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In the 2010s, cryptocurrency well and truly exploded into the mainstream by infiltrating a growing number of global industries and sectors, including online gaming. Suppose you are familiar with the process of registering to play at the latest and greatest online casinos. In that case, you may have even experienced depositing and withdrawing with cryptocurrency instead of a traditional payment method such as a bank transfer, credit card, debit card, or e-wallet.

Lets examine the ways cryptocurrency will change the course of online poker.

It may be relatively safe and secure to game with real money at online casinos, but, as recent online gaming behavior has shown, cryptocurrency has proven to be a much safer and securer alternative. It is one of the main reasons why a growing number of consumers accustomed to visiting brick and mortar casinos have decided to take the plunge and switch to online casinos. It is a common misconception that online transactions processed with cryptocurrency provide you with complete anonymity but compared to traditional payment methods, it offers greater safety and security. It ensures your personal data is shielded from prying eyes.

In the online gaming world, competition can be fierce. Online casinos must continue to follow emerging digital trends and do whatever it takes to remain at the forefront of modern technology. It is, therefore, not only possible but highly likely that online casinos that embrace cryptocurrency with open arms will be making the most of available technology and, in turn, catering to growing demand. Suppose you have recently visited an online casino or poker game, such as GGPoker Flip & Go, for example. In that case, you may have based your decision on their ability to make the most of available technology by doing so often, resulting in a more excellent user experience for players.

If the past couple of years is anything to go by, it is clear that it is no longer a question of if cryptocurrency will change the course of online poker but rather when cryptocurrency will change the face of online poker. It has already experienced rapid growth and development within the broader online gaming world, having already been adopted by a wide range of online casinos and poker platforms. Still, to turn the industry on its head, it may take a considerable amount of time for online gamers, developers, and networks to believe in the wide-reaching benefits of cryptocurrency for all parties involved. However, it has already proven that it can provide a streamlined user experience with no need for third-party verification, fast deposit and withdrawal timeframes, and greater privacy. It is also expected to continue accelerating at breakneck speed as it becomes commonplace within the broader online gaming world and is adopted by a growing number of global industries and sectors.

Suppose you are an avid online poker player or watch major tournaments on television. In that case, you may already be aware that cryptocurrency is currently making waves in the wider online gaming industry. It is also poised to change the course of online poker by providing greater safety and security and making the most of available technology. It will, however, take a considerable amount of time to do so with the vast majority of online gamers, developers, and networks yet to get on board and experience the wide-reaching benefits of the latest digital trend for themselves.

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The Phoenix Suns have won three straight, including the last two on the road in back-to-back fashion against East powerhouses Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers. Using a wider lens, they have won 14 of their last 15 games. Pull back even wider and youll see a 17-2 record since the New Year to bolster their league-leading record to 44-10.

Chris Paul, Devin Booker and Monty Williams coaching staff will all represent the Phoenix Suns in the 2022 All-Star Game.

On the whole, everything is pretty great in the Valley of the Sun.

Lately though, the deepest team in the league has been bitten hard by injuries. In the last eight games, the Suns have had only seven or fewer reliable players available the vaunted starters plus Cameron Payne and JaVale McGee.

Their once-deep bench has been decimated. Cameron Payne has missed the last 8 games. Either Landry Shamet (4) or Jae Crowder (4) have missed the same eight. Deandre Ayton missed the first three of those eight and has been slow to regain his form since returning. And thats already being down Frank Kaminsky (the last 40), Abdel Nader (38) and Dario Saric (all season) for forever.

As a result, Monty has three strata of players available each night:

Chris Paul (who will turn 37 this spring), Devin Booker and Mikal Bridges have been playing a whopping 37 minutes a night over the last eight. Booker and Bridges can handle it because theyre in their athletic primes, but I worry about Chris Paul. With Cameron Payne out and Elfrid Payton so ineffective, Paul has logged 39+ minutes in 4 of the past 6 games. Thats not a good formula for one of the oldest players in the league.

Talented backup Cameron Johnson who was SNUBBED for the three-point contest on All-Star Weekend has seen his minutes increase to 28 a night.

All four of Paul, Booker, Bridges and Johnson have admirably shouldered the load to carry the team.

Talented backup center JaVale McGee is the only one of this group who is healthy but has not seen an uptick in minutes (16 per game) during this stretch. The 33-year old has a very specific role to be his most effective self, and Monty is sticking with that. Hed rather give Bismack Biyombo spot minutes than extend McGee.

