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It took all of one hand for Nikhil "Nik Airball" Arcot to get stacked for a six-figure pot on Hustler Casino Live'sFriday night high-stakes stream.

The $100/$200 no-limit hold'em cash game started just after 5 p.m. PT from Hustler Casino in Los Angeles with two players buying in for $100,000 — the rest for $50,000 — and those two put all their chips in the middle against each other seconds after commentator David Tuchman introduced the lineup.

Nik Airball Hates the River Card

Airball took his seat when the cameras began rolling and immediately picked up 10♥10♦. Denis the Menace, a regular on HCL who often plays an unpredictable style, began the action by raising to $1,000 with the suited "Robbi," aka J♣4♣, from the lowjack.

Pipi called from the hijack with 4♥4♦before Airball three-bet to $7,000 from the cufoff. Denis the Menace was the only player to call and see a juicy flop of 10♣9♦5♣. Airball, following a check, continued for $10,000 with top set, and he received a call.

The turn was the Q♥, which added a straight draw to Menace's flush draw. He checked, however, and then called a second barrel bet of $20,000.

The dealer then flipped over the 8♣on the river, giving Menace a flush (and a straight). He was concerned the river card would scare his opponent into checking, so he took the initiative and just moved all in for $63,000. Airball, who had the exact same stack size, paused for about two seconds before calling it off.

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Nik Airball, one of the most polarizing players in Hustler Casino Livehistory, would quickly find out his flopped top set was cracked on the river. He lost a $201,500 pot on the first hand of the session. He rebought another $100,000 and lost a quarter of it on the next hand, bluffing with eight-high against Britney's top pair.

The self-proclaimed "King of LA," however, would get half his money back on the third hand when he rivered a straight and was able to extract maximum value out of Wizbit's top pair for a $101,600 pot.

There was still plenty of livestream action Friday night on Hustler Casino Livewhen this article was published.