The shortlist for the 2017 Poker Hall of Fame has been revealed with Phil Ivey, and Mori Eskandani appearing for the first time.

Who has the heart of a whale, the sting of a rattlesnake, and the puff of a peacock?

It’s time to pick a poker star from the annals of time and cement his place in the Poker Hall of Fame (PHOF).

The public nomination process is done. Ten finalists have emerged, vetted by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council, and now subjected to the scrutiny of the 27 living members of the PHOF, and 18 members of a blue-ribbon panel of media.

In today’s World Series of Poker review we bring you up to speed on a second Triple Crown win of the summer, and a near miss by Phil Hellmuth in the Razz.

At 19-years of age, Harrison Gimbel travelled to the Bahamas to compete in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) and left with $2.2m and the accolade of being the youngest ever PCA Main Event winner.

Fast forward seven years, and Gimbel has become the seventh player to join the illustrious Triple Crown club after winning the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder, and a few short days ago, a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em.

It took him seven years, six months, the longest period of any member of the club.

In today’s World Series of Poker review we bring you up to speed on a second Triple Crown win of the summer, and a near miss by Phil Hellmuth in the Razz.

At 19-years of age, Harrison Gimbel travelled to the Bahamas to compete in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) and left with $2.2m and the accolade of being the youngest ever PCA Main Event winner.

Fast forward seven years, and Gimbel has become the seventh player to join the illustrious Triple Crown club after winning the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder, and a few short days ago, a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em.

It took him seven years, six months, the longest period of any member of the club.

Two shots to the brain from the World Series of Poker including Dieter Dechant taking down the GIANT, and Heidi May winning the $10,000 Ladies Championship.

Rule #1 – Never give up on your dreams

Rule #2 – Persevere

Rule #3 – Take advantage of the opportunities that come your way

Two shots to the brain from the World Series of Poker including Dieter Dechant taking down the GIANT, and Heidi May winning the $10,000 Ladies Championship.

Rule #1 – Never give up on your dreams

Rule #2 – Persevere

Rule #3 – Take advantage of the opportunities that come your way

The merger of Australian betting firms Tabcorp Holdings and Tatts Group could be on hold after the country’s competition watchdog filed to block the union.

On Monday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced it had applied to the Federal Court for a judicial review of last month’s decision by the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) to grant approval of Tabcorp’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of rival Tatts.

The ACCC had previously expressed reservations regarding the merger of Australia’s two betting and lottery giants, based on the watchdog’s belief that the union would significantly lessen competition in certain gambling sectors. The ACCC singled out racing broadcasting rights and the ability of Tabcorp-Tatts’ rivals to pursue regional wagering licenses as particular areas of concern.

Sensing that the regulatory winds weren’t at their back, Tabcorp-Tatts chose to withdraw their ACCC application and apply instead to the court-run ACT. The ACT gave its thumbs-up based on its view that the union offered consumers more potential benefits than harms.

A mysteriously flush student from Belfast is suing UK-licensed online bookmaker Bet365 for refusing to pay out nearly £1m in race betting winnings.

On Sunday, the Telegraph reported on the hard luck tale of one Megan McCann, a 19-year-old Northern Ireland student who somehow found enough money left over after picking up that week’s Ramen noodles to wager nearly £25k on the ponies last June. McCann placed a total of 960 £13 accumulator wagers across four separate races on June 22, 2016, resulting in winnings worth a hefty £985k.

Bet365 originally congratulated McCann on her betting bonanza but then suspended and ultimately closed her account, while declining to transmit McCann’s winnings based on the bookie’s belief that she’d violated the account’s terms and conditions by allowing a third party to fund her betting activity.

Bet365 went as far as to refuse to return McCann’s original betting stake based on the company’s suspicion that McCann is “guilty of criminal offences including fraud by false representation, cheating or attempted cheating.”