After a long, twelve-month battle against thousands of other players, AJ “sacakewalk” Sacher handily finished atop the 2023 WSOP.com Player of the Year leaderboard for Nevada and New Jersey players to win $10,000 in cash, $1,500 in online tournament tickets, and an exclusive WSOP.com Player of the Year ring.

Sacher follows in the footsteps of both Mike “BrockLesnar” Holtz, who won it last year, and YK “LuckySpewy1” Kwon, who won WSOP.com Player of the Year in 2020. Additionally, he joined fellow 2022 winner David “DrKool” Kuder, who was named the first-ever WSOP PA Player of the Year.

PokerNews recently caught up with Sacher to not only get his thoughts on the victory but also to learn more about the man behind the screen name.

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From Magic to Poker

Sacher, pronounced like soccer, lived in California and Chicago before moving to Vegas about 10 years ago. In his late teens and early 20s, he was a professional Magic: The Gathering player, content creator, and streamer. Now 32, Sacher grinds online poker.

“I come from a card-playing family, so I was always picking up various games,” he told PokerNews. “We still play big card games at family reunions and the like. I ended up falling in love with Magic, and playing that competitively is like training at altitude for poker; there’s a big overlap in the skill sets required for each like weighing odds and inductive reasoning, but Magic is a lot more complicated and ever-changing. That’s why there are a lot of very successful poker players–much more so than me–that come from competitive Magic.”

When he was around seven years old, Sacher played poker for the first time, but it wasn’t until his late teens that he discovered online poker. He ground up a small bankroll on Full Tilt Poker, but two days before he turned 21, Black Friday hit.

“While traveling for the Magic Pro Tour, I became good friends with a Japanese pro, Shuhei Nakamura, who also played poker,” Sacher continued. “Since most major Magic tournaments are in the US, he would come here a lot. Rather than take the approximately one-billion-hour flight home only to board another flight back a few days later, we would just come to Vegas together instead. We’d grind live cash during the week before flying to the next Magic tournament on the weekend.”

He continued: “To put multiple very long stories irresponsibly short, I moved to Vegas to play full time, but, upon arriving, I immediately got burgled and my roll was stolen. I was robbed multiple times after that as well, so I have had to start over from zero a few times. Over the next few years, I would play off and on, moving from live cash to online tournaments when WSOP.com became available. When the pandemic hit, I committed to playing full-time again.”

Unlike some players who set out to win POY from the start, Sacher’s run came towards the end when he realized was near the top of the leaderboard.

“I definitely thought it would be cool to do and definitely checked the leaderboards from time to time, but I’m a big ‘keep your goals actionable, and trust the process’ guy, and I don’t think POY is the type of thing you can really plan for; you just have to put in your volume and work, and at the end of the year, if the results are there, then they’re there.”

He continued: “It ended up being way too good of a sweat. The race was pretty insane as it really came down to the wire. I actually had a sizable lead by mid-March, but that’s way too early to start watching the scoreboard, which was proven true when I unexpectedly had to take over two full months off. By the time I came back, it was already clear it was going to be a two-horse race between Qinghai “011POKERDR” Pan and myself, but I assumed the gap insurmountable. After a few good months to grind back to the front, I took a big weekend off in October for a family wedding and all he did was go and win a bracelet. I somehow managed to wrestle the lead back by the end of November, but it stayed extremely tight the rest of the way, flip-flopping multiple times.”

Sacher was fortunate to finish the year with a good week and eke it out with a win of less than 300 points. For context, the difference between second place and third was 16,855 points.

“After thousands of hours over 365 days, I had a margin of victory of just one third of one percent,” said Sacher. “It doesn’t get any closer than that. I even got the poetic honor of locking it up by personally knocking him out of the last relevant tournament of the year.”

So, what’s next for Sacher?

“I’ll be playing this year, at least for the foreseeable future,” he said. “I don’t have a ton of interest in live poker these days, but I’m not indignantly opposed to it by any means; if the right opportunity were to come along then it’s definitely possible, but it’s not in the plan as it stands. As cool as it would be to go back-to-back, realistically speaking it doesn’t seem very likely. It’s a question that’s basically impossible to answer until like November, but if I can get in enough volume, then who’s to say?”

_{*Images courtesy of AJ Sacher.}

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It may be cold outside but things are heating up over at TigerGaming, as the flagship room on the Chico Poker Network, gets ready for its mega Winter Championship Online Poker Series (WCOPS).

