James Calderaro has officially joined the Main Event.
Calderaro made a deep run last night in Event #9: NLH 750,000 Guaranteed and finished the night in 4th place.
He'll look to repeat that success as he joins in level four with a smile and positive attitude.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Doug Polk has found his seat for the tournament and got into the mix.
He sat next to Joseph Roh, a player from the local area.
"You going to put the beat down on me?" said Doug.
"Yeah!" Roh replied.
"Last time we played I got you pretty good," laughed Doug.
We'll see who gets the better of the other as the day goes on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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This summer, Golden Nugget Las Vegas will play host to the 14th Annual Grand Poker Series, which features 81 events and offers over $3 million in guaranteed prize money from May 31-July 3. One of those events is the $1,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 Guaranteed PokerNews Cup that will run from June 24-28.
The tournament will feature three starting flights beginning with Day 1a at 11 a.m. PT on Friday, June 24. Days 1b and 1c will take place at the same time on Saturday, June 25, and Sunday, June 26 respectively. The surviving players from each flight will return at Noon on Monday, June 27 to play down to the final table, which will play out at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28. PokerNews will be on-site throughout the duration to offer live updates, videos, social media content, and more.
“We’re very excited to partner with our friends at Golden Nugget this summer to offer the PokerNews Cup in Las Vegas for the first time,” said Head of PokerNews Mark Powell-Bevan. “Not only will players have the opportunity at a seven-figure prize pool for an affordable buy-in, but they’ll also get to experience everything PokerNews has to offer including live updates, giveaways, videos, a live podcast, and more. It’s going to be one of the premier tournaments of the summer.”
“We’re especially excited about taking our partnership with PokerNews to the next level,” said Andy Rich, Golden Nugget Las Vegas Director of Poker Operations. “This is huge news for poker players, and we couldn’t be happier that all the action is right here at Golden Nugget during Grand Poker Series.”
For those looking to get into the PokerNews Cup event cheaper, there will be a $200 buy-in Mega Satellite guaranteeing 10 seats at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 23.
The first-ever PokerNews Cup took place in 2007 at Australia’s Crown Casino and saw Dory Zayner become the inaugural champion. The following year, Nali Kaselias won the same event while Darren Kramer claimed the title in the 2008 PokerNews Cup South African Poker Open. In 2009, it was Con Tsapkounis winning the third edition of PokerNews Cup Australia while Marc Naalden was victorious in the PokerNews Cup Alpine (Austria).
The next PokerNews Cup wouldn’t take place until 2015 with its first stop at King’s Casino Rozvadov, where Daniel Can was crowned champion. Timur Caglan won the same tournament in 2016, which was also the first time the PokerNews Cup was held in the United States (Ryan Van Sanford won the PokerNews Cup Borgata).
In 2017, Holger Bansner claimed victory in the PokerNews Cup King’s Casino Rozvadov, and after no event in 2018, the PokerNews Cup returned in 2019 with a stop at Casino Finix in Bulgaria. Panagiotis Panagiotidis emerged victorious in that tournament, which was the last PokerNews Cup to date.
Will you be the next player to win the prestigious PokerNews Cup?
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
David Mzareulov opened to 2,000 from middle position. He found two callers, the hijack and the button before it got to Armando Guerr in the big blind.
Guerr decided to go all in for 9,000. Back to Mzareulov who shoved over the top for about 30,000. Both players in between folded.
The 
flop didn't change much for either player, though both players who folded claimed they would have won the pot. The 
turn and 
river gave Mzareulov the win and busted Guerr.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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47,000
47,000
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47,000 |
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Charles Wardlaw raised in late position to 1,700 and found two callers, including Jay Nguyen in the big blind.
The flop showed the 
and action checked through. Action also checked around on the 
turn.
On the river, action checked to the preflop raiser Wardlaw, who bet 1,500. Nguyen thought for a bit and made the call.
"Ace is good," said Wardlaw. Nguyen didn't have an ace, but he rolled over the 
. "Oh, you have the board?" Wardlaw asked. "I play the board too," and Wardlaw showed 
for the chop.
"That's when you're supposed to make it 3,000', said another tablemate.
"I don't think I'd raise with an ace," said Nguyen, content to take half the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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32,000
-18,000
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-18,000 |
Action picked up on the turn in a heads-up pot when Michael Jozoff had bet 7,000 from middle position. The board read 
. Michael Jagroo put in the check-raise from the small blind to 23,000.
Jozoff thought for about a minute before deciding to go with his hand. He raised all in to 46,600. Jagroo called quickly.
Jagroo tabled the 
for the combo draw and Jozoff showed his 
for top pair.
Jagroo bricked the river when the hit.
"I would have folded, nice call," said a tablemate as Jozoff stacked chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000
84,800
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84,800 |
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102,000
102,000
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102,000 |
Players are on a fifteen-minute break. They will come back to play three more levels before calling it a day and moving on to Day 2.
