Industry Insiders: Andy Rich Brings PokerNews Cup to Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Yesterday, the PokerNews Cup returned with an $1,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD Main Event at Golden Nugget Las Vegas. There are still two starting flights left on Saturday and Sunday to take a shot at the guaranteed seven-figure prize pool.
The PokerNews Cup is part of the Golden Nugget 14th Annual Grand Poker Series, which features 81 events and offers over $3 million in guaranteed prize money from May 31-July 3. The tournament, which runs June 24-28, will be live reported here on PokerNews, and there will also be a live-streamed feature table on Day 2 as well as final table action on Tuesday’s Day 3 finale.
The man responsible for making it happen, as well as giving away 100 seats to the tournament, was Director of Poker Operations Andy Rich, a longtime poker industry veteran. As part of PokerNews’ continuing Industry Insiders series, we caught up with Rich to learn more about the man making things happen in downtown Vegas’ last remaining poker room.
and Wazwaz check-called a bet of 800 from his opponent. 
checked through to the river 
where Wazwaz bet out 1,500 and his opponent folded.
with four players involved. Sonny Franco checked in the blinds and Dermot Blain bet 1,300 under the gun. Manny Gayle made the call and Siddharth Gandhi followed on the button. Franco let it go. 
and Blain sent another bet for 3,800. Once again, Gayle and Gandhi called. 
and Blain fired 11,700. Gayle shoved and it was enough to win the pot as both Gandhi and Blain quickly folded.
and Naets checked to his opponent who bet 900 which Naets called. 
in a heads-up pot when Leonid Yanovski bet 1,600, called by his opponent. The turn revealed a 
and Yanoski made a second bet for 5,000. This time his opponent let it go.
and Simao sized down to 3,500 and got quick folds from both players.