Both Deandre Ayton and Jae Crowder have been shadows of themselves for most of the games since their return from injury.

Ayton (ankle) posted 20 points and 16 rebounds in only 24 minutes last Saturday versus the Wizards, but overall is just putting up 12 points and 9 rebounds in 26 minutes per game since returning five games ago. The short minutes are a red (maybe yellow?) flag for me. Hes playing much fewer minutes upon his return than the previous three times he missed games this year. The Suns have not reported any lingering issues with Ayton, but the short minutes are a clear sign to me that hes being restricted while he plays back to full health.

Crowder told all of us he needed more time to let his left wrist heal, but decided to play with the pain when he saw so many guys go down injured. Hes on regular minutes (almost 30 per night), but scoring only 6 points per game on 29% shooting (20% on threes) and been in foul trouble more often than usual.

With Cameron Payne (wrist), Landry Shamet (ankle) and the three amigos (Frank, Abdel, Dario) on the shelf, the Suns are stuck with their deep bench the bottom three, a two-way and a 10-day for way too many minutes a night these days.

Elfrid Payton has struggled mightily with running the offense when Chris Paul sits he wont shoot, constantly drives into traffic only to bail out and doesnt set anyone up for good shots. Jalen Smith is effective as a center, but totally lost as a power forward. Bismack Biyombo tries hard, but cannot make a shot unless fed by Chris Paul. Two-way forward Ish Wainright cant create a shot either, and fouls more often than he locks anyone up on D. Justin Jackson hasnt made a jumper since signing another 10-day last week.

They are passable on their own when surrounded by four good rotation players, but you just cant put more than one or two of them out there at once.

When the Suns played them as a group the whole fourth quarter against the Wizards, they got outscored 29-10. When they got another chance in the final minute against the Bulls, they got outscored 8-0. Both times, against the other teams deep bench too, making Suns blowouts look much closer than they should have.

How much longer can the Suns keep going like this? Sure, they just beat two of the best East teams on the road and, again, are a league-best 17-2 in 2022. But they really need some reinforcements soon or they could be facing some losses, on the injury report and the scoreboard.

The worst thing they could do is wear out Chris Paul. They need him healthy and full of energy come playoff time if they want to hoist the Larry OBrien.

Unfortunately, theres not yet any timetable on Cameron Payne, the most important of the injured players because hes Pauls backup. The Suns last comment was that they would re-evaluate him this week after two weeks of rest. Hopefully, he comes back soon but a complete shut-down is not usually followed by a quick Im back!.

Certainly, the Suns are evaluating Paynes recovery today, just 24 hours before the annual trade deadline.

The Suns have some assets to use without breaking up the core, but not a lot:

Even after talking to a handful of insiders around the league, I still dont know what the market is for the injured Dario, or the Suns interest in even trading him at all. But his contract is the only one the Suns can use if they want to acquire someone making more than $6 million this year.

If the Suns end up trading Jalen Smith for a backup point guard (like, Dennis Schroder for example), then the prognosis on Payne probably wasnt very good. Schroder is a guy you only acquire if youre going to play him primary backup minutes. Hed either have to be tabbed for Paynes job or Shamets job.

The Suns could also trade for Houstons Eric Gordon as a combo guard who can run the offense when Chris Paul sits, but Gordon is old, super-expensive for years to come and would cost a future first round pick to acquire. Id be shocked if the Suns make this move.

The Suns could also wait to see what ends up on the buyout market. Theres a strong possibility that Goran Dragic gets bought out by Toronto if they cant trade him in the next week. Suns fans would love to see The Dragon back in Phoenix, but they would have to compete with 29 other teams for his services. On the downside, he hasnt played all year, is probably a shadow of himself these days and entirely injury-prone. On the upside, maybe he can drink from Chris Pauls fountain of youth and recapture some Dragon magic.

The Suns do have a nice chunk of money to offer a bought-out player. Most teams can only offer the league-minimum (under $3 million for Dragic), but the Suns have up to $4.5 million remaining unused from their mid-level exception.

A combination of Torrey Craig (trade, for Smith) and Goran Dragic (buyout signing) might just be the best-case scenario over the next week to fill needs at forward and point guard, but the only certainty there would be Craig.

