Put Your Hands Up! Another Poker Room Raided in Texas | PokerNews Podcast #968

Within the 968th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by FanDuel Poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are at Degree 9 Studio in Las Vegas for the 2026 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP).

To kick issues off, they present footage from a current police raid at Houston’s Fortunate J’s Social Membership in Texas. Whereas it could have been harking back to the raid at The Lodge again in March, it is really fairly totally different, because the crew explains.

From there, they flip their consideration to the WSOP, together with a take a look at the model new primary stage area that debuted on Friday. Hear from the brand new WSOP Countdown crew, together with Jeff Platt, David Williams, Norman Chad, and Joe “Stapes” Stapleton. Plus, a tour of the WSOP store that includes model new merchandise and clothes that harkens again to the WSOP days of outdated.

Talking of the WSOP, the primary bracelet has been awarded, 90-year-old legend Perry Inexperienced made a deep run, and Excessive Stakes Stay is coming in June!

Different tales embrace Shawn Sheikhan getting out of jail, Daniel Negreanu and his spouse expect their first youngster, and an entertaining live-stream from The Lodge that includes Doug Polk, Garrett Adelstein, and Alan Keating, the final two taking part in in opposition to one another for the primary time. Oh, and you will not wish to miss the story of Massive John Oakinson.

Discover out all about these tales and extra on this week’s episode of the PokerNews Podcast! Oh, and you should definitely take a look at the audio model of the PokerNews Podcast that’s obtainable on all main podcasting platforms, together with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.

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