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Alex Jauregui’s Battles With Doug Polk Earns Him ‘Sicko’ Status

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 04:37:51 +0000

This guys a legend man. Hes on a crazy run-up. Hes crushed the games, hes played good, hes incredible TV. He will go all the way if he thinks youre weak, hell make big calls, talks a bunch. I think hes awesome for the show, said Doug Polk.

Hes a sicko, bro, Joey Ingram said.

Polk and Ingram were in the middle of one of their joint podcasts, talking about the livestream from Polks poker room, The Lodge. More specifically they were talking about Alex Jauregui (aka Alex), the 34-year-old emerging cash game star who has been making his mark on The Lodge’s livestream and, more specifically, how he recently won the shows largest-ever pot of more than $700,000.

What Sets Jesse Lonis Apart Is Something You Just Can’t Teach

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 22:03:00 +0000

Jesse Lonis made his way into the Thunder Valley poker room. Again. Ushered to his new seat, grinning ear to ear. Its been the same scene all morning on Day 2 of WPT Rolling Thunder, Lonis striding in, being escorted to a new table, playing a few hands, standing up, and heading back to the cage.

In total, Lonis is eight bullets into the $3,500 WPT Championship event.

Ive done every table, he laughed as he passed by. Its a personal record for him.

Rayo Kniep Uses Balance To Dodge Poker’s ‘Dark Side’

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 03:38:47 +0000

There have been plenty of players in poker who, after finding early success, have dived straight into the game. Going for broke. And it could have been forgiven if Rayo Kniep did just that.

After all, back in 2018, within two years of when Kniep first starting playing poker of any kind, he had a taste of the kind of success a lot of poker players only dream of. He picked up a pair of mid-five figure cashes to start 2018, nearly winning a WSOP Circuit ring before finishing in fifth place at WPT Rolling Thunder. He was on livestreams, and things were only looking up. It was a fast start for the German-born, Bay Area software engineer, and with poker dreams full of energy and enthusiasm, even bigger successes on the stage of the World Series of Poker were still to come.

Brett Murray Embraces His Role as “The God of Thunder”

Sat, 23 Mar 2024 23:39:30 +0000

When it comes to playing poker at Thunder Valley, Santa Rosa tournament pro Brett Murray likely has an edge.

Or perhaps its a target.

When your nickname is The God of Thunder, a title bestowed upon Murray for all of the success hes achieved in a decade of playing at Thunder Valley, your opponents will likely feel some way about playing against you. But for Murray, its a title that brings a smile to his face.

Here’s Everything You May Have Missed from Triton Jeju

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:40:41 +0000

After 17 days of action at South Korea’s Jeju Shinhwa World and over $100 million in payouts, the opening Triton Super High Roller Series of 2024 officially came to a close on Thursday.

There were big winners, as there are at any festival, but the themes that came to bear over 17 events were balance and parity. Nobody left Jeju with more than one trophy. Seven of the 17 winners were first-time Triton champions and only three players Mikita Badziakouski (5), Fedor Holz (4), and Mike Watson (3) won more than their second Triton title. Nobody made more than three final tables.

WPT Rolling Thunder Poised for Even More Poker History Moments

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:38:58 +0000

When J.C. Tran won the inaugural WPT Rolling Thunder event at Thunder Valley Casino Resort back in 2013, everyone on hand that night knew they had witnessed something special. Tran was Sacramento’s poker superstar and he clinched his second career WPT title in his own backyard. But what nobody could have known at the time is that Trans victory on the felt was just the start of something else, equally as special: a partnership between World Poker Tour and Thunder Valley that, this year, is celebrating 10 years of tournament history.

Meet the Final (Two) Tables of Massive Triton Jeju Main Event

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:38:58 +0000

The $100,000 buy-in Triton High Roller Series Jeju Main Event drew a record-breaking 216 entrants, hitting such a large number, in fact, that the field was unable to reach a final table as scheduled for Saturday

Instead, 15 players return for Day 3 of the tournament, each of them looking to take home the most coveted title of a Triton series in Jeju that has broken records from the start. Through 11 days of action, more than a dozen players have banked seven-figure prizes through nine events – and the Main Event only continues that trend.

High Stakes on the High Seas Has Always Been Part of WPT DNA

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:04:17 +0000

In the early 2000s, the poker world was on the precipice of exploding in popularity in a way few could have imagined. Online poker and hole card cameras would completely change the game, as risk-takers and visionaries explored their dreams of what poker could be.

Even in such an environment, the thought that a major poker tournament aboard a cruise ship could be successful seems incredible in retrospect. Holding a televised event with all of the production concerns that come with a brand new show on a ship actively at sea seems farfetched.

The Comprehensive 2024 World Series of Poker Player’s Guide

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:03:55 +0000

There are less than 100 days until the 2024 World Series of Poker kicks off, and as the poker calendar ramps up toward the busiest time of the year, the full schedule of live events has landed. Every poker player with a dream will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of 2023 WSOP Main Event champion Daniel Weinman in poker’s most famous tournament, but there will at least 98 other opportunities to clai m a WSOP gold bracelet this summer at Horseshoe Las Vegas.

Five Things to Watch During Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:03:41 +0000

As the calendar turns over to March, poker tournament action is ramping up towards what will be an incredibly busy spring and summer. The Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju sees the tour making its first trip to Korea since 2019, kicking off a 19-event series featuring No Limit Holdem, Pot Limit Omaha and Short Deck tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $15,000 all the way up to $150,000 on Tuesday, March 5. The centerpiece event, a $100,000 buy-in Main Event, begins on Thursday, March 14.