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Argentinian rapper and high-stakes regular Alejandro Lococo has won the $1,050 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event, beating a field of 2,310 entries to collect $343,242 from a prize pool of more than $2.3 million.
The World Series of Poker has announced its inaugural pro-am tournament, a $250,000 buy-in event at WSOP Paradise that splits amateurs and professionals into separate fields until both reach the money, a format that has drawn criticism from Card Player columnist Mo Nuwwarah.
Chinese high roller Wang Ye defeated a field stacked with past champions to win the $30,000 turbo that closed out the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II, banking $256,000 for his first Triton trophy.
