Serious question:
It has now come out that Rip (Jacob) was staking Robbi in that game. I've heard anywhere from 50% to buying her into the game with a 50% interest in her profits.
I'm pretty sure that Rip was sitting 2 seats to Garrett's right, and Robbi was sitting across the table.
Would you consider it to be cheating if Rip gave a signal (like a wink, nod or cowboy hat tip) to Robbi to indicate to her that she should call the all-in shove? I'm not even suggesting that Rip knew what Garrett's specific hand was, though that is certainly possible too.
Given the financial and possible personal link between Rip and Robbi, I can easily see a scenario where Rip gave Robbi the "wink wink" saying its ok to call. But is this cheating?
Also strange is Robbi agreeing to pay back Garrett without checking with her backer Rip. No way I would ever agree to repay, let alone do so without consulting the person sitting right there who owns a percentage of the funds.
Here's a similar hand between Rip and Xuan Liu on HCL just a week ago, with Rip making a similarly strange call and with Robbi sitting right next to him
1 hour 48 mark
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