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MintTrav:
Following yesterday's news that the US is reopening its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on 8 November, the WSOP has added two more Day 1s to the Main Event.

MintTrav:
Event 19: $10,000 Seven Card Stud ChampionshipWinner          Anthony ZinnoRunners          62Paid          10Final Table          7
Player          Position          Points          Anthony Zinno          1          25          Phil Hellmuth Jr          4          12          Stephen Chidwick          6          8          Daniel Zack          10          1         
Selector    Points                   Stephen 1    45                   Stephen 2    45                   Jo 2    38                   Jo 1    37                   Gareth    34                   John 1    26                   Aneurin    20                   David    20                   Jon    20                   Luca 2    20                   Richard    20                   Tom    20                   Barrie 2    12                   Chris    12                   Del    12                   Derek    12                   John 2    12                   Karen    12                   Michael    12                   Nic    12                   Rob    12                   Simon L    12                   Stu    12                   Barrie 1    8                   Carl 2    8                   Simon A    8                   Carl 1    1                  
It's the one we've been waiting for.

Tonnes of points here as some of the favourites score highly. Every team except one scored some points, but I won't embarrass them by naming them, so no need to worry Luca.

Zinno won his third bracelet against James Chen, both of them having won seven-figure bracelets before, Zinno winning $1.1m in a $25k PLO and Chen winning €2.8m for a €250k WSOPE NLHE. But that's not what this tournament will be remembered for.

Phil Hellmuth came to the final table as chip leader, but it all went wrong, as the hands kept going the wrong way. Phil let rip, as he has many times before, though I think it's the first time he's done it on a WSOP final. Zinno was the main target, and wasn't bothered at all, but plenty of others were horrified, while some pointed out the penalties that have been imposed on other players for lesser offences, while Hellmuth gets a free pass. Should Hellmuth take a rap for this? Does it add to the entertainment? Do players actually enjoy it? Is the WSOP at fault for condoning it? Do people even care? Is he mad? Are you still reading this?.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S71qd0_G2HE&t=632s

MintTrav:
Instagram has its finger on the pulse.

MintTrav:
Silver might have the answer:

MintTrav:
Event 20: $1,000 Flip & Go No Limit Hold'emWinner          Dejuante AlexanderRunners          1240Paid          155Final Table          8
Player          Position          Points          David Peters          4          12          Calvin Anderson          47          1          Mike Gorodinsky          69          1          Daniel Zack          91          1          Shaun Deeb          107          1          Daniel Negreanu          120          1          Harry Lodge          121          1          Paul Volpe          137          1          Jeff Gross          138          1         
Selector    Points                   Richard    14                   Stu    14                   Tom    14                   Gareth    4                   Chris    3                   Jo 2    3                   Luca 2    3                   Simon A    3                   Stephen 1    3                   Barrie 1    2                   Barrie 2    2                   Carl 1    2                   David    2                   Del    2                   Derek    2                   Jo 1    2                   John 1    2                   Jon    2                   Karen    2                   Luca 1    2                   Michael    2                   Rob    2                   Simon L    2                   Aneurin    1                   Carl 2    1                   Nic    1                   Stephen 2    1                  
Hard to believe, but they have come up with a tournament even more stupid than the tag team.

The first stage is consists of one hand, with everyone all-in. The table-winner is in the cash and advances to the second stage, which is normal NLHE.

Maybe they thought that, as the first round is a pure gamble, it would give amateurs an equal cashing opportunity with the professionals. In fact, it had the opposite effect. Amateurs wandered off if they lost once or twice, but the pro's who are padding their cashing resumes just kept rebuying until they got through. At $1k per shot, it was an inexpensive way to guarantee a cash, so Negreanu entered nine times and David Williams had nineteen shots before both notched up another cash.

And that's all I've got to say about this nonsense.

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