The WCOPS runs from January 22 through to February 6 and has more than $2.5 million guaranteed in prizes across the festival. 153 events are scheduled across 15 days and Players of all types will be able to get in on the fun as buy-ins for events vary from $11 to $215. Both No Limit Hold’em and Omaha tournaments are scheduled with game types including PKO’s, Deep Stack and reentry events.

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Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum’s proudest poker achievement is winning the only tournament he has ever played in Las Vegas, the prestigious $60 Flamingo evening event.

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The 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) and PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) are just around the corner, with thousands heading to the Baha Mar Resort in Nassau, for almost two weeks of epic poker action.

PokerStars returns to The Bahamas for the first time since 2019 following the pandemic which ravaged the live poker circuit including plans for the second-ever PSPC. Amazingly, poker has boomed since restrictions worldwide began to ease, with the upcoming PokerStars Live events heavily expected to be one of the year’s major highlights.

The PSPC was a massive hit in its first iteration, with many recreational poker players getting the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to the much sought-after Platinum Pass.

Like in 2019, many of the Platinum Pass winners for this year will be playing their first large-field, five-figure buy-in event. So, a few of the PokerStars Team Pros have departed some of their wisdom and come up with a collection of tips that are perfect for the player type described above.

Team Pros Talks Tells

Poker tells is often a concern for less experienced players, and with the possibility of coming up against PokerStars Team Pros such as Parker Talbot, Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg and Felix Schneiders, they’ll be even more on edge about giving away information.

Talbot, who finished in fourth place in the EPT Prague Main Event last December, suggested “not the most fun or playful advice,” to help combat these fears.

“I’d just try to be made of stone in the hand,” said Talbot. “Don’t give anything away, don’t chat, just stare at a card on the board and be a super serious statue”

Spragg echoed his colleague’s advice while also reminding others that “it’s not rude to just sit in silence and ignore an opponent who is trying to gather clues.”

Schnieder also agreed with Talbot and Spragg that a stoic approach would be the most useful for not giving anything away to your stronger opponents as “everything you say or do can be used against you as it will mostly come off from your subconscious.”

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Rest is Key for Major Events

Many poker players have noted the effects of fatigue when playing multi-day events. Repeatedly battling it out on the felt for long durations over consecutive days can be draining. To overcome this issue, Spragg and Schneiders stress the need to be well-rested when playing at a major event like the PSPC.

“I try to be as well-rested as I can be which is not always easy when traveling” explained Spragg while also advising players go to sleep quickly post-tournament.

“It can be very tempting to hang out with players at the end of a long tournament day but try not to get caught at the bar or club at 4am when you have a big day 2 coming up.”

Schneiders expands on Spragg’s tips by starting the day with a good routine, focusing on “good sleep, rest, fitness, and nutrition”.

Be Patient, The Cards Will Come

One mistake recreational players tend to make is playing bad hands after being card dead for a long time. Playing with speculative holdings can get you in some real trouble where you may find your tournament life on the line when it really shouldn’t have been.

One way to deal with this says Schneiders is “remind yourself that each hand – whether it’s a losing or winning one – is simply presenting you with an opportunity to make the perfect decision!”

And after all, the key to running deep in these marquee tournaments is by making the best choices, so while that eight-three suited may look tempting, it’s best to just give it up.

Talbot’s take on being dealt a bad run of hands is pretty straightforward. “Keep getting dealt in. Eventually, it [the cards] will change.”

While Spraggy reiterates not to feel obliged to play a hand because you haven’t done much for a few orbits. “Be patient and fold, and then be more patient and keep folding.”

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Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum’s proudest poker achievement is winning the only tournament he has ever played in Las Vegas, the prestigious $60 Flamingo evening event.

Rumors that Mike Postle’s recent poker tournament winnings were seized are inaccurate, lawyers for Veronica Brill confirmed to PokerNews. But those same attorneys will continue to keep the pressure on the accused poker cheater in hopes of one day collecting a $27,000 court-ordered debt.

Postle finished seventh for $32,703 in the $1,200 buy-in Million Dollar Heater series Main Event at Beau Rivage Casino, an MGM Resorts property. On his final hand, in which he held an over-pair, his opponent Brock Gary tanked for 30 seconds facing an all in bet before calling with top set.

