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Two Major Cardrooms Battle for Austin Poker Supremacy and Statewide in Texas

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 01:35:10 +0000

Austin’s metro area has a booming live poker industry and, no disrespect to any other card rooms in the city, it’s dominated by two clubs that are trying relentlessly to one-up each other.

Texas Card House Social (TCH) and The Lodge Card Club in Round Rock (Austin area), two of the biggest card clubs in the state, have more than 110 combined poker tables. Both rooms play host to the juiciest cash games and tournaments in Texas. And there’s a rivalry brewing between the businesses, each vying to not only be known as the best poker room in Austin, but across the Lone Star State.

Royal Flush on the River Disqualifies Bad Beat Jackpot at Texas Poker Room?

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:00:14 +0000

A one-outer on the river, perhaps for the first time ever, killed a bad beat jackpot from being set off at The Lodge Card Club near Austin, Texas.

Yes, you read that right. The pot-limit Omaha bad beat jackpot at the card room co-owned by Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme, and Brad Owen, is up to $118,000 from its $100,000 starting point. The jackpot qualifier had been reached on the flop when two players in a low-stakes game each hit a straight flush. But the qualifier ended when a one-outer royal flush appeared on the river, making the hand a true bad beat, and nobody was paid anything.

The Tamayo Rule Main Event Champ Hints at New Rule After Solver Allegations

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:35:14 +0000

He’s the $10 million dollar man. Instead of a week of celebrating, relaxing and settling into life as poker’s newest world champion, Jonathan Tamayo has had to deal with cheating allegations and accusations of using solvers in the middle of the Main Event final table.

Now, Tamayo has spoken out. In an interview with award-winning podcast The Chip Race, he addressed the concerns of the poker public and said that he would go along with any change in rules to prevent players in the future using solvers on the rail.