In September last year, a scandal blew up the world of high-stakes, livestreamed poker: In a hand at Los Angeles’ Hustler Live Casino, which broadcast its games on YouTube, a relative novice holding nothing but a jack of clubs and a four of hearts successfully called the bluff of a veteran player. No one could possibly think that poor hand might be good enough to call a bluff, thousands of outraged poker players argued, unless the person holding it had some extra knowledge that her opponent’s hand was even worse—in other words, she must have been cheating.
Three months later, Hustler Live Casino published a postmortem of its investigation into the incident, finding “no credible evidence” of foul play.
