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A nice mid-stakes poker tourney comes to the Electric City, WPT Global adds a new ambassador, and two lucky players hit jackpots worth nearly $2 million total are some of the short stacks CardsChat picked up in its latest orbit of poker news.
Ethan “Rampage” Yau was named WPT Global ambassador. (Image: WPT)
The first Electric City Poker Series at Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady, N.Y., starts today. Running until April 23, the 11 tournament series features a good mix of events that’s headlined by a $800 buy-in $150,000 guaranteed main.
Other highlights include a $160 Ladies event on Sunday, April 16, a $160 SHOE event on Monday, April 17, and a mystery bounty event, the first of two starting flights beginning Friday. April 14.
Satellites for the ECPS Main run throughout the series.
Schenectady, located in mid-east New York, carries the Electric City nickname because it was the headquarters of General Electric.
(Image: Rivers)
Big hit at the Flamingo
A man playing Three Card Poker at the Flaming in Las Vegas on Sunday hit a $499,171 jackpot after only 30 minutes of play.
Caesars told Las Vegas TV station KTNV the California man was in town for a birthday party.
Giant jackpot hit in Pennsylvania
An online slots player from Pennsylvania hit a $1 million jackpot on BetMGM. According to the online casino, the player said they’ll donate a portion to St. Jude’s and Shriners Hospitals for Children.
The player was from West Mifflin, Penn., home to the Blood-Sucking Monkeys:
Rampage joins WPT Global Poker
Ethan “Rampage” Yau, a Global Poker Index Award winner, and popular poker vlogger, has been named as an ambassador of WPT Global Poker.
Big news! We're thrilled to announce @rampagepoker as the newest ambassador of @wpt_global 🎉
And to celebrate, we're giving ten $110 Sunday Slam tournament tickets 🎟️
To enter:
1. Like + Retweet
2. Follow @WPT_Global
3. Post a fun GIF to welcome Rampage + screenname + userID pic.twitter.com/Tknt1nkC5g— WPT Global Poker (@wpt_global) April 6, 2023
Yau has vaulted to the top of the poker world last year, an “overnight success” story that took hime nearly a decade after he started playing — and streaming — the lowest stakes. Now, he’s a high-stakes banger with the skill to call down maniacs with ace-high for thousands and thousands and thousands or dollars.
Yau joins Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen in WPT’s stable.
Yau won the WPT $25,000 High Roller Event in December for $894,240.
Rammstein frontman stars in poker commercial
Till Lindemann, actor and frontman for the German goth metal band Rammstein, is the star in a GGPoker ad that one publication calls unsettling. Here’s what Heavy Consequence wrote about the commercial:
“In the unsettling four-minute clip, Lindemann plays the role of multiple participants in a high-stakes poker game. There’s Cowboy Till with his prominent ‘stache and stetson; the mohawk’d Punk Till; suave Till, accompanied by a lady; nerdy Till wearing a sweater vest; and the ominous dealer Till, donning samurai attire.
From there, the poker game is depicted through symbolic sequences. When Suave Till loses a large bet, he’s suddenly engaged in a fencing match with his opponent, where he takes a slash to the cheek. The weirdest of these cutaways involves dark religious imagery, in which Nerdy Till — counting cards in his head — appears to take communion from an angelic figure spewing blood.”
They aren’t exaggerating. View the commercial for yourself.
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