We’re already having a great time in the OE event, even with a fairly small field to start. And with nearly half a million in lifetime tournament winnings at the table, this is no casual affair.
We’re already having a great time in the OE event, even with a fairly small field to start. And with nearly half a million in lifetime tournament winnings at the table, this is no casual affair.

Women In Poker Hall Of Famer, Lupe Soto, has arrived to splash around in the $4/8 cash game with a mix of draw, stud, and Omaha games. Soto also runs PokerGives.org, an amazing charity organization that provides food, clothing, and material support to the homeless population in Las Vegas and children in need in Clark county. Welcome Lupe, and good luck!

In this Omaha/8 hand at 150/300, two early-position players limped into the pot before Mark Beamer, seated on the button, followed with a limp of his own. In the small blind, Daniel Sprung completed, and the big blind checked, sending five players to the flop.
The flop came Q♥ 9♦ 3♣, and the action checks around.
The turn brings the 2♦, and Sprung seizes the initiative from the small blind, leading into the field. The early limpers fold, but Beamer calls on the button to take the hand heads-up to the river.
The river is the 6♣. Beamer calls one more bet from Sprung, opting to take the hand to showdown. Sprung tables 6♦ 6♣ Q♠ 5♠, showing a set of sixes for the high. With no qualifying low available and Beamer unable to show down a stronger high hand, he mucks.
Sprung scoops and adds a nice pot to his stack. Daniel Sprung is a regular here at Resorts World, playing in a variety of stakes.
The players are seated. The cards are dealt.
In this early Stud8 hand, Clyde Kay brings it in with 3♠, and Carl Buckland completes with a call showing 9♥. Mark Beamer raises his ace-door A♣, and both opponents call, taking the action three-way to fourth street.
On fourth street, the boards roll out Q♠ for Kay, 5♦ for Buckland, and 6♣ for Beamer. Kay leads into both opponents, and they each call to continue.
On fifth street, Kay receives 4♦, Buckland catches A♠, and Beamer turns up K♦. All three players check.
Sixth street brings 5♣ for Kay, 4♥ for Buckland, and J♠ for Beamer. Buckland bets into the field, Beamer releases his hand, and Kay calls to continue heads-up.
On seventh street, both players check. At showdown, Kay tables 8♠ 8♣ 3♠ Q♠ 4♦ 5♣ 4♠, making eights up and no low. Buckland reveals T♥ 8♥ 9♥ 5♦ A♠ 4♥ A♦, but cannot claim either side of the pot.
Kay scoops the entire pot.
We are so excited to be launching our reporting services with the Mixed Games Festival XII. We love everything about these events. Robbie Strazynski and CardPlayer Lifestyle have been friends of ours for a long time and we love to support them. We are also avid fans of mixed games and Robbie has done a great job increasing the visibility of mixed games and introducing new players to games beyond holdem. And we are enthusiastic fans of the poker room at Resorts World. In fact, one of our founders, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, won a WSOP HORSE championship and plays in mixed and semi-private games at Resorts World multiple nights a week. He claims it as his favorite room in Vegas.
All those things add up to an incredible opportunity. We have the knowledge, we have the experience, and we have the computing power, to cover mixed games like no one ever has. Video, hole cards, strategy, we can talk about the game at an expert level and we have Chronicle, our proprietary software, trained on mixed games to create graphics for us so that we can present hands from any game type with hole cards and boards.

