{"id":5314,"date":"2023-04-19T10:34:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2023-04-19T10:34:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:34:44","slug":"japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Player Who Is One of HCL\u2019s Biggest Winners Hit with Scam Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke.jpg\" alt=\"Ryusuke\" width=\"300\" title=\"Japanese Player Who Is One of HCL\u2019s Biggest Winners Hit with Scam Allegations\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ryusuke allegedly owes $15 million to several people, including fellow poker players<\/li>\n<li>The Japanese player previously played on Hustler Casino Live<\/li>\n<li>He suddenly disappeared and nobody knows his whereabouts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Japanese poker player who goes by the name <strong>\u201c<em>Ryusuke<\/em>\u201c<\/strong> and previously competed in some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/hustler-casino-live-announces-poker-line-up-for-the-million-dollar-game\">biggest games on Hustler Casino Live<\/a> (HCL) has been accused of defrauding fellow players and others out of $15 million. <\/p>\n<p>The guy has cut all communication with his alleged victims and is currently nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nik-airball-arcot-exposes-ryusuke-as-scammer\">Nik \u201cAirball\u201d Arcot Exposes Ryusuke as Scammer<\/h2>\n<p>Ryusuke\u2019s name came up recently after high-stakes player <strong>Nik \u201c<em>Airball<\/em>\u201d Arcot<\/strong> revealed while playing on HCL that the Japanese player owes him money. Nik said Ryusuke can no longer be contacted and has gone silent after incurring massive debts from lots of people. Nik called Ryusuke a \u201c<em>scammer<\/em>\u201d who <strong>owes about $500,000 to him and other players locally<\/strong>. The Japanese player also owes money in Japan, Nik claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations against Ryusuke grabbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/garrett-adelstein-gets-on-doug-polk-podcast-and-opens-up-on-hcl-scandal\">Doug Polk\u2019s attention who recently sat down with Garrett Adelstein after another HCL Scandal<\/a> and he recently posted a video discussing the scandal. According to Polk, there is limited information regarding Ryusuke\u2019s poker background. Nobody knows where and how he started playing the game. In fact, his real name is also unknown. <\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/acn3vDzUy1g?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ryusuke won more than $600,000 in his cash game endeavors on HCL and also reportedly won big in other poker games elsewhere but he never bothered to return any of the money he owes.<\/p>\n<p>Nik said Ryusuke personally owes him $160,000 and hasn\u2019t heard from him for several months now. \u201c<em>Mars<\/em>\u201d, also an HCL regular, shared that one of his friends also fell victim to Ryusuke\u2019s unscrupulous activities. <\/p>\n<p>The Japanese player allegedly won 800,000 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/blog\/ultimate-guide-to-setting-up-home-poker-games\">home poker game<\/a> hosted by Mars\u2019 friend and walked away with the entire amount. But after losing a game, he never came back, leaving a $170,000-$180,000 debt. Mars said his friend is keen on retrieving the money and is offering a $25,000 reward for anyone who can help.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"poker-fans-shocked\">Poker Fans Shocked <\/h2>\n<p>The scandal involving Ryusuke shocked the poker community, especially those who have watched his games on HCL. Many were surprised by the allegations as the player seemed like a genuinely nice guy on stream. <\/p>\n<p>With Ryusuke now missing in action, there are speculations he may still be in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/top-10-us-poker-sites\">US<\/a>, with others saying he could be in the Philippines or Cambodia. <\/p>\n<p>A Twitter account with the name, \u201c<em>Ryusuke 72master<\/em>\u201d suddenly surfaced and even interacted with \u201c<em>ThePokerKaren<\/em>\u201d when the controversy erupted. <\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I do owe money. The amount has been exaggerated<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RYUSUKE 72master (@27master_ry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/27master_ry\/status\/1645640223873724416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>The user led others to believe he was Ryusuke and said he is working to resolve his financial issues. But HCL co-founder <strong>Ryan Feldman<\/strong> was quick to dismiss the Twitter account as bogus, saying it was not the real Ryusuke account.<\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In case you guys didn\u2019t realize\/didn\u2019t take the time to click on the profile, this is a fake account\/impersonator\/troll account, not the real Ryusuke account.