In the case of lawyer Tom Goldstein, who is accused of tax evasion and won a double-digit million sum in high-stakes poker, the famous highroller Andrew Robl also recently had to appear in court.
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Robl, who is considered one of the best NLH cash game players in the world and is estimated to have won around $40 million in live games, testified in court on Thursday, providing some interesting information.
According to his testimony, Goldstein asked Robl in 2016 to prepare him for a heads-up match against American billionaire Alec Gores. Besides him, Keith Gipson and Phil Galfond were also hired as coaches.
Robl saw this as an opportunity to earn money through a stake, and he was also friends with Goldstein at the time.
Robl actually collected around $2.9 million from the match, in which Goldstein crushingly defeated the billionaire.
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Robl was also involved in Goldstein’s matches against Asian multimillionaires “Tango” and “Chairman,” although Goldstein only started making a profit after Robl’s loss limit was exceeded, and he therefore did not participate in the $13.3 million profit.
Robl further testified that Goldstein was not a winning player in ring games and that he did not have a complete overview of his profits and losses from stakes.
Goldstein also played against Andy Beal, Kevin Hart, and other prominent poker enthusiasts.
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