that they have not discovered any illegal activities so far.

Fishing scandal

A pair of anglers have faced accusations that they filled their catch with lead to make the fish they caught heavier, which allegedly helped them win a $30.000 prize.

Cleveland, Ohio organizers on Friday questioned the results of the final day of the 2022 Lake Erie Valley Trail, which was won by Cleveland's Chase Kominsky and Jake Runyon.

The footage, which has become popular on social media, shows an open fish being weighed, from which lead balls and even fillets of other fish have been removed.

In the video, the audience can be heard shouting and insulting Ranjon, and he remains silent as the alleged fraud is revealed.

And the previous successes of the fishing tandem have been questioned.

Local media report that they were disqualified even after winning a competition last year, because one of them failed a polygraph test.

Ranjon then denied that he was guilty.

Neither he nor Kominski have commented publicly on the fraud allegations in Ohio.

A chess investigation

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is conducting an investigation following accusations by Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player in the world, that his opponent cheated during the match.

Carlsen suffered a surprising defeat last month against American Hans Nyman.

As a sign of protest, the Norwegian chess player made only one move in the following match with Najman, which was played over the Internet, and refused to continue the duel.

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"I believe Nyman has cheated more than he has publicly admitted and has done so almost," Carlsen said on Twitter.

He did not elaborate on how it happened, but said he would talk more about it.

Najman, a 19-year-old American chess player, admitted that he cheated twice in matches on online platforms several years ago, but claims that he never did so when playing live against rivals.

He believes that Carlsen and others who accuse him want to destroy his career, and he suggested that he play the game naked to show that he has nothing to hide.

A three-member commission was formed, which will investigate Carlsen's accusations, FIDE announced.


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