Following the heavily reported Disney layoffs, political polling journalist Nate Silver might soon have more free time to play poker.

FiveThirtyEight (or 538) is the site founded in 2008 by Silver, who had previously played limit hold’em online for a living. In 2013, he sold his sports and political analytics website to ESPN (later taken over by ABC News) and then was retained as the editor-in-chief.

The data-driven journalist told his co-workers via a Slack message that he forecasted that he’ll be gone from 538 “soon.” As part of the second round of layoffs at Disney, ESPN’s parent company, Silver’s contract isn’t expected to be renewed.

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What’s Going on at Disney and FiveThirtyEight?

ABC News, also a Disney-owned business, will retain FiveThirtyEight but will make some wholesale changes to the site and brand.

“ABC News remains dedicated to data journalism with a core focus on politics, the economy and enterprise reporting — this streamlined structure will allow us to be more closely aligned with our priorities for the 2024 election and beyond,” an ABC News spokesperson said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “We are grateful for the invaluable contributions of the team members who will be departing the organization and know they will continue to make an important impact on the future of journalism.”

Silver rose to political fame in 2008 when he correctly predicted the outcome of all 50 states during the presidential election. As such, FiveThirtyEight became the place to go for data-driven polling analysis for upcoming US elections, along with sporting events.

But he was heavily criticized in 2016 when his polling model gave Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump just a 30% chance of beating out Hillary Clinton, the heavily favored Democrat. Trump went on to win and it caused some — not just Republicans — to question if his model was outdated. That said, the FiveThirtyEight model gave Trump a significantly higher chance of winning than most mainstream news and polling sources. The New York Times, for example, forecasted Clinton at 91% to win.

Silver, a liberal-leaning journalist, has taken heat from both sides of the political aisle. But the 538 website still has a large audience and generates heavy traffic. The site’s founder shared his disappointment about the layoff on social media.

Walt Disney Co as a whole is worth nearly $180 billion and is far more than just a theme park. The company owns major businesses such as ABC News, ESPN, Hulu, Disney+, National Geographic, and even the rights to the Star Wars and Marvel Entertainment.

Silver’s upcoming layoff is one of over 7,000 job-cuts across the board within the Disney business as a cost-cutting measure. The layoffs have included some senior executives at both ABC News and ESPN, along with lower wage employees at the Disney theme parks and elsewhere.

What’s Next for Nate Silver?

Silver hasn’t publicly announced his plans for post-538, if he’s made any yet. Given his stature within the mainstream political media, he’ll certainly have some options within that industry on the table.

Or, perhaps he’ll decide to devote more time to poker, a game he’s passionate about. During the early years of the poker boom era in the 2000s, Silver played limit hold’em online for a living.

He never gave up the game permanently and has played quite frequently the past couple of years in major events such as the World Poker Tour (WPT) and World Series of Poker (WSOP).

In March, he took fourth place for $99,750 in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament at the 2023 U.S. Poker Open and finished runner-up for $140,600 at the 2022 Poker Masters in a separate $10k NLH event.

According to Hendon Mob, Silver has over $600,000 in live tournament cashes. He’s also been playing some cash game poker recently, including taking a five-figure loss on live-stream at The Lodge Card Club in Texas back in February.

The 2023 edition of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo festival runs from April 26 through May 6 at the luxurious Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort. You already know that PokerNews is bringing you live and exclusive coverage from seven of the biggest EPT Monte Carlo events, including the prestigious Main Event, the tournament every player wants to win.

Although every EPT Main Event is special, the Monte Carlo Main Event has something else about it. For years, EPT Monte Carlo served as the tour’s Grand Final. Even after having that title removed, EPT Monte Carlo is still a must-play on the high-stakes live poker calendar.

Some of poker’s most recognizable faces and names have returned home from a trip to Monaco with the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event trophy in tow. Fourteen poker stars have written their names in the EPT’s history books under the heading EPT Monte Carlo Main Event champion. Here are those 14 superstars.

