[SCANDAL] Cheating Allegations in WSOP $250k High Roller | WSOP DAY 21 | Only Friends Pod Ep 300

[@SolveForWhy]

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[@ajt51508]

I would hate to play with Martin. But watching is absolutely hilarious. It's Borat playing poker.

[@dstillRO]

You're mistaken the player guys, Moldavian player that finished 5th Valeriu Coca was accused of cheating in the heads up game that year against Keith Lehr.

[@tiltlss]

I wish someone had brought SuperSystem as a giant card protector

[@iambadatpickingusernames6669]

RTA

[@SleezeJest]

I wouldn't put Berkey in charge of making poker more watchable

[@cmak08]

What people don’t understand is that Martin knows what everyone is suspecting, so he is essentially trolling people and keeping everyone on their toes.

[@benthomas5663]

Best troll ever 😂

[@elinonbjartalid807]

as a spectator and a player yoy shouldn't assum people's inner thoughts. Let their actions speak for themselves

[@cmak08]

@@elinonbjartalid807 in a poker table it’s your job to make assumptions about people’s inner thinking process and logic behind their actions. Understanding why people are doing what they are doing is what poker is about. Cheating suspicions were public information at that point, players were clearly acting on that info (by protecting their cards) and management too (by creating specific ruling). It is very unlikely that Martin himself is unaware of what’s going on, and especially that he wouldn’t take any advantage of it, considering his nature.

[@tiltlss]

Everything you do ar a poker table conveys information ...

[@tiltlss]

Magic has a rule called "failure to agree with reality" which had a pretty harsh punishment, this could also work on a Martin. Or if you just penalize him everytime he breaks a rule like one player to a hand, influencing action, multiway pots talking about hand etc

[@brockwedman3718]

PokerGo "chose" to show Kabhrel so much because that's what they felt the viewers wanted to see. It's the same reason you have him in the title of your vlog and why you spent 95% of your podcast talking about him. You both, as producers, "chose" to feature him. If you don't want to reward the behavior don't talk about him or feature him any more than possible. I'm not saying it's right or wrong but you are wondering why they chose to do that and it's for the same reason you chose to feature him today.

[@fulltiltfrankie5388]

👏

[@michaelwillis4532]

They can’t create anything substantial to the poker community,so,they sit around hoping for something to pop up and give them content. This group is unbearable to listen to ,so ,I don’t! I read the comments with the video paused. They should,solve for why TF are we still on YT?

[@Dan_Sterling]

Why did you put chose in quotation marks? Are you implying the choice to highlight this player was not their’s? Are you implying that this podcast what to or what not to cover. It is hard to take someone’s opinion as credible when they do not understand basic punctuation.

[@brockwedman3718]

@@Dan_Sterling because Matt made it a point to say the live stream producers "chose" to highlight him and it was their "choice" to feature him and his antics.

[@kaitlynjeffers]

The assessment of the two types of 'brands' is spot on.

[@joaquindelmundo2575]

I really did feel like something was off while watching the event...he's normally just annoying, but he was acting VERY odd during this event.

[@IPlead5]

How hard would it be for WSOP to look at the decks they swapped out and then review video to see if they can actually see him doing the marking?

[@weakerthanpaul]

this would eliminate most nearly any cheating concerns if nothing of remark shows up on decks used. I've yet to hear word about used decks etc

[@primitiveorganism9571]

@@weakerthanpaul right. Why didn’t they is the bigger question.. why aren’t we hearing about these cards and them being marked or not! It’s easy enough

[@weakerthanpaul]

@@primitiveorganism9571 it's not a conspiracy about WSOP keeping a lid on cheating they are aware of heh. I think the people that manage just have dumb oversights etc

[@budthebud9108]

I hope the wsop most prestigious poker event in the history of world can detect and stop cheating, but maybe they are asleep at the wheel?

[@5.5StandOnMyMoneyNowIm6.6]

I was thinking the same thing, but one of the issues was the fact that he wasn’t scanning his hand a lot of the time. That could make the process a little more time-consuming and a little less “reliable.” Hopefully they’ll go this route anyway and be able to confirm which cards were marked and if/when he had them.

[@offdabeatz]

Like him or hate him. If he pays 250k and is following the rules you shouldn't do any preferential treatment. Making a rule for a belief of one person seems unfair if you don't have evidence. Poker is a game not an elitist thing. If WSOP wants a certain product then you only allow a certain product to enter. Otherwise you get what you get.

