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Shifting of Goa Offshore Casinos Extended By One Year to March 31, 2017
Yesterday, on March 31, the Goa BJP-led government announced that it was extending the licenses of the four offshore casinos, by one year, thereby delaying their shifting another 12 months.
Laxmikant Parsekar, Chief Minister, told the press that the government had decided to extend the offshore licenses till March next year. He stated, “The decision was to grant further extension to the offshore casino licences to relocate their casino vessels from river Mandovi for a further period till an alternate feasible site is finalised by the government or till March 31, 2017, whichever is earlier.”
Besides the four offshore casinos, the Delta Pleasure Cruise Company Private Limited (owned by Jaidev Modi) has also been granted permission to operate the M V Royale Flotel in river Mandovi till March 31, 2017.
The government had promised to shift the casinos from the current venue at the River Mandovi by March 31. The alternate sites chosen had been the Aguada Bay and river Chapora, Sal and Zuari, but locals and opposition parties had raised huge objections crying loss of livelihood and corruption of youngsters as a result of the casinos.
This Week in Poker: March 23 – 29
In the PokerGuru feature ‘This Week in Poker’ we bring to you the weekly round up of the biggest online scores by Indian MTT players along with the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit.
Here are this week`s top stories
The action escalated this past week, with several developments from new tournaments, to existing ones concluding, the growth of poker in the country, as well as business dealings and charges of fraud on the international front. Each week brings us closer to the exciting PokerGuru Online League (PGOL) that starts on April 6th, and features a whopping INR 35 Lakhs in guaranteed prizes. Spartan Poker today announced an exciting new promo on social media that will give three lucky winners seats worth INR 5,500 each to the INR 20 Lakh GTD PGOL Main Event!
Taking the “PokerGuru Star of the Week” title this week is Jasven Saigal, who made the highest score of $12,307.50 at the PokerStars ‘$1,050 Super Tuesday’ for an eighth place, besides a runner-up finish in the Kolkata Poker Championship (KPC).
In live action, the spotlight will move to the Hippodrome Casino in London for the PokerStars UKIPT from April 5 to 20, with 13 scheduled tournaments including the highlight £770 Main Event.
Poker is flourishing within the country, as was seen by the successful debut of the KPC and a newly revamped Aquarium 7 poker room in Kolkata. A new site, PoKeRMaNiA signed up Jaideep Sajwan as the first Team Pro and in Goa, the Deltin Royale Poker Room management was passed from elder brother Amin Rozani to younger sibling Vasim.
In this edition of our weekly report, we also bring you news on the possibility of poker soon becoming a part of the international body SportAccord and David Baazov, CEO, Amaya facing charges for insider trading. Besides these, there are also tournament reports from the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Harrah’s, ACOP Platinum Series, the first-ever Asian Poker Tour (APT) Daegu and the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT).
Online Railbird Report
Jasven ‘jasven06’ Saigal started off the week with a bang, final tabling the PokerStars ‘$1,050 Super Tuesday’ for $12,307.50 and capped it off with an impressive runner-up finish for INR 3.75 Lakhs in the inaugural KPC. Saigal exited the Super Tuesday, when opponent ‘The Mooks’ called with against his . The board opened and Saigal was out at eighth place. The 574-strong event was ultimately won by ‘AnyGameSir’ of Poland. For his highest score, Saigal makes our “PokerGuru Star of the Week”.
Jasven Saigal
Other scores this past week include:
Aditya ‘adikumar2010’ Kumar won PokerStars ‘The Hot $109 (Turbo), $15K GTD’ for $2,802.
‘arjit’ who made $2,328.69 for a fifth place in the PokerStars ‘The Big $11, $50K GTD’.
Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani finished in fourth place at the 888poker ‘The $15,000 Monsoon’ for $1,723.80.
Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra scored $1,431.79 for a third place at the PokerStars ‘$27 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Knockout], $15K GTD’.
And, Siddhant ‘raveoholic007’ Kapoor won $1,275.00 for second place in the PokerStars ‘$82 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $6K GTD’.
PokerStars Announces Mountain Series
In the international arena, players will now have a new event, with the PokerStars Mountain Series. A varied map of 10 mountainous events awaits players with buy-ins ranging from low $11 to high $2,100! The series will have a guaranteed $4 Million in prize pools and events named after famous peaks, such as Mt. Everest and Matterhorn!
