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After two full days of play, there is a new Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Main Event champion in the MSPT world. Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire has bested the stacked field of 503 entrants and win the MSPT Grand Falls Casino $1,110 Main Event.

There may not have been a more interesting winner in the field. From Shawnee, Kansas, Wilshire washes golf carts part-time.

"I'm more of a cash game player," Wilshire said. "I mostly play online. This is my first tournament win. I can finally show my family a trophy so they don't think I'm a drug dealer."

The 503 entrants generated a $486,410 prize pool and a first-place prize of $104,579, which Wilshire took home along with the MSPT Main Event trophy. When asked what he's going to do with the money, WIlshire shared, "I'm going to buy my cat, McLovin'...like Superbad, some cat food."

Others to finish in the money by making the top 54 spots were WSOP bracelet winners John Reading (13th - $5,837) and Chad Himmelspach (19th - $4,426), MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn (24th - $3,745), Luke Blindert (29th - $2,627), Dan "DQ" Hendrickson (34th - $2,627), and Thane Fliginger (42nd - $2,383).

Wilshire had his fair share of hands to share with the family and McLovin'. He flopped a set of fives during three-handed play to run down the aces of Adam Schultz. He also eliminated Elizabeth Ethridge in fourth place when he woke up with a better overpair. In fact, he also eliminated sixth-place JC Nguyen with a sick hero call; seventh-place finisher Mikiyo Aoki when he won a race by turning a set; and eighth-place finisher and former PokerNews senior editor Mo Nuwwarah when he won a race by flopping a king. He single-handedly eliminated half of the final table on his path to victory.

"I'm driving six hours home tonight," said Wilshire. "Well, actually seven since it's an electric car and I'll have to charge it. That's the worst part about them."

His car will lose charge a little faster than usual tonight, weighed down by a six-figure check and a heavy trophy to show his family. Safe travels, Don K. Nado. Safe travels.

That does it for our coverage here in Larchwood, Iowa at the Grand Falls Casino. Congratulations to Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire for his first tournament win.

The MSPT will now head to Las Vegas for a stop at The Venetian from September 3-5 followed by the 2022 United States Poker Championship at San Diego's Sycuan Casino Resort from September 15-25.

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Terrance "TJ" Reid is a writer, poker player, and lover of games of all types. He played professional poker in his twenties before deciding to pursue his love of writing. Terrance is part of the 2022 PokerNews WSOP team.

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The first card is handed out at Big Moose Harley Davidson.

I am so excited to hang out with my favorite motorcycle club, the Vacation Land V-Twin Cruisers. I am an adopted biker. I have the cut, just not the bike.

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If you have a bike, that's even better because, after the Poker run, there will be a carnival! It's going to be a great day Sunday, August 21!

V-Twin Poker Run

It starts at Big Moose Harley Davidson in Portland and ends at the Legion Hall parking lot in Naples. $20 per player and $10 for passenger(nonplayer) passengers can also buy in for $20 a card. The first draw will be at Big Moose at registration. There are three stops for card draws, one at Standish scenic overlook on route 35 by Sebago Lake, another draw at Dunkin Doughnuts on route 5 in Waterboro, and another draw at Reynolds Motorsports on Narragansett trail in Buxton. The final draw will be at the Legion Hall parking lot 26 Casco Road in Naples.

VTwin Cruisers

Pick your own route between stops and enjoy the ride! The last card draw will be at 1 pm sharp! Cash payouts for best and worst hands! There will be prizes and giveaways as well!

Biker Carnival V-Twin Cruisers

Biker Carnival will follow the poker run at the Legion Hall parking lot at 1:30 with tons of fun-filled Biker Games like the Slow Race, Straight Line, Ball Grabber, Weenie Bite, Road Kill, Balloon Toss, High Roller, and much more!! There will also be a drop Box for non Perishables for the lakes region food pantry!

V-Twin Bike games

I can't wait to go and support a great club doing such great things for the community! Come have some fun and bring that motorcycle!

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The Poker Cards in Hard West 2 arent just for show, impressive looking they may be. They offer base stat increases for one type of stat and if you can form a hand with them, they can unlock a characters true potential.

In this guide, well tell you everything you need to know about the Poker Cards what they do but more importantly, where to get them.

Poker cards increase the value of the games 4 critical stats Luck, Speed, Health, and Bullseye Chance. Characters with more than 100 Luck are able to make near-impossible shots. Health is the characters overall health pool. Characters with a lot of Speed can cover more tiles using 1 AP compared to a character that has less Speed. Bullseye Chance increases the likelihood of making a critical shot. (Represented by the yellow bar when aiming at an enemy.) Theres a separate value called a Bullseye Multiplier which can be increased through a combination of traits and trinkets.

The 9 card offers the lowest value while Aces offer the best.

