Faisal Siddiqui won his very first World Series of Poker gold circuit ring and $113,143 at the Horseshoe Baltimore circuit main event.

Faisal topped an area of 303 players as well as a final table pack with professionals as well as successful circuit mills to win the title and also one-up his previous ideal circuit centerpiece finish. He completed second in the 2014/2015 circuit major below at the Horseshoe. He won $127,484 for his coating there.

Siddiqui said he was initially a little overwhelmed with the talent at the final table.

“A lot of the messages I was getting was that the others are equally afraid of you as you are afraid of them,” he said, “That kind of helped me get my nerves right.”

He provided a shout out to his household and also John Gorsuch, the 2019 WSOP Millionaire Maker victor, for their support and also pleasant, favorable messages throughout his main event run.

Siddiqui 51-year-old who operates in software program and modern technology. He states the actually wonderful thing regarding poker is that he can concern occasions as an amateur and compete against specialists.

“There is no other sport in the world that is like this. I also play golf. I could never beat Phil Mickelson at golf. But at the final table today, there were multiple pros, and I was able to beat them, which is a great feeling. It’s not about the money it’s about playing the best in the world and coming out ahead,” he said.

Siddiqui went into the last table with the chip lead and he claimed that he was influenced by third-place finisher Ryan Jones disposition at the table after he saw Jones grind a brief stack early in play during Day 1a.

“He kept about his wits, and kept playing good poker, and letting things come his way,” Siddiqui said, “playing with him I learned a lot. In the end it was bittersweet that I knocked him out.”

The day started with eight players remaining and Ryan Tamanini fell in eighth place when he got all in preflop against Jones. Jones won the race and Tamanini took home $11,860.

When he obtained all in preflop versus Jones, the day began with 8 gamers continuing to be as well as Ryan Tamanini dropped in 8th place. Jones won the race as well as Tamanini took home $11,860.

Mark Redding was alongside go after he turned versus Malebranche for around twenty large blinds each. Redding finished in 7th area and won $15,247.

Minutes later, Joseph Cashen ended up in 6th location for $19,961 after Cashen mistakenly revealed a card and also played the entire hand with an ace subjected. He ultimately pushed all on the river of a paired board and Jones called with pocket aces to get rid of Cashen in probably one of the most distinct hand of the event.

It took just a couple of even more hands for Shinya Shimada to find his method to the rail. He three-bet shoved his last ten huge blinds into Jones who lagged. Jones made journey 8s on the river to send out Shimada residence with fifth-place cash ($26,605).

One of the most likely winner of the Casino Championship, Mike Wang, that already had two circuit rings from this stop was eliminated in 4th area. Siddiqui doubled with Wang and after that Jones completed him off on the next hand.

The gamers continued three-handed for concerning 4 hrs before Siddiqui sent out Jones to the rail. Jones pushed done in on the river and also Siddiqui at some point contacted us to win the hand with a much better 2 pair.

It didn’t take wish for Siddiqui to finish off Malebranche directs to declare the title.

Siddiqui currently has $247,806 in WSOP competition payouts on 5 circuit cashes. When he asserted his first-ever WSOP circuit ring in the Horseshoe Baltimore circuit event, he had three top-three coatings prior to today.

Siddiqui topped an area of 303 gamers and a last table pack with experts and also successful circuit grinders to win the title and finesse his previous ideal circuit main event finish. He ended up second in the 2014/2015 circuit main right here at the Horseshoe. He won $127,484 for his coating there.

He three-bet shoved his last 10 large blinds into Jones who was behind. Jones made journey eights on the river to send Shimada residence with fifth-place cash ($26,605).

The Hublot WPT Player of the Year race continues to take shape and see plenty of movement. WPT Maryland and WPT UK produced some interesting results that have shifted the standings a bit toward the latter half of the Top 10, and there should be even more movement with the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble less than a week away.

After winning the WPT Borgata Poker Open in August, Donald Maloney dipped into WPT Maryland however had not been able to money. Regardless of that, he stays in the top area in the standings. He earned 1,200 factors and $616,186 in Atlantic City and also has vowed to chase after the Hublot title this season.

