PolkerNews Podcast: $500K Bitcoin Scam & Sean Winter Wins US Poker Open
In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen discuss the recent road trip across the Lone Star State as a part of PokerNews' Texas Week, which you can read about in full here, as well as the PolkerNews April Fool's Day prank.
They also talk about poker player Filippos Liakounakos allegedly being involved in a $500K Bitcoin scam, highlight early Triton Cyprus winners, Sean Winter winning the US Poker Open, Matt Berkey binking a BetMGM March Poker Mania Main Event, and highlight this weekend's WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.
Finally, Chad offers an update on Dan Bekavac making players whole in the Midway Poker Tour payout debacle, and the crew remembers poker columnist George Epstein, who recently passed away at 95.
Time Stamps
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:24 | Welcome to the show |
| 01:00 | Meeting up with Sarah in Texas |
| 02:45 | PolkerNews April Fool’s Day prank |
| 06:51 | Sponsor: Natural 8 |
| 07:25 | Sponsor: 888poker |
| 09:09 | Poker player accused of $500K Bitcoin scam |
| 16:13 | Triton Cyprus exciting poker world; Nemeth & Mulder among early winners |
| 21:44 | Sean Winter finally wins US Poker Open after back-to-back runner-up finishes |
| 25:00 | Matt Berkey wins big in BetMGM March Poker Mania |
| 27:00 | Update on Midway Poker Tour payout debacle; Bekavac begins making players whole |
| 31:24 | Poker columnist George Epstein passes away at 95 |
| 35:40 | WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event this weekend |
| 36:00 | Congratulations to Kristen Bicknell & Alex Foxen getting hitched! |
| 37:10 | Poker booming in Florida, Texas and Vegas |
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