Highstakes Poker Pro Alec Torelli accused of angle shooting amateur

[AhoosierA]

In an episode of PNIA, Alec Torelli appears and is accused to have angle shot an amateur (Daniel Wolf).

I'm not sure if Doug Polk is the one to have called this out originally, but he has done a recent video on his thoughts:





Alec Torelli also makes a video on his Youtube channel highlighting the incident and seems to downplay his mistake of hiding chips in the whole ordeal. It's highlighted in Doug Polk's video (15:45 mark in the video)....I can't seem to find it on Torelli's Youtube page, albeit I didn't take a lot of time looking.


Here is the alleged response from the amateur player (I don't know the original source of this response, it was shared on a private FB group I'm apart of):

[AhoosierA]

Personally, I believe it looks like he was intentionally hiding his stack from other players. It also looks kind of strange that he IMMEDIATELY grabbed his big chips as soon as the guy announced all-in. Torelli seems like he wants the All-in to stand...without him being the one to say it has to stand, but ultimately it was HIS decision to force the chips to stand.

[SrslySirius]

This hand happened about a year ago. There was a small rumbling about it at the time, but nothing much came of it. Then it aired on TV a few weeks ago, sparking a new and extensive discussion on 2+2. The Polk video followed, which prompted Wolf to come forward.

[AhoosierA]

Wikipedia has now updated Alec Torelli's Wikipedia page to include this "scandal".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Torelli

[LarryLaffer]

Wikipedia has now updated Alec Torelli's Wikipedia page to include this "scandal".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Torelli

i thought he was much older. must be the leisure suit he was wearing.

he looks strikingly like another kid i went to high school with who grinds stars down in Costa Rica. he was on a WSOP broadcast a few years back. Lipkin was the kids name.

[AhoosierA]

Wikipedia has now updated Alec Torelli's Wikipedia page to include this "scandal".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Torelli

he looks strikingly like another kid i went to high school with who grinds stars down in Costa Rica. he was on a WSOP broadcast a few years back. Lipkin was the kids name.

Robert Lipkin? Somewhat similar.

[AhoosierA]

Wikipedia has now updated Alec Torelli's Wikipedia page to include this "scandal".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Torelli

i thought he was much older. must be the leisure suit he was wearing.

I too thought he was much older. Hell. I'm older than him at 31 and look much younger than he does.