Read the complete story here.
PGOL Barely A Week Away
Meanwhile, the excitement is mounting with the PGOL barely eight days away. Satellites at miniscule costs are already on for the biggest ever INR 5,500 buy-in Main Event, which has a massive INR 20 Lakhs in guaranteed prizes!
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New PGOL Social Media Promo
An exciting new offer is now on for grabbing a seat to the PGOL Main Event, and that too without spending any money! Spartan Poker today shared the details of the promotion – PGOL Slogan Contest on social media. Simply share the post and complete the sentence, “I want to play the PGOL Main Event at SpartanPoker.com on 10th April because ……….” Post it on your Twitter or Facebook feed and mail a snapshot of the post to promotions@spartanpoker.com. The top three most interesting slogans will get a seat worth INR 5,500 to the INR 20 Lakhs GTD PGOL Main Event!
Successful Debut for Kolkata Poker Championship, Shashwat Agarwal Triumphs
The KPC saw its inaugural edition complete successfully with 58 entries. Shashwat Agarwal won the event for INR 4.35 Lakhs after a deal with Jasven Saigal at heads up, which saw the latter make runner-up for INR 3.75 Lakhs.
Jasven Saigal (L-runner-up) & Shashwat Agarwal (R-winner)
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Shashwat Agarwal Relaunches BG Poker Room as Aquarium 7
Even as he won the KPC, Shashwat Agarwal announced the opening of the Aquarium 7 poker room, in place of the older BG room in Kolkata. The place has been refurbished in style and sports a massive colourful aquarium in the centre.
Aquarium in the middle of Aquarium 7 poker room
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Deltin Royale Poker Room Management Now By Vasim Rozani
Amin Rozani, who had taken over the Deltin Royale Poker room in late 2014, has now handed over the management baton to younger brother Vasim. Rozani is moving his focus towards broader marketing horizons and Vasim, who is himself a high-stakes player and has also been part of the team at events like the IPC, will now handle the day-to-day operations at the venue.
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PoKeRMaNiA Signs Jaideep Sajwan As First Team Pro
A new online site, PoKeRMaNiA has been launched by four poker entrepreneurs and they have signed up Jaideep JDsaz’ Sajwan as their first Team Pro member. Sajwan will collaborate with the brand to increase the team and represent the company in both domestic and international events.
Jaideep Sajwan
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Poker To Be Accepted By SportAccord
Poker is soon gaining respect as a sport and now if all things go as planned, the game will become a part of SportAccord, the umbrella organization for all Olympic and non-Olympic sports. The International Federation of Poker (IPF) is expected to be formally inducted as a member by SportAccord on April 22.
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David Baazov, Brother & Accomplices Face Charges Of Insider Trading
David Baazov is in the news again, but for all the wrong reasons, as he has been charged with five counts for illicit trading. Baazov has denied any wrongdoing, but a few days later another report revealed that the authorities had evidence of Baazov passing privileged information to his brother, who in turn gave it to a mutual friend, with all benefitting to a tune of almost $1.5 million.
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Robert Kuhn Wins WSOP Circuit Harrah`s Main Event
In a surprise win, Robert Kuhn pocketed the top prize of $122,098 at the WSOPC Harrah’s Main Event. In doing so, he claimed his first gold ring, while denying Ari Engel his eighth.
Robert Kuhn
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Ari Engel Claims 8th WSOPC Ring
Ari Engel now has eight WSOPC gold rings after winning Event 7 at the WSOPC Harrah’s stop for $17,221. Engel is tied with Chris Reslock, with both behind Alex Masek, who has nine gold rings.
Ari Engel
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Jack Wu Wins ACOP Platinum Series XII Main Event
The twelfth installment of the ACOP Platinum Series concluded yesterday with the culmination of its eight scheduled events. The HK $5,500 Main Event was won by Jack Wu for HK $260,850; Wu outlasted the 241-player field that created a prize pool of HK $1,087,030. Wu was on a spree of cashes, as he also collected the title of the opening HK $2,000 Deepstack event for HK $42,640 and made a fifth place finish in Event 7 – HK 5,500 Megastack for HK $34,530.
Jack Wu
Event 6 – HK $10,000 NLH drew 73 hopefuls, leading to a prize pool of HK $637,290. Saehoon Lee was the ultimate champion, taking home HK $210,310.
