A Brazilian waxes her opponents for her first World Collection of Poker bracelet, an Australian win his first World Poker Tour title down below, and a combined recreation pageant in Las Vegas are among the quick stacks CardsChat picked up in its newest orbit of poker information
Australia’s James Obst is the winner of the World Poker Tour Australia Championship. It was the primary WPT title for the 2024 World Collection of Poker Seven-card Stud Champion, which was his second bracelet. Obst, an Adelaide, Aus. native, received AUD $585,359 ($398,512) for successful the occasion that introduced in 300 entries and 96 rebuys for AUD $8,000.
“It’s actually simply insane. It’s occurred too fast to course of it,” Obst advised the WPT following his victory. “I’m grateful for all of the help that my buddies confirmed off and acquired within the images with me, and everybody who’s reached out afterwards to congratulate me. Yeah, simply feeling improbable.”
Held at The Star Gold Coast on line casino in Queensland, the gamers generated a prize pool of AUD $2,930,400 ($1,995,016). The highest 50 had been paid.
Saliba scores her first
Brazil’s Vivian Saliba scored her first WSOP bracelet in a €2,000 Pot-limit Omaha occasion in at King’s On line casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. She received $101,454 for outlasting 228 entries. The win pushed her tourney bounty up over the $1 million mark.
Saliba is an 888poker ambassador with a handful of WSOP finals tables below her belt. Her finest money was for $308,000 for fourth within the $888 buy-in occasion in 2019. That is her second finest rating.
Blended Recreation Pageant IX again in Las Vegas
The ninth model of CardPlayer Way of life’s Blended Recreation Pageant returns to Las Vegas Nov. 3-19, and for the primary time, it’s partnering and piggybacking with PokerStars and its relaunched North American Poker Tour. Three of the 36 NAPT occasions, which is able to carry buy-ins of $550 and $5,300, are H.E.R.O.S., can be a part of the Blended Recreation Pageant IX.
As common, Resorts World will maintain particular combined recreation money video games all through the collection.
RunGood poker can also be a part of the PokerStars NAPT partnership, and a number of other of the occasions may also carry its brandname. For extra details about the Blended Recreation Pageant IX, click on right here. For all the NAPT schedule, go to this website.
PokerStars within the states is presently operating step satellites the place gamers win passes to NAPT occasions. Fortunate gamers can win a move at no cost, as the positioning offers all its members a 50-cent entry into its first step every day they go online.
October is PLO month on the PokerGO Tour
The high-rolling PokerGO Tour (PGT) will maintain a collection that includes nothing however Pot Restrict Omaha occasions at its studios within the ARIA in Las Vegas October 12-23. The nine-event collection will characteristic buy-ins from $5,100 as much as the $25,200, which limits the variety of buy-ins to 2. All the opposite tourneys have limitless rebuys.
The collection rolls proper right into a PokerGO’s Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl collection. Whereas the occasions are virtually solely no restrict maintain’em, a $100,500 Pot Restrict Omaha occasion will happen Oct. 24. A $10,100 satellites to this occasion takes place the day earlier than.
Take a look at the entire schedule right here.
