According to the Associated Press, a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Edwin Ting to five months in prison and ordered him to forfeit $2 million on Tuesday.

The state of New York has seen some infamous people come through, but perhaps none were as big in the poker game as Edwin Ting. The poker pro was saddled with the task of bringing together some of the largest poker gamblers in the world. In September, poker professional Justin ‘BoostedJ’ Smith and Edwin Ting both pled guilty to different charges. Smith pled guilty to taking payments for internet gambling and Ting confessed to. The poker pro whose underground club in Manhattan once hosted A-Rod was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday for operating an illegal gambling business. Edwin Ting, who copped a plea in. These poker games employed at least five or more people to assist with the operation of the games, payments of debts, and collection of debts. In addition to the prison term and forfeiture, TING, 42, of New York, New York, was sentenced to two years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who also oversaw the Black Friday indictments, says that Ting ran illegal high-stakes poker games from 2010 to 2013.

Ting is a regular in high-stakes cash games. He also finished in 99th place in the 2008 World Poker Tour $25,000 Championship for $39,570.

Fellow high-stakes pro Justin 'BoostedJ' Smith was sentenced to probation two weeks ago in connection to the same illegal, Russian gambling ring. Smith will spend three months in home confinement and serve 200 hours of community service.

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In total, 25 of the defendants have pleaded guilty in the case, forfeiting more than $68 million.

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