WPT Legends of Poker champion Aaron Van Blarcum rests just behind Maloney in second with 1,200 factors $474,390 for his win at the Bike. He’s likewise looking to play even more events this season and make a run at the POY title.

Simon Brandstrom is new to the standings following his win at WPT UK this weekend break at Dusk Till Dawn. The win gained Brandstrom 1,200 factors along with the $330,000 he gained for his finish. Brandstrom sits in 3rd location behind Maloney and also Van Blarcum as an outcome of the sudden death for cash made.

Borgata Poker Open runner-up Uke Dauti moves to 4th location with 1,000 factors and also $410,787 in profits. Gardens Texas hold’em Celebration champion Roger Teska sits in fifth with 1,000 points ($ 368,475). Nitis Udornpim moves up to sixth after taking down the WPT Maryland for $ 319,415.

Legends of Casino poker runner-up Gueorgui Gantchev slides a couple of places down to 7th place with 900 points ($ 306,265), and also Borgata third-place finisher Kevin Albers moves to the ninth location with 900 factors ($ 303,903). Jared Greiner, who took 3rd at Legends, is now in 10th with 900 factors ($ 226,040).

WPT UK runner-up Ryan Mandara is in eighth place in addition to his $221,650 reward for second place.

After completing 3rd in Maryland, WPT Champions Charter member Brian Altman is just outside the top-10 with 900 points and also $195,455. Altman positioned 10th at WPT Legends of Casino Poker.

4 gamers have 800 factors with Gardens Poker Festival runner-up Laszlo Molnar leading those in cash money payouts with $ 235,615. Players have an additional opportunity to move up in the standings with the WPT bestbet Bounty Shuffle just nearby.

What Can You Win in the Hublot WPT Player of the Year Race?

As the main timekeeper as well as main watch of the World Poker Tour, Hublot is once more today enroller of the WPT Player of the Year award for Season XVIII. The company will be awarding a customized Hublot wrist watch to the champion of the Hublot WPT Player of the Year race. In addition, the Season XVIII winner obtains $15,000 in WPT competition buy-in credit scores and also free accommodations at all WPT Main Tour events in Season XVIII.

Prizes will additionally be granted for the 2nd- and also third-place finishers in the race. The runner-up will certainly obtain $7,500 in WPT competition buy-in credit histories and also 3rd location will obtain $2,500 in buy-in credit reports. Credit scores can be made use of in any international WPT event, including the Main Tour, WPTDeepStacks, WPT500, and also WPT Special Events.

Next Stop on WPT Main Tour – WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble

After the UK, the WPT rolls into the Sunshine State for the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble in Jacksonville, Florida. This popular $5,000 event features a $1 million guarantee as well as several players with $2,500 bounties on their heads. Some of those include Darren Elias, Anthony Zinno, Mike Sexton, Matt Savage, Maria Ho, and more. For more information on this event, click here.

Following Jacksonville, the tour heads north of the border for the WPT Montreal. The event features a CAD$3,300 buy-in and a CAD $3 million guaranteed prize pool. With plenty of action on the horizon, it should be a fun fall.

Mike Postle does not need to cheat due to the fact that he’s “among the most effective” poker players on the planet, and he’s ready to “play any person heads-up.” Or, so he claimed on Mike Matusow’s podcast.

The accused Stones Live cheater denied the allegations brought forth by poker player Veronica Brill. Yet it appears he did little to repair his track record. Couple Of on Poker Twitter buy his tale.

Mike Postle Didn’t Do Himself Any Favors

Mike Postle couldn’t just disappear and hope this story fades. As CardsChat wrote, he owed the poker community an explanation. So, conducting a public interview may have been a smart idea. But it doesn’t appear many, if anyone, have changed their opinions of him based on the conversation with Mike Matusow.

Postle made some insurance claims that many really felt were ridiculous. He claims to have actually been among the “most significant winners on Ultimate Bet” before the poker site was shut down for the DOJ in April 2011. But he really did not divulge his screen name and given that exact UB gamer statistics aren’t available, there is no other way to verify that declaration.

He likewise stated that he is just one of the “ideal gamers worldwide.” And also he will test any person to a game of heads-up poker, “when this is around.” Postle particularly called out Doug Polk, but it doesn’t appear that suit will certainly ever before occur.

