Lusardi made things worse by attempting to flush the fake chips down the toilet, clogging the hotel pipes. The investigative team used the casino cameras and realized that Lusardi was running a scam on them.

They launched an investigation and discovered several fake chips. However, tournament officials realized something was amiss when they noticed the number of chips in the game was more than what it ought to be. Nobody suspected him of cheating when he emerged as the chip leader on Day 2. Unhappy about his uneventful poker career, Lusardi introduced fake chips into the game. Poker player Christian Lusardi became notorious after the Borgata caught him using counterfeit chips at the Borgata Winter Poker Open in 2014. Counterfeit Chips at the Borgata Winter Poker Open in 2014