Rumors began to spread on social media that Postle’s winnings had been frozen. PokerNews reached out to Adam Nash, the poker room manager at Beau Rivage, but he declined to comment. He also wouldn’t comment on the Rounder Life claim that they were barred from reporting on the final table. Rounder Life is owned by Evert Caldwell, a personal friend and ally of Postle.

Although Postle resides in Northern California and is originally from Wisconsin, he has a lengthy history of playing poker in Mississippi, including at Beau Rivage.

Why the Money is Owed

Brill accused Postle of cheating during numerous Stones Live streams in 2019. She, along with others who competed in the games, filed a lawsuit against the Northern California poker pro and the casino, Stones Gambling Hall. Postle then returned the favor with a $300 million lawsuit against Brill and just about anyone within the poker community who accused him of cheating (Daniel Negreanu, Doug Polk, etc.).

As was predicted by virtually everyone, the lawsuit was a failure, and Postle received nothing — not even a consolation prize from the judge, just a bevy of legal fees and a shattered reputation. But it did cause Brill and others involved to countersue for legal expenses, and they won.

Per the court’s order, Postle owes Brill over $27,000 but hasn’t paid up. Thus, she sought a way to confiscate the alleged poker cheater’s winnings while he competed in Monday’s final table.

Rogen Chhabra, an avid poker enthusiast who heads the Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A. firm in Mississippi, offered to file a judgment in Harrison County on behalf of Brill ahead of the final table with the intent to garnish enough to cover Postle’s debt.

Writ of Garnishment Filed Against Accused Poker Cheater

On Jan. 17, Chhabra, who represented Brill free of charge, filed a writ of garnishment against Beau Rivage Resorts, LLC in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County, Mississippi. He provided the documents to PokerNews.

Mr. Chhabra, in a phone conversation, explained that despite the efforts to collect on a court-ordered debt, an email he received from MGM Resorts implied that Postle was paid his winnings.

Marc Randazza, the attorney who represented Brill in the California lawsuit to collect on legal fees accrued, confirmed to PokerNews that Postle “got away” this time due to not having enough time to file the court documents before the casino had to pay out the money.

“By the time we identified him and got our court documents filed, the casino was compelled under Mississippi gaming law to pay him out,” Randazza said. “So he got away…this time. But if he thinks we are just going to go away, he is mistaken.”

Chhabra explained that the initial writ of garnishment filing was required to be done “personally” and not electronically, which slows down the process. But he said that going forward, if Postle returns to Mississippi to play poker, things could be different.

“The time that it took from late Monday afternoon until today is because there’s all that paperwork needed to be done, and it needed to be personally filed,” Chhabra explained. “Now that the judgment is enrolled, it’s on the Mississippi court system, so if Mike Postle is spotted in another tournament in Mississippi, I can file a writ of garnishment electronically immediately.”

What that means is should Postle cash again in Mississippi and still have an outstanding debt owed to his client, he could expedite the process and force garnishment before the casino pays him out. Chhabra resides in Harrison County but could have filed it in any of the state’s 82 counties, he said.

“I’ve enrolled the California judgment in Harrison county. That will be there for seven years, and I can continue enrolling it as many times as I want to,” Chhabra stated.

Beyond being a successful high-profile attorney, Chhabra has some poker accomplishments, including $286,000 in live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. He competed in the historic $10,400 buy-in WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas last month but busted a bit short of the money on Day 2. He said he’s heading to Seminole Hard Rock in South Florida on Thursday for the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event.

Randazza said that the outstanding debt Postle owes “increases at 10% interest.”

“He’s either going to have to run forever, never make any money, or his evasion is actually a pretty good investment. We wouldn’t be getting 10% APR on our money in any bank account.”

Poker players hoping for a return of the prestigious Aussie Millions are in for disappointment as Crown Poker recently stated on social media that poker tournaments “will no longer be running at Crown.”

The popular Australian tournament series last ran in January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down live poker at many casinos around the world. Three years later, it seems unlikely the Aussie Millions will be returning any time soon, as Australia’s Poker Media reported today.

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Confirming Suspicions

The Aussie Millions status update was not made in a blog post or press release. Rather, the update was given in response to a question on a post on the Crown Poker Facebook page.

“Any update on tournament poker?” Facebook user Aaron Hovey wrote on Jan. 6.

“Poker Tournaments will no longer be running at Crown,” a Crown Poker representative replied on Jan. 8 before directing further inquiries to the Crown customer service team.

