Timothy Adams wins his first Super High Roller Bowl event. Galfond rallies back at end of 9th straight losing session in Galfond Venividi Challenge. Find these stories and more in the Tuesday Hit and Run.
Timothy Adams eclipses $20 million in lifetime tourney winnings
Timothy Adams was victorious in the AU$250,000 Super High Roller Bowl Australia this week, winning the equivalent of $1.44 million. Adams overcame a small field of 16 entries at the first Super High Roller Bowl event in Australia.
Super High Roller Bowl Australia @PokerCentral pic.twitter.com/Rr3VCkOhk5
— Timothy Adams (@Tim0theeAdams) February 3, 2020
The victory was Adam’s third-biggest of his career and puts him over the $20 million mark on the Hendon Mob live tournament earnings list. His previous large score occurred at the HKD$2,000,000 No Limit Hold’em event at the 2019 Triton Super High Roller Series in Jeju where he won the equivalent of $3,536,550. Adams passed Jason Mercier and Adrian Mateos for 26th all-time on the Hendon Mob list.
Quick hitters
– Phil Galfond lost his 9th session in a row and 10th out of 11 in the Galfond Challenge on Tuesday after finishing down €15,647.36 after 741 hands of Pot Limit Omaha against Venividi. The loss on Tuesday brings the total decline to €569,164.31 after 7,583 hands.
Session #11 just wrapped up, and Venividi won €15,647.36. #GalfondChallenge pic.twitter.com/cC7k7Eui3g
— Run It Once Poker (@RunItOncePoker) February 4, 2020
– Online sports betting has quickly expanded in the United Staes and nowhere is that more evident than the Super Bowl, which has so far tabulated $260 million in bets. Most of the action came from Las Vegas ($154.7) with the other legalized states accounting for the remaining $105.3 million so far.
– Marco Biavaschi took down the 2020 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event to win a €150,000 first-place prize and a 2020 WSOP Main Event package. Biavaschi earned his entry into the event via a €100 satellite.
– Another PokerStars Team pro has departed the online poker room. Fatima Moreira de Melo, a Dutch field hockey star and poker player has been removed from the Team PokerStars web page. In leaving the online poker room, she becomes the 14th high profile member of the team to depart Team PokerStars.
– PartTimePoker’s David Huber shares his insights on the latest news from the Galfond Challenge, including Farah Galfond making light of her husband’s tough start. But despite Galfond’s slow start, the attention of the Galfond Challenge has been good for Run It Once Poker, with more than 150 players at the Pot Limit Omaha tables on Monday evening.
– In Tuesday’s featured poker training video, we take a look at Colossos’ “Cash Games with Colossos Series.” Episode 1 of this series focuses on his $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold’em sessions.
Best poker videos on the Internet
– Lex Veldhuis finishes strong in the PokerStars Sunday Warmup event last weekend:
– Jeff Boski sits down at a $1,100 buy-in $400,000 guaranteed tournament with a $505k prize pool:
– Run It Once Poker has posted highlights from the Galfond Challenge Days 7 through 9.
– Check out this hand involving a painful decision at a $25/$25/$50 + $50 Big Blind Ante No Limit Hold’em Live at the Bike hand that was filmed on June 21st 2019 and aired in mid-January:
