Podcast appearances and mentions of Jason Mercier

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Topic begins at (0:26:24) mark: Druff got COVID during the Main Event... did it affect him? Did he cash?.... (1:17:34): Player has heart attack on WSOP Main Day 5, shows up anyway to play.... (1:27:40): Kristen Foxen blows likely WSOP Main final table appearance in controversial hand.... (1:54:54): Jonathan Tamayo makes weird fold with QQ to one raise, other Main Event final tablists shoot off chips in weird ways.... (2:21:20): Phil Hellmuth makes "Kung Fu Fighting" entrance, gets booed.... (2:28:13): Sean Perry goes on the offensive, calls out Jason Mercier, Chance Kornuth, and other past critics.... (3:20:20): Steve Jacobs, aka "stevebets", accused of stiffing famed sportsbettor "Spanky" in proxy betting deal.... (3:55:27): Jeremy Becker, Landon Tice challenge coming down to which lost the least amount.... (4:03:28): Fred Khalilian, former operator of pokertribes.com, gets light sentence in murder-for-hire plot.... (4:10:29): MGM Grand Detroit denies 6-figure jackpot to woman they claimed they banned in 2015.... (4:21:08): Mirage closes after jackpot giveaway promo.... (4:30:59): Editorial: What really happened in the Trump assassination attempt?

Topic begins at (0:26:24) mark: Druff got COVID during the Main Event... did it affect him? Did he cash?.... (1:17:34): Player has heart attack on WSOP Main Day 5, shows up anyway to play.... (1:27:40): Kristen Foxen blows likely WSOP Main final table appearance in controversial hand.... (1:54:54): Jonathan Tamayo makes weird fold with QQ to one raise, other Main Event final tablists shoot off chips in weird ways.... (2:21:20): Phil Hellmuth makes "Kung Fu Fighting" entrance, gets booed.... (2:28:13): Sean Perry goes on the offensive, calls out Jason Mercier, Chance Kornuth, and other past critics.... (3:20:20): Steve Jacobs, aka "stevebets", accused of stiffing famed sportsbettor "Spanky" in proxy betting deal.... (3:55:27): Jeremy Becker, Landon Tice challenge coming down to which lost the least amount.... (4:03:28): Fred Khalilian, former operator of pokertribes.com, gets light sentence in murder-for-hire plot.... (4:10:29): MGM Grand Detroit denies 6-figure jackpot to woman they claimed they banned in 2015.... (4:21:08): Mirage closes after jackpot giveaway promo.... (4:30:59): Editorial: What really happened in the Trump assassination attempt?