Rob Hollink

The Netherlands’ Rob Hollink triumphed in the inaugural EPT Monte Carlo Main Event back in 2005, when the Main Event commanded a €10,000 buy-in. Some 211 players entered, including the likes of Eugene Katchalov, Gus Hansen, and eventual runner-up Brandon Schaefer. Hollink was the last player standing; he took home €635,000 for his efforts.

Jeff Williams

Known as “yellowsub86” online at PokerStars, Jeff Williams became the youngest-ever EPT champion when he came out on top of a 298-strong field in the 2006 edition of the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event. The EPT was still in its infancy in 2006, but a host of elite players were present and correct for this €10,000 buy-in affair.

Williams, who won his seat online at PokerStars, took home €900,000 after defeating British player Arshad Hussain heads-up.

Gavin Griffin

Gavin Griffin became a millionaire overnight when he won the 2007 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event. Griffin has already become the youngest-ever winner of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet three years prior to his EPT Monte Carlo victory, and later went on to complete live poker’s Triple Crown.

Griffin got his hands on €1,825,010 after defeating Marc Karam, who finished fourth in this event the previous year, heads-up.

Glen Chorny

Griffin’s haul in 2007 only remained the biggest-ever prize on the EPT for 12 months because Glen Chorny‘s victory in 2008 netted the Canadian €2,020,000. Some 842 players ponied up €10,600, and Chorny outlasted them all. Although Chorny never managed to relive that epic victory, he is still active online today, usually around the time of the WSOP.

Pieter de Korver

Dutchman Pieter de Korver still holds the record for the largest EPT Monte Carlo Main Event score of all-time, thanks to collecting €2,300,000, despite becoming the tournament’s champion in 2009.

De Korver enjoyed several six-figure scores in the few years after his EPT Monte Carlo victory, including winning a $1,100 side event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, a €1,100 EPT Berlin Cup, and finishing as runner-up in the 2012 Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam.

Nicolas Chouity

Nicolas Chouity became Lebanon’s first EPT Main Event champion in 2010 after navigating his way through 847 opponents and banking €1,700,000. Chouity’s victory was made more impressive by the long list of stellar opponents he faced on his way to clinching the trophy.

Such luminaries as Davidi Kitai, Moritz Kranich, David Peters, Lex Veldhuis, Sami Kelopuro, and Andrew Chen were all left in Chouity’s wake.

Mohsin Charania

Mohsin Charania‘s victory in the 2012 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event was the first prong of live poker’s Triple Crown. Charania overcame 664 opponents on his way to collecting €1,350,000. A year later, he won a World Poker Tour (WPT) title, then another in 2014, before clinching a WSOP bracelet in 2017.

Charania stepped away from poker when COVID-19 hit but still dips his toes into the game’s waters.

Steve O’Dwyer

Steve O’Dwyer won the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event title in 2013, after battling through one of the toughest final tables ever assembled.

Freddy Deeb, Grant Levy, Jason Mercier, Noah Schwartz, Jake Cody, Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Lodden, and Andrew Pantling were present and correct, but none of them had an answer for O’Dwyer, who reeled in a €1,224,000 score and the all-important winner’s trophy.

Antonio Buonanno

Italian Antonio Buonanno left nothing at the table when he finally defeated Jack Salter heads-up in the 2014 edition of this incredible tournament. The final table spanned a stamina-sapping 18 hours, and took more than 300 hands to conclude. Having a €1,240,000 pot of gold at the end of the rainbow helped push the players through the tiredness.

Adrian Mateos

Spain’s Adrian Mateos was already making a name for himself before winning the 2014 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event because he had taken down the WSOP Europe Main Event a year earlier. The €1,082,000 Mateos won was his second seven-figure live score. He now has eight of them to his name.

Jan Bendik

Slovakian Jan Bendik was a regular on the EPT circuit before entering the 2016 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event alongside 1,097 others, which is still the best-attended EPT Monte Carlo Main Event today. Bendik helped himself to a €961,800 prize after defeating Frenchman Adrien Allain heads-up in what was the first time this tournament featured a €5,300 buy-in.