[@pokerbruh]

I would like to know if there is any correlation between the times he's not showing his cards to the hand reader and the times when he's possibly marking cards? The way he handled and moved the cards while he chatted for 30 seconds every hand preflop definitely looked sketchy af

[@Therealgoatcheese]

If Robll says he's marking cards. He is probably marking cards.

[@mdouhan]

it was also so obvious on the stream

[@ParissaKhoury]

As if Robl is the Messiah to comment about others

[@primitiveorganism9571]

@@ParissaKhoury uh he’s played more private and cheated games than most. He’s played the highest of stakes for almost 2 decades. If he comes out and makes a comment like this ppl should be paying attention. He doesn’t accuse anyone of anything ever. So to just say who’s this idiot well that idiot is you in this situation…

[@LionAndALamb]

He is obviously marking cards, there is video of him nailing the cards repeatedly. The only questions are if his markings are effective enough for him to get an edge.

[@tylerkay825]

This

[@YagiTV_]

guapo’s mic just couldn’t stay active through one of his thoughts today 😢

[@Dr-Alexandria]

Yeah this was so frustrating

[@panicpoker]

From the video footage I’ve seen, it sure looks like he was pushing his fingernails into the cards in an attempt to mark them. Seems sus.

[@sigbausage3116]

Great pod! Love how quick they got this out there. Seems to me like Berkey doesn't fully understand what makes a great commentator. Them condemning his behaviour for a full stream would make for an exhausting kind virtuousness. The commentators need to be human, they need to go in with not only knowledge of poker but with a playful attitude.

[@ckSport3000]

** The point you’re NOT driving home, it’s not NAIL markings, he’s putting knuckle dimples.. the standing up, bending over the table to see opponents cards. “It’s on film over and over!!!!!!!!!!

[@markkremer7908]

Totally disagree with Berkey take about the elite polished product... the production team dropped the ball...they should have celebrated his poker playing skills...not denigrated his personality quirks that were strategically used within the rules...look at the comments after dan smith's post loss interview...almost everyone agreed that dan was out of lone..a sore loser....it is an entertainment business...the commentators dropped the ball, imo

[@ianburdon127]

Hes not banned because he probably isnt cheating, they will have looked at the cards and found nothing. What he is doing is Angle Cheating giving an open impression of cheating to make people think there is a chance he knows one or both of there cards. Therefore making them less likely to call or play back . Not technically cheating but giving the impression he is.

[@SleezeJest]

they let Dan say what he said! They didn't suppress the notion that he was a bad actor. They interviewed and specifically asked Dan about Kubrell.

[@FunDumb]

Perhaps Papi needs to open up an investigation?

[@pokerbruh]

This is what the poker world needs right now!

[@blairjohnson6014]

Papi needs to open up his bag and then he’ll get on that.

[@simoneggler5184]

Papi? .. Papichulo? .. Soy un Papichulo tambien !!

[@nitthegrit7544]

Production teams for poker tournaments have no business telling players how to behave so long as those players aren't breaking the rules. They're either playing within the rules or they aren't. If they do something that isn't against the rules that everyone thinks is wrong, then change the rules.

[@SleezeJest]

The audience that watches Hustler is the SAME audience that watches elite events that watches DePaulo. Apparently Berjey doesn't understand the nature of poker as seen through the eyes of its fans. It's like taking fighting out of Hockey. Poker DESPERATELY needs eyeballs. PERIOD.

[@D420-r6r]

Dudes obviously awful for the game. No idea why it can’t be Tourney discretion. Also homeboy asked about Brewer’s speech impediment 5-6 times before Chris got him to stop. If Brewer wasn’t as chill as he is, that easily could feel personal

[@alesele20]

Martin is so lame .. I missed this .. what was he saying to Chris?

[@budthebud9108]

Uh yeah slightly personal and bit rude

[@rustyshakelford2218]

Conrad flexed on Berkey's take with the zoo analogy. Point for Connie.

[@timjp7459]

Why is it that the audio of one of your hosts fluctuates in and out? Might want to get this fixed. Otherwise, great pod!

[@LionAndALamb]

There isn't a lot of "elite" poker being played at final tables because everyone is short stacked and the hands pretty much play themselves. Everyone pretty much plays by the book, and the only thing that really stands out are the rare blunders.

