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.
Jim Barnes
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.
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.
Matt Bode won Event 4 of the WSOP Online on WSOP.com, a $500 No-limit Hold’em super turbo tournament, good for more than $97,000.
Robert Kuhn battled Ronald Keren for nearly an hour before winning the $400 No-limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker Online.
Louis Lynch (screen name PokeThese) beat a field of 919 entries in the $1,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em event early Friday on WSOP.com.
The poker room will host games starting at 4 p.m. with plexiglass dividers to allow six-handed play, per guidelines from the Gaming Control Board.
Jonathan Dokler beat a field of 1,715 entries to earn more than $130,000 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet early Thursday.
Nearly a quarter-million in winning wagers were placed on Korean and Chinese baseball games after they had begun, a source told ESPN.
The World Series of Poker Online, especially the U.S. portion, does not have the larger buy-ins and variety of games that players are used to.
The rooms plan to host five-handed games, a spokesman said. All of the Station Casinos rooms have been closed since the shutdown began in March.
The room will have plexiglass dividers like its fellow MGM Resorts casino the Bellagio. Other rooms in town are playing five-handed without dividers.
Four sportsbooks posted spreads and totals on the first three days of the NBA restart, and the Westgate put a line on the reported MLB opener.
The World Series of Poker has evolved over the years, and the coronavirus pandemic has created a new wrinkle in a long-standing discussion.
The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the way with a total of 38½ at the Westgate. Teams must play 59 of the scheduled 60 games for the bets to count.