{"id":5011,"date":"2023-06-26T14:20:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/?p=5011"},"modified":"2023-06-26T12:27:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T12:27:12","slug":"top-poker-scams-and-hustles-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/blog\/top-poker-scams-and-hustles-in-history","title":{"rendered":"Top Poker Scams and Hustles in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pokerPoker has done wonders for players around the world, allowing them to make a living playing live and online poker games<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Poker gets a lot of positive coverage through televised events, mega tournaments like the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and live streams on Twitch.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

However, poker also gets a bad rap at times due to the number of poker scams and hustles that have tarnished this game over the years.<\/p>\n

In this article, we put together some of the most common poker hustles in history and some of the biggest poker scams in recent years.<\/p>\n

Counterfeit Chips at the Borgata Winter Poker Open in 2014<\/h3>

\"ChristianPoker player Christian Lusardi<\/a><\/strong> became notorious after the Borgata caught him using counterfeit chips at the Borgata Winter Poker Open in 2014.<\/p>\n

Unhappy about his uneventful poker career, Lusardi introduced fake chips into the game. Nobody suspected him of cheating when he emerged as the chip leader on Day 2. <\/p>\n

However, tournament officials realized something was amiss when they noticed the number of chips in the game was more than what it ought to be.<\/p>\n

They launched an investigation and discovered several fake chips. The investigative team used the casino cameras and realized that Lusardi was running a scam on them.<\/p>\n

Lusardi made things worse by attempting to flush the fake chips down the toilet, clogging the hotel pipes. The Borgata ejected Lusardi from the tournament on the second day, and the police arrested him the following day.<\/p>\n

Eighteen months later, an Atlantic County grand jury officially indicted Lusardi on third-degree criminal mischief, second-degree attempt to theft through deception, and second-degree trademark counterfeiting<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

Cult-Like Cheating Operation on GGPoker<\/h3>

In an 80-minute interview on the Doug Polk Podcast in April 2022, poker player Martin Zamani<\/strong> accused Bryn Kenney<\/strong>, who is ranked second on the All Time Money List, of running a cult-like poker cheating operation on GGPoker.<\/p>\n

Zamani told Polk that Kenney uses horses to collude in online poker games on GGPoker. The poker community uses the term \u201chorses<\/em>\u201d for players taking part in tournaments and cash games for payment. While accusing Kenney, he also admitted that he scammed others out of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n

Zamani said that Bryn uses cheating tactics like ghosting, real-time assistance (RTA)<\/a> and collusion. He gave listeners the impression that Kenney was the head of a cheating cult on GGPoker. Allegedly, Kenney\u2019s \u201chorses<\/em>\u201d had to live the kind of life Kenney wanted or risk getting dropped from the team.<\/p>\n

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