How This Poker Star Became The Most Disliked Man In Poker

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The World Series of Poker has seen its fair share of controversy, and none was more outrageous than Martin Kabrhel’s cheating scandal last year at the 2023 WSOP. So what happened? And will Martin Kabrhel be back this year?
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[@PokerBoomYT]

Who is the most disliked poker star in history?

[@DaveFu]

Russ Hamilton lol

[@CAPTEINRIGGS]

Howard Lederer?

[@DaveFu]

@@CAPTEINRIGGS Howard just ran FTP into the ground. He didn't actively rob players for millions.

[@jamesgrant9858]

Men Winn

[@whodouthinkuare]

Kabral by a long shot. Id even have him ahead of Will Kassouf.

[@joboilibres9593]

Dan smith is a cryboy not a cowboy

[@thejapanesejesuscom]

Kabrhel never fails to crack me up. I'm sure he's horrible to play with but watching him tilt the table is hilarious.

[@haesken2123]

hes such a narcissist psychopath

[@wylde678]

Dan Smith is the last person who should wear a cowboy hat. The hat he should wear is a lot smaller...

[@seamunke]

Based

[@kendob9642]

A small (((circle)))

[@kitboothe4095]

Lol

[@Charles.Wright]

@@seamunke based and shekel-pilled

[@MrJoosebawkz]

i mean the whole point of the big hat is to compensate for something so i think it fits.

[@rolirolster]

If you genuinely thought someone was marking cards, why would you continue playing without saying something right then instead of after the game?

[@rampdaru]

After he got knocked off

[@rustycolon9368]

I wouldn't have. I think WSOP had to rule on it, but he had been caught marking cards before.

[@MrJoosebawkz]

youre telling me u would just withdraw, deep into a WSOP tournament? instead of doing the best you can? thats insane

[@clifftaylor6847]

I'm sorry, but he may be annoying, but those babies in the 250k are the bigger issue. Almost borderline bullying.

[@nicholi2789]

Seriously, Dan smith is the biggest cry baby ever.

[@okiepokertraveler1718]

@@nicholi2789 so put the most annoying player in history, Hellmuth thanks him BTW, next to the biggest crybaby and let the fireworks begin!!

[@learntooilpaint]

Kabral is the biggest whiny baby of all. Does it in tournaments where he knows people have to put up with his bs, then whines like a bitch how he can’t get any high stakes cash games. Despite trying to angle those games too. Guy is prick at the table, uses the unlikeable card, then wonders why nobody wants him to play in private games

[@troycambo]

Yeah Martin got cold shouldered for winning. Cool kids club with these prima donnas

[@chadwellington2524]

@@nicholi2789 lol you people are delusional, martin is the crybaby.. type of person to try to annoy everyone, cheat, lie... and then act like others are arseholes for disliking him

[@whodouthinkuare]

Kabral was seated on one of Brad Owens vlogs. He's certainly one of the most annoying players you will ever listen to. blowing smoke for the entirety of the ft.

[@rolirolster]

Definitely, but I don't think he's a cheat.

[@learntooilpaint]

@@rolirolster no he’s not a cheat. Just angling, trouble is if you do that people eventually get you kicked out cheating or not. If you’re angling looks like you might be cheating then his bad.

[@basternox5990]

"You're not wrong, Walter. You're just an asshole."

[@ChazR25]

First I've ever heard of this guy since I don't follow poker much anymore. He seems annoying, but to call him a cheater without proof is defamation.

[@user-gx2yy1df6f]

There are more damaging videos than this of him trying like holy hell to see the backs of his opponents cards AFTER they show video of him pressing his thumbnail into the cards. thus marking them , i don't know why they didn't show it .

[@Generalbas1972]

but to call him a cheater without proof is defamation - i wonder if you said the same thing with Robbi Lew i have a feeling you didn't?

[@user-gx2yy1df6f]

@@Generalbas1972 I didn't call him a cheater, i told you what i saw , I SAW a video of him digging his nail into a card.

[@user-gx2yy1df6f]

@@Generalbas1972 As far as robbie hand , i asked everyone HOW?, how did she cheat,?, it never even occurred to me that she cheated, what screwed her up was her stupid explanation, " I thought you had an ace " really ? so she calls with J high?, besides i'm always distracted with her because..well you know .

[@rolirolster]

@@user-gx2yy1df6f I saw that, I was convinced. But then I saw the video in slowmo (on Alex Duvall's channel, I think) and you can see that he just presses his thumb on the card. I think he does it as a psychological trick to rile his opponents. Especially as the card he was doing it with, was not significant.

