On January 18th, 2014, the New Jersey Department of Gaming Enforcement cancelled the opening event ($2 million guaranteed prizeopool) of the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open after concluding that someone had used a significant number of counterfeit chips in the tournament.
A few days after the tournament had been cancelled, Associated Press reported that Day 1C chip leader Christian Lusardi, 42, h[...] Read more » Borgata Cheater Sentenced To 5 Years Behind Bars
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 40 (M)
Posts: 10090
i like the scheme, it gives such sh1tty poker player like me to stand a chance of winning. actually me thinks that i can pull something similar in the upcoming wsop main event- imagine pochui sitting at the final table with 99% of his huge chip stack consisting of counterfeit chips.
Joined: May '13
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 38 (M)
Posts: 2219
Who says crime never pays? $1.3 in two years just from selling boot leg DVD's. Easy money. Seriously though, what an idiot. let's put plastic chips down a toilet as they are sure to not get clogged up.
Guy got what he deserved and has to pay back that massive amount as well as prision time. Hates.
Joined: Mar '12
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 46 (F)
Posts: 2261
I don't think he really thought this through properly.In a tournament it is obvious that there is going to be a discrepency in the chip totals at the end of the day.If he had had more sense he should have used the fakes to build up a lead and then take away the same number of fakes as he progressed....and hope that the fake chips pass scrutiny.
Joined: Feb '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 60 (M)
Posts: 5713
Don't you just have to laugh..... Some people are so not with what really goes on and as usual when caught get what they deserve. I heard of someone getting convicted of fraud by falsifying cheques and paying for goods with them. Then when it came to sentencing, sought clemency from the judge by submitting a falsified testimonial! Got even more than they would have without the testimonial.
Joined: Feb '14
Location: Tunisia
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 2135
i like that always the toilet is the place to hide for these people dont they watch movies .. find another place you thieves still i think 5 years is the right punichement and he is gonna pay with all his money you do the crime , you get ready to do the time looks like still he is gonna serve more time for the chips related crime they never know when to stop he got more than 1 million but he still uses cheat and scam
