Bettors have to be sure what they’re wagering on in the PGA Tour season finale: FedEx Cup winner or best 72-hole score? They won’t necessarily be the same.
Jim Barnes
Jim Barnes was named assistant sports editor at the Review-Journal in September 2022. He previously covered gaming and tourism for the Review-Journal. He first joined the RJ as a copy editor in 2012 and has covered sports betting and the World Series of Poker for the RJ. 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.
The World Series of Poker is mandating that players show proof of their full vaccination to play as the series returns to a live format at the Rio this fall.
Five games are scheduled for Saturday, headlined by Nebraska at Illinois. Also, handicappers offer plays on Hawaii-UCLA and Connecticut-Fresno State.
Under bettors might have thought they were safe with Los Angeles and San Diego tied at 1 in the 15th inning early Thursday. They were wrong.
Tom Dwan cracked Phil Hellmuth’s pocket aces to finish off his victory in the $100,000 buy-in heads-up No-limit Hold’em match Wednesday on PokerGO.
Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan will face off in a $100,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em match that comes 13 years after a memorable war of words.
Poker Hall of Fame member Erik Seidel won an international WSOP Online event to move into a tie for fifth on the all-time WSOP bracelet leaderboard.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are still favored to successfully defend their World Series title, but they are no longer favored to win the NL West at some sportsbooks.
Pro bettor Jeff Whitelaw has four plays for Saturday, including the Raiders, who are 2½-point favorites against Seattle at Allegiant Stadium.
Handicapper Wes Reynolds offers his selections for the Wyndham Championship, which starts Thursday in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Phil Hellmuth is putting his 7-0 record in the PokerGO format on the line against Tom Dwan, known for playing huge pots on “High Stakes Poker.”
Drew O’Connell prevailed in a field of 821 entries (537 players and 284 re-entries) in the $1,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em Championship on WSOP.com.