Podcast appearances and mentions of kevin roster

The new poker season starts to kick into high gear, Sarah Herring and Jeff Platt break down what's going on on this episode of the PokerNews Podcast. They preview one of the biggest events in the history of poker, the Triton Million for Charity. What can we expect from this super high roller field? Sarah chats with Final Fifty bracelet winner Danny Tang about his WSOP win, and what he has planned for this week in London. Plus, Sarah and Jeff pay their respects to Kevin Roster, who passed away just days ago. But not before he left quite the impact on the poker world. 

Druff runs very deep in WSOP Main Event, and talks about his experiences with eventual winner Hossein Ensan (topic starts at 0:23:20 mark). Main Event bubble clusterfuck occurs, including a missing min-casher (1:25:17). Unexpected "second bubble" mess occurs at 163rd place at Main Event (1:58:35). Jack Effel causes controversy with ruling/attitude in critical moment for Dario Sammartino close to Main Event final table (2:15:11). Alex Livingston's QQ fold preflop during final 6 at Main Event -- smart or stupid (2:29:23)? Druff gets pulled over for violation of "Move Over Law" south of Vegas (2:30:05). Update on Smashburger Rio situation (3:21:09). Lawsuit filed against Encore Boston Harbor (3:40:59). Comedian Doug Stanhope gets banned from Rio, blames it on bad review he posted in February (3:54:32). Two guys scammed terminal cancer patient Kevin Roster, including a Baylor tennis player and a guy Druff once knew in 2009 (4:30:44). Is VPNing into non-US-accepting poker sites cheating (5:11:13)? Guy wins $500 royal flush promo at MGM Springfield, but they won't pay him due to leaving ID in the car, and they won't let him get it (5:34:30). WSOP.com allegedly ships wrong amount of chips to winner of side pot in tournament (6:02:49). Maurice Hawkins accused of ripping off a backer again (6:18:57). Dennis Blieden accused of embezzling $22 million from company to enter high stakes poker tournaments (6:48:47). Robert Alexander accused of embezzling investor money to gamble, play poker (7:01:09). Borgata went after Ivey's Nevada assets, WSOP winnings (7:14:13). Video poker with over 100% payback at mid-limits offered by Downtown Grand in Vegas, then downgraded (7:26:53). Lucky Lady Casino in Gardena, CA has roof collapse (7:43:44). tradershky co-hosts part of this marathon 8-hour episode.

Druff runs very deep in WSOP Main Event, and talks about his experiences with eventual winner Hossein Ensan (topic starts at 0:25:40 mark). Main Event bubble clusterfuck occurs, including a missing min-casher (1:27:37). Unexpected "second bubble" mess occurs at 163rd place at Main Event (2:00:55). Jack Effel causes controversy with ruling/attitude in critical moment for Dario Sammartino close to Main Event final table (2:17:31). Alex Livingston's QQ fold preflop during final 6 at Main Event -- smart or stupid (2:31:43)? Druff gets pulled over for violation of "Move Over Law" south of Vegas (2:50:25). Update on Smashburger Rio situation (3:23:29). Lawsuit filed against Encore Boston Harbor (3:43:19). Comedian Doug Stanhope gets banned from Rio, blames it on bad review he posted in February (3:59:12). Two guys scammed terminal cancer patient Kevin Roster, including a Baylor tennis player and a guy Druff once knew in 2009 (4:35:24). Is VPNing into non-US-accepting poker sites cheating (5:13:33)? Guy wins $500 royal flush promo at MGM Springfield, but they won't pay him due to leaving ID in the car, and they won't let him get it (5:36:50). WSOP.com allegedly ships wrong amount of chips to winner of side pot in tournament (6:05:09). Maurice Hawkins accused of ripping off a backer again (6:21:17). Dennis Blieden accused of embezzling $22 million from company to enter high stakes poker tournaments (6:51:07). Robert Alexander accused of embezzling investor money to gamble, play poker (7:03:29). Borgata went after Ivey's Nevada assets, WSOP winnings (7:16:33). Video poker with over 100% payback at mid-limits offered by Downtown Grand in Vegas, then downgraded (7:29:13). Lucky Lady Casino in Gardena, CA has roof collapse (7:46:04). tradershky co-hosts part of this marathon 8-hour episode.

Druff makes costly mistake at Limit Holdem satellite, then blows 4th consecutive chip lead at $10k Limit event (topic begins at 0:29:33 mark). Two large earthquakes wreak havoc upon players of WSOP Main Event (0:47:14). Andy Frankenberger claims to have lost double-up set-over-set opportunity due to earthquake evacuation during hand (1:03:23). Main Event player Ken Strauss exposes his penis, throws shoe at table while all-in blind early on Day 1 (1:10:45). Georgii Belianin disqualified from WSOP Main, banned, and jailed after jokingly grabbing another player's stack following hand (1:51:21). Luke Vrabel banned from Twitter after a series of popular, well-liked tweets sending busted Main Event players to "hit the showers" (2:06:53). Horrible ruling forces player to raise for almost half his stack when he just attempted to call smaller bet at WSOP Main (2:31:55). Druff with well above average stack after 2 days of Main Event (2:53:00). Record Main Event Day 1C attracts 4879 entrants, and overall over 8000 entrants for only the second time in history (3:42:04). 71-year-old Sue Faber wins WSOP bracelet in open event, becoming the oldest woman ever to do so (3:54:47). Liv Boeree busted out of Main Event by boyfriend Igor Kurganov (4:09:39). Terminal cancer patient Kevin Roster plays Main to bring attention to disease, runs up to 220k, gets too sick to play normally (4:17:43). Facts about California and Nevada earthquakes that you probably don't know (4:34:23).

