A ‘hero call’, a meltdown and a refund: The controversy rocking the poker world, explained

A lucky win or a cheating scandal? Depends who you ask.

There’s a pretty wild poker controversy happening in the world of Texas Hold ‘Em at the moment and, while the situation sure looks like it’s still ongoing, there’s already plenty to parse through.

The video, included below, is full of high drama but also nearly impossible to understand unless you follow poker very closely.

We’re going to try and catch you up based on everything we know but here are the most basic things to understand:

  • Robbi Jade Lew won an all-in hand for a pot of $269,000
  • Garrett Adelstein, who lost the hand, thinks she cheated (yes, this is the same Garrett from Survivor: Cagayan)
  • Lew ended up giving back the money she won shortly after the hand and is accusing Adelstein of bullying her
  • All this was captured on a live-stream during a Hustler Casino Live tournament

Let’s get to the hand in question and then we’ll break it down from there.

(Warning: NSFW Language)

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