In the 837th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Johnnie Vibes and PokerNews Ontario Ambassador Kyle Anderson at Level 9 in Las Vegas and talk about the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP)! Not only do they discuss the controversial shorted-pot hand from the Gladiators of Poker involving Men Nguyen, but Chad actually chatted briefly with "The Master" about it. That led to a larger conversation about Men "The Master" Nguyen's reputation and legacy within the poker world, and in turn to a discussion on fact versus fiction. From there, Anderson talks a bit about his ambassador duties for Ontario, and then talks about being put in the spotlight by Phil Hellmuth, which inspired Johnnie Vibes to chime in with his desire to be scolded by the "Poker Brat." Speaking of Vibes, he shared the details behind how the chip stack of Adrian Mateos went missing after a break in the $2,500 Freezeout, and then the crew dive headfirst into Nick Schulman winning the $25,000 High Roller for his fifth WSOP gold bracelet. Is he destined for the Poker Hall of Fame next year over Scott Seiver? It's a coin flip according to the panel. The crew highlights a handful of other WSOP bracelet winners from the past few days, and the preview the Phil Ivey vs. Jason Mercier vs. Danny Wong finale in the $10,000 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw event. Finally, get an update on the $25K Fantasy league and learn who won the BetMGM Poker Championship for $613,914! A new PokerNews Podcast will drop twice weekly during the 2024 WSOP every Tuesday and Friday at 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p UK time. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you do not miss an episode! Time Stamps *Time | Topic* 00:13 | Welcome Johnnie Vibes & Kyle Anderson 00:50 | Shorted pot in Gladiators of Poker 04:42 | Videos of the controversial hand 12:10 | Men Nguyen's history 15:20 | Chad's article series of Men Nguyen 15:54 | Was Men Nguyen kicked out of Foxwoods over chips? 21:53 | Men “The Master” Nguyen addresses controversial hand 23:16 | Kyle Anderson is the PokerNews Ambassador for Ontario 24:59 | Clip from Kyle Anderson's Twitch stream 24:45 | Kyle put in the spotlight by Phil Hellmuth 28:14 | Johnnie Vibes wants the Poker Brat berating 30:06 | Phil Hellmuth blows up at 2024 WSOP 31:08 | Johnnie Vibes blocked by Hellmuth 32:03 | Stack goes missing in $2,500 Freezeout 35:13 | Recent 2024 WSOP bracelet winners 35:23 | Nick Schulman wins 5th gold bracelet 40:15 | Scott Seiver or Nick Shulman for Poker Hall of Fame? 43:18 | Stephen Winters defeats 20,647 entries to win $300 Gladiators of Poker 44:59 | Alen Bakovic wins Event #30 $600NLHE/PLO Title 45:29 | Daniel Vampan Claims wins Event #25: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Max for $148,635 46:09 | Michael Christ victorious in Event #27: $1,500 Big O 47:36 | Poker beginner Evan Benton Claims wins Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout NLH For $412,484 47:53 | Phil Ivey vs. Jason Mercier vs. Danny Wong for gold bracelet 49:45 | The many looks of Jason Mercier 41:18 | Daniel Maor wins BetMGM Poker Championship for $613,914 55:23 | $25K Fantasy update

Legislative committees in Idaho often meet less than twelve hours after an agenda is posted. They also leave the details about how to accept public testimony up to each individual chairman. Jason Mercier, vice president and director of research at Mountain States Policy Center, joined associate producer Logan Finney to discuss some possible transparency reforms that could help Idahoans access their part-time citizen legislature.

Jason Mercier of the Mountain States Policy Center provides an overview of the tax repeal proposals that will likely be on the ballot in Washington state in 2024. http://tinyurl.com/2stcbf5y #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #MountainStatesPolicyCenter #2024Ballot #TaxRepealProposals #LetsGoWashington #WashingtonState #I2109 #I2111 #I2117 #I2124 #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

A new report outlines a rise in infant and maternal mortality. What can be done to help? This week, Ivy Smith from Idaho Voices For Children discusses Idaho's rising infant and maternal mortality rates, as well as policy recommendations to address that trend. Then, Jason Mercier of the Mountain States Policy Center explains his organization's proposals to improve government transparency ahead of the next legislative session.

Opinion: A taxpayer receipt would help provide a snapshot of government spending. Jason Mercier of the Mountain States Policy Center discusses the concept of providing an itemized receipt for taxpayers about their tax dollars and it relates to government. https://tinyurl.com/4u279m9y #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #MountainStatesPolicyCenter #TaxpayerReceipt #Taxpayers #Government #ItemizedReceipt #Utah #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Importance of open government laws on display with shocking stories. Jason Mercier of the Mountain States Policy Center discusses two recent stories that illustrate the lengths that some public officials will go to evade public accountability. https://tinyurl.com/mwyxsuan #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #MountainStatesPolicyCenter #OpenGovernmentLaws #PublicAccountability #PublicOfficials #PublicRecordsLaws #AWellFunctioningRepublic #ClarkCountyToday

Topic begins at (0:10:18) mark: Rob Mercer, who called out Jami Lafay for her cancer Gofundme, appears to be a scammer himself.... (1:43:39): Interview with Cody Daniels, a disabled person who was victimized by Mercer.... (2:19:53): Nevada has changed the state law regarding casino bans -- now they only last 2 years!.... (2:36:40): Shaun Deeb got quoted $80/hour by a prospective housecleaner, and he's big mad.... (2:56:01): Should you give back an accidental call on the river if opponent has 6 high and misread his hand?.... (3:18:18): Jungleman sent someone a nude picture, and now he's being blackmailed over it.... (3:32:50): Jason Mercier says that accused high stakes scammer Sean Perry has made good on his debts, Daniel Colman disagrees.... (3:54:33): Bat out of hell: Lawsuit filed against MGM after a bat was found and killed in a New York New York room.... (4:07:59): Unheralded thunderstorm system causes massive flooding in Vegas, strands people at Burning Man.... tradershky and khalwat co-host.