Nicolas Dumont

The EPT Monte Carlo Main Event took a brief one-year hiatus before returning in 2018, when 775 players turned out in force. Parisian Nicolas Dumont is the name next to the word champion. Dumont took home €712,000 for his victory, which came after the likes of Ole Schemion, Patrik Antonius, and David Peters busted at the star-studded final table.

Manig Loeser

Germany superstar Manig Loeser became the 2019 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event champion, and captured a €603,777 prize after a three-handed deal with Wei Huang and Viktor Katzenberger. All eyes were on Ryan Riess at the final table because the former WSOP Main Event champion could have completed the Triple Crown but it wasn’t meant to be for the American.

Expect to see Loeser’s name in this year’s updates after he won a €550 side event and final tables the €25,000 High Roller in 2022.

Marcelo Simoes Mesqueu

COVID-19 put paid to EPT Monte Carlo from 2020-21, but it returned with a bang, with 1,073 players buying into the 2022 edition. Marcelo Simoes Mesqueu, a high-volume grinder in his native Brazil, became the first Brazilian EPT Main Event champion, and will almost certainly be in Monaco in an attempt to defend his title.

EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Champions

Most poker players dream of jetting to Las Vegas, heading to the cashier’s desk of the Horseshoe Las Vegas, slamming down $10,000, and buying into the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. “The Big Dance” is the live poker tournament everyone wants to win, not only for the ridiculously large top prize and the accompanying bracelet, but for the kudos from their fellow players, and the fact the WSOP Main Event winner gets to call themselves poker’s world champion.

The upcoming Main Event Maynia could be your best chance of realizing your poker dream of playing in the WSOP Main Event in 2023.

Last year’s WSOP Main Event was the second-largest in the tournament’s long and illustrious history. Some 8,663 players bought in and created an $80,782,475 prize pool. Only the 2006 WSOP Main Event, won by Jamie Gold, attracted more players (8,773) and awarded more prize money ($82,512,162).

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It seems like the WSOP’s management team wants to break the 17-year attendance records judging by how they are pulling out all the stops to send as many satellite winners to Las Vegas this summer. In addition to committing to send more than 700 online poker players to the WSOP Main Event via its WSOP MI, WSOP NJ, WSOP NV, and WSOP PA sites, plus its partner GGPoker, the WSOP is running a weekend of satellites across four continents that it hopes will send at least another 100 live poker qualifiers to Las Vegas.

Main Event Maynia is the WSOP’s first-ever global qualification weekend, which runs May 20-21. At the time of writing, 11 US-based casinos and venues in the Czech Republic, Canada, France, Morocco, and Uruguay are part of the festivities. The road to a 2023 WSOP Main Event seat starts with a $140 (or equivalent local currency) buy-in Mega Satellite that feeds into a $1,175 buy-in Main Event Maynia Tournament. Each of those $1,175 satellites guarantees at least one 2023 WSOP Main Event package, with more packages awarded for every ten entries. The package consists of the $10,000 WSOP Main Event buy-in for 2023, plus a $1,000 travel stipend.

Should the 2023 WSOP Main Event break the long-standing attendance record, all entrants will be placed into a random draw where one lucky winner wins a non-transferable Main Event buy-in for the next 30 years!

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When is the 2023 WSOP Main Event?

The 2023 WSOP Main Event shuffles up and deals at 12:00 p.m. local time on July 3, with the first of four scheduled flights. The four Day 1s conclude on July 6.

Play continues for five 120-minute levels every day until Day 8 on July 14, when play continues until only nine players remain. Those finalists get to enjoy a day off on July 15 before returning to the action on July 16, where play continues until five players have busted. That surviving quartet of players sits back down on July 17 and continues playing until only one player has all of the chips in play.

Of course, PokerNews‘s live reporting team will be bringing you all of the 2023 WSOP Main Event action in addition to coverage of each and every gold bracelet awarding event throughout the summer. Here’s to our team of reporters writing about how you turned a $140 Main Event Maynia ticket into poker’s world title.

The Global Poker x PokerNews Cup began back on April 10 and is slated to run through April 30. During that time, there will be 32 exclusive trophies and GC 100,000,000 and SC 250,000 Finals.

