Martin Kabrhel responded with statements responding to accusations of cheating during a 2023 World Series of Poker $250,000 Super High Roller event in which he finished third.
“I am not a cheater, this is not true!!” he wrote on Twitter (see the full thread below). “This gossip is damaging me not only as poker player, but also my business activities and my family.”
He went on to say he’d take legal action against fellow poker player Andrew Robl, who tweeted videos that accused Kabrhel of possibly marking cards.
That said, The World Series of Poker is opening an investigation into Kabrhel, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
On behalf of yesterday situation I feel necessary to speak up. @Andrew_Robl yesterday posted on twitter an accusation that I'm marking cards and cheating in poker tournaments. I was shocked by how quickly people took it as true, pure statement with no evidence and..
— Martin Kabrhel (@martinkabrhell) June 20, 2023
..started media blizzard in which I am portrayed as cheater. You can accuse me of controversial manners, bad jokes, uncomfortable play, or whatever stickers you put on my autistic behavior, you can call me pain in the a** but calling me a cheater is something completely out of..
— Martin Kabrhel (@martinkabrhell) June 20, 2023
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..line.
I am not a cheater, this is not true!! This gossip is damaging me not only as poker player, but also my business activities and my family. That’s why I have decided to take legal action against Andrew Robl, because in such a professional tournament series as WSOP..
— Martin Kabrhel (@martinkabrhell) June 20, 2023
..it is very easy to prove such accusations are pure lies. I just can’t believe how easy it's for people to join such accusations just by their personal antipathy towards my person.
— Martin Kabrhel (@martinkabrhell) June 20, 2023
Per the Review-Journal:
Tournament officials said Monday they were aware of the allegations.
“While we do not discuss specific security protocols used to monitor players and gaming equipment, the integrity of the game remains paramount and we can assure fellow patrons that we are taking these allegations very seriously,” the WSOP said in a statement to the Review-Journal. “As this is an ongoing investigation, there is no further comment on the matter at this time.”
