Raman Afanasenka made a full house on the final card to win Event 11 of the WSOP Online, a $500 No-limit Hold’em six-handed turbo tournament.
Jim Barnes
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: jbarnes@reviewjournal.com
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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.
Ryan Torgersen (Im.Sorry) won his first bracelet in Event 10 of the World Series of Poker Online a day after finishing second in Event 9.
Lou Finocchiaro (@GambLou) is parlaying two favorites on the main card and is betting two underdogs on the preliminary card Saturday.
Ron McMillen won the $1,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em six-handed tournament early Friday, earning more than $188,000.
The lines include UNLV as an underdog in its first two games against California at Allegiant Stadium and Louisiana Tech at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Offshore bookmaker MyBookie has introduced its Divorce Odds Calculator, with betting lines set based on answers to 30 relationship questions.
Alan Goehring, who finished second in the World Series of Poker Main Event in 1999, won WSOP Online Event 8 early Thursday on WSOP.com.
The sportsbook set the line at 1½ (over -125) on how many Super Bowls Kansas City would win over the course of the quarterback’s 10-year extension, ending in 2031-32.
Joon Kim took a massive chip lead into heads-up play after winning a huge hand with pocket aces in the $800 No-limit Hold’em knockout event.
Hideki Matsuyama (16-1) is among the handicappers’ top choices for this week’s event in Dublin, Ohio. Justin Thomas is the 10-1 favorite.
Nathan Gamble won the first non-No-limit Hold’em event of the WSOP Online early Tuesday, a $600 buy-in Pot-limit Omaha High-Low tournament.
The Westgate will host its annual SuperContest Weekend on Aug. 21 and 22, and Circa recently announced an event for the same dates.
Angels outfielder Mike Trout is the 12-1 favorite at the Westgate to lead MLB in home runs this season. He was fifth last year with 45.
Caesars Palace and the South Point are hosting multitable tournaments again. The Venetian has been hosting similar events in a shootout format.
Allen Chang prevailed in WSOP Online Event 5, a $1,000 No-limit Hold’em freezeout (no rebuys allowed), earning more than $160,000.
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