Xixiang Luo won Event 7 – HK 5,500 Megastack (HK $400,000 GTD) for HK $116,530, beating a field of 80 vying for a prize pool of HK $431,650.
APT Daegu
The first-ever APT Daegu has completed Day 2 of its Main Event and Russia’s Sergey Zasorin continued to lead the chip counts with 187,800. The event drew 52 entries competing for a piece of the KRW 25,800,000 prize pool. In all, the stop will play out 17 total events between March 23 to 31.
Keith Heine is Champion of MSPT Main Event
Keith Heine was the champion of the MSPT, $1,100 Main Event for $100,981. Heine, who had prior all-time career money record of just $12,000, overcame an entry field of 409, including notables to claim the title.
Keith Heine
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That is all for this edition of our weekly report, but we will return same time next week, so stay with us to catch all the updates from poker world.
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This Week in Poker: September 30 – October 6
In the PokerGuru feature ‘This Week in Poker’ we bring to you the weekly round up of the biggest online scores by Indian MTT players along with the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit.
Here are this week`s top stories
The action never halts in poker world and this past week its been the APT Asian Series Manila that has taken centre stage, especially with Team India putting in a marvelous performance. If the momentum was kick started by Kunal Patni and Dhaval Mudgal in the initial events, Paawan Bansal and Raghav Bansal took the baton ahead as the series progressed. Patni made a 4th place in Event 8, Paawan finished 2nd in Event 9, while Dhaval made a 15th place in Event 12. Raghav and Paawan Bansal capped off the week in style by making it in the money in the Main Event at 16th and 9th place respectively. The next stop for the series will be the APT Asian Series Cambodia from Oct 20 to 28 at the Queenco Hotel & Casino’s Poker@Queenco in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
Before that however, India`s biggest tournament series i.e. India Poker Championship (IPC) is set to take off for its October edition from tomorrow, Oct 7 to 11. The 5-day series will feature four events and like last time Spartan Poker will be principal sponsors. The highlight of this edition will be the innovative hybrid ₹50K Highroller, which began online and will have its final table with live action in Goa during the series. As always, PokerGuru will be on ground zero bringing you exclusive live coverage of the series, so stay tuned for all the updates.
After making two back-back cashes at the end of the week, Akash ‘proFISHnal’ Malik takes this week’s “PokerGuru Star of the Week” title. Malik made a total of $4,901 from two in the money finishes on Sunday.
The Black Money Act and its direct implications of foreign currency earnings through the use of e-wallets and virtual cards has affected many players, who have now begun to mask their tournament cashes. Hence, our online railbird report section is a lot shorter than it should be this week.
The WSOP Berlin is about to begin soon on Oct 8 and will run until Oct 24. Young Gun Arsh Grover will be taking part in the series and has already left for his maiden international Live poker tournament. He updated his FB saying: It’s time for the World Series of Poker Europe! Let’s do some damage#teamindia #binkasaurus #bracelethunting #oktoberfest #wsope#deutschland #lfg.
A major story this week is the return of PokerStars to New Jersey, after Black Friday, when it had been banned for irregularities. Amaya has now received all regulatory approvals for resuming operations in the state. Another important news at PokerStars is a new change in its online rules that restricts the use of third party software.
Besides that we have tournament reports from the UKIPT, WSOP Circuits Italy & Palm Beach, the WPT, as well as news about new casino approvals from Cambodia.
Online Railbird Report
Ending the week on a great note, Akash ‘proFISHnal’ Malik had a great Sunday after two back to back money finishes making a total of $4,901. ‘proFISHnal’ won $3,536.50 for 11th place in the ‘PokerStars $530 Sunday 500, $250K GTD’ and $1,365.57 for 14th place in the PokerStars ‘The Bigger $162, $150K GTD’. Akash is our ‘PokerGuru Star of the Week’.
Close on Akash’s heels, Shahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chuttani made the second biggest score of the week. He won $4,247.74 for 3rd place in the PokerStars ‘$27 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Progressive Super-Knockout], $75K GTD – Sunday Edition’.
Other scores this week include–
– Bhuvan ‘sweetu75’ Bansal won $3,994.20 for 3rd place in the PokerStars ‘The Hot $16.50 [Turbo], $40K GTD’.
– Ankit ‘aob1986’ Bajaj won $2,419.22 for 2nd place in the PokerStars ‘$27 NL Hold’em [Hyper-Turbo], $15K GTD’.
