The Poker Beat - May 24, 2021

Written by:
Ace King
Published on:
May/24/2021

These are the hottest stories from the world of poker this day Monday May 24, 2021.

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Phil Hellmuth

How do you view Hellmuth's 15 WSOP bracelets? Grinder vs. Legend

"Is it just a matter of him playing more events than anyone in history the last 30+ years? Enough of them coming before the boom? I remember Chip Reese saying he would have gone for WSOP bracelets if he knew they'd become such a big thing. Doyle has a ton of bracelets playing in a lot less WSOP events than Phil the last 20 years. I'm not sure he matched phil even with him playing since 1902. Is Phil simply a grinder? Or is he a legend?"

Check out the lively discussion at TwoPlusTwo

Poker Machines Go Cashless

Poker machines to go CASHLESS with money limits and sessions caps in cutting-edge trial to stop problem gamblers and crackdown on money laundering - and it could change gaming forever. Newcastle club will be the first in New South Wales to trial the new machines.  Laundering key concern of inquiry into Crown's suitability to run Sydney casino.  Source: Daily Mail

Tommy Hufnagle

World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Tommy Hufnagle died at the age of 77 on Friday, finally succumbing to a heart attack that left him unresponsive since Feb. 15. 

Hufnagle made his way to Vegas in the early 1970s after serving in Vietnam. 

He amassed $866,372 in live tournament earnings dating back to 1976 including a World Series of Poker bracelet victory in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split event in 1998 for a career-high $139,305. 

"Tommy is one of the 'old guard' poker greats," Doyle Brunson told PokerNews on Hufnagle. "He had a work ethic that most players never reach. God bless him!"

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- Ace King, Gambling911.com

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