2025 World Series of Poker
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Ladies Championship day2
🔥HERO 20BBAI KQs vs BB chip leader AA
That’s so unfair🥲🥲🥲✊✊
270 / 1368 and didn’t make it to the money!!
I’ll try again next year!😢
$300 Gladiators of poker NLH day1, practicing for the main event!
400-800-800 37.5BB start!
In the 902nd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz do an emergency show to discuss the industry-shaking collusion controversy that stemmed from the heads-up match between Jesse Yaginuma and James Carroll in the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker. Not only were seven-figure prizes up for grabs, but there was also a $1,000,000 bonus if Yaginuma were to win thanks to an outside promotion.
That fact made a big impact on what allegedly went down. Find out what happened, what fans and players are saying, and whether or not ClubWPT Gold will award the $1,000,000 bonus. Also, the WSOP did issue a statement and has yet to finalize the results of the tournament. What might happen next is anyone's guess, but Chad and Mike discuss some potential scenarios.
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That $3,000,000 guarantee on the total prize pool for the $300 Gladiators of Poker event has already been covered, closing in on 14,000 entries. The final flight is still coming up Saturday and it is expected to be the largest by far!
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker champion will collect the $1 million bonus check from ClubWPT Gold regardless of the WSOP's ruling on the alleged chip-dumping scandal, PokerNews confirmed.
Jesse Yaginuma overcame a 9-1 chip deficit to James Carroll during heads-up play in the $1,500 buy-in tournament to win the $1,255,180 first-place prize, a payout that is currently in limbo due to an open investigation into the matter. Carroll's $1,012,320 second-place cash also remains uncertain.