– Sanjay Taneja won $2,625.05 for 1st place in the PokerStars ‘$82 NL Hold’em [4-Max, Turbo, Ultra-Deep Stacks], $10K GTD’.
– ‘HighOnHypers’ won $1,280.00 for 1st place in the PokerStars ‘$10.20 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up, Hyper-Turbo], $3.5K GTD’.
– Pranay ‘mitarachi89’ Kapoor won $1,461.60 for 2nd place in the PokerStars ‘Omania $33 [PLO], $8K GTD’.
– Pradeep ‘rashii10’ Singh won $1,274.13 for 1st place in the ‘PokerStars $5.50+R NL Hold’em, $5K GTD’
– Kartik ‘pegasus’ Ved won $1,039.47 for 1st place in the 888 Poker ‘$2,500 Guaranteed Deep Stack’.
– ‘rajesh_asi’ won $1,266.64 for 4th place in the PokerStars ‘The Hot $7.50 [Turbo], $15K GTD’.
– Arvindhan ’tiltalert86′ L won $1,047.54 for 2nd place in the PokerStars ‘$8.80 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Turbo], $5K GTD’.
Another player to make a string of small cashes this week was R ‘RGINDIA’ Govardhan.
The action is set to get hotter on the domestic front with – The Spartan Pro Hunt (SPH), unleashed by newly appointed Spartan Team Pro Sangeeth ‘Samoh’ Mohan. The new challenge begins tomorrow, Oct 7 and the top three warriors will get a golden opportunity to become Team Spartan representatives, besides receiving mentoring from Team Pro ‘Samoh’ himself.
PokerStars has announced a new promo – “Common Cents” that has all events below the buy-in of $1. The series will run from Oct 5 to 11 and feature 14 tournaments with a total prize pool of $250,000. The highlight will be the $0.99 Common Cents Main Event at 15.00 ET with a guaranteed $25,000 prize pool. To say that the series is off to a great start would be an understatement, as the kickoff event itself has created a new record with 253,698 entries, the largest ever in a tournament on PokerStars.
Team India Makes Waves at APT Asian Series Manila 2015
The APT Asian Series Manila 2015 is now winding to a close and we saw some great performances by Team India at the series. Leading the pack was Kunal Patni, who is now a regular name on the Asian Circuit, with his numerous impressive cashes. Patni made a 4th place finish in Event 8 – NLH 1 for PHP 128,300 apart from a 14th place finish in the Event 5 – Head Hunter and a 9th place finish in the Opening Event APT-RWM 2M GTD.
After a lack-luster start to the series, Dhaval Mudgal made an impressive runners-up finish in the Event 7: OFC Pineapple Shootout and followed it up with a 15th place finish in Event 12 – PHP 5,500 WeLoveSport Deep Stack Turbo.
Pawan Bansal also scored an impressive 2nd place finish in Event 9 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi for PHP 150,000.
Raghav Bansal began the Main Event with full vigor making it to the top ten chip counts on Day 2, but he finally lost his tournament life at 16th place for PHP 16,7400 on Day 3. Paawan Bansal did even better, but unfortunately became the final table bubble and got eliminated in 9th place on Day 3 for PHP 334,700.
Read the complete story here.
Indian Poker Championship Gets Underway Tomorrow
India`s biggest tournament series i.e. India Poker Championship (IPC) is set to take off for its October edition from tomorrow, Oct 7 to 11. The 5-day series will feature four events and like last time Spartan Poker will be principal sponsors. The highlight of this edition will be the innovative hybrid ₹50K Highroller, which began online and will have its final table with live action in Goa during the series. Delhi`s Gurpal Nanda is the leading the six finalists with 225,089 chips. As always, PokerGuru will be on ground zero bringing you exclusive live coverage of the series, so stay tuned for all the updates.
PokerStars Returns To New Jersey, US
Amaya finally emerged victorious in its more than a year and half struggle to bring PokerStars and Full Tilt back to the United States. Despite stiff opposition from the Native Indian tribes and casino billionaire Adelson Sheldon, the company finally got all approval from the requisite New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). The date for its return has not yet been announced, but as is mandatory, the company has tied up with Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City to begin operations.
PokerStars to Restrict the Use of Third-Party Software
PokerStars has made changes to its policy, which will restrain the use of third-party software and tools and these are expected to be implemented soon. Players will be allowed to utilize push/fold charts and similar tools, but there will be restrictions in what the HUDs will be allowed to display. A large section of the player community has come out in opposition to these changes.
