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