Topic begins at (0:10:18) mark: Rob Mercer, who called out Jami Lafay for her cancer Gofundme, appears to be a scammer himself.... (1:43:39): Interview with Cody Daniels, a disabled person who was victimized by Mercer.... (2:19:53): Nevada has changed the state law regarding casino bans -- now they only last 2 years!.... (2:36:40): Shaun Deeb got quoted $80/hour by a prospective housecleaner, and he's big mad.... (2:56:01): Should you give back an accidental call on the river if opponent has 6 high and misread his hand?.... (3:18:18): Jungleman sent someone a nude picture, and now he's being blackmailed over it.... (3:32:50): Jason Mercier says that accused high stakes scammer Sean Perry has made good on his debts, Daniel Colman disagrees.... (3:54:33): Bat out of hell: Lawsuit filed against MGM after a bat was found and killed in a New York New York room.... (4:07:59): Unheralded thunderstorm system causes massive flooding in Vegas, strands people at Burning Man.... tradershky and khalwat co-host.

Topic begins at (0:21:43) mark: How did Druff do in the WSOP Main Event after a good Day 1?... (1:28:22): Druff played with Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Jason Mercier, Scott Blumstein, Patrik Antonius, Greg Mueller, and Tony Dunst at this year's Main.... (1:37:21): WSOP Main gets record 10,043 entries, did Druff's 10,021 guess win the $15k prize?.... (1:56:18): Maurice Hawkins runs very deep in WSOP Main -- did he finally pay his debts?.... (2:08:35): Main event player on Day 4 writes letter to table-mates not to bust him near bubble.... (2:18:03): Does the success and record fields of the 2023 WSOP mean a second poker boom is upon us?.... (2:33:37): WSOP gave away a 30-year Main Event buyin prize, but there was some controversy on delayed announcement.... (2:48:14): WSOP announces bracelet events in Atlantis, Bahamas in December, in order to compete with successful WPT Wynn.... (3:18:55): Ethan "Rampage" Yau reveals that Dustin Aab scammed him out of $450k earlier this year.... (4:03:05): Mike Gorodinsky gives the final update regarding his Bellagio box theft, and it's not good news.... (4:52:53): Chris Hunichen is a high stakes tournament player promoting a $15k Gofundme for his family -- what's the story?.... (5:18:33): Dude on meth breaks window at Caesars, throws furniture out the window, threatens to shoot people.... (5:28:09): Justin Taylor Lapka aka "LappyPoker" claims Kolin DeShazo scammed him regarding pieces of his WSOP action.... (5:40:06): Major hack of payment processor's bitcoin wallets possibly leaves Bovada/Ignition vulnerable.... (5:50:02): The truth about Alec Torelli becomes the truth about "Poker Dyke".... (6:23:29): Organizers of Formula 1 race threaten to block view from hotels and restaurants unless they fork over hefty fees.... (6:39:37): FTC finally taking some action against robocallers and phone scammers.