While it is possible to collect all the main cards in one playthrough. 9 cards are often side missions that can easily be dismissed because of the cards low value. They are best seen as placeholders until you are able to make better card hands.

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2 take plea deal, 1 arrested on warrant Monday

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) Investigators with the Nevada Gaming Control Board said three men bent cards while playing table games similar to poker, cheating at least three Las Vegas Strip casinos of tens of thousands of dollars, court documents said.

Pogos Simityan faces charges of committing fraudulent acts in a gaming establishment, cheating in a gaming establishment and cheating at gaming. Las Vegas Metro police arrested him on a warrant Monday, records showed.

The two other suspects, Vahan Sudzhyan and Gevorg Avagyan, took plea deals on charges of conspiracy to commit a crime. Both were arrested previously.

The casino manager at Paris Las Vegas contacted the Nevada Gaming Control Board on July 4, 2021, to report that Simityan, of California, and the two other suspects were actively bending cards during their gameplay, investigators wrote in court documents.

Card bending is a method of cheating where a player bends the corner[s] of playing cards one way or the other based on their values, investigators wrote in court documents. This enables a player to know what value the dealers hole card[s] are based on the way it lays on the table game.

The casino manager told investigators Simityan was playing a form of poker and began bending all face cards and aces to gain an advantage during their gameplay, court documents said.

Officials also learned the same three suspects were bending cards the day before at Planet Hollywood, investigators said.

The group, including Simityan, came away with more than $126,000, investigators said. Simityan had cashed out approximately $60,000 in gaming chips earlier during his gameplay, investigators said. The games involved were Mississippi Stud and Let It Ride, according to investigators.

Paris security officers reviewed video of the suspects playing at the table and later detained them, investigators said.

Gaming board personnel found all face cards and aces on both decks were bent either inward or outward in relation to the non-numbered [front] side of the playing card, investigators said.

While performing their inspection, Simityan reported chest pain and went to the hospital.

On July 5, the Wynn Las Vegas contacted the gaming board saying they had also been victimized by the same card bending scheme and suspects, investigators said. The trio cashed out approximately $19,000 as a result of their criminal activities, at the Wynn, documents said.

Investigators went to Simityans hotel room at the Wynn, finding he had abandoned his hotel room, court documents said.

Following his arrest Monday, a judge ordered Simityan to stay out of all casinos pending his next hearing.

Avagyan and Sudzhyan agreed to pay restitution and may serve jail time upon sentencing, court records said.

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His spoof orders allegedly allowed him to fill orders on the opposite side of the market sooner, at a better price, and/or in larger quantities than they otherwise would have been filled.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged Daniel Shak with spoofing and engaging in a manipulative and deceptive scheme in the gold and silver futures markets.

Daniel Shak is a hedge fund manager mostly known for his participation in the World Series of Poker. He established SHK Asset Management, a hedge fund focused on gold futures.

This is not the first time he has found himself in hot water with regulators in the United States. In 2013, he was ordered to pay a $400,000 fine for attempting to manipulate the price of Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). As a result, he was permanently banned from trading in any Crude Oil markets.

He also settled a claim against him in March 2015 related to trading during the closing minute of gold and silver futures markets. In December 2020, following a Business Conduct Committee investigation, he was fined $65,000 fine for engaging in disruptive activity in the silver and gold futures markets.

The new civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada states that, from February 2015 through March 2018, Daniel Shak repeatedly engaged in manipulative or deceptive acts and practices by spoofing while placing orders for and trading gold and silver futures contracts on the Commodity Exchange, Inc.

Spoofing is bidding or offering with the intent to cancel the bid or offer before execution. By placing the spoof orders, Shak intentionally or recklessly sent false signals of increased supply or demand that were designed to trick market participants into executing against orders on the opposite side of the market, which he actually wanted filled, the CFTC said.

The regulator added that, on hundreds of occasions, Daniel Shak entered large orders for gold or silver futures that he intended to cancel before execution, while placing orders on the opposite side of the gold or silver futures market.

His spoof orders allegedly allowed him to fill orders on the opposite side of the market sooner, at a better price, and/or in larger quantities than they otherwise would have been filled.

CFTC Acting Division of Enforcement Director Gretchen Lowe, said:These charges demonstrate once again that the CFTC will vigorously prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, misconduct that has the potential to undermine the integrity of our markets.

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A Little about Poker

There is always going to be a debate on the origins of poker, but you have to know that you finally have a game that can keep you busy, involved, indulged, and excited for hours. Some say Americans adapted this game from As-Nas, which originated in the Persian regions. However, now everyone agrees with that, and thus, there is a different version to the start of Poker.

Another group believes that Poker has come from Poque, which is a game of French origins. All you have to know today is that the modern form of the game was created in the 17th century. That was a long time ago, but things have never quieted down for this game.

