Nikhil Arcot ‘Nik Airball’, known for his entertaining and aggressive gameplay, is finally returning to the Hustler Casino Live Poker Show, following 1-Year Ban. Nikhil Arcot will make his return to the Hustler Casino Live stage on March 28, 2025.
Arcot had been a regular feature on the popular poker livestream for two years before an undisclosed suspension from Hustler Casino in Los Angeles sidelined the Southern California high roller. Now, he’s set to rejoin the action. As per Poker.Org, Arcot was banned from Hustler Casino itself and was unrelated to the livestream. It had nothing to do with cheating but was instead a casino compliance issue involving the transfer of chips to another player.
Because of chip loaning, Lodge Stream also banned the Indian-American player from its LiveStream cash games back in May 2024. “They told us if you loan chips, you have to report who you loan to, which we did; we always reported it,” Arcot told PokerOrg. “But then they got upset because we did such a high amount. Nick [Vertucci] and Ryan [Feldman] went to bat for us; we got unbanned, and they said if you ever loan in the casino again, you’re banned for life. It makes running the big games a little more challenging.”
Nick Airball is a very close friend of Ryan Feldman, the founder of Hustler Casino Live, and has been very vocal about the controversy with Nick Vertucci. He openly came in support of the survivors and asked Feldman to take strict action against Vertucci.
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