Postle did bit in the interview to aid his situation. He really did not describe just how he’s able to make such difficult river decisions while playing on the Stones Live stream. As well as Matusow, who asserts he was attempting to be neutral, really did not press his visitor with compelling follow-up questions.

Questions Remain Unanswered

Mike Postle still hasn’t offered an explanation for his outrageous win-rate as well as ability to consistently make the proper decision on the river during Stones Live streams. Till that occurs, he likely won’t alter the minds of his critics that believe he is just one of online poker’s most notorious cheaters ever.

Postle’s informed Matusow on “The Mouthpiece” podcast his live-stream stats that are being floated around social media sites are incorrect. He declares to have actually won far much less than what has been reported– an approximated $275,000. He says that Stones inflates chip heaps.

Even if that held true, he still really did not describe to listeners just how it’s possible that he practically never ever makes an inaccurate decision on the river. He declares there are many video clips of him making bad choices during the stream. And he states he hired somebody to brush with hundreds of video clips to locate them. But the online poker neighborhood has actually been incapable to situate such clips.

World Poker Tour Maryland at Live Casino had 495 entrants. The winner, whom will be crowned on Wednesday, will take home $319,415. Each of the remaining six players are guaranteed at least $64,020. Jeff Esterling bubbled the final table. But he still earned $49,380 for his impressive seventh place performance.

Anthony Zinno has a chance on Wednesday to catch Darren Elias, who busted in 17th place on Day Three, with four career WPT titles. He is one of six remaining players in the $3,500 WPT Maryland at Live Casino event.

The final table kicks off 2:15 pm ET on Wednesday. Stephen Deutsch holds the chip lead heading into the final day. Brian Altman, who finished Day One and Day Two with the chip lead, is still in a good position. He’s currently in second place.

Anthony Zinno Chasing Darren Elias

Darren Elias is considered by many the G.O.A.T. of the World Poker Tour. Here at CardsChat, we dubbed him the “Phil Hellmuth of the WPT.” Hellmuth, of course, holds the WSOP record for most titles at 15.

Elias, on the other hand, is the only four-time WPT champion. He took his shot at a fifth title at World Poker Tour Maryland at Live Casino. And he had yet another deep run, extending his career cashes record to 36. But he fell short of the his 14th final table and was eliminated in 17th place for $13,375.

That gives Anthony Zinno an opportunity to catch up to Elias with four World Poker Tour titles. Zinno now has 32 career World Poker Tour cashes and is making his seventh final table appearance.

But he’ll have his work cut out for him if he’s going to claim that fourth title. Zinno is just fifth in chips at 1,025,000. Stephen Deutsch leads the way with 7,975,000, so he has quite an uphill battle to climb.

World Poker Tour Maryland at Live Casino Final Table Chip Counts

1. Stephen Deutsch 7,975,000
2. Brian Altman 5,760,000
3. Robert McGlaughlin 2,935,000
4. Nitis Udornpim 1,220,000
5. Anthony Zinno 1,025,000
6. Jeffrey Colpitts 860,000

Altman and Zinno are the only past WPT champions. Altman has been the most consistent performer at the WPT Maryland tournament through the first three days. He ended the first two days with the chip lead and continued building his stack on Day Three.

After failing to win his quote to go back to the European Parliament, Tony G is back on the really felt. As well as he’s ready to deal with the GTO super stars at the upcoming WSOP Europe series. Or, so he believes.

The loudmouth, now former Lithuanian politician, called his shot on social media. He plans to dominate the young poker greats next month.

Tony G Ready to Win a Bracelet

Antanas Guoga, known in the poker streets as Tony G, has never been short on confidence. He once proudly proclaimed, “I am the best,” on a televised poker show.

Guoga was one of the most polarizing figures in the game during the poker boom era. He often berated and taunted his opponents, and always loved to needle Phil Hellmuth.

But he’s been more focused on cryptocurrency, and in representing Lithuania in the European Parliament, in recent years. Now, Tony G ready to get back to crushing opponents on the felt on a more regular basis, starting with WSOP Europe in October.

