Nicholas Kiley (screen name MrFinalT) won Event 25 of the WSOP Online, the $500 buy-in No-limit Hold’em Summer Saver tournament, earning $149,244.52.
Jim Barnes
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: jbarnes@reviewjournal.com
X: @JimBarnesLV
Jim Barnes covers sports betting and the World Series of Poker for the Review-Journal. He first joined the Review-Journal as a copy editor in 2012. The Fort Worth, Texas, native previously was the sports editor at the Waco Tribune-Herald and also covered high school sports for the Dallas Morning News. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. He is an experienced gambler who has competed in the Westgate SuperContest and the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Baseball underdogs had their day Saturday after favorites went 14-2 to start the season. Five teams won at odds or +185 or greater.
Nick Binger (screen name samadhi) won Event 24 of the World Series of Poker Online early Saturday, earning $133,412.83.
Only two underdogs cashed for bettors on the first full day of games. The Athletics ended the night with an epic bad beat for under bettors.
Avant had never cashed in a World Series of Poker event before winning Event 23 of the WSOP Online early Friday, earning $93,775.96.
Sportsbooks needed one of the two underdogs, the Nationals or Giants, to win Thursday on the first day of MLB play, and they didn’t get it.
Review-Journal reporters Jim Barnes and Todd Dewey discuss the baseball landscape from a betting perspective, including World Series futures.
Review-Journal reporters Jim Barnes and Todd Dewey discuss the NHL restart from a betting perspective, including the unique format being used.
Allan Cheung (screen name Treeoflife) won Event 22 of the WSOP Online, a $500 No-limit Hold’em turbo tournament, earning $120,082.95.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board will allow the sportsbook to void more than $200,000 in outstanding parlays that were placed after the games started.
Tony Dunst, a fixture on World Poker Tour broadcasts, won Event 21 of the WSOP Online, a $777 buy-in No-limit Hold’em six-handed tournament.
The state Gaming Control Board has ruled in favor of the BetMGM sportsbook in a dispute about bets made after the games started, according to ESPN.
A list of the best odds on MLB World Series and division futures available for bettors at Las Vegas sportsbooks. The season starts Thursday.
Kevin Gerhart claimed Event 20 of the World Series of Poker Online, a $500 buy-in Pot-limit Omaha six-handed tournament, earning almost $100,000.
Ryan Depaulo was just looking for a place in New Jersey where he could get a Wi-Fi connection. A few hours later, he won his first bracelet.
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