Nik Airball added $10,000 more to a big losing night on Friday after he stepped into the path of a head-to-head prop bet against special Hustler Casino Live guest Kristen Foxen and benefactor Chance Kornuth.
The lure was cast by Kornuth, who couldn't help trolling an over-confident Airball early Friday morning. The HCL regular threw the gauntlet down earlier in the week with a claim that "Tourney players all suck!" and called a clash with Foxen "free money."
Kornuth responded with a $10,000 wager that Foxen would win more during the Friday night session. It was crickets at first, so Kornuth had to fire another message later in the afternoon.
"Sad to say @nikairball was all talk and never replied. If he replies b4 the game begins, we are on."
Airball would sneak in about 30 minutes later with "Booked" and the bet was on.
Airball misses big
What transpired next over the five-hour stream wasn't pretty for Airball, who fell deep into the red and stayed there until he ended the night down $399,900. Foxen, on the other hand, would cruise to a modest $17,100 win, adding $10,000 more to Airball's losses to take him over a cool $400K.
The two would clash at the midway point in one of Airball's many miserable hands, which started with a $800 raise from Foxen with 
. Airball would start the exchange of raises with a $4,000 three bet, followed by an $11,000 four-bet from Foxen and then a $28,000 five-bet from Airball. Foxen reached back one more time and put her last $104,300 into the middle, forcing Airball to finally give it up.
That wasn't the last of the misery for Airball and he would suffer again after a big bluff into end-of-night big stack Ethan 'Rampage' Yau. It started with an Airball raise to $8,000 with 
and Rampage called behind with 
before Ryan Feldman came along for a flop. The dealer fanned out 
and Airball continued for $10,000. Rampage called and Feldman folded to set up an on the river.
Airball fired another $35,000 at the turn and Rampage called with the top pair. When the 
fell on the river, Airball slid out $140,500. The supersized bet gave Rampage pause and he went deep into the tank with his pair. Rampage would eventually call and net the $392,200 pot, sending Airball spinning further into the vortex.
Rampage would end the night with a $253,400 profit, followed by Turbo Nguyen with $170,200. Foxen's $17,100 was the lowest profit margin of the night, followed by three players in the red: Feldman, Big Mike, and Airball. Feldman lost $24,700 and Big Mike $88,500, but the big number of the day was bright red $399,900.
Airball wrapped up the night with a tweet to Kornuth, letting him know that that Feldman would handle the transfer of the winnings. It was a $10,000 lesson for Airball about putting one's money where one's mouth is, but at least he has no problem doing that.