“Today, I start my own new campaign,” he wrote on Facebook. “It is time for us old boys of poker to fight back against the GTO and tanking cyborgs. It is the poker version of Avengers Assemble and I am armed with special powers.”

Tony G certainly does have special powers, such as forcing Russian poker player Ralph Perry to get “on your bike.” But he’ll have his work cut out from him in Rozvadov, Czech Republic if he expects to do the same to the GTO poker stars. And, we mean no disrespect to Perry, whom we’re certain is a competent player. He’s no Stephen Chidwick, however.

“Stage One” of Tony G’s mission to take the game back from the GTO crushers begins at King’s Casino next month. He hasn’t announced “Stage Two” yet, or if he’ll start back over at Stage One in the event the GTO bots do the crushing.

He Can Still Play

Tony G certainly isn’t rusty. The Lithuanian politician won a high roller at the Partypoker Millions in Rozvadov last month for $265,859. And he’s competed in quite a few live-streamed cash game shows in recent months. So, he should be good and ready to prove the GTO pros still haven’t found a way to defeat an old-school legend.

Guoga is one of the most polarizing pros of all-time, due to his aggressive behavior at the poker table. He isn’t afraid to verbally attack opponents or taunt a player after winning a big pot. But, oddly enough, he tends to be gracious in defeat.

Will he be gracious if the GTO superstars spoil his plan at WSOP Europe? That seems highly unlikely, but we shall see.

World Poker Tour Tournament Director, Matt Savage, asked poker players on Twitter if they think the WPT should facilitate chops. We found mixed reactions from the poker community in what was an interesting debate.

Allen Kessler is taking credit for the WPT’s new-found interest in deal making following a questionable conclusion to a recent event. Donald Maloney beat a field of 1,156 players to win the WPT Borgata Poker Open earlier this month, and $616,186.

On the final hand, the three remaining players decided they were tired and ready to go home. So, they agreed to a chop and just went all-in to finish off the tournament, or so Kessler claims.

Savage Responds

A week later, Savage asked his Twitter followers if they think chops should be allowed in WPT events. It’s unclear if Kessler’s critical comments led to the following post.

It’s not uncommon for chops to occur in poker tournaments at all stakes. They happen in the high rollers, at low buy-in, daily tournaments, and even at the World Series of Poker.

On the major tours, such as the WPT and WSOP, the organizations refuse to facilitate chops. However, it’s tough to stop players from making deals away from the felt. We saw that happen at the 2018 WSOP when Elio Fox and Nick Petrangelo agreed to a chop prior to the start of heads-up play in a $100,000, super-high roller.

In that event, Fox and Petrangelo didn’t put on their best performances during heads-up play. And, why would they? After all, they had already determined how much money each player would take home. So, the only motivation left was to play for the gold bracelet, which clearly isn’t important to some.

For some fans, deal-making takes away from the excitement of the tournament. Viewers want to see a legitimate winner. But if the players agree to a chop and either quit before the tournament has a last person standing, or the players just move all-in the dark, as was the case at the WPT Borgata Poker Open, many feel there wasn’t a true champion. It’s sort of like just handing a team the NBA title when they’re up three games to one in the best-of-seven NBA Finals.

Poker Community Debates

After Savage shared his tweet, poker players sounded off. And, the responses were interesting. Clearly, there’s no consensus within the poker community on deal-making in WPT events.

Bryan Swarberg (@BryanSwarberg) argues that, “televised events need to be played down for something.” Others agreed with his take that, when a WPT event is televised on Fox Sports, it’s bad for TV if the tournament doesn’t have a true champion.

Not all WPT events are televised, however. In fact, most are only available on live stream. Just five of the 18 Main Tour events during the 2018-2019 will air on Fox Sports.

Ari Engel, a Las Vegas pro who often plays in WPT events, wants the WPT to “allow deals.” He says that “deal talk is actually fascinating, and often makes for great tv/entertainment.”

Sean Yu isn’t a fan of chops. He wants the WPT to “leave it alone.” He also argues the players at the final table should receive additional compensation for “being part of the TV production or live stream.”

Brandon Temple (@BrandonPokers) is fine with chops, but says “10%” of the money should be set aside to give the remaining players some incentive to care following the chop.

All solid points from the poker community.