Aside from the brief social media comment, Crown Poker hasn’t provided an official update as to whether Aussie Millions will return in any capacity.

PokerNews reported last year that a two-year investigation into Crown Resorts ended with regulators declaring the Australian gambling giant unfit to hold a casino operating license for its Melbourne, Perth, and recently opened Sydney properties.

But those regulators allowed Crown to continue operating in Melbourne and Perth after the group showed a willingness to change, including almost entirely replacing its Board of Directors and executive directors.

Since being deemed unsuitable to hold a gambling license and fined AU$80 million, Crown Poker has undergone dozens of changes and reforms, including a brand-new Board of Directors and changes to the way the company operates.

As part of the fallout, Crown Poker faced a raft of strict gambling laws that appeared to spell the end of the beloved poker festival. The recent social media update seems to confirm just that.

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“Goodbye Crown”

The Facebook reply from a Crown Poker staffer came after months of silence on the status of the Aussie Millions, long considered one of the most prestigious poker stops on the international circuit.

The New Year Series wrapped up on PokerStars last night, with the three No Limit Hold’em Main Events reaching their conclusions.

Jerry “Perrymejsen” Odeen was the big winner of the night after he took down the $5,200 buy-in Main Event for $290,062. He came onto the final table last in chips but was able to spin it up to get a great start to the year. Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker and Joao “Jbiancolini” Biancolini captured Main Event titles of their own and also pocketed six-figure paydays.
Joao Pedro “Jbiancolini” Biancolini
A huge $3.75 million was guaranteed across the trio of Main Events, with each tournament surpassing its respective guarantee. The first online series for the Spadie brand was a huge success and now PokerStars is just days away from moving to the live felt with the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure kicking off this weekend.

But before you check out what’s in store in the Bahamas, be sure to find out how the New Year Series reached its exciting conclusion.

Odeen Pulls Off Epic Comeback

The $5,200 New Years Series Main Event was the biggest buy-in of the three headline tournaments and came with a $1.5 million guarantee, the biggest throughout the online festival.

306 entries were registered by the time late registration closed, boosting the prize pool to $1,530,000. Only 41 players made the money with Fedor Holz being the unfortunate player to go out on the bubble.

PokerStars’ Sam Grafton finished in 15th place for $20,056 while the likes of Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle (12th – $23,844) and Frank “Denman98” Lillis (10th – $23,844) missed out on making the final table.

With nine remaining, “Netstar11” was the first player to exit the final table. He moved all in with king-queen for his last nine big blinds after Michael “Imluckbox” Addamo opened with pocket sevens from the cutoff. Joao Mathias “joaoMathias” Baumgarten woke up in the big blind with ace-queen and rejammed which folded out Addamo. Neither player would connect on the runout and Addamo’s ace high was good for the pot and elimination.

Peter “Belabacsi” Traply bowed out in eighth place following a preflop cooler and some smart play from Addamo. Traply, with ace-king, opened from the cutoff before Addamo three-bet with pocket jacks from the small blind. Odeen, who had considerably chipped up from the beginning of the day and covered both players, reraised after looking down at a pair of queens. Odeen ripped in his larger stack and Traply called off for his tournament life before Addamo gave up his premium holding. Odeen flopped a set while Traply needed a ten for Broadway. The straight never arrived and Odeen became the chip leader.

Odeen then secured his second elimination after downing “aminolast”. Odeen raised preflop with pocket kings and was called by “aminolast”, who had queen-six in the big blind. A six high flop saw all the chips go in the middle and Odeen’s pocket pair remained best after the turn and river.

Odeen then had one hand on the trophy after collecting the stack that once belonged to Addamo. The pair committed their chips before the flop with the former having another premium in ace-king while Addamo had pocket sevens. An ace on the flop put Odeen ahead and Addamo was unable to survive after the runout.

High roller regular Mikita “fish2013” Badziakouski was next to fall. He shipped in a majority of his ten big blind stack from the small blind with ace-six. Odeen, in the big blind, raised all-in with ace-jack and Badziakouski put in the last of his chips. Badziakouski was unable to avoid elimination after Odeen paired his jack on the flop with the rest of the board bricking out.

Odeen’s domination continued after he saw off Baumgarten. With ace-three in the small blind, Odeen jammed on his opponent who had pocket tens, and immediately called off his stack. Odeen flopped the nut flush draw before moving ahead as an ace came on the turn. A fourth club appeared on the river to keep Odeen in front and bring the tournament to three-handed play.

