The Weekly Turbo: Hall of Fame, PokerNews Cup and Kassouf Penalty

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In this edition of the Weekly Turbo, we bring you debates over the Hall of Fame, the Harrah’s North Kansas City RunGood Poker Series, PokerNews Cup and more!

The Winner’s Circle

Rob Palacios won the RunGood Poker Series Harrah’s North Kansas City Main Event for $29,833. After the four days of preliminary events, three starting flights drew 252 entrants to the field, blowing the $100,000 guarantee away by $50,000. Even so, Palacios came away with the trophy.

Richard Lawlor won thepartypoker WPT National Ireland Main Event for €65,000, topping a field of 260.

Dan “djk123” Kelly won his fifth World Championship of Online Poker title this week, winning over $88,000 after a heads-up chop with Patrick “pmahoney22” Mahoney. That and more in this week’s Sunday Briefing.

Bulgaria’s Jason Dichev won the biggest pot during the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria, securing €3,400 on a €5/€10 televised feature table. Other highlights – like howJanar Kokk must move to Italy after losing the “go big or go to a new home” heads-up match – from the festival can be found here!

Norman “ADMSnackBar” Michalek took down the Sunday Special $50,000 Gtd. For $10,225. See how others fared online in New Jersey this past Sunday.

Lance “Cord” Garcia earns the Heartland Poker Tour champion title and $164,988 at the Colorado Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlour final table Sept. 19.

The Global Poker League action resumed Sept. 19 with Jason Mercier, Maria Ho, Dominik Nitsche and Guo Dong winning matches. The Moscow Wolverines maintain a 17-point lead in the Eurasia Conference and the Montreal Nationals skim by with a three-point lead in the Americas Conference.

The Global Poker League’s heads-up matches played out on the 20th, with clean sweeps for Timothy Adams and Weiyi Zhang. The Moscow Wolverines keep the lead in the Eurasia Conference.

Seventeen of the 40 scheduled events crowned champions this past Sunday at the 888poker Super XL Series tournaments, but don’t feel like you missed out on the action. Here are the eight biggest tournaments.

Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz topped the GPI overall list and the 2016 POY list for the 15th week, to surprise no one. Eli Elezra took the opportunity to get back in the rankings with a win and runner-up in recent weeks.

2012 WSOP ME runner-up Jesse Sylviawon the WPT Borgata Poker Open after a massive meltdown from leader Farid Jattin Friday.

The Game Changers

Keith Whyte, the executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, reveals the fine line between heavy recreational gamblers and pro poker players.

This week, Marty Derbyshire gives his five thoughts: Whale Hunt Halted, The Hilarious Hall of Fame Campaign, A Hall of Fame Heater, Fair Warning and #JusticeIsBlinds. Strike your curiosity? Read more about the biggest online buy in event of all time, the Poker HOF, PokerStars changes and more!

The first-ever North American PokerNews Cup kicked off Sept. 21 during the 2016 Borgata Poker Open. Dominic Picnic led Day 1 of …

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