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Event 27: Final Table Begins with David Shmuel in the Lead

Event 27: Final Table Begins with David Shmuel in the Lead

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$600 T.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)Structure  |  PayoutsLevel 19:  15,000/30,000 LimitsPlayers Remaining:  7 of 56 After the elimination of William Mattison in eighth place on the Money Bubble, the final seven players are in the money, and they redraw for random seats at the final table. There was enough time for one hand…
Event 27: Ryan Hoenig Doubles on the Bubble

Event 27: Ryan Hoenig Doubles on the Bubble

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$600 T.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)Structure  |  PayoutsLevel 18:  12,000/24,000 LimitsPlayers Remaining:  8 of 56 Stud After a series of raises, Ryan Hoenig was all in for 45,000 against Victor Nassif. Hoenig:    /  Nassif:    /  Here were the rest of their runouts: Hoenig:    /    /  Nassif:    /   …
Event 27: Ricardo Quintero Eliminated by David Shmuel; Money Bubble Begins With Eight Left

Event 27: Ricardo Quintero Eliminated by David Shmuel; Money Bubble Begins With Eight Left

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$600 T.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)Structure  |  PayoutsLevel 17:  10,000/20,000 LimitsPlayers Remaining:  8 of 56 During a round of Omaha Hi-Lo, after a flop of , both blinds checked, and Chris Labrie bet 10,000 from the cutoff. Ricardo Quintero check-raised to 20,000, and David Shmuel check-reraised to 30,000. Labrie thought for a while…
St. Louis Cardinals Land Missouri’s First Sports Betting Partnership

St. Louis Cardinals Land Missouri’s First Sports Betting Partnership

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The St. Louis Cardinals are the first Missouri-based team to land a sports betting partnership. The Major League Baseball franchise announced they have a partnership with bet365. The agreement. makes … Full Article
Event 26, Flight C: Money Bubble Bursts Before Hand-for-Hand Begins; Thang Nguyen Leads 52 Survivors with 559,000

Event 26, Flight C: Money Bubble Bursts Before Hand-for-Hand Begins; Thang Nguyen Leads 52 Survivors…

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$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  StructureLevel 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 anteFlight C Players Remaining:  52 of 416 Thang Nguyen The final five eliminations in Flight C came rather quickly, and the final two eliminations came quickly enough that the Money Bubble burst before hand-for-hand play could begin. Action…
Event 26, Flight C: Luckenson Pericles Cracks Niall Costigan’s Queens On His Way to 460K

Event 26, Flight C: Luckenson Pericles Cracks Niall Costigan’s Queens On His Way to 460K

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$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  StructureLevel 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 anteFlight C Players Remaining:  57 of 416 Luckenson Pericles Luckenson Pericles was an early chipleader in this flight, but had dropped back down among the rest of the flight. Then he raised to open the pot, Niall Costigan…
Authorities Allege Boxing Champ Adrien Broner Scammed NBA Players In Rigged Dice Game

Authorities Allege Boxing Champ Adrien Broner Scammed NBA Players In Rigged Dice Game

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Professional athletes have been increasingly involved with gambling-related controversies over the last few years. But those scandals have mostly been about sports betting scandals. For example, Jontay Porter received a … Full Article
Event 26, Flight C: Thang Nguyen Leads the Field at the Break with 542,000

Event 26, Flight C: Thang Nguyen Leads the Field at the Break with 542,000

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$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  StructureLevel 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 anteFlight C Players Remaining:  81 of 416 Chipleader Thang Nguyen The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante. A scan of the field during the break turned up…
Event 29: Nighttime Omaha

Event 29: Nighttime Omaha

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$400 Deep Stack Eight-Handed PLO (Re-Entry)StructureLevel 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante Closing out a busy Thursday with some speedy Omaha at 6 pm. Showdown Event 29 is a $400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha tournament where they will compete at eight-handed tables. Players sit with 20K stacks and all…
Event 27: Dinner Break Until 6:15 pm

Event 27: Dinner Break Until 6:15 pm

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$600 T.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)Structure  |  PayoutsLevel 13:  4,000/8,000 LimitsPlayers Remaining:  20 of 56 Level 12 comes to an end, and the remaining 20 players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 6:15 pm. With 20 players remaining from a field of 56, the average chip stack is…