[@rustycolon9368]

I watched that 2023 WSOP. He was blatantly pressing and scuffing cards. If you do shady shit like that I dont give af who you are, I'm not sitting at a table with you.

[@Digestivee]

Don't worry - you and Kabhrel will never be at the same table

[@rustycolon9368]

​@@Digestivee He's an asshole who falls back on it being a disorder. No disorder is making him fuck with the cards and act like that.

[@TreyMK12]

@@Digestivee🤣🤣🤣

[@pauliep2020]

This guy must be annoying to play with, but he’s thoroughly entertaining to watch. As far as cheating, you better come with proof.

[@Generalbas1972]

As far as cheating, you better come with proof - i wonder if you said the same thing with Robbi Lew 🤔 i have a feeling you didn't?

[@pauliep2020]

@@Generalbas1972 actually imo the Robbie thing, when you add everything up, was very likely cheating. The ridiculous call, her nonsensical explanation why she called (“thought you had ace high”), the production kid who had access to the hole cards and took 10% of that pot off her stack, her giving back the money to Garrett right after, her backer being in the same game and then flipping out, etc. I feel the Kabrel situation is different bc it seems like players are just annoyed with his antics and are piling on. I definitely think he angles, maybe giving the impression that he’s cheating to throw players off. If so, that’s bad etiquette no doubt, but not evidence of actual cheating.

[@Generalbas1972]

@@pauliep2020 like i said i expected you're didn't need actual *proof* of Robbi cheating to believe she was cheating. You ahve 3 "pro" poker players saying that they have seen him mark cards and cheat but you still need proof of that. You have One whiney idiot acusing Robbi of cheating and you just run with it....hmmm interesting

[@omarfromthewire603]

​@@pauliep2020ya, she's a whale that def didnt cheat... see how this works ?

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

He's a legend 100%

[@spiderdog74]

Oh, I thought this would be about Dan Smith. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

It is Dan snowflake smith

[@thavonephanthavongsa4962]

there was one guy i hated i cant remember his name but this guy would do the same routine, take up to 2 mins every play , whether he was folding , calling, raising, he would do it when it was his turn he would take a deep breath , stare off in space for 2 mins, yes even at the start of the hand when you first look at your cards this guy would take the full time to fold

[@chillDude_chills]

gotta get into that bubble one way or another. and / or last long enough to get a table change where you 'bluff' off your stack to a guy thats totally not your buddy.

[@kieranstafford9718]

Latka has come a long way from been a mechanic in taxi. Thank you very much

[@PokerBoomYT]

Ha!

[@rolirolster]

I love watching this guy, in the same way I love watching Hellmuth and Airball. They make poker entertaining, unlike people like Mariano who regularly takes five minutes to check.

[@arthurcheater3359]

IF they have "seen" him mark cards, why don't they show us the evidence?

[@TOM-C.]

I was lucky to have been watching that tourney when he was standing up, pressing his fingers into the cards, yacking his mouth off, doing anything he could to put the other players off their game! It was disgusting, and he blames it on autism did I hear? In future games I've seen him act completely normal so he was obviously angling in that tourney. Maybe it was all the hoopla about his style of play that changed his mindset! I do think he was pretending/acting when at that WSOP tourney. Acting like he was marking the cards, standing up, and looking over other player's hands, and just being a nuisance all around. I will say this, it was extremely entertaining! 😁 You should do a vlog on that tourney if you can get the rights to show it. 👍😎✌🗽

[@rustycolon9368]

I think if you're pressing or attempting to do anything shady to the cards at all it should be an instant ban and you're gone from the table. I don't think it's appropriate even to try because it injects a sense of unfairness to the table even if it's just done as a form of mind games. That should absolutely be ruled as a no-go and I honestly can't believe the WSOP wouldn't stop and make a ruling on that.

[@swilliams9]

​@rustycolon9368 i think you need a tissue for all the tears you shed

[@rustycolon9368]

@@swilliams9 Sure thing champ

[@HockeyFan102]

Dude constantly bends cards and nobody cares

[@tem3111]

Andrew Robl doesn't like this guy. Now I really like Martin Kabrhel.