Daniel Stacey Wins UKIPT Isle of Man
The UKIPT Isle of Man Main Event saw Daniel Stacey claim the title as well as the top prize of £24,170, after a deal with runner up Paren Arzoomanian, who collected £19,000 for his efforts.
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Cambodian Government Approves Ten New Casinos
Looks like the gambling industry in Cambodia is going to get a bigger boost in the days to come as the government approved licenses for 10 new casinos in the third quarter of this year. This will bring Cambodia’s total number of licensed casinos to 75. In 2014, the country had only 59 casinos.
Although online gambling is officially prohibited in Cambodia, the government allows it inside casinos. Through this move, the government feels, Cambodia will become a more attractive investment destination for international casino operators.
Read the complete story here.
Maiden WSOPC Italy Claimed By Sergio Castelluccio
The first-ever WSOPC €990 Main Event was won by local player Sergio Castelluccio for €114,100. Castelluccio also collected his first WSOP gold ring for outlasting an entry-field of 612 runners that included top international pros.
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Peter Vitantonio Is Champion of WSOPC PBKC Main Event
Ohio player Peter Vitantonio waded through a tough field of 393 players to win the 2015/2016 World Series of Poker Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event for $129,685. He also got his first gold ring with this win and a seat to the season-ending WSOP Global Casino Championship.
Read the complete story here.
2nd WPT Title For Aaron Mermelstein
Aaron Mermelstein was the ultimate champion of the $3,500 WPT Maryland Live for $250,222. This was his second WPT title this year and Mermelstein overcame 337 runners to claim the title.
That wraps up this edition of our weekly recap. But keep your browsers pointed this way same time next week, as we return with all the top stories from the world of poker.
This Week in Poker: August 25 – 31
In the PokerGuru feature ‘This Week in Poker’ we bring to you the weekly round up of the biggest online scores by Indian MTT players along with the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit.
Here are this week`s top stories
Online Railbird Report
Yet another eventful week for the Indian MTT camp has come to pass. Once again several players finished in the money though it’s been a while since we have reported a major online win by an Indian player. One player who stands out this week and claims the title of the ‘PokerGuru Star of the Week’ is our young gun -Mumbai based Kavish ‘KavishK’ Kukreja. Kavish has been on a heater of sorts with several deep runs the last couple of weeks and his total cashes this week saw a big jump when he won $4,306.63 by placing 4th in the PokerStars ‘The Hot $75 [Turbo], $30K GTD’.
Another notable and last week`s star Amit ‘bblacklegend’ Jain continued his good form this week too with yet another big tournament score. Amit bagged $2,566 in the PokerStars ‘$77 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Turbo], $7.5K GTD’.
Others sharing the limelight this week by topping the cashes list on PokerStars include:
– Akash ‘profishnal’ Malik who won $2,338.90 for his 12th place finish in the PokerStars ‘$215 Sunday 2nd Chance, $175K GTD.’
– Prateek ‘pb106’ Bhartia who won the PokerStars ‘$33 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Turbo,500 Cap], $10K GTD’ for $2331.
– Sahil ‘AntiloG’ Agarwal collected $1,971 for 4th place finish in the PokerStars ‘$55 NL Hold’em, $17.5K GTD’.
– Bhuvan ‘sweetu75’ Bansal made a 6th place finish in the PokerStars ‘The Hot $16.50 [Turbo], $25K GTD’ for $ 1,714.
– Aditya ‘donkab0mber’ Sushant won the PokerStars ‘$51 NL Hold’em [Hyper-Turbo], $5K GTD’ for a $1,637 payday.
– Arjun ‘4better’ Pasricha won $1,354.10 for 18th place finish in the PokerStars ‘$215 Sunday 2nd Chance, $175K GTD’.
– Team mentor Aditya ‘Intervention’ Agarwal scored a 6th place finish in the PokerStars ‘The Hot $109 [Turbo], $10K GTD’ for $1,045.
One of the biggest online series this year – WCOOP is just a week away and with a host of events and massive guarantees, this promises to be a cracker of a series. Well its on PokerStars so we know what to expect! Keep watching this space for updates from the WCOOP.
