After a long absence from Hustler Casino Live, the show’s star, Nik Airball, might be coming back. There was no explanation for his disappearance, but some rumors popped up about him being banned for one year for violating the rules. It has nothing to do with cheating of any kind.
Six months ago, Airball was on the Lodge stream, and he said, “They told us if you loan chips, you have to report who you loan to, which we did; we always reported it. 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; 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.”
While out of Hustler Casino Live, Airball was playing at the Lodge and also appeared in the last season of High Stakes Poker. He has won $827,375 playing in the Lodge and High Stakes Poker.
After ending 2023 on a loss of $646,640, Airball had a great 2024 year at Hustler Casino Live, winning almost half a million before he was banned in March. He is currently down “only” $95,040 playing on HCL.
It is evident that Airball changed his playing style and is now tighter than before. The new style has been producing better results.
One of the show’s owners, Ryan Feldman, confirmed that Nik Airball will return to the HCL show in March. “Nik Airball gets reinstated in March. We can have him back in March,” said Feldman after the bubbling $500k Triton Million event. He also confirmed that the ban was one year long.
Nik Airball’s graph source: highrollpoker.com
