Hustler Casino Live - cheating by Robbi Jade Lew against Garrett Adelstein?

[PositiveVariance]

I also find this interesting...
Yesterday in Nick’s interview, he said that Robbi was told HCL would reimburse her the 15k that Bryan stole. Nick said as of yet, Robbi has not contacted him to pick up the cash.

I’m wondering if Robbi thinks it’s a set up? Bring her in and the cops slap the cuffs on her. lol


Also, a little bit about Nick. Nick was not a full time Police Officer. He was a reserve officer. Does a reserve officer look the same to the general public? Yes. Reserve officers are used when more officers are needed usually due to a special event like a County Fair. They are still sworn officers. In many jurisdictions you must sign up to work at least 12 hours per month. Most reserve officers have other careers. Most reserve officers do it as a “status” thing. I could totally see Nick using the “I’m a cop” whenever and wherever it benefits him.

[Dan Druff]

I also find this interesting...
Yesterday in Nick’s interview, he said that Robbi was told HCL would reimburse her the 15k that Bryan stole. Nick said as of yet, Robbi has not contacted him to pick up the cash.

I’m wondering if Robbi thinks it’s a set up? Bring her in and the cops slap the cuffs on her. lol


Also, a little bit about Nick. Nick was not a full time Police Officer. He was a reserve officer. Does a reserve officer look the same to the general public? Yes. Reserve officers are used when more officers are needed usually due to a special event like a County Fair. They are still sworn officers. In many jurisdictions you must sign up to work at least 12 hours per month. Most reserve officers have other careers. Most reserve officers do it as a “status” thing. I could totally see Nick using the “I’m a cop” whenever and wherever it benefits him.

If that were the concern, she could send her husband down to pick it up.

Funny story related to that. In the early 90s, I had a buddy who had hacked a Las Vegas voicemail system, and in the process of fucking around with it, he ended up meeting a girl his age on there who lived in the area. I think she tried to call one of the voicemails he had taken over, and reached him. I don't remember. But he was talking to this chick every day, and was really excited to meet her.

Well, as you would expect, the hack was discovered, and the local phone company yanked everything back and shut him out. He told me that he was slightly worried that the Vegas police were also looking into who did this, but that he covered his tracks pretty well and figured that he would never be found, even if they were.

Anyway, he went to Vegas to meet this chick, and stayed with his uncle, who lived there. Before meeting the girl, he told his uncle the story of how he got to know the girl, and his uncle freaked out. The uncle told him that he thought it was a setup, and that the police had probably gotten to the girl and pressured her to invite him down to Vegas so they could arrest him when they met up. My friend called me and asked for my opinion. I asked him if this girl changed at any point in her demeanor, or if she seemed the same the entire way. He told me she seemed the same the entire way. I told him it was unlikely to be a setup, as the girl would have a hard time maintaining the same demeanor when under pressure from the cops to set him up. He told his uncle this, but his uncle still insisted this was a setup, and was threatening to call my friend's dad to come put a stop to this.

So then I suggested to my friend that he let his uncle meet the girl first, under the guise of telling her that he was "delayed", and just asking her to stay at the meeting place for 15 minutes and not leave. My thinking was that his uncle clearly wasn't him, and the police would know this quickly, and they'd know they got the wrong guy, and obviously couldn't prosecute the uncle for anything. And if his uncle didn't come back and get him after 15 minutes, he would know it was a setup and would bail. My friend didn't like this idea, saying it would be "creepy" for his 50-ish uncle to show up to meet this girl (who was like 19-20) while she was waiting to meet a boy she thought was her age. I told him that this was the only real solution to get his uncle off his back, so he reluctantly pitched the idea to his uncle, who actually thought it sounded good, and agreed.

So the uncle showed up and apparently the girl at first looked horrified, thinking she was catfished by an old pervert. The uncle quickly stated that his nephew would be there in 15 minutes, and gave some excuse. I guess this plan wouldn't have worked if the chick was wearing a wire, but young me didn't think of that at the time. Anyway, 15 minutes passed and of course there were no cops, so the uncle walked away, told my friend the coast was clear, the uncle left, and everything proceeded. However, turned out that neither my friend nor the girl was really attracted to one another (I think more on her end not being attracted to him, to be honest), so the whole thing lasted about an hour, and they went their separate ways, anyway. The weird beginning couldn't have helped. Of course I got some of the blame for this, but whatever. I was just trying to help. I thought at the time that my plan was clever.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Back to the regularly scheduled program.