Claudio Di Giacomo Wins the PokerStars.IT IPT Nova Gorica 1 Season 5 Main Event
After two successful events of this season IPT San Marino and IPT Sanremo, the third event of the tour concluded recently with IPT Nova Gorica – Accumulator. Italy’s first poker tour is hosting its season 5 and two more stops remain before the season’s wrap.
The PokerStars.IT IPT Nova Gorica main event concluded on Aug 27th crowning Italian player Claudio Di Giacomo as the champion. Di Giacomo beat a field of 715 players in Nova Gorica, where the Italian Poker Tour generated a €436,937 prize pool. The Italian player took home a €90,000 first prize and the IPT trophy after he agreed a deal with his final two opponents. Di Giacomo’s heads up opponent was Team PokerStars Pro Pierpaolo Fabretti who took second place for €70,000. The final action saw Di Giacomo go all-in with [Kh] [9c] called by Fabretti with [7h] [7c]. That was the board: [9s] [4ch] [2h] [3h] [8s].
A businessman by profession, Claudio Di Giacomo is an Italian player who plays on PokerStars.it with the UserID “Cladigia”. IPT next stop will be in Sanremo 24 – 28 October 2013 for the fourth stop of Season 5 and satellites on PokerStars.it started on Monday 26th August.
Final table payouts
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Claudio Di Giacomo | €90,000 |
| 2nd | Pier Paolo Fabretti | €70,000 |
| 3rd | Fabrizio D'Agostino | €55,000 |
| 4th | Andre Lazar | €30,000 |
| 5th | Dario Sammartino | €24,000 |
| 6th | Andre Benelli | €19,000 |
| 7th | Walter Coan | €14,000 |
| 8th | Marco Venturi | €10,837 |
Richard Thousand Wins the Horseshoe Poker Classic
The 2013 Horseshoe Poker Classic in Council Bluffs scheduled to run from Aug 17th – Aug 21st culminated with its main event, Horseshoe Poker Classic $1,000 Main Event. The event attracted a total of 126 players and after two days of action, Richard Thousand of Ankeny, Iowa emerged victorious to capture the $30,798 first-place prize and a Horseshoe Poker Classic trophy.
Despite the fact that Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event overlapped the Horseshoe Classic, the event drew a good number of players including the well-known poker player Phil Mander (who finished 43rd at this year’s WSOP ME). In fact, the main event drew higher numbers as compared to last year when only 97 players registered for the event despite a lower buy in of $900 as compared to this year’s buy–in of $1,000.
The five event series had buy-in’s ranging from $150 to $1000 and at all the events apart from the main event, winners were crowned in one day. The winner of the main event emerged after two days of poker action where Richard Thousand defeated Thomas Lutjens heads-up for the title.
Horseshoe Poker Classic $1,000 Main Event Payouts
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Richard Thousand | $30,798 |
| 2nd | Thomas Lutjens | $19,036 |
| 3rd | Daniel Jensen | $13,741 |
| 4th | Darin Miller | $10,097 |
| 5th | Mark Turner | $7,548 |
| 6th | Michelle Hiers | $5,739 |
| 7th | Mark Fink | $4,436 |
| 8th | Dewane Blaha | $3,485 |
| 9th | Daniel Thomas | $2,782 |
The Inaugural WPT Aplha8 Crowns Steven Silverman as the Champion
The first ever World Poker Tour Alpha8 $100,000 buy-in event, sponsored by ClubWPT.com, concluded at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Florida. WPT Alpha8 is an exclusive series of high-stakes, televised poker tournaments held at the most prestigious gaming resorts around the world and made its debut this year.
On Tuesday, the final nine players returned to play down to one final champion and after seven levels of action, Steven Silverman took down the event to win the prestigious championship title along with the $891,660 payday. Silverman defeated poker pro and chip leader of WSOP 2013 November Nine, JC Tran in heads-up play. The California-native, Tran earned $526,890 for finishing second in the Alpha8 event.
This year has been great for the Washington, DC poker pro, Silverman who won his second high roller event this year (In May, he won the €25,000 High Roller at the 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final for €775,400).
The event attracted 18 players with the $100,000 buy-in, three of whom re-entered for an additional $100k. Four places in total were paid at this year’s WPT Alpha8.
Final Table Payouts
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steven Silverman | $891,660 |
| 2nd | JC Tran | $526,890 |
| 3rd | Jeff Gross | $364,770 |
| 4th | Matt Glantz | $243,180 |