Druff makes costly mistake at Limit Holdem satellite, then blows 4th consecutive chip lead at $10k Limit event (topic begins at 0:29:33 mark). Two large earthquakes wreak havoc upon players of WSOP Main Event (0:47:14). Andy Frankenberger claims to have lost double-up set-over-set opportunity due to earthquake evacuation during hand (1:03:23). Main Event player Ken Strauss exposes his penis, throws shoe at table while all-in blind early on Day 1 (1:10:45). Georgii Belianin disqualified from WSOP Main, banned, and jailed after jokingly grabbing another player's stack following hand (1:51:21). Luke Vrabel banned from Twitter after a series of popular, well-liked tweets sending busted Main Event players to "hit the showers" (2:06:53). Horrible ruling forces player to raise for almost half his stack when he just attempted to call smaller bet at WSOP Main (2:31:55). Druff with well above average stack after 2 days of Main Event (2:53:00). Record Main Event Day 1C attracts 4879 entrants, and overall over 8000 entrants for only the second time in history (3:42:04). 71-year-old Sue Faber wins WSOP bracelet in open event, becoming the oldest woman ever to do so (3:54:47). Liv Boeree busted out of Main Event by boyfriend Igor Kurganov (4:09:39). Terminal cancer patient Kevin Roster plays Main to bring attention to disease, runs up to 220k, gets too sick to play normally (4:17:43). Facts about California and Nevada earthquakes that you probably don't know (4:34:23).

This Week On DAT Poker Pod: Daniel returns for a packed episode!  The guys begin with Dnegs on tilt and talking about Daniel’s summer, vlogs and getting censored by youtube.    In WSOP News: The end of the WSOP is nearing but the action has not slowed down. We run through the notable bracelet winners and stories from the Main Event. 2 guys were ejected from the biggest tournament of the year for bad behaviour. An earthquake happened, and our hosts are out already.    Kevin Roster joins us (44:56) from Vegas after completing his wish to play the Main. You may be familiar with Kevin’s story, he was diagnosed with terminal Sarcoma and given months to live. His dying wish was to play the WSOP and spread awareness about the disease and the right to die with dignity.    We’ve also got some more Main Event talk after Kevin including the total entrants, more of Hellmuth’s antics and some funny tweets! 

With Brent Hanks having caught the “Rio flu,” it’s up to Remko Rinkema to get you caught up on all that’s good at the 2019 World Series of Poker! While there’s no guest on the show, Remko has interviews for you featuring recent bracelet winner John Hennigan and Stephen Chidwick as well as an update from Daniel Negreanu and Kevin Roster who’s only got weeks to live and makes the absolute most out of it by living his poker dreams. 1:23 – This week on the Poker Central Podcast. 5:00 – Stephen Chidwick wins his first WSOP bracelet in the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller. Listen to the interview with him here. 13:35 – The $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship saw John Hennigan defeat Daniel Negreanu heads up, Remko recaps the action and speaks to both players at the completion of the tournament in this segment. 24:45 – Running through all the WSOP winners, big name results and much more. 30:30 – A conversation with Kevin Roster who’s battling sarcoma and has only weeks to live and decided to cross as many bucket list items off his list as possible. 37:30 – Bojang wins his first bracelet, Ausmus falls short of a second bracelet in $10k PLO, Team Poker Central doing work in $25k Fantasy, and Ben Underwood’s unbelievable results in big field No Limit Hold’em tournaments. 44:55 – A brief $50,000 Poker Players Championship recap and a funny interview with Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates to close out the show. New to the podcast? Subscribe right now and leave us a review on your favorite podcasting app. New to PokerGO and ready to watch some exciting poker action? Subscribe right now to never miss another minute of action. Don’t forget to leave us a review and a five-star rating to get us up those podcast ranks! 

We're about two weeks in to the 50th World Series of Poker. Sarah Herring and Jeff Platt break down the top stories from the Rio.  Daniel Strelitz wins his first WSOP bracelet, taking down the $5k event against an absolutely stacked final table.  How can the $10k Heads-Up Championship become more prestigious? Sarah and Jeff discuss.  Plus, Scott Clemens and Frankie O'Dell each find bracelet number three, Jordan Young takes a step back from Solve for Why as he publicly explains what he's been going through, and Kevin Roster embarks on a remarkable journey to the WSOP Main Event.