Lefty's Lowdown: It's time to have a serious talk about the WSOP Main Event payouts.
Can't afford the $250K buy-in for the WSOP ProAm this December? Barry Carter has a solution.
Las Vegas police release images of suspects in the Jared Griener robbery: Griener was robbed after collecting his WSOP winnings and says his entire bankroll was stolen in the incident.
Griener quote-tweeted the police post, writing, “Update from the robbery case. If anyone recognizes these assholes please call LVPD.”
Amateur player (with $250K)? Apply here: The WSOP has rebranded its $250K Invitational as the WSOP Pro-Am event.
The mechanics are different to the Triton Invitational, where pros need an invite. If you're a pro at Paradise, your money is good. If you're an amateur, you'll need to apply to have your amateur status approved. Like the Triton Invitational, amateurs and pros will play separately on Day 1 before merging on Day 2.
And the WSOP felt forced to add one further clarification to its initial post: “Amateur players selected to participate in the WSOP Pro-Am are still responsible for the $250,000 buy-in. An invitation grants you entry into the event, but WSOP does not cover or provide the buy-in.”
That's us scuppered.
Chino Rheem on Face the Ace: The latest episode of the Face the Ace Poker Podcast – hosted by PokerGO's Remko Rinkema – features Rheem going deep on his past reckless gambling habits and how he found a healthier way to compete at the highest levels.
Rheem also reminisces about the old-school poker era and the biggest wins of his career.
Nick Schulman takes down the Triton $100K Main Event: The Poker Hall of Famer defeated Bernhard Binder heads-up, after a reported deal that saw Schulman win around $3.8M and his opponent $3M.
Full story on the way.
Hayley Hochstetler
Triton celebrates a decade of high stakes dreams: As the $100K Main Event plays down to a winner, cards are now in the air in the $150K 10th Anniversary Special.
At the time of writing, Frenchman Jean-Noel Thorel leads the pack with more than three times the starting stack. Invitational winner Joao Simao is also on a big stack.
Ben Tollerene wins 5th Triton title: The high-stakes regular defeated Daniel Rezaei heads-up to win the $50K Bounty Quattro event in Jeju, Korea, late on Tuesday night for $652K.
The win was his 4th cash and 3rd final table of this series, and pushes the all-time Texas #1 close to $39M in career tournament earnings.
The fight over America's controversial gambling tax rules is back on Capitol Hill: The House Ways and Means Committee will meet on Wednesday to consider the bipartisan ‘FULL HOUSE Act’, which could allow gamblers to once again deduct 100% of their losses against their winnings.
