Daily 3-Bet: Burning Man Bound, WPT Hits $1b, Trickett vs. Isildur1

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In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at poker pros heading to Burning Man, the WPT hitting the $1b milestone and a loaded partypoker cash game.

1) Burning Man, Ho!

You know that part of the year where all the cool kids in poker get on their bus and head to summer camp?

liv boeree burning man

Everyone ready?

Well it’s here!

The annual Burning Man social media blackout is officially upon us with Antonio Esfandiari and crew leading the way as usual.

Expect to poker Twitter to calm down for awhile over the coming week and then crank up a notch the following week with a series of photos and life-changing realizations.

All kidding aside it’s interesting that Burning Man has become a refuge for Silicon Valley big shots and poker pros alike.

Basically people with a lot of money, which is surprising considering how the event began.

Regardless Burning Man has become somewhat of an institution in the poker world and things will likely be a little quieter for the next week.

Check below for Esfandiari’s official sign-off from social media for the week.

There’s also bonus observation about Scott Seiver at Burning Man that brings the LOLs.

Burning Man or bust. We r officially a go. See you on the other side …

A post shared by Antonio Esfandiari (@magicantonio) on Aug 29, 2022 at 2:53pm PDT

when you’re @scott_seiver and you’re in the middle of burning man and you find out that 10k 20k is running at bellagio pic.twitter.com/vxiBxyxaiK

— Clayton Newman (@cnew27) August 30, 2022

2) WPT Awards One Billionth Dollar in Prize MOney

It’s official: The World Poker Tour has awarded over $1 billion in prize money over its storied 16 seasons.

The $1b-mark was passed yesterday when TJ Shepherd busted in 47th place to take home $10,405 and one heck of a story to tell friends and family.

Shepherd received a bonus seat into next year’s Legends of Poker as well as accommodations.

It’s a remarkable achievement for the WPT, which started way back in 2002 with the first event attracting a modest 146-entry field.

Here’s Shepherd talking about being a part of WPT history:

Congratulations to TJ Shepherd, winner of the World Poker Tour’s one-billionth prize dollar! #BillionDollars #MillionStories pic.twitter.com/aD3r08zByj

— World Poker Tour (@WPT) August 30, 2022

3) Blom, Trickett, Tsoukernik Clash in partypoker Cash Game

Poker fans may be struggling through some cash game withdrawals after witnessing the wonder that was the revitalized Poker After Dark earlier this month.

Don’t worry, partypoker has just the thing.

The poker site is hosting a $100/$200 cash game with the likes of Sam Trickett, Viktor Blom, Leon Tsoukernik, Tony G and Rob Yong.

It should be a good one and action kicks off at 7 p.m. CET today. You can watch the stream below:

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