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Published and printed in the United States. 4 CARDPLAYER.COM FOLLOW US ON TWITTER CardPlayerMedia 004_MastheadB.indd 4 8/4/20 10:36 AM PLAYER_18_Sahara_FP.indd 3 8/4/20 10:45 AM Table of Contents - Card Player Vol. 33/No. 18 20 14 18 Features Strategies, Analysis Also In this Issue 20 & Commentary 4 Seth Davies’ Journey From The Dugout To 24 About Us The Highest Stakes Poker Tournaments An Open Letter to WSOP: Why Mixed 34 In The World Games Are Good For Poker Player Tournament Schedules By Erik Fast Development 38 By Melissa Burr Poker Leaderboards The Inside Straight 26 8 Retro $25,000 Buy-in Tournament Hand Revisited Poker News Recap Tournament By Jonathan Little Hand Matchups 12 27 Player Of The Year Update 27 Did Being A Lawyer Help Me As A Poker 14 Player? James Pace vs. Tony Dunst Poker Stories Podcast By Greg Raymer 29 With Houston Curtis 28 Scott Epstein vs. Daniel Zack By Card Player News Team Who Is The Most Important Person In 36 16 Poker? Ryan Leng vs. Philip Beesley Hand History Rewind: Joe Cada Wins By Gavin Griffin 37 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event 30 Guo Liang Chen vs. Matt Berkey By Card Player News Team Learning During The Pandemic: Part 2 18 By Steve Zolotow Table Talk: 70-Year-Old Bracelet Winner 31 Ron McMillen: “I Won’t Ever Play Badugi: Opening Standards Online Again” By Kevin Haney By Steve Schult 33 Contracts and Poker: Confidentiality By Scott J. Burnham Cover © WPT.com 6 CARDPLAYER.COM FOLLOW US ON TWITTER CardPlayerMedia 006_TOC.indd 6 8/6/20 9:48 AM PLAYER_16_ACR_FP.indd 3 7/7/20 4:18 PM THE INSIDE STRAIGHT the INSIDE STRAIGHT News, Reviews, and Interviews From Around the Poker World THE 2020 WORLD SERIES OF POKER ONLINE SURGES INTO ITS SECOND ACT The US-Facing Segment Of The Series Drew 44,229 Total Entries In July By Erik Fast e 2020 World Series of Poker Online is now more than fi rst leg of the online festival, with some coming out on top halfway fi nished, with 46 of the 85 gold bracelets on the for the fi rst time in a bracelet event, while others merely schedule this year already awarded. e online-only series added to their collection. was born out of necessity due to the indefi nite postpone- Among the accomplished players who earned their ment of the live WSOP due to safety concerns related to inaugural bracelets in July were WSOP Circuit ring winners the COVID-19 pandemic. e festival is split into two seg- Jonathan ‘Art.Vandelay’ Dokler ($500 ‘Kick-Off ’ event ments, with the fi rst taking place on US-facing online site winner for $130,426) and Robert ‘bustinballs’ Kuhn ($400 WSOP.com. Participants could only play in the 31 events no-limit hold’em winner for $115,850), four-time ring win- off ered throughout the month of July while being located ner Ian ‘APokerJoker2’ Steinman ($400 no-limit hold’em within the borders of Nevada or New Jersey. Despite that freezeout winner for $110,557), 2016 WPT Legends of Poker limitation, events no. 1-31 drew a total of 44,229 entries champion Pat Lyons ($777 no-limit hold’em winner for and awarded $26,870,985 in total prize money. $173,551), and two-time WPT main event champion Alan e U.S. series concluded in the early hours of Aug. 1, ‘GladiusIII’ Goehring ($500 no-limit hold’em freezeout with Nahrain ‘2Rivers’ Tamero emerging victorious from a winner for $119,399). fi eld of 2,126 entries in the $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em Several players with a bracelet win already on their championship. Tamero overcame a tough fi nal table that resumes added to their career total during the fi rst leg of the included the likes of two-time WSOP Circuit ring win- 2020 WSOP Online, including Nathan ‘surfbum’ Gamble. ner Kevin ‘SpecialK333’ Calenzo (9th - $25,650) and e 2017 WSOP $1,500 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better bracelet winner and World Poker Tour champion Andrew champion secured his second bracelet by taking down the ‘WATCHGUY42’ Lichtenberger (3rd - $140,167). For the $600 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better six-max event dur- win, Tamero earned a gold bracelet and the top prize of ing the fi rst week of this year’s series, topping a fi eld of $310,832. 883 to earn $89,424. 2015 WSOP main event champion Going For The Gold and 2017 $10,000 limit hold’em championship winner Plenty of notable players took down events during the Joseph ‘fanofdapoker’ McKeehen earned his third bracelet Ian Steinman Joe McKeehen Sign Up For Card Player’s Free Poker School. Review Hundreds of Articles and Videos On Winning Poker Strategy. www.CardPlayerPokerSchool.com 8 CARDPLAYER.COM FOLLOW US ON TWITTER CardPlayerMedia 008_News.indd 8 8/6/20 9:49 AM THE INSIDE STRAIGHT Ryan Laplante Juha Helppi by coming out on top of a 469-entry field in the $3,200 third with 15 in-the-money finishes each. buy-in no-limit hold’em high roller event, earning $311,817 According to the WSOP’s leaderboards, 48 players for the win. 2019 $1,500 razz winner Kevin ‘eRealKG’ cashed for six-figures during the series, with four play- Gerhart earned his second bracelet as the champion of the ers securing more than $300,000 in total scores. Joseph $500 buy-in pot-limit Omaha six-max event, overcoming McKeehen’s $369,632 in cashes was the most of any a 1,137-entry field to win $97,572. WPT Caribbean main player, with $600 monster stack champion Ryan ‘Im. event winner and 2016 WSOP $1,000 no-limit hold’em Sorry’ Torgerson’s $337,060 being good for second place. event champion Tony ‘Panoramic’ Dunst secured his sec- Championship event winner Nahrain Tamero’s lone score ond bracelet by topping a field of 1,361 entries in the $777 for $310,832 catapulted him into third on the earnings list, no-limit hold’em six-max event. Nick ‘samadhi’ Binger won while Nick ‘shadowjacker’ Guagenti’s $305,433 payday as the 2011 $5,000 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event for the winner of the $2,000 buy-in deepstack event moved his first bracelet. He earned his second by winning the $400 him into fourth place. no-limit hold’em eight-max event, surviving a field of 2,408 WSOP Goes Worldwide to win $133,413. While there were 31 bracelets awarded to players situated Series Storylines in Nevada and New Jersey, the other 54 bracelets events on e WSOP is usually a hotbed for unique narratives, the schedule are being handed out on International-facing and despite being entirely online, this year’s summer series online site GGPoker.