If the Suns decide they need certainty at point guard, they might get Dennis Schroder (trade, for Smith) and hope for a Thaddeus Young on the buyout market.

Either way, Id be surprised if the Suns dont bring in two new bench players by the end of next week.

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There is so much poker in the last show by Davide Sacco, The cruelest man in the world launched last weekend at Manini Theater of Narni in national premiere and with Lino Guanciale and Francesco Montanari. But apart from two instrumental citations to the story, the dialogue between Paolo Veres (Guanciale) and the young journalist of a local head (Montanari) it is a real heads up with a huge stake of 500 thousand and then 1 million euros which, however, does not make anyone a winner.

Far be it from us to spoil this wonderful show that bases much of the emotion in the evolution of the two characters and in the ending. But we could not fail to find so much psychology and so much bluff in the sometimes surreal (but unfortunately never unreal) dialogue between the two.

This is the story. Davide Sacco draws the encounter-clash of two men very different from each other, yet so similar in their weaknesses. Two figures imprisoned inside an abandoned shed who, from the inside, listen to the echo of the noises of the factory coming from the outside.

Paolo Veres (interpreted by Linen Pillow) is sitting at his desk. It is he, the cruelest man in the world or, at least, this is the consideration that people have of him, an unscrupulous businessman ready for anything. Veres is the owner of the most important arms company in Europe. He is a killer with a reputation for being a shy and reserved man and, in front of him, is a young journalist (played by Francesco Montanari) of a local newspaper, unexpectedly chosen to interview him. But the chat-interview will immediately take a strange turn.

After an initial skirmish in which Veres confesses to his submissive and shy interviewer that he often plays poker in his spare time and his edge, in fact, beautifully interpreted by Guanciale, it is enormous.

Veres will later reveal to the reporter that to pay the debts to his creditors his father invited them to Monte Carlo to play poker and pretended to lose. The enemies, however, then killed them in a room next to the game table. Ok, dont worry, its just fiction in Monte Carlo no one has ever died, not even James Bond. But the suggestion is wonderful.

The turning point is when Veres comes out like this: Would you kill the cruelest man in the world for a billion?, And the proposal touches on the ethics of the young journalist hitherto closed, tight, we would say in our jargon. The raise of Guanciale shakes the reporter who, in his hand, does not exactly have such a poor hand. On the contrary. He begins to use out his aggression at the table which in this case is a stage set up with noir style that seems to resemble a heavy game of No Limit Holdem high stakes at the Rounders between Matt Damon (Mike Mcdermott) e Teddy Kgb masterfully interpreted by John Malkovich.

Who would condemn me? Who would judge me? Why shouldnt I kill the cruelest man in the world? Says Montanari.

Do you still believe that we can go on after this night do you believe that this life, tomorrow morning, will be the same as it was before?. Veres will tell the reporter.

We do not spoil anything but the two play a very heavy game on a psychological level as only with two hole cards (or five you decide) and three ways to see and bet you can do. So it comes the 3bet, the re-launch of the journalist: To kill her I want 1 million euros. Ready a second bag of Veres that makes Call. There is, plays and goes to see if it really will kill him.

The Cruelest Man in the World is a civic path on the sense of justice and morality, in which two men cross and deepen the meaning of the word humanity, investigating the rottenness that characterizes the human race explains the author we are scum !, the reporter will say. We are only men, will be the cynical answer of Veres. Yet, in the close dialogue that involves the two protagonists revealing their personalities, the roles of victim and executioner will soon begin to get confused, until an ending is reached that will overturn every perspective.

And here we stop why you should see the turn and river at the theater for the next few months on a national tour. But Saccos writing is a wonderful heads up where there is money, humanity, dignity and many other things to discover in the evolution of the hand, er, ok, of the show. Good game really!

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January 10, 2022 marked the 23rd anniversary of the first episode of The Sopranos, the HBO series that instantly captivated viewers when it debuted in 1999. The Sopranos would run for six seasons and along the way, ushered in a new era of Golden Age (or Second Golden Age) TV. In this case it would be intense, character-driven human drama and storytelling with copious amounts of violence and clandestine storylines. And everybody sat down on Sunday night to watch it all go down. If you didn't have HBO, you were parked on a friend's couch that did.