For the past two weeks, there have been a series of qualifying trophy events; in fact, they wrapped up over the weekend, which means 28 events are already in the books. Remember, the winners were awarded entry into the upcoming PokerNews Cup Finals, while the final tablists received entry to the semifinals and the top 50 finishers earned a spot in the quarterfinals.

If you haven’t already qualified, fear not as you still have a chance thanks to a PokerNews social media content:

PokerNews has been following the action and providing daily updates on all the trophy events. Impressively, a combined 37,834 competitors battled between the 28 completed events (14 Gold Coin and 14 Sweeps Coin events).

Check out PokerNews’ daily updates on our running live blog, but here are some of the highlights from the qualifying events of the Global Poker x PokerNews Cup.

Global Poker x PokerNews Cup Winners Thus Far…

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“BradyFlip” and “RUeTaMa” Among Sunday Winners as Qualifier Events Wrap

The Global Poker x PokerNews Cup continued on Sunday with Day 14 action that consisted of a pair of Super Deep No-Limit Hold’em events. Those two events produced two new winners in “BradyFlip” and “RUeTaMa”.

On the Gold Coins side of things, “BradyFlip” navigated through a field of 401 runners in the GC 4,000,000 guaranteed PokerNews Cup Qualifier 14 – NLH Super Deep to win GC 759,895 while runner-up “Bearce” ended up with GC 561,400.

Others at the final table included “Unsub” (3rd – GC 411,025), “CUBBIES23” (5th – GC 220,550), and “Bingoray” (7th – GC 130,325), just to name a few.

In Sunday’s Sweeps Coins event, “RUeTaMa” topped a 2,618-entry field to win PokerNews Cup Qualifier 14 – NLH Super deep – GC 4,000,000 GTD for SC 4,110.27 after a heads-up battle with ”VZodiac”, who in turn earned SC 3,076.16

There were others who walked away with Sweeps Coins at the final table including “ORTHOPEDIX” (3rd – SC 2,199.13), “RoyalFart” (4th – SC 1,507.97), “Scorpslucky” (6th – SC 877.04), and “Pokergod28” (8th – SC 356.05).

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“TheArtist2” and “Billyhill” Wins PokerNews Cup Titles in Saturday Action

The Global Poker x PokerNews Cup continued on Saturday with Day 13 action that consisted of a pair of Progressive Bounty 6-Max Super Deep events. Those two events produced two new winners in “TheArtist2” and “Billyhill”.

On the Gold Coins side of things, “TheArtist2” navigated through a field of 374 runners in the GC 4,000,000 guaranteed PokerNews Cup Qualifier 13 – Progressive Bounty, 6-Max, Super Deep to win GC 561,263.13 while runner-up “Vvavea” ended up with GC 417,044.37.

Others at the final table included “Neo_in_matrix” (3rd – GC 268,870), “CUBBIES23” (4th – GC 150,810), “Bbrown2888” (5th – GC 145,278.75), and “Bob57” (6th – GC 197,375)

In Saturday’s Sweeps Coins event, “Billyhill” topped a 1,995-entry field to win PokerNews Cup Qualifier 13 – Progressive Bounty, 6-Max, Super Deep – SC 10,000 GTD for SC 1,938.32 after a heads-up battle with “AstrosWS17hghg”, who in turn earned SC 1,417.55.

There were others who walked away with Sweeps Coins at the final table including “@Krushurdreams” (3rd – SC 787.42), “RomanticHuman” (4th – SC 737.38), “JArroyoPoker” (5th – SC 436.44), and “LambdaLambdaLambda” (6th – SC 343.23).

Winners from Friday’s Progressive Bounty Events

The Global Poker x PokerNews Cup continued on Friday with Day 12 action that consisted of a pair of Progressive Bounty events. Those two events produced two new winners in “IBullet” and “GTB911”.

On the Gold Coins side of things, “IBullet” navigated through a field of 350 runners in the GC 4,000,000 guaranteed PokerNews Cup Qualifier 12 – [Progressive Bounty] to win GC 712,578.13 as runner-up “Cosen3” ended up with GC 448,515.62

Others at the final table included “Papaw6” (3rd – GC 194,125), “LIL KID POKER” (5th – GC 157,843.75), and “arkeee” (8th – GC 101,531.25), to name a few.

