{"id":301604,"date":"2023-12-04T12:58:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=301604"},"modified":"2023-12-09T14:38:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:38:13","slug":"poker-pro-accused-of-cheating-to-win-3m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/poker-pro-accused-of-cheating-to-win-3m\/","title":{"rendered":"Poker Pro Accused of Cheating to Win $3M"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ye \u201cTony Mars\u201d Shen has been accused of cheating a private Southern California poker game out of millions. Fellow poker pros Nikhil \u201cNik Airball\u201d Arcot and Wesley \u201cWes Side\u201d Fei made their allegations on X\/Twitter<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Ye \u201cTony Mars\u201d Shen plays during a recent \u2018Hustler Casino Live\u2019 stream. (Image: pokerstrategy.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the \u201cHustler Casino Live\u201d stream regulars, Shen brought a trick card deck to a recreational private game in Yorba Linda, Calif., where Arcot, Fei, and other friends played with blinds of $25\/$50 and $50\/$100.<\/p>\n

Shen\u2019s deck supposedly allowed him to see through the cards, presumably with the help of special contact lenses, according to the unsubstantiated allegations. For about a year, Shen supposedly won just over $3 million using this deck.<\/p>\n

After a game, we found a cheating deck,\u201d Wesley told Poker News,<\/em> which broke the story. \u201cThe deck is a very good cheating deck that you can’t find. But we went to a very dark room and we used a blue light and then you can see the numbers on the back of the deck.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shen himself won about $1.6M, according to Wesley.<\/em> However, along with his deck, he also brought to the games two co-conspirators whose winnings totaled $1.5M.<\/p>\n

Wesley told Poker News <\/em>that he has lost a total of $1M in the twice-weekly game, which he last attended in October. On X\/Twitter, Arcot posted that he too was cheated out of $1M by \u201csomeone who I thought was a close friend of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll details and what not will be released soon in more digestible format,\u201d Arcot posted on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Shen Denies Cheating<\/h2>\n

According to Wesley, after being confronted with the evidence, Shen admitted that the deck was marked. However, he denied cheating with it.<\/p>\n

It’s a special deck and he admitted the deck has a problem,\u201d<\/strong> Wesley said. Wesley said Shen told him he didn\u2019t know who brought the deck to the game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Mars said, ‘Maybe you’re losing and you don’t want to pay, so you’re changing the deck,'” Wesley told Poker News.<\/em> “If we are cheating, how can we lose?”<\/p>\n

These allegations have nothing to do with \u201cHustler Casino Live,\u201d which is still smarting over its own poker cheating scandal<\/a> last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shen has yet to acknowledge the allegations via his X\/Twitter account, @Marsback2earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ye \u201cTony Mars\u201d Shen has been accused of cheating a private Southern California poker game out of millions. Fellow poker pros Nikhil \u201cNik Airball\u201d Arcot and Wesley \u201cWes Side\u201d Fei made their allegations on X\/Twitter this weekend. According to the \u201cHustler Casino Live\u201d stream regulars, Shen brought a trick card deck to a recreational private […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":301605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,83771,14,84511],"tags":[88998,81975,84144,88997,81907,82695,88999,88996],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPoker Pro Accused of Cheating to Win $3M - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ye \u201cTony Mars\u201d Shen has been accused of cheating a private Southern California poker game out of millions. 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