Layne Flack, who died in July at age 52, is nominated alongside seven other top players and two other industry figures for the Poker Hall of Fame.
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Hellmuth, the 1989 WSOP Main Event champion, now has six more bracelets than his next closest rivals — Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Phil Ivey.
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Ten handicappers offer five picks each on college football games throughout the season. Dana Lane and Paul Stone are tied for the lead after six weeks.
Amber Hanover, who won Station Casinos’ NFL Last Man Standing contest last season, is 3-1 on her picks in the Review-Journal this season.
Lara Eisenberg, a radiologist from Maryland, won the $1,000 buy-in Ladies No-limit Hold’em Championship on Thursday at the Rio.
Bettors can feel foolish when a favorite arrives focused and blows a big underdog away, but Cincinnati and Iowa can’t roll every week, right?
Las Vegas sportsbooks reported that 75 percent or more of the tickets are on one side for Thursday’s game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles.
The Minnesota Vikings nearly wiped out the bulk of the Circa Survivor field Sunday, and a similar situation appears likely for Week 6.
Daniel Lazrus won $1 million — the biggest first prize so far at this year’s WSOP — in the $1,500 buy-in Millionaire Maker on Wednesday at the Rio.
Georgia took over the No. 1 spot in the polls, and the Westgate SuperBook now has the Bulldogs solidly favored over Alabama on a neutral field.
An offshore sportsbook makes Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy the favorite to take over next season after Jon Gruden resigned Monday.
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John Monnette won the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker, defeating political polling analyst Nate Silver heads-up.