We will be covering the OE event at Resorts World on Monday November 17th starting at noon. Late registration is open until 4:25 pm for this one, and with thirty-minute levels you’ll still have a reasonable stack if you show up late. The dealers at Resorts World handle mixed games as well as any dealers we’ve ever seen because the biggest mixed games in town are hosted in the private rooms here.
We will have a photographer from poker.photos on site shooting still photos and video, and our reporters from pokerreporting.com will be covering hand updates and results. Our goal is always to make the players feel like stars and create a memorable experience for them. We’ll start showcasing this event as soon as it starts and provide coverage all the way through. You can also find coverage on our social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Structure Sheet
We have reached the final table! Check out the gallery below for bios of all the players who made the final nine.
At blinds of 3,000/6,000, under the gun opened to 13,000. CSOP founder Matt Stout three-bet from middle position to 38,000 with J♠J♦. Connor Richards called all in for his last 18,000 holding A♠8♦. The original raiser folded, and the cards were on their backs with Richards at risk.
A flop of J♣2♣Q♥ gave Stout a set of jacks and left Richards drawing nearly dead. The 3♠ turn and 5♣ river brought no miracles for Richards, and he was eliminated. Stout dragged the pot and stacked up 350,000 for a nice stack at this point in the tournament.
Alden Grant opened the action from under the gun to 8,000 with J♦J♦. The action folded around to Joey Resto in late position, who moved all in for 28,000. Grant made the call, and the cards were turned up with Resto at risk. Grant tabled his pocket jacks, while Resto showed K♠Q♥ and would need to improve to stay alive.
The flop came T♦A♣7♥, giving Resto a gutshot straight draw and two over cards. The K♣ on the turn gave Resto a pair of kings and the lead in the hand, and the A♠ on the river was no help and Resto scooped the pot. Resto doubled up to 65,000, but grant still had 120,000 after paying off the double-up.
Here is the prize pool, in addition to all the celebrity bounties, for the final table!
1st Place: $2,500.00
2nd Place: $1,500.00
3rd Place: $1,000.00
4th Place: CSOP Celebrity Cash Game Seat, $1,000 Tahoe Wakebusters Gift Certificate
5th Place: Las Vegas ATV Tour for 2, $1,000 Tahoe Wakebusters Gift Certificate
6th Place: $300 CSOP Seat, $100 Loaded Empanadas Gift Certificate
7th Place: $300 CSOP Seat, $100 Loaded Empanadas Gift Certificate
8th Place: $300 CSOP Seat, $100 Loaded Empanadas Gift Certificate
9th Place: $300 CSOP Seat, $100 Loaded Empanadas Gift Certificate
10th Place: $300 CSOP Seat, $100 Loaded Empanadas Gift Certificate
The CSOP awards three trophies, provided by Right Touch Engravers, at our events. Two of these are awarded when the players return from the first break. The first is the chip lead trophy for whoever manages to mass the most chips before the end of the rebuy period. The second is the rebuy trophy, for whoever donated the most money rebuying themselves, and others, into the event.
Players are having a great time tonight and it shows in these amazing photos from QuickStyle Photography.
We are up and running with cards in the air for event #89 benefitting the Junior League Of Las Vegas. The room is filled with excitement and the tables are full as a great field is building for this event. Our prize pool and celebrity bounties are below. Each celebrity bounty has a mystery envelope and a bounty badge for the player who busts them the first time (our celebrity bounties typically rebuy until the end of the rebuy period).
Event #89 kicked off a little early, before the cocktail mixer even started, with a lesson for a group of ladies from the Junior League of Las Vegas. Jordan Handrich, the Loose Cannon on this season of the PokerStars Big Game On Tour, talked to the ladies about how the game works and helped them to become more comfortable playing their first poker tournament. Handrich covered everything from how blinds and betting works to some basic strategies and bet-sizing advice.
The Junior League Of Las Vegas works to help young women succeed and build confidence, and what better place to start then the poker table! More and more women are playing poker in recent years and the environment is certainly not the boys club that it once was. The Charity Series Of Poker sees a much higher percentage of women in it’s events than a typical poker tournament and it is our sincere hope that getting more ladies into our events means more women getting interested in poker and playing serious tournaments.
Thanks to Mrs. Handrich for lending her skills and fame to the event and helping these ladies with the skills to crush this event. We hope to see one of them holding the trophy at the end!