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1. Doug Polk Poker Books

The organizers of the Triton Poker has announced a Player of the Year (PoY) leaderboard campaign, where the winner will take home 2 million HKD, equivalent to 250,000 in USD.

There are a total of four stops that qualifies for the PoY leaderboard, starting in February with the tour in Jeju, South Korea, followed by a stop in Montenegro in May, London in July end and a fourth stop scheduled to take place in Autumn and Winter—the place for which has yet to be announced.

The formula for the PoY race is based on finishing position, buy-in, the total number of entrants and re-entries made.

Furthermore, each tour will reward a “Player of the Festival“ and Triton will award 100 additional points that will count towards PoY.

The winner of the first-ever Triton PoY race will be declared at the end of the year. He or she will take home HKD 2 million in prize money which is equivalent to 250,000 in USD.

Triton Poker Super High Roller Series 2020 Season Schedule

• Jeju, South Korea – Feb 10 – 22
• Montenegro May 4 – 18
• London July 29 – Aug 13
• TBD

Doug Polk Poker Books

A 10-card stud flip between Doug Polk and Jeremy Kaufman two years ago cost two supervisors at SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia their jobs and the casino $32,500.

In 2017, a Poker Night in America stop at SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia featured poker pros Polk, Shaun Deeb and Phil Hellmuth.

Kaufman, a businessman and recreational poker player, was in the game as well and decided to do some gambling with Polk after the completion of the cash game. They agreed to do a $42,000 10-card stud flip. Deeb filmed the hand and Polk uploaded it to his YouTube channel.

The two players rolled over one card at a time until they could beat the other player’s board. It ended with a buyout from Kaufman when he was showing eights and fours against Polk’s aces up. After a short negotiation, Kaufman offered Polk $25,000 and Polk accepted.

After Polk accepted the offer, the rest of the cards were tabled revealing that Kaufman would have made a straight to win the hand had he let it ride.

Earlier this week, however, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board cited the video as proof for fining the casino. Poker journalist David Huber posted the video of the PGCB meeting where they discussed the hand in question on a poker forum. According to the video, 10-card stud is not an authorized game in the state of Pennsylvania.

The dealer was instructed by the supervisors to deal the hand. He has since been given a warning while the supervisors have resigned and are no longer working in the state’s gaming industry.

Polk responded in the thread apologizing for his actions that resulted in the supervisors’ loss of jobs.

“I just thought it would be a fun thing to stream that people on my channel would like seeing,” wrote Polk. “Especially coming from Las Vegas where flips are completely acceptable, I didn’t really think that it could cause any issues. Once again, I apologize that my actions caused harm to others, even if it was inadvertently.”

The full meeting is posted below. The hand in question is discussed between 1:15:00 and 1:20:10.