[Dan Druff]

The California Department of Justice is who oversees the “Bureau of Gambling Control”. They are the ones who deal with the licensing, regulations, and disciplinary actions.

Any employee who is working in a Cardroom in California must have a “Work Permit”. Even waiters, drink runners, and maintenance need a Work Permit.

I have a STRONG feeling, after this The DOJ will change the rules. When they implemented the rules, they likely never thought of this situation. There is no question Bryan would have not received a “Work Permit” with his criminal history.

Applying the same rules to HCL’s employees that are applied to all other card rooms/casino employees in the state will greatly reduce the possibility of cheating, theft, collusion, ect.

Huge mistake by the DOJ, fortunate loophole for HCL.

The CA Bureau of Gambling Control is very weak. They don't give a shit about consumer issues. They only care about rooms paying their taxes and spreading agreed-upon games. For example, if I made up a poker variant in my head, and presented it to the Commerce manager, and he decided to spread it, they could get in trouble for that.

However, beyond things like that the CA Bureau of Gambling Control gives no shits.

Regarding how a criminal Bryan got hired, you are correct. There is no need for such a Gaming work permit for third party contractors working within the card rooms, which is how Bryan didn't need a background check. However, I find this irrelevant. It's not about what Bryan NEEDED by law. It's what SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE by a stream which was supposedly so secure.

Hiring reliable people to access sensitive information is a key point of security. Building a physically secure system is useless if the people accessing the secure info are criminals.

[Dan Druff]

I wouldn’t not be surprised if Nick Vertucci has or will threaten druff to take down posts in this thread.

He hasn't asked me to take down or stop tweeting anything. HCL is still following me on Twitter, as they have been since the beginning.

I did message Nick himself near the beginning of this, and told him that any independent audit needs to be directed by an uninvolved third party. We exchanged some messages about this, but when he fully understood that I meant a person from the community should direct it (even if they hire lawyers and data security firms), he didn't seem particularly interested in doing this. He didn't say no, but he didn't say yes, and the conversation ended.

If he asks me to take any posts down, I will not do so. However, he hasn't asked me to remove anything, or to stop saying anything.

[Erin Micunt]

when is next radio show regarding this issue?

[Dan Druff]

when is next radio show regarding this issue?

Thursday. Dodgers playoff games are on tomorrow and Wednesday night.

Priorities.

[Dan Druff]

Andrea Chang is the one who did the LA Times article on Robbi.

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[ftpjesus]

Nick Vertucci put out a podcast this morning. He was interviewed by Veronica Brill.

They were talking about Bryan, the guy that stole the 15k.

Nick said, “At one point I have had over 100 employees, and I have NEVER done a background check”

Well why would a con man bother with background checks he'd be afraid of being called a hypocrite clearly. But also shows what an idiot Vertucci is also. High profile production in Poker and given the Stones issue with Postle HOW THE F could he not make sure he wasnt employing potential or actual criminals.

[JoeD]

Sure looks like Rip is shady as many thinks he is - attached is a Court Order from Nevada State (District) Court from August 2022 finding that Rip lied and misled in a civil lawsuit against one of his construction companies

cliffs: "The Court FINDS that Chavez indeed provided false or contradictory information during discovery
and in his deposition, which Plaintiff relied upon. Chavez failed to investigate his personal accounts
or records to determine the truthfulness of his statements made in discovery and in his deposition."

Never a good thing when a Judge makes that kind of finding. Doesn't prove guilt or innocence at HCL but it confirms my gut feeling from day one about him.

My opinion remains a lean towards the theory that he and Robbi had some sort of eye, hand or verbal signal/or communication between the two of them only (no hole card info or inside job) that convinced her to make the call + the undisclosed financial arrangement between them = the effect of 2 on 1 against Garrett at the table. May never be proven, just more likely than not that that is what happened.

