Poker player says blind date attorney took her to cleaners

POKER PRO Beth Shak got dealt a bad hand on a blind date — losing $10,000 to a Manhattan lawyer, according to a lawsuit filed Friday.

Shak’s outing with attorney Mark Jay Krum went “terribly, terribly awry,” said the suit filed in Manhattan Federal Court.

The two were introduced by a mutual friend, court papers said.

During the date, Shak (photo) told Krum of her split with Fox News senior correspondent Rick Leventhal, with whom she’d eloped in June 2016. The two filed for divorce in April 2017.

Krum urged Shak to file a suit against her ex — and the poker player decided to put her cards on the table then and there, the suit said.

Shak hired Krum as her lawyer — and wrote him a $10,000 check during their dinner Nov. 20 at a Cheesecake Factory in Cherry Hill, N.J., according to her lawsuit.Shak wrote “nonrefundable” on the check — but also believed that she would not have to pay Krum any additional attorney fees unless her lawsuit was successful, the suit said.

She also sent a Los Angeles-based lawyer that Krum knew from law school a $5,000 retainer for her case “at Mr. Krum’s insistence,” the suit alleged.

Krum showed Shak a lawsuit draft in December — but with the divorce proceeding amicably, the poker player wanted to hold back.

The attorney grew “belligerent and attempted to coerce her” into filing the complaint, court papers said. He threatened to bill her $795 per hour if she didn’t go ahead with the suit, she claims.

Shak didn’t pursue litigation — but got a $135,000 invoice from Krum on Jan. 9 for 150 hours of work on her case, the suit said.

She wants a judge to declare that she doesn’t owe Krum any money — while the lawyer denies any wrongdoing.