re: The craziest/best poker call I've ever seen (270k pot)

That makes sense once you get past the initial bets. Makes no sense after the deal, but before the initial bets.

I would have just brushed it off except for the fact her word-salad of explanation of why she played the hand kept changing.

First it was “I called because I thought you have Ace high” which if this was true would be a winning hand.

Then she said she had a back door flush on the turn, which she didnt have.

Then she says something to the effect of “I had the J clubs so I blocked your SF", how would that have been the hand to put him on?

She was then asked if she had a pair of 3, which she responded "no" to, but then she later switched her story to say she had a 3, but made sure to never say the suit of the 3 she thought she had because if she did make it up, what if someone had mucked that 3.

She literally used everyone else at the tables suggestions as to why she might have played that way, until it was explained why that wouldn't plausible.

Also just because someone asked earlier, yes the technology exist for RFID analyzers to decipher all the cards and can be programed to convey what information you are after.

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Also just because someone asked earlier, yes the technology exist for RFID analyzers to decipher all the cards and can be programed to convey what information you are after.

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But wouldn’t that mean the deck itself was compromised too? I’m unfamiliar with RFID and how it would work with cards. But wouldn’t that have to mean the deck is tampered and nobody knew that? Wouldn’t there have to be way more people involved in that scenario?

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Here's a video of Tony Hawk calling with 7 high on the river and won the pot. It's even more crazy than the hand we're talking about. His opponent was shock but never thought cheating was involved. People are just in their own world sometimes at the poker table

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7-high is indeed a worse hand than J-high, but that was not "even more crazy." The context and play situations are completely different.

people don’t give money back ($270k) at the casino unless they know they are about to be in really hot water.

It’s really as simple as that.

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people don’t give money back ($270k) at the casino unless they know they are about to be in really hot water.

It’s really as simple as that.

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That's the biggest thing for me, too. I don't care how idiotic I looked making it, there's no way in hell I'm forking back over that much money if I won it innocently.

Daniel Negreanu chimed in with the logic that money-hungry cheaters don't give money back. I'm like "ehhhh, they probably would if they realized they were likely going to get caught." That's weak logic to me.

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Here is the video of Robbie giving the money in the background. I’m guessing the guy in the cowboy hat is Rip her boyfriend? You can hear him saying to Garrett “you are a pussy”. Then you see Garrett going back to the table and putting his chips in his backpack and hauling arse.

Regardless, I bet the Hustler casino is pretty pissed off having this happen on their property.

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people don’t give money back ($270k) at the casino unless they know they are about to be in really hot water.

It’s really as simple as that.

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There was a heated discussion out of camera view that involved Garrett, Robbi and the producers of the show. Rip joined in when he saw Robbi being bullied. I'm guessing the producers wanted Garrett back at the table because he's widely considered one of the best cash game players in the world. I think they bullied Robbi into giving Garrett the money back so he'd go back to the table but he didn't. She did tell everyone at the table she gave him the money back because she didn't want to cause problems or drama for the show. Several times, in fact.

This is the YouTube link to the entire live stream. LINK

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This thread is full of people who admit they don’t really know much about poker and then proceed with a series of hot takes. If you don’t really understand why this particular hand is interesting or suspicious that’s okay. You don’t need to contribute.

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Say she was cheating. Then there has to be other hands in this session where she makes the right call, or lay down.
Was she winning? Winning big? Had she sniffed out other bluffs?
I’m sure she wouldn’t cheat on this one hand and no others. What does the whole tape show?

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There was a heated discussion out of camera view that involved Garrett, Robbi and the producers of the show. Rip joined in when he saw Robbi being bullied. I'm guessing the producers wanted Garrett back at the table because he's widely considered one of the best cash game players in the world. I think they bullied Robbi into giving Garrett the money back so he'd go back to the table but he didn't. She did tell everyone at the table she gave him the money back because she didn't want to cause problems or drama for the show. Several times, in fact. This is the YouTube link to the entire live stream. LINK

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I’ve seen all that. It still doesn’t explain her giving the money back. You can’t bully someone in a live recorded casino into “giving you your money back”.

Her play was to call his bluff. She did that. There’s no reason to give the money back unless she knew she was about to get busted.

She claims he “threatened” her. Threatened what? To launch an investigation?! To get to the bottom of this. He didn’t threaten to physically harm her in a wide open casino.