A Little about Us

If you are interested in playing poker and the many different types of this game that exist, you need some great knowledge and education. Thats where 247 Poker comes in. We are all about providing you with information that can help you get started with this game and help you learn the right way to play it. As a result, you can play better and win more games.

We started out as a result of the scarcity of information on the internet that can help people. Yes, there are some platforms, but they dont really use the language and type of information that would make sense to ordinary players. If you want to learn about Poker, you will not find any other better place than this website.

How 247 Poker Helps You

At 247 Poker, we are committed to helping you with everything that is related to poker. When you want to play this game, you have to first learn the ways to do it. Now, there are people who are willing to help you with education on the game, but they charge you money for it. On the other hand, 247 Poker is giving you all the Poker information for free. You can visit our website regularly to make sure you learn something interesting about the game.

In addition to that, we will help you learn about the best places where you can play Poker. Whether you want to learn the best strategies for playing this game or just want to know what different types of poker are available, we are here to help you with everything.

What Makes Us Different

So, 247 Poker is all about adding information to the database about the game and continuing with this trend until our platform becomes the only one that people use for all the information about poker. You can find information about poker, the many types of it, the strategies to play it well from other websites as well, but they are not dedicated to this game. On the other hand, we are fully committed to poker and can provide you information that you can use to start safely in this industry. Here are a few reasons you should consider keep coming back to us.

Play Your Wild Card with 247 Poker

If you have recently felt any interest in the game, you definitely need to learn as fast as you can. With 247 Poker, you will have all the information you need about the game and the ongoing trends within the industry. Make poker a great activity for you to pass time by exploring our website.

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Landon Tice discussed a $100,000 prop bet with Patrick Leonard to live at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas, the home of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), for one year, but the restrictions are quite strict.

Winning this six-figure wager, although not an official bet just yet, might be more difficult than it seems on the surface. Many poker players have stayed long periods of time in the same hotel, but this prop bet calls for Tice to remain on property throughout the duration. If he were to walk across the street to play some $5/$10 at Bellagio, he loses.

Inside the host venue, he's free to move as he pleases, eat where he wants, play poker, gamble, drink, and do just about anything except get into the pool (although he can access the pool area).

As for how the pool rules would be monitored, Tice said it would be based on an "honor code," as it would be difficult for Leonard to enforce it.

Full details of the prop bet will have to be ironed out between the two gamblers, including when the wager will begin, assuming it ever actually comes to fruition. Over the next year, Caesars Entertainment plans to fully renovate Bally's and transform it into Horseshoe Las Vegas. So it's likely that by the end of the challenge, assuming he doesn't surrender early like he did in a past online poker prop bet against Bill Perkins, Tice's living quarters will change drastically from start to finish.

There are more important aspects of the challenge they'd need to agree upon before the starting date. First off, how will the hotel stay be paid? Tice, for staying so frequently and playing poker regularly at Bally's, would certainly earn some comps for free nights along the way. But on most days, he'd be on the hook for a $45 resort fee plus the regular room rate (and taxes), which fluctuates between $50 to $200 and sometimes even higher (New Year's Eve, for example).

The next issue Tice will face is a state law on lengthy hotel stays. According to Nevada's Common Interest Ownership policy, after 30 days of consecutive stay in the same hotel/motel/resort, the guest then has residency rights, which causes problems for the hotel operators. As such, hotels in Las Vegas limit stays to a maximum of 28 days.

So every 28 days, Tice will likely be required to check out of Bally's, taking all of his belongings with him downstairs, and then check back into the hotel later that day or the following day, which could be quite a nuisance.

The bet isn't yet official but the poker community appears to be somewhat intrigued by such a wild challenge. Who doesn't love a goofy prop bet with $100k on the line?

"GD Landon! I love & hate you for considering this. Listen, minimum - & I mean minimum - is $250K for him to even attempt this amidst his current biz obligations. I feel like Im failing as a mentor & advisor . I also blame @berkey11 just cause hes like a legal guardian," @TomWheaton tweeted.

"I will bet 1million of my money to 100k of someone else that I can do this bet escrow my million not a problem this is not a joke my friends no I will do it thanks," @NelsonLaffey claims.

"Thats torture dont do it," vlogger Ryan Depaulo advised.

"He is either drawing dead or very -EV. I lived in Borgata for like 3 months one time and I can tell you cabin fever is very real. I would rather do the 30 day bathroom bet," @Niko_Platis wrote.

"Make sure your room's AC filters are inspected for mold or else you risk a lot of health issues down the line. Also would negotiate to have one of those semen black light inspections come through and have it cleaned professionally for the day after you win," Matt Salsberg joked.

