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Seth Davies Wins Super High Roller Bowl IX For $3.2 Million

by Erik Fast | Published: Aug 26, '24

Seth Davies is a World Poker Tour champion with tens of millions in tournament earnings. While he ascended to the highest stakes on the circuit years ago and has found plenty of success there, his resume had been lacking a marquee win in the nosebleeds. …

Drake Loses $300K Bet On Canadian Soccer Team

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Jul 10, '24

Canadian rapper Drake has been cheering on his home team in the Copa America series and that included a massive bet on the squad’s semifinal matchup with Argentina and Lionel Messi on Tuesday. He bet $300,000 on Canada to come out on top and would bank …

Las Vegas Poker Player Hits $300K Bad Beat Jackpot After Losing With Quads

by Joe Mattia | Published: Apr 30, '22

A low-stakes limit hold’em poker player in Las Vegas had the hand of a lifetime on Thursday. According to Station Casinos, a $303,000 bad beat jackpot at Red Rock Casino was hit Thursday at a $4-$8 limit Hold’em table. The lucky player had quad threes …

Anonymous Gambler Could Turn $1,500 Into $300K With Texas Tech NCAA Basketball Championship Victory

by Steve Schult | Published: Apr 08, '19

The Texas Tech Red Raiders will square off against the University of Virginia Cavaliers Monday night for the NCAA men’s basketball national championship. One gambler could win $300,000 if the Red Raiders come out victorious. According to ESPN Chalk, …

2016 Card Player Player of the Year Race Update -- Anthony Gregg, Bryn Kenney and Fedor Holz Make Moves

by Erik Fast | Published: Jun 02, '16

The final week before the World Series of Poker was an eventful one, with plenty of massive tournaments impacting the Card Player Player of the Year race standings. Here is a look at the events that most helped to shape the POY leaderboard over the past …

Poker Central's $300K Buy-In Sells Out, With Many Of The World's Top Pros Registered

by Brian Pempus | Published: Mar 15, '16

Las Vegas-based Poker Central, a 24/7 TV network devoted to all things poker, announced Monday that the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl has reached its 49-player cap. The high-stakes event drew 43 players last year. The $300,000 buy-in event, now in its …

Media Company CEO Wins $1 Million At Vegas Blackjack Tables, Drops $300K On Steak Dinner

by Brian Pempus | Published: Feb 23, '15

Shane Smith, CEO of Vice Media Inc., reportedly won $1 million playing blackjack and then dropped $300,000 for a steak dinner at Bellagio last month, according to Bloomberg. MGM Resorts International, owner of the casino, revealed on an earnings call …

Vegas Cabbie Finds $300K Belonging To Poker Pro In Brown Paper Bag

by Brian Pempus | Published: Dec 24, '13

A veteran cab driver in Las Vegas recently found a bag with $300,000 that was left in his cab and decided to return it, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. The mammoth sum was left — and forgotten — in a brown paper bag. Gerardo Gamboa originally …

Ashton Griffin Wins $300K in Ultramarathon Prop Bet

by Brian Pempus | Published: Feb 08, '11

For cash game pro Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin 113K wasn’t a continuation bet this past Friday. The 22-year-old ran 113 kilometers, or 70 miles, during a 24-hour period in a massive prop bet. Griffin, a former high school cross country runner and …

Online Poker -- Isildur1 Wins $300K Thursday

by Brian Pempus | Published: Dec 10, '10

Tune into Card Player every Monday and Friday evening for a recap of one of the most intriguing cash-game hands that recently took place in the online poker world. Also, be sure to check out extensive weekly recaps at around 3 p.m. EST on Wednesdays. …

 
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