[@JoshyByNature]

Would’ve been cool to see the clips of him marking cards when you said guy had video of it instead of just showing us a still

[@kendob9642]

Sick vid mate

[@PokerBoomYT]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@Ballen81587]

Dan Smith is a little sensitive though

[@cowardlederer1]

Good job tilting Dan

[@masterofnull9695]

no one likes dan smith

[@nicholi2789]

Dan smith is the biggest cry baby of all the high roller pros. By a mile.

[@Cougar139tweak]

He became Phil Hellmuth?

[@raymondhernandez]

I’m not fully convinced he has cheated. But he’s the king of angle shooting.

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

Of course he hasn't cheated

[@TOM-C.]

Yeah, I too think the entire performance was staged to make them think he was cheating. Making an obvious attempt to press his nails into the cards, and then standing up, and leaning over players hands as if to look closer at their cards, his incessant banter, the guy is a pro angler! 😁 I've seen him play in other tourney's where he doesn't represent anything close to his behavior in the WSOP tourney so I know he was in fact 1000% percent angle-shooting!

[@learntooilpaint]

@@TOM-C. oh yeah not cheating imo, it was an angle, but if you’re angle is pretending to cheat then you are going to get banned or big players tell the organisers they won’t turn up with him.

[@TOM-C.]

@@learntooilpaint Yeah, you really have to think outside the box to come up with that sort of angle, and depending how you look at it, it's either genius, or disgusting.😁🤷‍♂😎✌

[@learntooilpaint]

@@TOM-C. in a sense I don't have a problem with it, but then you kind of screw yourself by doing it. You can also expect everyone to go all out to get you banned, if only because there is the potential that you do it fr one time. Also noone is going to want to play with you as he is finding out.

[@UnknownWarriorZz]

I don’t care about his banter or annoying talk. You just gotta deal with that it’s part of the game, part of his strategy. But if he’s marking cards, that’s fucked up. That one picture they froze on of him examining his opponents cards and standing up look pretty damning.

[@TOM-C.]

It was all an act, and an obvious one at that. He made obvious attempts to press his nails into the cards for everyone to see. It was so obvious it had to be, and in fact was an angle on his part. He's a very good angler, but I think everyone caught on to his antics after a bit so it's not as effective anymore. I've seen him play since that game, and he doesn't behave anywhere near that craziness!

[@learntooilpaint]

@@TOM-C.he still behaves like that, why do you think he can’t get in any cash games or private games. Guy was an arsehole to make money, now he can’t play poker so he managed to get himself banned

[@TOM-C.]

@@learntooilpaint I've seen him acting totally normal, like he gave up his angling for a normal poker career. This was fairly recent too, but I can't comment on whether he's still up to his old tricks or not, just to what I've seen.

[@learntooilpaint]

@@TOM-C. ​​⁠was back at it in another series at HCL, was invited to a cash game by hcl, and everyone left said they were cashing out if he joined the table. So behave like a dick to all other players and find your only games being tournaments where people have no choice. Then starts whining like a baby about no one will play with him. He decided to try angle a cash game by turning up at 6 am fresh, when everyone had been playing the last 12 hours on stream, when he left the night before. Having previously done his standard bs, no one wants to have been playing 11 hours and then have kabral turn up and be a prick for four hours.

[@rustycolon9368]

@@TOM-C. Why do you need to give him the benefit of the doubt? I wouldn't play with him after watching him in that ME. He was blatantly digging his nails into the cards and pressing into them, and we're supposed to give this guy a pass because it was just part of some act? No. You don't get to inject a sense of unfair advantage play into the game even if it's just for mind games and expect people will be cool to play against someone like that. And he also could legitimately be cheating and just using this as a cover.

[@kellyallen8528]

The guy doesn't say anything personal that's over the line to anyone. He's honestly just trying to be himself. He come across as annoying but I find it more annoying when someone like Dan Smith is at the table. Let the man be.

[@learntooilpaint]

No one has to play with him. He now can’t get in high stakes games that are not tournaments, so being a prick to everyone only works for so long. Angle shooting is only any good when you can play.

[@vr247]

Agree. Agree. Agree. Kabrhel is the only player where if I see him in a hand, I truly truly wish them to get coolered and lose in the most disgusting way possible.

[@J-Tex-Corporation]

So did he press charges? How did the case turn out if so?