Topic begins at (0:21:43) mark: How did Druff do in the WSOP Main Event after a good Day 1?... (1:28:22): Druff played with Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Jason Mercier, Scott Blumstein, Patrik Antonius, Greg Mueller, and Tony Dunst at this year's Main.... (1:37:21): WSOP Main gets record 10,043 entries, did Druff's 10,021 guess win the $15k prize?.... (1:56:18): Maurice Hawkins runs very deep in WSOP Main -- did he finally pay his debts?.... (2:08:35): Main event player on Day 4 writes letter to table-mates not to bust him near bubble.... (2:18:03): Does the success and record fields of the 2023 WSOP mean a second poker boom is upon us?.... (2:33:37): WSOP gave away a 30-year Main Event buyin prize, but there was some controversy on delayed announcement.... (2:48:14): WSOP announces bracelet events in Atlantis, Bahamas in December, in order to compete with successful WPT Wynn.... (3:18:55): Ethan "Rampage" Yau reveals that Dustin Aab scammed him out of $450k earlier this year.... (4:03:05): Mike Gorodinsky gives the final update regarding his Bellagio box theft, and it's not good news.... (4:52:53): Chris Hunichen is a high stakes tournament player promoting a $15k Gofundme for his family -- what's the story?.... (5:18:33): Dude on meth breaks window at Caesars, throws furniture out the window, threatens to shoot people.... (5:28:09): Justin Taylor Lapka aka "LappyPoker" claims Kolin DeShazo scammed him regarding pieces of his WSOP action.... (5:40:06): Major hack of payment processor's bitcoin wallets possibly leaves Bovada/Ignition vulnerable.... (5:50:02): The truth about Alec Torelli becomes the truth about "Poker Dyke".... (6:23:29): Organizers of Formula 1 race threaten to block view from hotels and restaurants unless they fork over hefty fees.... (6:39:37): FTC finally taking some action against robocallers and phone scammers.

On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen continue The Chad & Jesse Poker Show straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).  They are joined by none other than Daniel Negreanu, who took a break from his busy summer schedule to talk about a plethora of topics including what it's been like running deep in the lower buy-in, big field events, interacting with fans, and how he feels about his performance thus far. The GGPoker Ambassador also offers his thoughts on the Poker Hall of Fame, including who he thinks will get in and the changes he'd like to see moving forward. Finally, “Kid Poker” offers his prediction for the 2023 WSOP Main Event, which is also the first big topic discussed by the hosts. Chad and Jesse then do a new "Calling the Clock" segment in which they offer quick two-minute dialogues for topics on “The Board.” Here's a look at this episode's topics: - Jason Mercier wins 6th gold bracelet - Ladies Event sets record - Greg Raymer wins two Las Vegas tournaments - PokerNews Cup huge hit - 2023 WSOP Player of the Year update - Mike Matusow w/ back-to-back final tables - High Stakes Duel 4 – Doug Polk vs. Daniel Negreanu - Phil Hellmuth & Daniel Negreanu 2023 WSOP update Time Stamps *Time | Topic* 00:35 | Welcome to the show 01:26 | WSOP Main Event right around the corner 05:30 | Predictions for the WSOP Main Event 09:00 | Will a female make the WSOP Main Event final table? 09:30 | Sponsor: Global Poker 09:55 | Jason Mercier wins 6th gold bracelet 11:55 | Ladies Event sets record 13:55 | Greg Raymer wins two Las Vegas tournaments 15:55 | PokerNews Cup huge hit 17:55 | 2023 WSOP Player of the Year update 19:55 | Mike Matusow w/ back-to-back final tables 21:55 | High Stakes Duel 4 – Doug Polk vs. Daniel Negreanu 23:55 | Phil Hellmuth & Daniel Negreanu 2023 WSOP update 26:10 | Guest Daniel Negreanu joins the show 26:45 | How is your summer going so far? 27:37 | What's it like having to interact with all the fans? 28:20 | 10 a.m. restarts not so popular 29:10 | Proposed changes to the Poker Hall of Fame 30:20 | Brian Rast is a “shoo-in” 31:00 | Not Mike Matusow's year 31:40 | The PHoF backlog 33:32 | Who is Poker Hall of Famer Roger Moore 34:20 | Doyle Brunson's Celebration of Life 35:25 | Any fun Doyle stories? 36:00 | Negreanu's prediction for the 2023 WSOP Main Event 37:00 | Any plans to travel post-WSOP?

Jason Mercier is back at the World Series of Poker, and back in the winner's circle with WSOP gold. Donnie and Ducky discuss that and all of the action from the Horseshoe and Paris on Thursday.Follow Donnie on Twitter: @Donnie_PetersFollow Tim on Twitter: @tRaMSt0pFollow PokerGO on Twitter: @PokerGO Learn how you can win a Dream Seat to play in the PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll at PGT.com/dream!Subscribe to PokerGO today to receive 24/7 access to the world's largest poker content library, including the WSOP, High Stakes Poker, No Gamble, No Future, and more. Use the promo code DREAMPOD to receive $30 off your first year of a new annual subscription. Join today at PokerGO.com.