The show had its fair share of guest appearances over the years. Specifically the 2004 episode "All Happy Families" that featured actor Steve Buschemi, the late Peter Bogdanovich, old-school crooner Frankie Valli (a native of New Jersey who appeared on The Sopranos seven times), and an awesome curveball appearance by vocalist David Lee Roth,who of course played himself. After his appearance on the show, Roth reportedly said the following about the experience:

"Mom says I'm going to look like Lee Marvin in ten years whether I'm in movies or not, so I might as well get after it!"

Im not going to be the one to say that Roths dear Mom wasnt too off-base about her prediction. But listen, if youre going to look like someone when you get older, Lee Marvin (whose hair turned prematurely white by the time he was 40), isnt the worst-case scenario by a long shot.

Roth was seemingly everywhere in 2004. And some of the places he popped up were completely random, outside of course showing up on The Sopranos, seated at Tony's right hand at the poker table. He toured as a solo act in Japan, the UK, and the US in January, February, and March, and would later make headlines when it was discovered he was (and had been) a paramedic in New York City and ended up saving a woman's life after she had a heart attack. Plus he walked the Red Carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards and performed with the Boston Pops on the 4th of July. So, considering all this, it's not a major stretch that the stars aligned between the Big Apple and its neighboring New Jersey (both were primary filming locations for The Sopranos). Again, Roth ended up playing himself with his hair long and colored platinum blonde, as a guest at Tony's infamous poker games. Here's an amusing take from Roth (as told to Rolling Stone) about Tony Soprano, one of the greatest fictional protagonists ever portrayed on television, played by the late James Gandolfini:

"You know, twenty years ago, Tony Soprano was driving around New Jersey in his Iroc-Z just blasting Van Halen."

His scene lasts 90 seconds, but he still got to deliver a few lines of dialog. One of which is classic David Lee Roth a "let me tell you a story" moment which must be absolutely true. The 2004 season of The Sopranos would be the first time the show, after being nominated for an Emmy every year since it began, would finally score the award for Outstanding Drama Series. And of course, Roth had a hand (probably a royal flush), in that.

Bless you, David Lee Roth. We don't deserve you.

David Lee Roth having his big moment on The Sopranos in 2004.

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That Time DAVID LEE ROTH Played Poker With Tony On The Sopranos In 2004 - Metal Injection

Encore Boston Harbor has finally reopened its poker room for the first time since the pandemic, which you'd expect would bring about tears of joy from poker players in the area. However, limited hours and seating, along with rake that's going to be tough to beat, has put a damper on the reopening.

As we reported in December, the previously popular card room was slated to reopen on January 31, 2022. Players arrived at the casino to play poker on Monday for the first time since March 2020.

Right off the bat, the games filled up with lengthy waitlists. That was due to a couple of reasons, one of which being that players had been eagerly awaiting the poker room to reopen for nearly two years. The other reason is the result of the room reopening with just 12 tables, 60 fewer than pre-pandemic.

On Tuesday afternoon, eight $1/$3 no-limit hold'em games were running, plus two $2/$5 NLH games, a $5/$10 NLH, and a $2/$2 pot-limit Omaha table. Those games all had sizable wait lists and some of those players won't get in a game because the room closes at 8 p.m.

Don't expect the casino to add more poker tables in the near future. PokerNews reached out to the Encore in December and were told by a PR staff member: "Due to the current state of our operations, we do not have the real estate on our gaming floor to bring back poker at its pre-COVID capacity."

The limited hours and seating are disappointing to a number of area poker players who voiced their displeasure on social media, but the biggest concern appears to be the reopened room's unconventionally high cash game rake. Chase Bianchi, who reached the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table (ninth place for $1 million), made it clear his opinion on this issue.

Apparently, Encore Boston Harbor's poker room is charging 10% rake up to $10 per hand. That includes low-limit games, which will certainly make it difficult even for a skilled player to beat the rake consistently. The card room doesn't have any tournaments scheduled for the time being and it's unclear when they'll bring back tournaments.

So, why are players willing to pay the rake to play at Encore? Lack of nearby competition, mostly, it appears. Casinos such as Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, two legendary card rooms in the area, are a two-hour drive away from Everett, MA, a suburb north of Boston where Encore is located.

Players in the Boston area have to decide if it's worth it to make the drive or to stay closer to home and pay higher rake. At Foxwoods, for example, rake is up to $5 in a $1/$2 or $2/$5 game, half the rake at Encore Boston Harbor. That's a significant difference that will eat into profits. Well, profits for the players, but certainly not the casino, unless the players stop showing up.