In Friday’s Sweeps Coins event, “GTB911” topped a 2,139-entry field to win PokerNews Cup Qualifier 12 – Progressive Bounty – SC 10,000 Guaranteed to win a top prize of SC 2,439.91 after a heads-up battle with “Rubiez”, who in turn earned SC 1,532.79.

There were others who walked away with Sweeps Coins, including “Heck16” (3rd – SC 724.64), “RudeRobbie” (5th – SC 450.37), “AIR4S” (7th – SC 286.91), and “TheManeuver” (9th – SC 267.67).

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Following a stop in South Florida this coming weekend, the World Poker Tour (WPT) is heading to another familiar spot — Durant, Okalahoma. More specifically, the $3,800 buy-in WPT Choctaw Main Tour event.

May 5-8 are the dates for the Sooner State major poker tournament with the final table taking place May 26 in Las Vegas at Luxor’s HyperX Esports Arena. Luxor will also play host to the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown (May 25) and WPT Gardens Poker Championship (May 27) before the first half of the 2023 World Poker Tour schedule wraps.

Can Upcoming WPT Choctaw Top 2022 Edition?

Last year’s WPT Choctaw, which attracted 787 entrants, was one of the most memorable in tour history. The final table was stacked, with Chance Kornuth coming out victorious ($486,600), beating a loaded final six, including Kristen Foxen, James Mackey, Ray Qartomy, and runner-up Steven Buckner.

Kornuth’s win, beating out tough competition for a massive score, was impressive. But there was even more meaning to his first WPT victory than meets the eye.

Randy Gordon, a beloved traveling poker dealer from Las Vegas who is battling cancer, won a seat into the 2022 WPT Choctaw after dealing some side events during the series. Kornuth busted him from the tournament on Day 1, but decided to give the poker dealer a 1% freeroll on his action, a generous offer knowing that Gordon would soon after be undergoing cancer treatment.

Gordon’s story made some press and it caught the eye of one of Kornuth’s friend, who then tacked on another 4% freeroll, meaning Gordon would receive a total of 5% of Kornuth’s cash.

As it turned out, that was a ton of money because Kornuth won it for nearly $500,000. In total, the poker dealer received just over $24,000. Given that he would have to pack up his things last October and move to Texas for cancer treatment, that money couldn’t have possibly come at a better time.

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Choctaw Information

For those who’ve never visited the casino, Choctaw Casino & Resort, in Durant, Oklahoma, boasts one of the top card rooms in the Southwest and features a gorgeous full-scale resort with clean and comfortable hotel rooms, a plethora of dining options, slot machines, table games, and even a bowling alley.

If you’re flying in for the poker tournament, you’ll likely want to fly to Dallas, Texas as it is the closest commercial airport (90-minute drive). You can pick up an Uber or shuttle service from Dallas to the casino.

Full WPT Choctaw Series Schedule

The Main Tour finale isn’t the only event on the schedule. In fact, there are 33 poker tournaments scheduled up until May 8, and the WPT Choctaw series began on April 19. That series includes a $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Super Stack ($300,000 guaranteed) starting May 3. For the complete schedule, see below:

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Winning an online poker tournament that has more than 1,200 entrants is no easy feat, especially when that tournament costs $109 to enter. So imagine how difficult it would be to not only win the same tournament twice, but to become its champion in consecutive weeks. That, readers, is what Team PartyPoker’s Patrick “Patrick_Leonard” Leonard achieved this weekend.

Leonard came out on top of the $109 buy-in $150,000 guaranteed Sunday Party last weekend. The popular Brit outlasted and outfoxed 1,353 opponents on his way to claiming a total first-place prize worth $18,747. This week, Leonard did the unthinkable and navigated his way through another 1,236 opponents to not only become the Sunday Party’s first-ever double winner but to triumph in PartyPoker’s flagship weekly tournament on back-to-back weeks.

