The first-ever live cash game streamed from the WSOP turned out to have a glaring issue, as Hustler Casino Live regular Britney Jing was ejected from the stream.
It’s been a rough couple of days at the WSOP, as controversy has overshadowed what people have considered a nice start to the series thus far.
Players played $100/$200 with a $200 ante and a $50,000 (250 big blind) minimum.
Jing joined the stream roughly 20 minutes after it started. She sat down with a $50,000 buy-in and quickly doubled it up, winning a flip with pocket eights against ace-king suited.
However, her night would go all downhill from there, busting after losing a pair of hands against Ethan “Rampage” Yau and Nik Airball. After buying back in for another $50,000, she ran it up to $90,0000 before being felted for a second time.
Roughly two hours into the stream, after being down a cool $100,000, she was ejected from the game for what they described as a “compliance issue.”
There was no explanation from commentators Alan Keating and Brent Hanks. Instead, while the whole awkward situation was playing out, they cut to a promotional graphic that stayed on the screen for a few minutes.
While the viewers didn’t know what went down, Nik Airball told another player in a brief conversation: “You didn’t know what happened? Casino says they changed their mind.”
The aforementioned Nik Airball would end up the biggest winner of the game, finishing up nearly $325,000. Rampage also did really well for himself, winning $300,000 to send his career live-stream profits to over $1,700,000.
Andrew Pacheco, also known as “Ace”, had a bad night on the felt. The Executive Director of Customer Development at Resorts World Las Vegas ended up down $131,000 on the night. “Rips”, a popular streaming daytrader, ended up being the biggest loser on the program, losing over $410,000.
The WSOP will be hosting a second night of the $100/$200 on the official Hustler Casino Live YouTube channel.
Ryan Feldman speaks out
Hustler Casino Live’s Ryan Feldman, who assumed the role of game-runner for the evening, told Poker.Org that Britney Jing was kicked from the WSOP stream due to a compliance issue.
Apparently, that’s also why she ran late to the stream, as she was initially told she couldn’t play.
Simply put: the WSOP casino officials could not verify the source of her cash.
“There’s a lot of strict security with compliance these days at the World Series, especially when players bring cash.
“This cash game is big, and there’s a lot of cash involved, even more than they’re used to seeing for tournaments. There’s only so much we can do at our end; we just have to find out who’s okay to play and who’s not.
“It’s obviously a tough situation for us, because she’s a big part of the stream, but there’s really nothing I can do. We might see some issues like that going forward with these games, but hopefully it gets a little bit easier going forward.”
According to a PokerNews report, Britney was told to get a check for her casino winnings from another casino and bring it back to the Paris cash desk, which she did, which allowed her to enter the game. However, after she lost $100,000, a compliance officer got involved and wanted to conduct due diligence on her and her background.
The WSOP is reportedly cracking down on players buying into games with large amounts of cash that can’t be tracked or verified. They are beginning to tell people to use other payment methods, such as bank wires and LuxonPay, to curb any potential issues.
Who is Britney Jing?
Jing is a high-stakes poker player who has played 861 of her 885 live-streamed cash game hours on Hustler Casino Live. She also describes herself as a wild animal trainer and a Web3 investor.
She’s known for splashing around, with a career VPIP of 43%. Still, that has not gotten in her way. According to Highroll Poker, a service that tracks live-streamed cash game stats, she is up $131,280, including last night’s downswing.
