The Weekly Turbo: Jack Effel, 888live Poker Festival London and Kassouf (AGAIN)

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The Winner’s Circle

Elton Tsang won the Big One for One Drop Extravaganza for €11,111,111 (the biggest buy in event ever). This win brings Tsang up from his place at 3,102nd to 21st on the all-time money list. He and his coach, Mustapha Kanit, reflect on that very win here.

Svetlin Ivanov won the 888live Poker Festival London Opening Event for £16,440, after 14 hours of poker and a heads-up duel against James Mitchell.

Ben “Ben86” Tollerene won the PokerStars Sunday Grand NLHE for $62,457.85, navigating his way through a field that included Justin Bonomo, Chun Lei Zhou and David Miscikowski. This and more in your Sunday Briefing.

Paul Phua won the €100,000 re-entry at the Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza (€752,700), the second largest of his career. He defeated Mikita Badziakouski in a short heads-up battle.

AJ “Chips_Jammed” Ten Hoeve shipped the GSSS #36 for $18,020 at partypoker NJ and BorgataPoker.com. New Jersey’s “BOnEheAd109” won almost $20K with a win in the NJCOOP-04: Sunday Special at PokerStars NJ. And the WSOP.com Champion’s Ring and $10,500 went to “ohudidntknow” for winning the Fall Poker Festival Main Event! Everything you need to know about the latest New Jersey online happenings here.

Dino Moustakis and Je Wook Oh chopped the Foxwoods World Poker Finals Main Event for $108,651 apiece. Moustakis took the trophy after having chip advantage and a large lead heads up.

Sam Panzica engineered a massive comeback heads up to win the World Poker Tour bestbest Bounty Scramble in Jacksonville for $354,335. He bested a pair of former champions in the final table for his second-largest score and his first WPT title.

Eric Le Goff triumphed heads up to win the 888live London Festival High Roller for £30,000.

German bracelet winner Dietrich Fast won the EPT Malta €10,000 High Roller (€174,600).

The Game Changers

WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel tells all, starting with his latest rulings.

If November Nine players can follow these winning strategies and avoid these mistakes from Advanced Poker Training, it could affect the final table outcome.

Pennsylvania rushes to fix an unconstitutional portion of its gaming act before year’s end. The chairman of the state’s House Gaming Oversight Committee asks the committee to fix this issue sooner rather than later, “Why wait until tomorrow to enact good policy today?”

Casino revenue in New Jersey declined for the second straight month despite a continued boom in online revenue.

In this week’s Five Thoughts, Marty Derbyshire debates the One Drop (and who it’s for), rethinks the Hall of Fame inductees (and asks for the Moneymaker), looks into the Kassouf conundrum and sees the Taj Mahal closure as the nail in the …

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