[@taterrhead]

Martin adds more 'value' to poker as a whole than that entire final table COMBINED ... 'elite' poker when everyone playing almost exactly like the latest AI poker bot zzzzzzzz

[@LionAndALamb]

@@taterrhead True, but you can NOT tolerate card marking, if WSOP found evidence he should be banned . Other than that, the speed of play issue needs to be fixed, but definitely not the speech play. There is a long proud tradition of obnoxious heels at the WSOP. Whether you appreciate the art of it or can't stand it, it's hard to argue that it's bad for creating interest in the game.

[@NickPeters-zc2ms]

Kabrhel, Kassouf,Airball, Luke Schwartz, at the same table, what's not to like?

[@maxvaluemax]

I would pay so much money to see Airball powerbomb Kabrhel through the table

[@gustavsmg]

​​@@maxvaluemax why is that worth paying to see?

[@drdrayfromla99]

The fact that you might be lucky to see 4 hands played in one hour.

[@sylvainguinepain5624]

Add Matusow, shaun Shekhan, and Hevad Khan

[@idonttext9783]

could be invisible ink that you can see with special contact lenses its a thing

[@FunDumb]

Martin clearly has a persona on the table. Is that something you might lean into if you've been playing that role for years? As one of the top annoying players of the century combined with having a business to promote. The problem with Martin is really a problem with policing poker. No one has the answers. You can spot the flaws. But you can't even make the guy cut his nails, even when he's been accused. That's a problem with rules, procedures, and enforcing them. Most of those pros wouldn't even shake his hand at the end. Aside from Brewer and Martirosyan the rest were all a little needy.

[@VegasLoungeAct]

If he was marking cards, I think this would have come out a long time ago. You look at videos with Kabrhel from years and years ago, he has been acting the same way the entire time. In all this time, no one was able to catch this? If he was actually marking cards, just cover your hole cards with your hands and he'd never be able to see any potential markings. Production companies, like PokerGo, are trying to make poker a "spectator sport," for lack of a better term. No one is going to be interested in watching if the entire show focuses solely on the nerdy aspects of the game, the math, the strategy, etc etc. Your average viewer will watch for people that cause drama, like Kabrhel. This is why they kept talking about his antics, but not in a negative way, and why they wouldn't bring up the cheating allegations. Their job is to get people to watch, period.

[@DennisTheMenace512]

real poker players can relate to chris brewer post win interview

[@yodogami6121]

Berkey is Elite. He is not just a pro. Keep it up Bro!

[@blanejr1]

That interview at the end got me man!!!!

[@Joe-wn4bx]

The KQ vs. AT min click re-raise was very Mike Postle-esque.

[@nicholasjones7532]

Just a heads up, watching this after the live stream - Guapo's mic cuts out within seconds after he talks for some reason.

[@markkremer7908]

Berkey, why come up with hypotheticals...he wasn't out of line...great for ratings...

[@stephenpospishil951]

Martin is using psychological warfare and taking it to another level, poker is psychological warfare in case you didn’t notice, it’s part of his strategy, there’s no proof of cheating, I think most of the GTO players are annoying, he just takes it up a notch or 2

[@pokernow]

Kabrhel has the internet divided. Perfect Villian

[@jf5618]

Could be using a liquid and when we see the rub w finger, he’s wiping “too much” off??

[@jf5618]

Whoa…that appears to be very clear marking of cards. That’s fukd

[@christianbache4074]

The cat seems to love boss Berkey😺

[@theadventuresofslim3057]

Rules must be clear before the participants drop 250k on a buy-in, not introduced mid tournament. Standing is healthier than sitting, bloodclots etc. If Standing gave someone an unfair advantage nobody would play the stand up game. The players just wanted something to complain about because they are miserable humans with victim mentality and love to complain.

[@grandsewb5452]

Daniel made a comment today about him calling marked cards twice yesterday

[@shanejett3550]

Miguel Gonzalez mic wasn't working!

[@tobyallsop6293]

Kabrhel comes from the Kassouf school of poker and we’re not here for it - sick new thumbnail though guys :)

[@shanejett3550]

Berkeys idea for production to NOT highlight Martin Kahbrel is kinda not very well thought out IMO! It's a bit like every Rebulican Presidential candidate being too scared to mention Donald Trumps name! Solution is set rules, like not standing up during an active hand and then give 1 verbal warning. Next start issuing penalties.