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Feldman (@TheRyanFeldman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRyanFeldman\/status\/1645652598517809154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Ryusuke allegedly owes $15 million to several people, including fellow poker players The Japanese player previously played on Hustler Casino Live He suddenly disappeared and nobody knows his whereabouts A Japanese poker player who goes by the name \u201cRyusuke\u201c and previously competed in some of the biggest games on Hustler Casino Live (HCL) has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Japanese Player Who Is One of HCL\u2019s Biggest Winners Hit with Scam Allegations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ryusuke who has previously competed in some of the biggest games on HCL has been accused of defrauding fellow players and others out of $15 million.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Japanese Player Who Is One of HCL\u2019s Biggest Winners Hit with Scam Allegations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ryusuke who has previously competed in some of the biggest games on HCL has been accused of defrauding fellow players and others out of $15 million.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Top 10 Poker Sites\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dooshan92\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-19T10:34:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dusan Jovanovic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dusan Jovanovic\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations\",\"name\":\"Japanese Player Who Is One of HCL\u2019s Biggest Winners Hit with Scam Allegations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-19T10:34:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-19T10:34:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/080c22e5b70b3054ae4bb3ea6929c97d\"},\"description\":\"Ryusuke who has previously competed in some of the biggest games on HCL has been accused of defrauding fellow players and others out of $15 million.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke.jpg\",\"width\":380,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Ryusuke\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Top 10 Poker Sites\",\"description\":\"Top 10 Poker Sites\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/080c22e5b70b3054ae4bb3ea6929c97d\",\"name\":\"Dusan Jovanovic\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2752d482cb86a3ef6e8999a374777f25?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2752d482cb86a3ef6e8999a374777f25?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dusan Jovanovic\"},\"description\":\"Dusan has a keen interest in online gambling laws. Making his posts well worth a read to find where poker is legal and upcoming changes to the law..\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dooshan92\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/duan-jovanovi-4251211b5\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/author\/dusan-jovanovic\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Japanese Player Who Is One of HCL\u2019s Biggest Winners Hit with Scam Allegations","description":"Ryusuke who has previously competed in some of the biggest games on HCL has been accused of defrauding fellow players and others out of $15 million.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Japanese Player Who Is One of HCL\u2019s Biggest Winners Hit with Scam Allegations","og_description":"Ryusuke who has previously competed in some of the biggest games on HCL has been accused of defrauding fellow players and others out of $15 million.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations","og_site_name":"Top 10 Poker Sites","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dooshan92\/","article_published_time":"2023-04-19T10:34:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke.jpg"}],"author":"Dusan Jovanovic","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dusan Jovanovic","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations","url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations","name":"Japanese Player Who Is One of HCL\u2019s Biggest Winners Hit with Scam Allegations","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-19T10:34:44+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-19T10:34:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/080c22e5b70b3054ae4bb3ea6929c97d"},"description":"Ryusuke who has previously competed in some of the biggest games on HCL has been accused of defrauding fellow players and others out of $15 million.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/japanese-player-ryusuke-who-is-one-of-hcls-biggest-winners-hit-with-scam-allegations#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/04\/ryusuke.jpg","width":380,"height":250,"caption":"Ryusuke"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/","name":"Top 10 Poker Sites","description":"Top 10 Poker Sites","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/080c22e5b70b3054ae4bb3ea6929c97d","name":"Dusan Jovanovic","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2752d482cb86a3ef6e8999a374777f25?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2752d482cb86a3ef6e8999a374777f25?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dusan Jovanovic"},"description":"Dusan has a keen interest in online gambling laws. Making his posts well worth a read to find where poker is legal and upcoming changes to the law..","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dooshan92\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/duan-jovanovi-4251211b5\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/author\/dusan-jovanovic"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}