Opinion: A declaration for self-governance heard around the world. Jason Mercier states ‘our republic is worth keeping and celebrating but its future depends on all of us working together to protect it by adhering to the principles and framework loudly declared 247 years ago.' https://tinyurl.com/3vxmjwd6 #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #MountainStatesPolicyCenter #DeclarationForSelfGovernance #DeclarationOfIndependence #IndependenceDay #July4 #FourthOfJuly #ContinentalCongress #WashingtonState #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Washington state lawmaker Rep. Chris Corry, R-Yakima, has been named as the new director of the Center for Government Reform by the Washington Policy Center, taking over from Jason Mercier who is leaving for a management position with the Mountain States Policy Center. https://bit.ly/3NkovHl #TheCenterSquareWashington #RepChrisCorry #WashingtonPolicyCenter #JasonMercier #CenterForGovernmentReform #MountainStatesPolicyCenter #ManagementPosition #NewDirectorNamed #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyToday

Opinion: Just in time to avoid 2/3 vote requirement, new property tax increase bill introduced. Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center shares the latest efforts by the majority party to raise taxes on Washington residents. https://bit.ly/3zRAOTV #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #SenateBill5770 #SB5770 #MassivePropertyTaxIncrease #VoterApprovedLaw #WashingtonStateLegislature #2023LegislativeSession #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Opinion: Seattle kicks the tires on local capital gains excise (income) tax. Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center asks will other local governments instead take the opposite approach and install income tax speed bumps by joining the 28 municipalities with bans? https://bit.ly/418aK2t #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #CapitalGainsExciseTax #IncomeTax #WashingtonStateLegislature #WashingtonStateSupremeCourt #Compensation #CityOfSeattle #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Opinion: New bill proposes ‘excise tax' on compensation. Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center says it's best to take away the excise tax cookie while we still can. http://bit.ly/415IMV3 #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #SenateBill5767 #SB5767 #ExciseTax #Compensation #WashingtonStateLegislature #2023LegislativeSession #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Judge issues important contract transparency public records ruling. Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center explains that state and local government employment contracts should not be negotiated in secret. http://bit.ly/3KuSDhu #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #ContractTransparencyPublicRecords #JudgeIssuesRuling #CitizenActionDefenseFund #PublicRecordsLawsuit #OfficeOfFinancialMangement #ThurstonCountySuperiorCourt #JudgeMarySueWilson #PublicRecordsPenaltyAward #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Opinion: Early response to Washington's capital gains excise tax (AKA income tax) court ruling. Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center offers reactions from around the state on the state Supreme Court decision on the capital gains income tax. https://bit.ly/3M081DE #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #CapitalGainsIncomeTax #WashingtonStateSupremeCourt #CourtRuling #Reactions #FisherInvestments #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Opinion: Washington versus the world on capital gains income taxes. Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center will ‘still stand with the rest of the planet in the clear understanding that excise taxes aren't applied to income - those are called income taxes.' https://bit.ly/3lLeKH0 #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #WashingtonSupremeCourt #CapitalGainsIncomeTax #FederalChallenge #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Inslee and the Dems whack everyone with another tax; Jason Mercier joins Ari to discuss what this ruling means for you

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Opinion: Slower revenue increase is still an increase. Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center offers his explanation of what the bottom line is for writers of the state budget. https://bit.ly/3FGgmIF #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #BudgetWriters #SlowerRevenueIncrease #RevenueForecast #ForecastOfFunds #WashingtonStateRevenues #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyToday

Opinion: Washington's emergency powers statute ranked 45th worst nationally for legislative oversight. Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center believes we didn't need a national study to tell us that Washington's emergency powers statute is badly lacking checks and balances and meaningful legislative oversight. https://bit.ly/3L3mFJQ #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #EmergencyPowers #LegislativeOversight #NationalStudy #WashingtonState #ScoringEmergency #ExecutivePower #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center explains why our system of governance is not meant to be the arbitrary rule of one behind closed doors. https://bit.ly/3ZvRnzc #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #SystemOfGovernance #EmergencyPowersReform #WashingtonStateLegislature #2023LegislativeSession #GovJayInslee #ArbitraryRule #EmergencyOrders #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Donnie Peters and Tim Duckworth are here for a new episode of the PokerGO Podcast, and it's a big one. The hosts recap the second half of the first-ever PGT Mixed Games series with interviews from Jason Mercier, Dan Zack, Nick Guagenti, and Scott Abrams. Donnie and Tim also discuss Nick Schulman taking over for Gabe Kaplan in the High Stakes Poker commentary booth and PokerGO's No Gamble, No Future $1,000,000 cash game that will live stream on the PokerGO YouTube channel on Friday, February 17.

On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode of 2023, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen welcome guest Chris Moneymaker to the show. The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ shares details on what happened in regards to his Moneymaker Social Club in Paducah, Kentucky closing its poker operations after feeling some heat from local authorities. Find out what transpired and what the future may hold. Moneymaker also shares his plans for the upcoming 2023 WSOP and tells a fun story involving his WSOP gold bracelet, the Super Bowl, and Justin Timberlake. Other stories discussed are Phil Hellmuth getting dismantled on a pair of live-streamed high-stakes cash games, winners from the PokerGO Tour Mixed Game Festival, the Galfond Challenge against Dan “Jungleman” Cates currently being on pause, and remembering the late Mike McClain. Finally, they look ahead to the European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris, which just got underway. Listen to those stories and more on the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast! Time Stamps *Time|Topic* 00:25 | Welcome to the show 01:26 | Phil Hellmuth loses big in back-to-back high-stakes live streams 04:30 | How Hellmuth backing out of live streams affects other people 07:55 | Sponsor: 888poker 08:55 | Moneymaker Social Club in Kentucky closes down poker operation 12:50 | Local authorities move the goalpost 14:31 | Guest Chris Moneymaker joins the show 16:30 | What happened with Moneymaker Social Club? 18:27 | Why Paducah, Kentucky? 23:30 | What about the staff? Future plans? 29:25 | Learning to run a poker business 34:25 | Why Justin Timberlake wanted to borrow Moneymaker's WSOP bracelet 39:30 | Vegas and WSOP plans -- $50,000 Poker Players Championship? 44:14 | Why Moneymaker will never step foot back in Michigan 46:39 | Sponsor: partypoker 47:48 | Jason Mercier among PokerGO Tour Mixed Game winners 51:12 | Galfond Challenge against Dan “Jungleman” Cates on pause 53:10 | Sponsor: WPT Global 53:57 | Remembering Mike McClain 56:00 | EPT Paris gets underway – what to expect!

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center believes it seems the tax love in Washington knows only one direction, to infinity and beyond. https://bit.ly/3I09l5R #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #Taxpayers #WashingtonState #WashingtonStateLegislature #TaxIncreaseBills #DeathTaxRates #WealthTax #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

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Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center points out that Washington voters have rejected 10 straight income tax proposals, including six proposed constitutional amendments. https://bit.ly/3RRRjr5 #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #WashingtonVoters #IncomeTaxProposals #ProposedConstitutionalAmendments #PropertyTaxRelief #WashingtonStateLegislature #2023LegislativeSession #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center shares that whether or not Washington has a death tax, ensuring an operable inflation index to avoid bracket creep should be an easy call for lawmakers. https://bit.ly/3RFQuBx #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #WashingtonState #DeathTax #OperableInflationIndex #WashingtonStateLegislature #Lawmakers #InflationFix #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center interviews two of the lead attorneys in the capital gains income tax case currently before the Washington state Supreme Court. https://bit.ly/3Y06ukc #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #WashingtonStateSupremeCourt #OralArguments #CapitalGainsIncomeTaxCase #Attorneys #AttorneyCallieCastillo #AttorneyGeneral #RobMcKenna #WashingtonState #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center believes lawmakers finally funding this low-income tax relief program is a cause for celebration. https://bit.ly/3wQoYaO #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #Lawmakers #LowIncomeTaxCredit #WashingtonState #WorkingFamilyTaxCredit #FederalEarnedIncomeTaxCredit #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center points out that Washington State government officials, however, stand alone claiming a capital gains tax is an ‘excise tax.' https://bit.ly/3RlJvxy #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #WashingtonStateSupremeCourt #CapitalGainsTax #IncomeTax #PossibleRulings #OralArguments #Hearing #AttorneyGeneral #RobMcKenna #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

