Exclusive | Manhattan poker bro in $4m condo sued by ritzy neighbors over nonstop weed sessions

A seemingly entitled poker player is taking living the high life a little too literally.Alleged pot-head Chau Shing Lam has been smoking cigarettes and weed at all hours of the day and night, and burning up his Kips Bay neighbors’ patience, according to an explosive new Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.Property records show Lam paid $4.15 million in August 2022 for a condominium unit in the luxury Kips Bay building — which has always had a clear non-smoking policy.Hoping to finally nip his “near-daily” weed habit in the bud, the board at the luxury 368 Third Ave.condominium — where a penthouse is currently listed for $8.7 million — is suing the high-flying resident who let $87,000 in fines go straight up in smoke, court records obtained by The Post show.Lam is an avid poker player who has competed in international tournaments in Monte Carlo, Paris, Barcelona, earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in winnings.He has allegedly been lighting up pot and tobacco at all hours and sending “noxious smoke” wafting through hallways and into neighboring homes.The secondhand fumes are seeping into the bedroom of a 12-year-old child battling a severe respiratory condition, the suit claims.The kid in unit 31A, “has been diagnosed with reactive airway dysfunction syndrome, a serious respiratory condition that is directly exacerbated by exposure to secondhand smoke,” court documents state.

The child’s father is a practicing physician.“In the last month, objective air quality monitoring has consistently documented PM2.5 (fine particulate matter 2.5 micrometers or smaller in diameter) in the neighboring unit at dangerous levels, including levels classified by the [US Environmental Protection Agency] as “Unhealthy” for all persons and extremely dangerous for a child with this condition,” per July 17 court records.That is the same classification used during extreme wildfire events, like the orange haze that blanketed the East Coast from Canadian wildfir...