Shooting Across Street from WSOP, Color Up Controversy & Event Cancelled

In the 897th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad
Holloway and Kyna England are joined by
PokerNews Ontario Ambassador Kyle Anderson, who
fills in for Mike Holtz. The trio discusses the deadly
shooting that took place across the street from the
2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in front of
the Bellagio Fountains, and then dives into the color-up
controversy involving Tyler Brown, who shared
his story with PokerNews.


Kyna then sounds off on the cancelled WSOP Online
bracelet event, Michael Lavin won a
gold bracelet and an extra $1,000,000 thanks to ClubWPT
Gold, and Benny Glaser claimed two
bracelets early in the summer. Other tournament winners include
Josh Reichard, Brad Ruben,
Blaz Zerjav, and Nick Guagenti,
who denied Chino Rheem his first bracelet.


After recapping Dusti Smith's win in the Wynn
Ladies High Roller and a look ahead to some upcoming
poker charity events, Chad shares details on his recent
Live Reality Game (LRG) adventure in which he
left the WSOP for 10 days to compete in a Survivor-based game,
Surviving Reelfoot Season 13, in the woods of
Tennessee. 


Learn about all those stories and more in the latest episode of
the PokerNews Podcast!


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Time Stamps
*Time | Topic*
00:00 | Welcome to the show
01:33 | Shooting across the street from WSOP
03:56 | Video footage from the targeted shooting
05:47 | Color-up controversy at WSOP
07:40 | Tyler Brown addresses the situation
14:40 | WSOP Online bracelet event cancelled
21:05 | Sponsor – WPT Global 30% PLO Rakeback
21:45 | Michael Lavin wins an extra $1 million thanks to ClubWPT
Gold
24:53 | Interview with Michael Lavin
26:46 | Sponsor – WSOP Free-to-Play App
27:34 | Josh Reichard captures MSPT Venetian Hearts Major
29:35 | Benny Glaser captures two WSOP gold bracelets early
on
31:20 | Nick Guagenti bests Chino Rheem
32:15 | Five bracelets in five years for Brad Ruben
33:20 | Blaz Zerjav wins maiden WSOP bracelet $25K 6-Max High
Roller … angle shoot?
35:05 | Jean-Vincent Lehut wins PokerStars Open Namur Main Event
for €238,000
35:30 | Dusti Smith wins Wynn $3K Ladies High Roller
36:55 | Chad competes on Season 13 of Surviving
Reelfoot 
41:43 | Trio of charity poker events coming up in Las Vegas