PolkerNews Podcast: $500K Bitcoin Scam & Sean Winter Wins US Poker Open
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In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Chad Holloway, and Jesse Fullen discuss the recent road trip across the Lone Star State as a part of PokerNews' Texas Week, as well as the PolkerNews April Fool's Day prank. They also talk about poker player Filippos Liakounakos allegedly being involved in a $500K Bitcoin scam, highlight early Triton Cyprus winners, Sean Winter winning the US Poker Open, Matt Berkey blinking a BetMGM March Poker Mania Main Event, and highlight this weekend's WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. Finally, Chad offers an update on Dan Bekavac making players whole in the Midway Poker Tour payout debacle, and the crew remembers poker columnist George Epstein, who recently passed away at 95. Time Stamps *Time|Topic* 00:24 | Welcome to the show 01:00 | Meeting up with Sarah in Texas 02:45 | PolkerNews April Fool’s Day prank 06:51 | Sponsor: Natural 8 07:25 | Sponsor: 888poker 09:09 | Poker player accused of $500K Bitcoin scam 16:13 | Triton Cyprus exciting poker world; Nemeth & Mulder among early winners  21:44 | Sean Winter finally wins US Poker Open after back-to-back runner-up finishes 25:00 | Matt Berkey wins big in BetMGM March Poker Mania 27:00 | Update on Midway Poker Tour payout debacle; Bekavac begins making players whole 31:24 | Poker columnist George Epstein passes away at 95 35:40 | WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event this weekend 36:00 | Congratulations to Kristen Bicknell & Alex Foxen getting hitched! 37:10 | Poker booming in Florida, Texas, and Vegas
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