Tice, who has $562,000 in live tournament cashes according to Hendon Mob and has been hyped as an up-and-coming poker star the past couple of years, would have to limit his poker action to Bally's for the next year. That means only low-stakes poker outside of the WSOP and online play.

Although he'd mostly be stuck playing $1-$3 no-limit hold'em games at Bally's, doing so would help him rack up comps for free meals and rooms throughout the year. Food options inside the connected Bally's and Paris casinos are plentiful, and there's always Uber Eats and other food delivery services, so he shouldn't have any problems with nutrition. But it appears he isn't going to be interested in the deliciously amazing cake machine within the Paris halways.

David Williams had initially offered an extra $10,000 to the prop bet if Tice were to eat one slice of cake from the machine per day. The slices are quite large and cost $8, which comes out to $2,920 over a full year, meaning it would technically be a $7,180 prop bet. It appears this wager will never take place given Tice's lack of need for sweets.

Veronica Brill offered up a separate, and perhaps more difficult, challenge, if anyone is looking for some gambling action.

Circus Circus is the lowest end resort on the Las Vegas Strip. It tends to be the cheapest hotel, and for good reason. The building is outdated and we'll just leave it at that. Bally's (soon to be Horseshoe) will soon be undertaking some major renovations that many are excited to see. Tice might get to experience the transformation from start to finish.

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Jonathan Zaczek excels at games, and he has been trying to find a formula that will allow him to make a living from his passion.

He is a master in chess and has also played poker competitively. At various times he tried to make those his full-time pursuits.

But the 36-year-old Winnipegger finally thinks he has found a way to spend his full time living and breathing games. Its through his newest pursuit: the trading card game Magic the Gathering.

I dont enjoy it when I plateau at something, says Zaczek, explaining why he keeps adopting new games. If Im not growing, Im dying.

He is now ranked 50th in the world at his favourite version of the strategic card game, which is played by millions internationally. And Zaczek has a Youtube channel where he regularly comments on players, trends and strategies.

He adopted the same analytical tools he brought to chess and poker in determining the best YouTube practices, and now has a million views a month. He hopes to keep growing his audience and may add a chess channel.

As for similarities between all his favourite games, Zaczek says its simple: Its all about pattern recognition.

22. f6 g6 23.Qg4+ Ke8 24. Nc7+ Black resigns.

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There are thousands of projects out there. Some are legitimate, and others are not, Young says. He has also been scammed over the years. After accidentally giving infinite permissions to his Ethereum wallet, Young lost $200,000 to a scammer. He has since built approval protocols for people to protect themselves.

Young tries to avoid scammers today by never using hot wallets, digital wallets that are always connected to the internet and allow users to store, send, and receive crypto tokens. Instead, he uses a hard wallet, a key that looks like a USB stick and stores account information. He says it adds a second layer of security because you must click a button on the stick and confirm on your computer to complete a transaction.

Young now protects himself by never using phones for crypto trades and instead relies on a dedicated crypto computer used for nothing elsenot even email. He wont connect to unknown websites or click onto sites from links, either. A lot of times, youll get a message on social media, and you connect your wallet to it, and they steal all your money, Young says.

Young has also heard of people who go to online forums to seek help with their crypto wallets, where scammers offer that help and say they need the seed phrase of others wallets. This phrase comprises 12 to 24 words that allow users to restore their crypto wallets. With it, the scammers take all their money.

Another of Youngs rules is that he takes all emotion out of any deal and vets crypto deals like any other startup. He wants to know the real people behind the project and ensure they have plenty of experience in tech or crypto. I ask whether what theyre building has actual functionality in the real world, he says, And I run any investment by my CPA.

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ST JOHNS, Antigua--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Passports at the ready. Everygame Poker are kicking off August with an incredible offer, a once-in-a-lifetime prize package for The Festival in Bratislava, an all-action event featuring poker, roulette, blackjack and more classic casino contests.

There are so many highlights to this European extravaganza, but the star of the show in Slovakia is undoubtedly the 500,000 GTD live poker event. If you win this pristine prize, youll earn a buy-in to that Main Event and so much more.

The Festival takes place in October and you can earn a seven-night stay for two in a top-class hotel by the River Danube between the 10th and 17th. In fact, heres everything you can win:

And now for the important part. How to win!

Youll need to come out on top of Everygames very own Bratislava Festival Final this Sunday, 7th August, at 7pm CEST. Qualifying Satellites are already under way and taking place all week, but alternatively you can just buy-in on the night for $150+$14.

This perfect poker package must be won this Sunday. Good luck!

A little closer to home, its onto a bit of Blackjack where $30 in Free Bets await. Between now and 7th August, 15 Free Bets are available to use on the ultimate casino classic, Blackjack 21. No strings attached its just a case of logging in and claiming. Just tap to the Tangente tab, load up Blackjack 21 and play. You could win up to $250. Good luck!

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