[@markkremer7908]

Berkey is right, have to focus on the poker skills...

[@simoneggler5184]

Berkey is right? .. Haha ..

[@bradasstv]

After watching this dude Kabehel, Nik Airball just became a little less annoying lol

[@eballeste]

guapos mic getting cut off every time he talks

[@harryh3rd]

Do the people making the production level and highlighting the broadcast understand the implications of his action?

[@IRush514]

What did Sam Soverel said that was cut from the live stream?

[@disha1695]

Why do you think he stands up ??? He clearly looking closely to find the markings he mad on cards and also to distract everyone from noticing his marking

[@pasiheinonen4067]

After everyone was allready highly doubtful about him? Thats way too clumsy, hes just messing with the opponents.

[@heehaw1234]

that cat is having the time of his life

[@focusdecorating3637]

Absolutely not convinced about all this Martin talk, also not one of you is anywhere near his playing level. Even though he is mostly completely on camera, there is still no evidence to say he is cheating. Looks and sounds like jealousy to me.

[@ParissaKhoury]

Martin Kabrhel is 🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@jonathonblaha234]

What level of plater should you be to attend an academy?

[@rustycolon9368]

All kinds of bots are spamming positive stuff about this guy.... very, very odd.

[@seriouskidsthemusic]

hi guys watch at 1min 15 what kabrhel does, again some card pressure with the nails , in the video "He TILTS Everyone at €1.6M WSOP Final Table"

[@taterrhead]

if Berkey was in charge of marketing / growing Poker post Black Friday ... it would already be more DEAD than it is now

[@briandraper7630]

Lol poker isn’t close to dead

[@3six967]

Was this the same toruny, in the last few days on Dnegs Vlog, he made a comment about finding 2 marked cards. I believe it was the Jd both times. He said it was really strange to him because he called for a new deck, then found the same one marked again later. Anyone who watches both channels, do you recall what I'm talking about? Was it the same one?

[@ohdag]

I thought the same thing when I first heard it. But I don’t know if it was the same tournament

[@Rwn819]

@@ohdag that was a different tourney.

[@publicaccount1589]

It's just weird behavior guys. He just has clammy, sticky hands, like when postle tried to blow himself in the middle of hands and everyone thought he was reading card info off his phone, or Robbi having chips stolen off her stack from a thief working in the back room with access to hole cards who for sure DID NOT want to take his cut when he saw the whole scam falling apart. Be reasonable.

[@henriksenlaw]

Where can I buy a portion of these alleged cheaters’ tourney action…I have a feeling they are going to cash.

[@NittyNick]

Orange tabby steals the show

[@borg972]

I see this crude and most naïve way of card marking in underground cages all the time. Shockingly absurd this would happen at a wsop 250K.. But at least awareness to this will be raised now.. BTW, at least in the cages they most of the time know to kick the cheater out.. Obviously if wsop allow this to happen to the bigshots they just don't care about integrity and we can assume no one would protect us little guys from being cheated there.

[@markkremer7908]

Nick Schulman and Ali would have handled the commentary in a funny, but smart way...which Jeff plant and his partner couldn't do...they overfocussed on his behavior

[@DanielRodriguez-zr9bc]

The way he was using his fingertips. He could have easily done it. Put the dust in is crusty has fingernails. It’s actually perfect. Google the dust. You’ll find info.

[@hamishbutters]

what do u mean hes cheating. he just owns all the boring regs and gets inside their heads

[@markkremer7908]

Including martin khabrel skills at bluffing and confusing, and getting tells....

[@sylvainguinepain5624]

It's a lot easier to bluff when you have perfect information about your opponent's cards

[@olehansen5374]

Not one of you have made a result at WSOP and you sit there and think you are gods for the poker.

[@shanejett3550]

Martin taking max time pre flop might be bc he is trying to look at marked cards.

[@marcrettew8284]

its in vegas, rigth? a lot of magicians in vegas....have the magicians watch the footage and inspect the cards.

[@dylanjude3235]

totally disagree Its just needs to be Balanced ! Not Boring! as you would prefer ! You really are wrong about this ... your crew disagrees with you , just not contesting you. your quality is boring like chess, the Zoo example is Perfect ,

[@benthomas5663]

Martin v robbi heads up.

[@timmythedad9021]

making me wet this morning , chill

[@ronny9407]

He was kicked out of the hard rock for cheating

[@voyxu143]

Guy stands up at table: "He's Cheating".....!!!