[@ericj3331]

Nothing, I followed this closely last year, I have no idea if he has cheated in the past but the evidence that he was marking cards at wsop was pretty barebones imo, they have some video clips where hes doing things with his hands and fingers at times but it seems that if he was indenting the cards the wsop could easily figure that out and take quick action. Granted the other side of the coin is that some people think the wsop has an incentive to cover up certain types of cheating as to not hurt the reputation of the series, overall profits, etc. The dude is a giant troll and could easily be capable of making it look to his opponents that he was marking cards with his hands to get under their skin as well imo

[@user-gx2yy1df6f]

@@ericj3331 I saw that video, i would say he was actually marking them .

[@ericj3331]

you don't know cause you haven't seen the cards

[@TOM-C.]

@@user-gx2yy1df6f I watched the tourney, and he made it so obvious he was marking the cards it had to be, and was in fact an angle! He had the entire table furious with him. He then stands up, and leans over to view other player's cards which was also an angle. Had the WSOP seen fingernail marks in some of the cards they would have banned him. There were no marked cards, it was all an angle/act! I've seen him play other tourney's where he doesn't act this way in the least which also tells a story of someone who is capable of anything at the table, pushing the lines of what's acceptable!

[@catlikepizzagaming8280]

Yes he behaves like a ballbag, but poker players are all ballbags to a certain degree, if taking other peoples money is the only aim, it will cause people to be less than likeable

[@predwards8941]

I actually really enjoy watching him. Yeah it’s over the top SOMETIMES. BUT, aren’t most people complaining that there aren’t any entertaining players anymore

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

He's a legend

[@SMOKEtillUReyezBLEED]

Get another apple sauce for the growing boy

[@heypistolero]

Most disliked, yet somehow one of my favorite players as long as I'm not playing with him

[@CAPTEINRIGGS]

I mean, if he didn't mark the cards then that means that he was faking it and you should get banned for faking it too. Especially if you do it again and again in many tournaments.

[@matthewgarcia9164]

Bad take

[@jacobniedermayer8924]

If I can take you off your game playing within the bounds of the rules, it's fair play.

[@Gukzilla]

Why? Your girlfriend fakes her orgasms, you don't kick her out.

[@ak81]

How did he cheer ?

[@FriendsForFriends666]

Couldn't care less for this guy and his chatter. He's a cheater and everything ends there for me.

[@davidhooman]

Dry your eyes dan smith get a grip

[@arthurcheater3359]

Lil Dan is one of the most disliked.

[@nickr4837]

the 'man' with the cowboy hat is a total soyboy, it was fun watching him get bullied.I feel sorry for his wife's bf for having to deal with him. Poker Players really are the original people who required 'safe spaces'

[@Tootbook]

Idk the shit he does with the cards is irritating

[@dougwendt5266]

One thing missing from the "old days" is back then the WSOP would not release an irrelevant statement. The players would make sure he would be respectable, or he would not be playing.

[@kieranstafford9718]

The thing about the old days is they the old days

[@sojc7144]

Dan “(I think🥱) I’m such a stud” Smith is just overreacting after that brutal bad beat he had during the high roller tourney..then his frustrations started to focus on Martin Kabrhel’s antics!!..anyways, he’s more like “I’m such a 🍤!!”💯🤣 PS Who ever said that poker is a gentlemen’s game to begin with??!!🤷🏼‍♂️

[@learntooilpaint]

That only works in tournaments when people can’t leave the table. The guy now can’t get a game of poker as noone wants play with a complete prick.

[@nonbinarytrans]

Martin Kabrhel - I love his table antics. I think he’s ridiculously hilarious. awesome poker player. inspirational man, great ambassador for the game. I wish him good luck 🤞

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

This man is a legend.

[@Flowerkool]

I like the guy 🫡

[@dr.options]

He's not polarizing....He's resoundingly disliked, so heavily weighted to one pole.

[@johnkemple]

worthless coverage of a rotten person...Why?

[@PokerBoomYT]

That’s not nice

[@rampdaru]

Stop hating on martin he's great poker player

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

100%

[@learntooilpaint]

And now he’s learnt what happens when you are a prick to be around.

[@okiepokertraveler1718]

He's not polarizing, he's at the bottom of the range completely. No one has him at the top of their range of humans on earth, therefore, he's just a rag that gets lucky sometimes.

[@Electric_Skeleton]

Martin never cheated.

[@peterhones3594]

I won’t watch a tournament with him in it

[@chandlerduncan37]

Cheating? lol bruh

[@Willium95]

As someone autistic, we do like to be unsettling, only to end up falling into bad habits or becoming the scapegoat of everyones projections or both. If he can move on and take a break for 5 years eg that would be best for him!