The $150,000 Gtd Sunday Party Final Table Results

Mid-afternoon on April 23, Leonard tweeted to his 37,200 followers that he had a good feeling about the day. Later on, he fired another tweet showing his grind station, which included what he described as his lucky coin. Regardless of whether the coin is lucky or not, Leonard found himself in pole position when Day 1 concluded with only 16 players in the hunt for the title of champion.

Leonard later revealed PartyPoker had said they would rename the Sunday Party to the Pads Banana if he went all the way in consecutive weeks. Well, let us see if they do that because “Pads” did take it down again.

Super Patrick Leonard Wins the PartyPoker $150K Gtd Sunday Party

“NeoTheOne71” bowed out in ninth for $1,517 before “SharkNoScope” crashed out in eighth for $1,870. The elimination of “Jack Harlow” for $2,542 left the table short-handed, something that Leonard revels in.

Sixth place and $3,059 went to “new name cba,” “Belgrade1111” claimed the $4,510 fifth-place prize, while “Deano_T8” came unstuck in fourth, a finish good for $4,673.

Heads-up was set when “KAURAMAIT0” ran out of steam, although the $9,798 they collected for their third-place finish will go some way to numbing the pain of progressing so deep but still coming up short. KAURAMAIT0’s prize was so substantial because they banked $3,038 worth of bounties, the second-most of any entrant.

Leonard and “Primordial” fought it out one-on-one, and with all due respect to Primordial, this contest was only going to go one way once Leonard had his sights on setting a new record. Leonard came out on top to become the first-ever Sunday Party dual winner and first-ever back-to-back champion, and to bank $18,717. Primordial’s consolation prize weighed in at five figures, too, namely $11,533.

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April 30 at 7:05 p.m. BST is when the next edition of the Sunday Party takes place. This week’s even has a $125,000 guaranteed prize pool, and it would be a significant shock if Leonard is not among the entrants as he attempts to do the unthinkable and win the same online poker tournament three times in a row.

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There’s More to PartyPoker Than the Sunday Party Tournament

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There is not long until the end of soccer seasons around the world, which means time is running out to take advantage of some of the epic soccer-related promotions Bet365 is running. From early payouts to accumulator boots, Bet365 is and always will be your home for soccer betting.

2 Goals Ahead Early Payout

Bet365’s 2 Goals Ahead Early Payout is a fantastic promotion that runs across more than 80 leagues and competitions during the soccer season. Your last opportunity to take advantage of this offer is June 10, 2023, although PokerNews suspects the promotion will return next season due to its popularity.

As the name suggests, 2 Goals Ahead Early Payout marks your bets as having won if the team you back go ahead by two goals in applicable competitions; you must bet on a team to win, bets on draws do not qualify. Place a pre-match bet on the standard full-time result, and Bet365 will pay you out if your team goes two goals ahead. The offer stands for multiple bets too, with that leg of your multiple marked as a winner, with the remaining selections left to run.

Although a two-goal advantage is significant in soccer, it does not guarantee a win, but the 2 Goals Ahead Early Payout offer locks in a win and takes away any uncertainty.

Up to 70% Soccer Accumulator Boost

Like the 2 Goals Ahead Early Payout offer, the 70% Soccer Accumulator Boost is available across more than 80 leagues and competitions, and is a great way to see bags of extra cash land in your Bet365 account if your accumulator bet is a winner.

The offer comes into play as soon as you make a bet with at least two selections on the standard full time result, both teams to score, or result/both teams to score markets. If your bet is a winner, Bet365 applies a bonus of between 2.5% and 70% to your winning bet as cash.

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Soccer Substitute Guarantee

We have all placed a bet on a specific player to perform well in a game only for them to have an absolute stinker and their manager or coach haul them off the pitch before the referee blows their half-time whistle, rendering your bet dead in the water. That is no longer the case with Bet365’s Soccer Substitute Guarantee.

The Soccer Substitute Guarantee returns your stake as bet credits if the individual you backed in selected marks is substituted before half-time. Such a thing is a rare occurrence, but it does happen.

For single bets on the below markets, your stake is returned as bet credits. For multiple bets, the legs is considered void, and any subsequent returns are paid as bet credits.