Black Reaches Out (For Silence), Racener Hates on Re-Entries & Negreanu Turns Whistle-Blower?

There are fun days at the felt, then there are World Series days at the felt. All summer long, there have been bracelet wins, bounties, bust-outs, side bets and plenty else besides. There has also been Poker Twitter. It’s great all year round, but it’s like everyone saved their best material for Las Vegas. Let’s light the blue touch paper and stand well back…

BLACK HEADING TO TOUCHDOWN IN VEGAS

Professional funnyman Michael Black may have pretended to be an NFL athlete with two Championship rings, but his love for poker seems to be real! Just don’t talk to him when you see him, he prefers silence!

I’m going to Las Vegas tomorrow to play poker and break hearts, minus the part about breaking hearts. If you see me, feel free to say hi (To somebody else. Not me. Don’t fucking talk to me.)

— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) June 21, 2019

RACENER THINKING OF ALL RUNNERS

John Racener is passionate to a fault about tournament poker, but he also wants it to be an even playing field. That’s why he hates re-entries.

Re entries in @wpt and @WSOP events are ruining the true form of tournament poker. Putting people to the test for their tournament life early on is no longer part of the game…also favoring big bankrolls

— John Racener (@racener) June 18, 2019

BAKES PLAYING FAST AND LOOSE

With the French Open in the rearview and Wimbledon on the horizon, there’s no shortage of tennis comparisons around, but which surface do you play on when in Las Vegas? We’ll call The Aria indoor, with the most colourful felt and action!

Rio – Grass
Venetian – Clay
Wynn – Hard Court

— bakes (@DMBakes) June 20, 2019

LADIES EVENT SETS STANDARDS

Melanie Weisner believes that the atmosphere at the 2019 WSOP Ladies Championship should be replicated across the board. Not many disagree!

For the love of god please let more tournaments be like the @WSOP ladies event. Every player acting lightning-fast, classy about taking beats, and not a single one of them is sucking on a hoodie. #gratitude

— Melanie Weisner (@melanieweisner) June 20, 2019

KID POKER CALLING IN DEBTS?

He doesn’t need the money, but maybe that’s why he’s so generous with it. Daniel Negreanu wonders whether to call time on payback.

Many people in poker owe me money. Some did it letting me know they didn’t know when they could pay, others acted dishonestly and lied about their situation to get money from me.

Should I make these debts public?

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) June 21, 2019

TEAM RIESS ALMOST AT THE SUMMIT

After John Hennigan’s superb bracelet win in the Seven Card Stud Championship, Team Riess are just 35 points off the top spot in the $25k Fantasy League. Here are their top performers:

Rank	Player	Price	Score	Budget%	Score%
1st	Phillip Hui	$21.00	131	10.50%	28.17%
2nd	John Hennigan	$18.00	100	9%	21.51%
3rd	Dario Sammartino	$34.00	87	17%	18.71%
4th	Nick Guagenti	$5.00	85	2.50%	18.28%
5th	Scott Bohlman	$11.00	23	5.50%	4.95%

As you can see, at just 9% of their budget but scoring 21.5% of their points, Hennigan’s value is huge to Team Riess. With Hui consistently making deep runs too, could they take the title?

Who’ll claim a WSOP gold bracelet today and become the latest winner at the 2019 World Series of Poker? Watch the action unfold live today on PokerGO and CBS All Access as more coverage of the 2019 WSOP bracelet events takes place. Selected bracelet events will be streamed exclusively on CBS All Access in the United States.