6am hour -- landmark hearing this morning at the Supreme Court of Washington (SCOW) for oral arguments on Gov. Jay Inslee's capital gains tax, VA school superintendent fired after an elementary school teacher was shot in the classroom by a 6 year-old with a gun, 4 stories in less than a week of stolen cars used in crimes around rural Western WA, scrutinizing the WA Legislative bill known as "middle housing" that would strip local zoning control away from cities and give that zoning control to state government officials, the "middle housing" zoning bill is an attempt to ban "single family zoning" in favor of tri-plexes/quad-plexes/even six-plexes on a single lot, Democrats in the WA Legislature are proposing a new bill that would be the equivalent of the one-time Biden Administration "disinformation governance board". 7am hour -- GUEST: WPC's Jason Mercier previews this morning's Supreme Court of Washington (SCOW) oral arguments hearing on Gov. Jay Inslee's hotly disputed capital gains tax law that a lower court has ruled un-Constitutional, AG Bob Ferguson is appealing the swift legal blow to Inslee and Democrats who badly want to tax rich stock holders in Washington, SPD officer hits and kills pedestrian who was in a cross-walk while responding to 911 call, could or should the officer be charged?, GUEST: State Rep. Travis Couture (R-Allyn) updates the story about a proposed sex-offender half-way house in Tenino WA, Coutoure was in a DSHS meeting about the sex-offender housing yesterday and reports a cease and desist order is now filed against the proposed sex-offender half-way house, Coutoure is digging deeper in the WA bureaucratic policy of using private companies to over-see transitional housing of convicted sex-offenders released from McNeil Island state penitentiary but still required to be under state supervision as part of their release. 8am hour -- digging deeper into the ranks of WA Legislative Democrats who are pushing the "middle housing bill " HB 1110 that would take local zoning decision control away from cities and put the state government in charge, the Bothell WA lawmaker who has become the Democrats' point-person in the Legisalture on zoning issues proclaimed "local control is garbage" in 2022, another red flag from the WA Legislature involving HB 1333, HB 1333 would establish a domestic extremist commission,WA Democrats really don't like it when taxpayers are reminded that they raised taxes, NOW: a breaking news situation in the WA Legislature, Senate Democrats are pushing to block tax hike advisory votes that were approved by voters in I-960. GUEST: St. Sen. Jeff Wilson is trying to urge WA voters to oppose SB 5082 which Democrats are trying to pass.

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center asks Washingtonians if they would be willing to pay an additional 1 percent tax on the value of their total financial assets each year. https://bit.ly/3XDlfsw #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #WealthTax #DemocraticLawmakers #Washingonians #TotalFinancialAssets #TaxStructureWorkGroup #HB1473 #SB5486 #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center offers a decade of research and short educational videos discussing this income tax. https://bit.ly/3ZJyDNN #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #CapitalGainsIncomeTax #StateSupremeCourt #CourtHearing #Research #EducationalVideos #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center offers a thank you to Sen. Lynda Wilson and Sen. Christine Rolfes for introducing SB 5158 to help advance this tax transparency reform. https://bit.ly/3GwEsFz #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #SenLyndaWilson #SenChristineRolfes #SB5158 #WashingtonStateLegislature #2023LegislativeSession #TaxTransparencyWebsiteBill #TaxTransparencyReform #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center explains why he believes Title-only bills aren't worth the paper they're printed on. https://bit.ly/3vIMne0 #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #TitleOnlyBills #2023LegislativeSession #SenateRules #SR56 #WashingtonStateConstitution #LegislativeGames #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center disputes the claim that a tax on capital gains income is an ‘excise tax' rather than an income tax. https://bit.ly/3QpLzEq #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #CapitalGainsIncomeTax #AttorneyGeneral #StateSupremeCourt #WashingtonState #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center offers the latest developments of the capital gains income tax case before the state Supreme Court. https://bit.ly/3YIUnsq #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #CpitalGainsIncomeTax #AttorneyGeneral #WashingtonStateSupremeCourt #Lawmakers #AmicusBriefs #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center believes our system of governance is not meant to be the arbitrary rule of one behind closed doors. https://bit.ly/3Ga3n2S #Opinion #Columns #Commentary #JasonMercier #WashingtonPolicyCenter #WashingtonStateLegislature #EmergencyPowersReform #SystemOfGovernance #WashingtonState #lawmakers #LegislativeOversight #SenLyndaWilson #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

