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What Will Allen Kessler Do with His $1.2 Million Slot Jackpot Win? High Stakes Poker Returns
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In the 850th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by Global Poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Kyna England are at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about Allen Kessler's massive $1.2 million jackpot win on a slot machine at Thunder Valley, which is currently playing host to the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS). How long did Kessler have to play and how much did he have to spend to hit it? Will he take the 20-year annual installments or the discounted lump sum? And will he do anything with his newfound fortune?
Plus, High Stakes Poker Season 13 debuted and the PokerStars Big Game returned with Lily Newhouse as the new Loose Cannon. Hear about the first episodes of each, including who was in the line-ups and a couple of big hands. Additionally, the crew talks about Elias Travis taking home $79,024 after an eight-way chop in The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship, previewing the RGPS Thunder Valley $2,500 Main Event August 2-5.
They also talk about Justin Lapka’s big win in the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Main Event for $252,258. Speaking of the WSOP Circuit, the tour will be at Harrah’s Cherokee Aug. 1-12 followed by Graton Casino in the Bay Area from Aug. 15-26.
Finally, the crew discusses Ryan Laplante claiming a second Global Poker trophy by winning an event in the GOAT VI Series!
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Time Stamps *Time | Topic* 00:12 | Welcome Kyna England & Mike Holtz 00:35 | Allen Kessler wins $1.2 million slot jackpot 01:38 | Buying the bonus 05:00 | Video of Kessler’s big win 05:56 | Would you take annual payments or discounted lump sum? 07:45 | What is advantage play? 10:00 | Kessler for Extreme Cheapskates? 13:55 | High Stakes Poker Season 13 debuts 17:57 | Should Mike Holtz play on High Stakes Poker? 18:52 | High Stakes Poker Season 13 preview 19:37 | New episodes of the PokerStars Big Game are here – Loose Cannon Lily Newhouse 20:00 | Kyna wins a tournament! 21:57 | Teaser trailer of new PokerStars Big Game episodes 23:20 | Phil Laak is back! 26:00 | Elias Travis wins RGPS Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship for $79,024 26:30 | What do you think of the 8-way chop at the final table? 29:30 | Justin Lapka wins WSOP Circuit Choctaw Main Event for $252,258 32:03 | WSOPC Harrah’s Cherokee Aug. 1-12 32:55 | WSOPC Graton Casino Aug. 15-26 33:20 | Ryan Laplante wins Global Poker GOAT VI Series trophy 33:40 | Sponsor: Global Poker 35:00 | Special bonus code for Global Poker 35:45 | Chad headed to play Survivor Angelica 37:10 | Kyna challenges Mike to win a Vegas daily 37:30 | Venetian is opening new poker room this week
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