Garrett Adelstein

Garrett Adelstein (born May 16, 1986) is an American professional poker player from Tucson, Arizona who focuses on live no-limit hold 'em cash games. He appeared on Survivor: Cagayan where he was the second player voted off.

Poker career
Adelstein focuses on live cash games. He was a coach at Phil Galfond's poker academy Run It Once until 2014. Adelstein is known for his aggression and large bets. Commentators say he isn't afraid to gamble.

Some of his biggest winnings from professional tournaments include a $48,000 win from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in 2008, $48,487 from the 2010 WSOP Main Event and $49,108 from the 2016 WSOP Main Event.

In 2017, he began appearing regularly on live poker shows including Live at the Bike hosted in The Bicycle Hotel & Casino in California and has appeared on the reboot of Poker After Dark. One of his most notable hands was against professional poker player Matt Berkey in the November broadcast of Poker After Dark for $459,000. His beat Berkey's. The board came giving both players three of a kind, and they went all-in on the river. Adelstein made a second appearance in the Poker After Dark episode Dead Money.

Adelstein-Lew controversy
On September 29, 2022, Adelstein lost a hand while playing at Hustler Casino, during the "Hustler Casino Live" stream. His opponent Robbi Jade Lew, an amateur, called off her stack, $108,300, on the turn of. Her hand was an unimproved versus Adelstein's. Although Lew had the better hand at the time, her hand would have lost to a large majority of the hands Adelstein could reasonably have reached that point in the hand with, so an experienced player would probably not have called all-in without knowing Adelstein's cards.

The river was run twice and came first and then, neither of which were outs for Adelstein. After Lew tabled her hand at showdown, Adelstein was visibly disturbed and clearly believed that Lew had cheated. Garrett left the table several hands later, and shortly thereafter, a member of management escorted Lew away from the table. Lew refunded Adelstein his bets in the hand, and Adelstein left the game. Adelstein tweeted that he had been cheated and later suggestied that Lew may have been part of a cheating ring involving at least three people. Lew maintained her innocence and shared the results of a polygraph test she took shortly after on October 12, 2022.

Survivor
In 2013, Adelstein appeared on Survivor: Cagayan as a member of the "Brains" tribe where he was the second player voted off. Adelstein managed to find a Hidden Immunity Idol, but elected not to bring it to Tribal Council.

Personal life
Adelstein currently resides in Manhattan Beach, California. He is married to Jennifer Stutland of Lexington, KY, a USC graduate.