A poker player used fake chips in the Winter Poker Open 's in New Jersey , cops say . Christian Lusardi , mid-January , flushed the chips down a hotel toilet , clogging the pipes , cops say . Tournament officials had to cancel the event with 4,800 of 27 players left .
A poker player used fake chips in the Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City , cops say . Christian Lusardi , 42 , flushed the chips down a hotel toilet , clogging the pipes , cops say . Tournament officials had to cancel the event with 27 of 4,800 players left .