CardsChat Presents: Big Winners of the Week (May 2 – 8)
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Back in the day, a famous Full Tilt Poker commercial espoused that “poker is no game of luck.” What was true then, remains true today, as this week’s crop of big winners proves, with a number of familiar faces, like Phil Hellmuth, Wiktor Malinowski, and Sergio Aido finding their way back into the limelight.
Of course, you don’t have to have a recognizable name in order to prove your skills, as a variety of newcomers also proved. Players like Joon Park, defeated a star-studded field to claim the largest No-Limit Hold’em tournament ever played in the great state of Texas. So, come pull up a chair and see which players were skillful enough to capture our attention for the week ending Saturday, May 8, 2021.
Joon Park Wins Historic $1 Million Guaranteed Lone Star Series Main Event
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It’s said that everything is bigger in Texas. While we can’t vouch for that ourselves, Joon Park may be a believer after taking down the biggest event in Texas poker history. Park, who hails from Austin, won the $1 million guaranteed Main Event at the Lone Star Poker Series following a three-way chop, taking home more than $270 thousand.
Joon Park made history, winning the largest poker event ever played in Texas. (Image: Twitter)
Champions Poker Club in Houston put on the series, which included the largest prize pool event in state history. Texas has some strict anti-gambling laws that have always prevented big events from taking place in the state.
After Day 2 of the inaugural Texas State $1M GTD Main Event at the Lone Star Poker Series, 17 players are left in search of the first-place prize of $355K.
On May 20, the Prime Social Club will launch its own Summer Series. There are 16 events on the schedule with a total of $1.8 million in guaranteed prize money up for grabs. The series is one of a few happening in Texas right now and Prime hopes to give the Lone Star Poker Series of the Champions Club a little competition.
Summer Series
In Texas, there are strict laws against gambling that keep players from having access to casino gaming. However, social clubs are the norm, providing membership-based options for poker players. In Houston, players can join the
Prime Social Club, as well as the Champions Social Club.
Prime Social Club Set to Host Another Huge Poker Event in Texas
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Prime Social Club in Houston is a few weeks away from bringing another major poker event to the Lone Star State. The series, which begins May 20, features a $1 million guaranteed Main Event and three additional six-figure guarantee events over two weeks.
Prime Social Club is becoming a Texas poker hotspot. (Image: click2houston.com)
Texas has some of the strictest anti-gambling laws in the country. For many years, poker players in the state mostly had to play in underground or home games. But over the past couple of years, an increase of membership-based poker clubs have popped up, and the gambling scene in Texas has grown.