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Poker players fascination for NFTs has hit record highs over the past few months, with several leading pro players like Bill Perkins, Jeff Gross and Mike McDonald all using NFTs as their profile pictures on social media.

The phenomenon coincides with a stage in online poker where the skill gap is tightening between professionals and amateurs.

An excess of online training and professional streamers means that casual players now have a level of poker knowledge that exceeds that of five or 10 years ago.

As a result, professional poker players are grinding harder than ever to extract a higher percentage of yearly ROI and expected value.

One way professionals have extended yearly profits is by purchasing NFTs like CryptoPunks and Bored Apes.

These two projects in particular are viewed as status symbols, with one Bored Ape being valued at well above $200,000 in Ethereum.

Digital collectibles are rapidly becoming the new Audemars Piguet or Rolex watches. They are known to increase in value due to limited supply while also showing others that the owner possesses a certain level of wealth.

Now, instead of multi-tabling 12 or 24 tournaments, professional poker players can reduce their game time and allocate more effort to finding the next Bored Ape or CryptoPunk.

A mere $5,000 investment in Bored Apes less than one year ago is now worth almost $500,000 as the gains reach astonishing heights. In poker, meanwhile, turning $5,000 into $500,000 is something that very few players could achieve let alone in less than 12 months.

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Do you want to play in the 2022 RunGood ProAM Filmed Event at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas?

The RunGood Poker Series is giving one lucky winner a free seat to play under the lights! Go to http://rungood.pokergo.com, fill out your information, and a random winner will be drawn in November!

The debut of the ProAM in 2021 saw 32 players from the tour qualify into the filmed event through either winning the $575 RG Main Event or by winning the title of Casino Champion by earning points throughout the week at a RunGood stop.

The other 32 contestants were invited celebrities that consisted of poker personalities, reality tv stars, Twitch streamers, influencers, and other poker media personnel.

The 2022 ProAM sees minor changes in the number of qualifiers from 32 to 24 for a total of 48 total qualifiers and invited guests. The casino champion points race is no longer, as just the winner of the RunGood signature multi-flight DeepStack Event as well as the winner of the Main Event will be each property's qualifiers. There is also a travel stipend included in the 2022 Event.

The filmed ProAM event will be streamed live on both PokerGOs Twitch and YouTube channels. It can also be found on the PokerGO streaming platform itself in a complete episode from start to finish.

Be sure to fill out your information in the link for your chance to win!

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ST JOHNS, Antigua--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Delivering every time, its Everygame Poker with the popular poker platform providing their spectacular Sunday Sundowner Special, alongside dishing out a veritable feast of Free Spin offers.

First things first: that Sunday Sundowner Special with $10,000 GTD! Now brought to you in three different formats, changing weekly to keep you on your toes. Theres the classic Deepstack, the Progressive Bounty with $50 of the buy-in going towards the bounty pool and then theres the Big Bounty. $75 paid for every player eliminated. Nice!

Satellite events and SitnGo qualifiers are available in the week building up to each event.

Sunday Sundowner $10,000 GTDTexas Holdem NL, various formatsSundays 4:15pm EasternBuy-in + fee: $115 + $10

On top of that, there are not one but TWO Free Spin specials to snap up on Everygame Poker this week the first of which is a brilliant BitCoin bonus. Deposit on either of the featured games Reels of Wealth and Mr Macau for a bunch of Free Spins, but do it with the cryptocurrency to pick up another 15 on the house.

Deposit $25 using Bonus Code WEALTHBIT for 30 Free Spins (45 with BitCoin) and deposit $50 using MACAUCOIN for 60 Free Spins (75 with BitCoin). You can claim each code once and use in either order.

They say good things come in threes and theyre right, because theres also a gold-star special to round off this terrific trio of online offers. Make a deposit on Gold Canyon and Golden Horns and you can unearth some valuable Free Spins.

WELLOFF40 with a $25 deposit will earn 40 Free Spins on Gold Canyon, while TORO70 and a $50 deposit will secure you 70 Free Spins for Golden Horn. Just like the above, you can claim each code once and this pair of Free Spin specials will remain open until January 24. Enjoy!

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GGPoker is known for hosting some massive tournaments every Sunday but January 23 was off the charts. Super MILLION$ Week kicked off in style, which increased traffic in the sites high stakes events, and created some jaw-dropping prizes.