Finland’s “zerodeda” became the third-place finisher after Odeen notched another knockout. “zerodeda” limped in with ace-deuce from the small blind and then moved all in after Odeen three-bet with ace-king from the big blind. The chip leader called and flopped top two pair to set up a heads-up battle with Paulius “D3cor” Vaitiekunas.

The final two players would only play a few hands before all the chips went into the middle. Odeen had pocket nines and was up against ace-king. A clean runout for Odeen confirmed his victory and he claimed the lion’s share of the prize pool following an impressive outing.

$5,200 New Years Series Main Event Final Table Results

Muehloecker Pips Jozonis to Main Event Title

The second New Year Series Main Event of the night was won by tournament crusher Muehloecker, who boosted his bankroll with a further $252,075 after topping the 1,662 entry field.

The $1.25 million guarantee was eclipsed to have a final prize purse of $1,662,000 with 239 places paid. Notable names who cashed the event included Vanessa “Niffler” Kade (63rd – $4,293), Alex “FutureofMe” Kulev (52nd – $$4,293) and recent 2022 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) $3,500 Main Event winner Andy “BowieEffect” Wilson (45th – $5,037).

$1,050 New Years Series Main Event Final Table Results

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Six-Figure Score for “Jbiancolini”

Int the $109 edition of the New Year Series Main Event, gold went to Brazil’s Biancolini, who was the last player standing from an enormous 11,787 entry field.

The $1 million guarantee was smashed, with $1,178,700 ending up in the prize pool when all was said in done.

“Jbiancolini” bested “3376788” in heads-up play when the event was down to its final two players. The champion helped themselves to the $153,443 first-place prize while the runner-up took home $109,375.

$109 New Years Series Main Event Final Table Results

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Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum’s proudest poker achievement is winning the only tournament he has ever played in Las Vegas, the prestigious $60 Flamingo evening event.

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The PartyPoker Championship (PPC) Winter Edition is over after the champion of the $500,000 guaranteed Main Event crowned its champion on January 17. Six Day 1s accommodated 1,089 entrants, who created a guarantee-busting $544,500 prize pool that the top 164 finishers shared. Ireland-based Rytis Strigunas is the player that will forever be known as this Main Event’s champion, and the player that has $78,160 of the prize pool nestled in his PartyPoker account.

PPC Winter Main Event Final Table Results

*reflects a heads-up deal

The first of the six PPC Winter Main Event flights shuffled up and dealt on Christmas Day, although Strigunas did not enter the mix until Day 1E on January 16. Striganus turned his 500,000 starting stack in the $530 buy-in tournament into 4,109,314 chips, which were enough for seventh place on the Day 1E leaderboard. He built upon his solid start, navigating his way through the 164-strong Day 2 field and finding himself at the final table.

Strigunas left plenty of elite-level grinders in his wake as he marched towards the nine-handed final table. Elio Fox, Ognyan Dimov, Roman Hrabec, Jerry Odeen, and Team PartyPoker’s Matt Staples reached Day 2 but fell outside of the top 100 finishing places.

Tomi Brouk, Fabiano Kovalski, four-time WSOP bracelet winner Michael Gathy, Niklas Astedt, Preben Stokkan, and Alexandros Theologis went deep but fell short of a place at the final table where the bulk of the prize money lay in wait.

The eliminations of Ramon Kropmanns ($7,213) and Fabian Schmidt ($9,146) reduced the field to only seven players, with all seven stars now guaranteed to take home a prize weighing in at $11,000 or more. Jesus Martinez Ucero ($11,540) was the first recipient of such a five-figure prize.

Austria’s last representative, Simon Beckmann, bowed out in sixth ($14,635) before Brazil’s Dalton Hobold ($18,947), who had been among the chip leaders from start to finish, fell in fifth.

The field grew even shorter with the untimely demise of Hristo Dimitrov ($27,649) before progressing to heads-up when the 2016 Irish Open Main Event champion Dan Wilson ($42,314) crashed out.

Originally, first and second place was scheduled to pay $89,415 and $61,571, respectively, a difference of almost $28,000. That pay jump proved too much for the heads-up duo of Strigunas and Victor Oliveira Girao, and the pair struck a deal. The deal ultimately resulted in Girao finishing second for $72,827, and Stigunas walked away with the title of champion, an accolade that came with $78,160 in prize money.

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