[@pangaea6united]

He thought it was stand-up game

[@trackstasy]

He must be banned alltime everywhere!

[@Scottpotter248]

Kabrel is a pile but I’m with conrad, I’m always in Matt’s side but I don’t get the argument he is making.

[@katewild2194]

Who does that when they put there cards in the muck?

[@wesyoung9150]

Congratulations brewer!

[@henriksenlaw]

How many NLHE does Helmuth have…

[@tiltlss]

He did break rules he attempted to influence action, talked about hands in multiways pots, violated one player to a hand.

[@kobejordan5616]

ALTHOUGH HE WAS ANNOYING, IT ADDED ENTERTAINMENT TO THE STREAM. ID RATHER WATCH THAT THAN ROBOTS NOT SAYING ANYTHING THE WHOLE STREAM. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOURE STREAMING FOR ENTERTAINMENT. POKER IS BORING IN GENERAL.

[@spencer10218]

Chauncey loves berkey

[@kylebasch6173]

Something hit me while watching these. Idk if it tracks fully but based on what I’ve seen it does. High card = edge mark Middle card = middle card mark. Low card no mark? Like a blackjack count?

[@yippypubb1942]

Did his demons get on the treadmill?

[@wongstephen843]

he should be disqualified..well a bit too late i guess

[@pangaea6united]

How TF Q2

[@weirdscenesinsidethegoldmi6879]

If a player has a problem with him they should address it at the table...If Kahbrel didn't cheat , or you have no evidence of it, you cannot call for him to be barred just because you don't like his verbal antics, poker is dull without these players as it is.

[@rustycolon9368]

He was visibly scratching the edges of the cards and marking them blatantly on camera. It's not rocket science, there IS evidence of it. Look it up.

[@weirdscenesinsidethegoldmi6879]

@@rustycolon9368 I said if he didn't cheat...of course if there's evidence of him cheating then that's different

[@fulltiltfrankie5388]

Thank the lord we still have some players like him. Unlike the boring robots that just stare and don’t speak 🤦‍♂️😴

[@simoneggler5184]

One hour and 30 min. Bullshittalk or: "Hey wsop: can you please check the cards of the 250k? Thank you." This canal is a joke.

[@mariodelapuente2320]

He could be marking with transparent bioluminescent gel and be wearing contacts that can see it. WSOP should probably check the cards just to be safe.

[@mariodelapuente2320]

^invisible ink

[@tcwhiting]

I can’t believe Connie didn’t take the day off!!!! It’s Juneteenth my guy!!! Use that black privilege… it’s only valid for one day 😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrewnicholas9079]

He paid the 250k or 500k. You can complain about his antics but bring solutions to the table instead of condemning the behavior. I didnt hear a solution. Now if hes cheating in any way shape or form the solution is clear. I think his antics play right into his game. Thats what he wants.

[@yellowkitty8408]

Kabhrel is never cheating. People hate him because he is annoying AND succesful.

[@seanmingo3758]

Multiple vids of him marking cards

[@yellowkitty8408]

@@seanmingo3758it occured to me once, that i saw a guy marking cards. Immediatly asked for new deck and floormen. They checked videos and called Police.

[@yellowkitty8408]

@@seanmingo3758met Kabhrel around 2007 first time. He is super rich and a true gambler. He also was on 2 bullets in the 250k…. he would never cheat.

[@Coryalan2]

@YellowKitty what up Martin!

[@rustycolon9368]

@@seanmingo3758 super weird how all of these relatively new or bot looking accounts are commenting on Kabhrel in a positive light..

[@cypherkaosw4070]

Countdown is dumb

[@berdyderg900]

Not trying to give people ideas but there are half a dozen better ways to mark a deck just off the top of my head and he's playing a $250K lol. Such a wild conination of shamelessbess but also complete lack of creativity.

[@CorporateSmitty]

If he was cheating why did he shove 50M when he was behind and definitely going to get called

[@HotPotatoPoker]

If you mark 7 or 8 cards in a deck of 52, don't make you know everyone cards. It does give him information occasionally. When everything lines up he can have a huge advantage.

[@CorporateSmitty]

@@HotPotatoPoker you wouldn’t make that play you would just wait for a different spot you wouldn’t shove the time you didn’t know what cards they had

[@shanejett3550]

Miguel Gonzalez mic wasn't working!