GUEST: Washington Policy Center's director of governmental reform, Jason Mercier, explains the latest action on the Gov. Jay Inslee capital gains income tax law that is set to go into effect on January 1, 2023. Mercier tells KVI that the Washington Dept. of Revenue is "playing this game" about final rule making procedures for submitting tax returns for capital gains. Tax accountants this week were asking the DoR "pretty basic questions and the response from Department of Revenue was 'we don't know yet.'", says Mercier. The disconnect shows the lack of preparation and any hint of customer service as state government prepares to impose this constitutionally questionable capital gains tax.

6am hour -- Raphael Warnock beats Herschel Walker to maintain his Georgia US Senate seat, five red or purple states that Democrats won in November even as the economy was in shambles due to policies imposed by Democrats, why candidates matter, Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart dies at age of 92 and he helped launch the Motown of the South, GUEST: live from Georgia covering the Herschel Walker campaign, Matthew Carlson, says Walker campaign volunteers (like he was) knocked on 2 million Georgia doors to persuade voters, there was "a blue tidal wave out of Atlanta", many voters said they voted for Gov. Brian Kemp but couldn't vote for Walker, the moral of the 2022 midterm (and GA run-off) election is that candidates matter, deciphering which personal failings voters will accept when it comes to two flawed candidates running against each other. 7am -- Republicans gave away Senate races they should have won, why good candidates run bad campaigns, KVI callers sound off on the final chapter to the 2022 failure by Republicans to win elections after Democrats provided a winning landscape of issues for them, Seattle failing to charge criminal suspects who attack firefighters, Carlson attended yesterday's memorial service for Bellevue Police motorcycle officer Jordan Jackson, age 34, killed in the line of duty just before Thanksgiving, remembering the 81st anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese empire that escalated WWII. 8am hour -- GUEST: WPC's Jason Mercier explains the latest action on the Gov. Jay Inslee un-constitutional capital gains income tax, WA Dept. of Revenue "playing this game" about final planning (rule making procedures for submitting tax returns) for capital gains tax set to go into effect on January 1st, tax accounts were asking the DoR "pretty basic questions and the response from Department of Revenue was 'we don't know yet' ", the disconnect shows the lack of preparation and any hint of customer service as state government prepares to impose this constitutionally questionable capital gains tax; the keyboard warriors who support GA's Ralphael Warnock by calling Republican opponent Herschel Walker the worst US Senate candidate ever, Elon Musk fires the Twitter lawyer (James Baker) who was at the heart of suppressing content (like the Hunter Biden laptop story) detrimental to Democrats, how James Baker was a former FBI counsel that went to work for Twitter, City of Seattle's 3+ year failure to bring 240 units of affordable housing to the Magnolia enclave, Federal authorities haven't approved a Seattle permit for the affordable housing plan and there's no timeline for when it might get approved.

Transparency can only go so far in Trump probe. Trillions in COVID relief dollars went to states – but what happened to it? Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center joins us for "Fridays with Friends." Plus: Gadsden flag drama on "Florida Report."

Jason Mercier makes his first World Series of Poker appearance in three years and on his dinner break in the $50,000 Pot Limit Omaha he sits down with your hosts Remko Rinkema and Donnie Peters.  Last night, Jeremy Ausmus won his fourth WSOP gold bracelet in the $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-max and Donnie caught up with him to talk about the win and much more! Lastly, Donnie also caught up with Ali Nejad who was announced as the GGPoker Media Ambassador! 

In many states, when teacher or police unions bargain over wages, benefits, and accountability, the public is left entirely outside the process. Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center details how that complicates holding the public sector accountable. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.