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8) The 23-year-old began his career 15 years prior, as a numbers-obsessed boy in London, first analyzing the game that would soon rule his life. He was bullied in school because of his aptitude with math. That experience taught him to hide his emotions, a trait that has served him well at the tables.
https://www.cardschat.com/news/poker-player-charlie-carrel-tells-british-tv-how-he-became-a-millionaire-41733
7) According to a report by the New York Daily News, Timoshenko filed a case against Gu on March 29 because of a series of unpaid rental debts.
After making a name for himself online under the moniker Jovial Gent ($4.8 million), Timoshenko proved himself in the live arena by winning the 2008 APT.
https://www.cardschat.com/news/yevgeniy-timoshenkos-90k-lawsuit-roommate-didnt-pay-basketball-tickets-41785
6) The $3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown drew a field of 1,207 players, and after three days of play, one of poker's young superstars sits at the top of the final table counts. Dan Colman will lead the way when final table proceedings start up Wednesday.
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2017/04/dan-colman-seeks-another-win-at-shr-after-bagging-wpt-lead-27548.htm
5) The Birmingham Police report that one man has been shot inside of an illegal gambling business on Avenue F and 21st Street South in Ensley. Lt. Sean Edwards confirms that the man injured was shot in the back.
http://abc3340.com/news/local/shooting-in-ensley-business-leaves-one-man-injured
4) Gambling operators pulled in 21.23 billion Macau patacas during the month, a substantial premium on the 17.98 billion they collected last year. The total represents the Special Administrative Region’s highest non-holiday month since March of 2015.
https://www.casino.org/news/macau-casino-revenue-heats-up-in-march
3) Canadian star Griffin Benger made the trip to Dublin, Ireland for the 2017 Irish Open and it turned out to be a superb decision because he outlasted 1,129 opponents to become the tournament’s champion, an accolade that came with a €200,000 first-place prize.
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2017/04/griffin-benger-becomes-the-2017-irish-open-champion-27549.htm
2) After a successful Super XL Series, 888poker recently announced its three XL Championships series, the first of which is the $7.5 million XL Inferno Championships May 7-21.
The XL Inferno will kick off with 197 events, indicating the start of the three separate XL Championships series.
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2017/04/888poker-launches-xl-championships-series-27546.htm
1) ''It was exactly 30 years ago that I published our first book and Two Plus Two began. Ironically, Two Plus Two is an accidental business since the publisher that was supposed to do my initial book had gone bankrupt leaving the burden on me to get the book out.''
Mason Malmuth
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/happy-birthday-two-plus-two-1661462/
GL ALL.