Niklas Astedt added yet another high roller title to his already impressive poker resume when he bossed his way through a 35-player field in a $10,300 buy-in tournament. The compact field meant only the top five players received a slice of the $350,000 prize pool, so spare a thought for sixth-place finisher Yuri Dzivielevski who popped the money bubble.

Nick Petrangelo, fresh from crushing the latter stages of the Stairway to Millions festival, finished in fifth for $36,286 before Michael Addamo fell in fourth for $48,388. Pablo Silva, who finished second in last weeks Super MILLION$ for $346,106, saw this tournament end in a third-place finish worth $64,527.

Silvas exit left Astedt heads-up against British superstar Stephen Chidwick. Astedt rarely loses when he finds himself in this position, so it was unsurprising to see the Swede walk away with the $114,748 top prize, resigning Chidwick to an $86,048 consolation prize.

Another $10,300 event saw 43 players take to the GGPoker virtual felt, and Daniel Dvoress was the last man standing. The tournament distributed its $430,000 prize pool to the top six finishers. However, Mikita Badziakouski bought in before the tournament started so was protected by the Early Bird bubble feature, and received his $10,300 buy-in back when he bubbled in seventh.

Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb was the first in-the-money player; he scooped $31,019. "Machitos !!" of Cyprus and Andras Nemeth were the final tables next casualties. They walked away with prizes worth $41,364 and $55,160, respectively.

The penultimate elimination was that of Stephen Chidwick, who claimed the $73,557 third-place prize. This left Michael Addamo in a one-on-one battle with Dvoress, which the latter emerged victoriously from. Addamos runner-up finish came with a $98,091 payout, while Dvoress netted $130,806.

The largest haul of January 23 went to Brazils "bill2021" courtesy of the Samba star taking down the $25,500 Sunday Million Super High Roller. Some 80 players bought in with the top ten finishers sharing the $2 million prize pool.

Daniel Dvoress burst the money bubble, locking in a $54,347 min-cash for the surviving players. Christian Rudolph saw his tournament end in tenth place, which set a star-studded final table.

Isaac Haxton, fresh from his Super MILLION$ victory last week, crashed out in ninth here. Orpen Kisacikoglu, Joao Vieira, Timothy Nuter and high-stakes cash guru Wiktor Malinowski also dusted off their stacks.

Artur Martirosian added $228,488 to his lifetime winnings following his exit in fourth-place. Juan Dominguez joined the Cyprus-based Russian shortly after and reeled in a $290,276 prize.

bill2021 and Indias Rahul Byrraju fought it out heads-up for the title and serious top prize. The heads-up duo neglected to strike a deal despite a $100,000 difference in prize money. This meant Byrraju walked away with $368,772 when he busted in second, which left bill2021 to head into the night with $468,496 for company.

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Out of a field of 808 entries, only 59 contenders remain in contention in the 2022 WSOP International Circuit Rozvadov 1,700 Main Event at the King's Resort in Rozvadov. They have all locked up a portion of the 1,189,780 prize pool and the top 12 finishers will also receive an entry for the 2022 WSOP Europe 10,300 Main Event as well.

Best-positioned for Day 3 is Dutchman Mahersh Selvakumaran with a massive stack of 2,507,000 followed by fellow Dutchman Ronnie Lemmens with 1,912,000 while another six players advanced with a seven-figure stack. Two players in the top ten have already won a WSOP gold bracelet in Europe's biggest poker arena including Simone Andrian (1,703,000) and Albert Hoekendijk (1,216,000).

Other notables in contention are Simone Miracoli, Aleksandar Tomovic, Josef Gulas, Claudio Di Giacomo, and Marius Gicovanu. Five WSOP bracelet winners in total are also still in the mix. Besides the big stacks Andrian and Hoekendijk, this also includes Dalibor Dula, Alessandro Pichierri and Sergiu Covrig.

All players will aim to survive another day and reach the official final table, which is then live-streamed the following day. The 59 hopefuls have 3,730 locked up for their efforts and a pay jump is in near sight. Blinds will recommence at 8,000-16,000 with a big blind ante of 16,000 and each level will last 60 minutes each.

It is expected that the penultimate day will play a maximum of nine levels or until the final table has been reached, whichever comes first. Stay tuned for all the action right from King's Resort as the PokerNews team will be hovering on the floor to provide as many key hands as possible.

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