Whether that is considered actual cheating is for experts more experienced than I am.

[Sanlmar]

Saw a little Berkey yesterday. Druff leaving me high and dry here.

Berkey talked streaming security. Was moderately interesting. Berkey was railing like a preacher that HCL needs to shut down completely until security is brought up to snuff. I was left with an impression that has survived for 24 hours since.

Ever since I joined this band Druff and I have had a split over the importance of legalized wagering. The term “Light Regulation” was coined by Druff as his hedge and became fodder for comedy ever since.

Gaming commissions are effectively trade asociations. You are only marginally safer playing a poker game in a legalized setting than in a non sanctioned setting. The slimmest of margins and certainly not worth the tax being charged.

The egregious Postle episode was the latest example. The gaming commission could not have cared less and I read no evidence they even raised an eyebrow. The matter was settled by social media, poker players, journalists and lawyers. Everyone was left to their own devices. The same lack of enforcement and regulation is occurring again from what I can see.

Back in the day I always said the greatest public protection was publicity and discussion not regulation - light or otherwise. Druff provided a public service with Lock Poker and hundreds of other episodes.

Berkey needs to stop the grandstanding. No, Nick shouldn’t be running the game. If he does he’s a scumbag. This isn’t High Stakes Poker of the Discovery Channel. This was a shoestring bottom feeder operation. Furthermore, the game is “by invitation”. If you are a poker player worthy of consideration and can read simple sentences you are fully aware of the risks. Its Darwin at work. If you are that clueless as a player you deserve to be eaten. laissez faire.

Tremendous story though. All the human frailties at work. Greed, sloth, fame-whorling, plastic surgery and the social media parasites who make bank off it. It just keeps giving and giving.

[JoeD]

Shots fired lol Maybe Robbi is really a secret agent for Ballys.

They need to get her on LATB asap

[JoeD]

JeffDime: You beat me posting this Joe. I deleted out of both respect for you and disdain of redundancy.


I was in need of a good laugh today and LATB definitely did it for me. Got to give credit where credit is due

[Sanlmar]

They are just screwing with us for views now

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[PositiveVariance]

Beanz was on Joeys Podcast this morning. I feel he really opened up.

Beanz Says he degened all the PPP loan money away. Sadly, his son past away at that point due to a Fentanyl OD. He didn’t have the money to attend the funeral. A casino he degens at gave him 3k to attend his sons funeral (assuming it was in another state).

Beanz openly admitted that he commonly ask for $1,000 loans from random people after just meeting them for the first time.

Beans brings up the Bounty, and says if he knew something, he would have went after the Bounty, and Shawn Deeb jumps in and says that Beanz DID in fact try to collect the Bounty. Joey said to Beanz, “Do you want me to read this?” referring to a text he received from Beanz trying to collect the Bounty. He was going to read it then got distracted to something else.

Also, Beanz brings up a “Proffer agreement” , where you basically can give information, or as some say “snitch” on others for a reduction in your own sentence. He was basically saying that if he provided info to the authorities, it would help his PPP sentence. It may help his case or it may not. Even though this incident is super interesting to the gambling community, I just don’t think law enforcement would really be interested in one poker player potentially cheating another, especially since they would have to open up a large investigation regarding the allegations, confirming what the informant said. Also, the $130k was returned, so there really is no loss.

[Dan Druff]

Yeah I remember when Beanz's son died. He posted it on Facebook. Was a sad story. Didn't know he had to take charity from a casino to go to the funeral.

PFA Radio tomorrow. I'm seeing if we can get any interesting guests.

[Dan Druff]

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[brutal_thinker]

Sigh

[JoeD]

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I'm trying to keep an open mind, even in spite of her ever changing stories and decision to let her pr team schedule the lie-detector test (in Vegas) rather than what had been agreed to previously, but . . .

[MrTickle]

After the incident happened, I was 90% sure she wasn't cheating. Just a terrible player.

Now all this circumstantial evidence is adding up (including the fake messages) and I am now above 50% that she cheated.

I wonder how many others feel the same.

[SlowRoll]

Nick V is starting to have trouble keeping his past scams out of the discussion.....