The player reportedly being investigated for allegedly marking cards and cheating in the 2015 World Series of Poker $10,000 Heads-Up Championship has denied it all.
After earlier attempts to contact Moldavian Valeriu Coca, PokerNews was able to speak with him through an interpreter while he was at the cash game tables inside the Pavilion Room at the Rio Convention Center. Coca, who finished fifth in the event, said the allegations being levied against him are simply sour grapes.
"This is a fantasy," he said, laughing.