A field of at least six, topped by runaway Jerome Stakes winner Capo Kane, is falling into place for the Feb. 6 $250,000 Withers Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Did Poker Player’s WallStreetBets Reddit Post Help GameStop Stock Close Strong on Friday?
Poker player Daniel Moravec may have helped the GameStop stock price rise late Friday due to a viral post he made on the subreddit forum WallStreetBets. The Minnesota native, who spoke with CardsChat News, discovered a trick to help heavily bankrolled investors buy restricted stocks from Robinhood and other trading apps.
Did this poker player cause a late surge for GameStop stock on Friday? (Image: CardsChat News)
Although the company is headed towards bankruptcy due to its failing stores nationwide, GameStop’s stock (GME) price has risen to unthinkable heights the past week due to a push from Reddit investors such as Moravec, a passionate poker player who now resides in Las Vegas, on the WallStreetBets forum.
The video game retailer’s stock has gone from under $20 per share a few weeks ago to a closing price of $325 on Friday. Earlier in the day, it surpassed $400. Many investors made a killing this past week and believe this is only the beginning. Some investors on Reddit and Twitter anticipate an eventual $1,000 mark.
Express Train Punches Big 'Cap Ticket in San Pasqual
C R K Stable’s Express Train punched his ticket to the March 6 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) Jan. 30 with a 3 1/4-length score in the $200,000 San Pasqual Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.
Will's Secret, Frank's Rockette Sparkle at Oaklawn
Willis Horton Racing’s homebred Will’s Secret is a secret no longer after making the successful jump from maiden winner to stakes winner in the $200,000 Martha Washington Stakes Jan. 30 at Oaklawn Park.
Medina Spirit Narrowly Lands Robert B. Lewis
Favored Medina Spirit repelled Roman Centurian and Hot Rod Charlie to win a three-way photo in the $100,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) Jan. 30 at Santa Anita Park.
Medina Spirit Wins Three-Way Photo to Take Lewis
Favored Medina Spirit repelled Roman Centurian and Hot Rod Charlie to win a three-way photo in the $100,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) Jan. 30 at Santa Anita Park.
Will's Secret Gains Notice in Martha Washington
Willis Horton Racing’s homebred Will’s Secret is a secret no longer after making the successful jump from maiden winner to stakes winner in the $200,000 Martha Washington Stakes Jan. 30 at Oaklawn Park.
Whitsbury Manor Stud Announces Mating Plans for 2021
Proven class and exciting potential are the orders of the day at Whitsbury Manor Stud, whose director Ed Harper has plenty of reasons for optimism ahead of the forthcoming breeding season.
Zaajel Overcomes Adversity to Claim Forward Gal
A gutsy sustained run carried Shadwell Stable’s homebred Zaajel to victory in the $100,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) Jan. 30 at Gulfstream Park, where the Street Sense filly went 2-for-2 while stepping onto the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.
Greatest Honour Posts Decisive Holy Bull Win
Courtlandt Farms’ Greatest Honour launched a strong, four-wide move on the final turn and took a big step forward on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Jan. 30 by winning the $200,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3).
Greatest Honour Posts Decisive Win in Holy Bull
Courtlandt Farms’ Greatest Honour launched a strong, four-wide move on the final turn and took a big step forward on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Jan. 30 by winning the $200,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3).
American Power Breaks Through in Toboggan
American Power made his first stakes appearance in 16 months a winning one, dueling in the stretch before taking command in the final sixteenth of a mile to win the $145,500 Toboggan Stakes (G3) by a half-length Jan. 30 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
$2.4M Sale-Topper Primed for New Career Over Hurdles
St. James’s Square, who has carried with him the millstone of being the seven-figure sales-topper at Keeneland in 2018, is set to pay a second visit to Naas Jan. 31 under circumstances very different to his first.
Drain the Clock Runs Up the Score in Swale Stakes
Time ran out on the five 3-year-olds trying to catch Drain the Clock in the $100,000 Claiborne Farm Swale Stakes (G3) Jan. 30 at Gulfstream Park.
Lieblongs Rolling at Oaklawn After Laying Low in 2020
Owners Alex and JoAnn Lieblong recorded their first career Oaklawn triple Jan. 24, when Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen saddled three winning favorites for the couple.
Pico d'Oro Travels to Aqueduct for Jimmy Winkfield
Sandin Syndicate Stable’s Pico d’Oro notched a stakes win as a juvenile and will look to capitalize on that experience in his 3-year-old debut in the $100,000 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes going seven furlongs Jan. 31 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Chess's Dream Takes Rail Trip to Kitten's Joy Victory
Chess’s Dream followed in the footsteps of his half brother, Casa Creed, when he captured his first stakes race in the $100,000 Kitten’s Joy Stakes Jan. 30 at Gulfstream Park.
After Laying Low in 2020 Lieblongs Rolling at Oaklawn
Owners Alex and JoAnn Lieblong recorded their first career Oaklawn triple Jan. 24, when Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen saddled three winning favorites for the couple.
Doug Polk Wins Five-Hour Grind on Day 34 against Daniel Negreanu
Doug Polk had a huge lead throughout much of the session on Friday, but Daniel Negreanu fought back only to end up suffering another loss. And in doing so, his chances of winning are slowly dwindling away.
Doug Polk is running away with it against Daniel Negreanu. (Image: YouTube)
With just over 4,000 hands left to go out of 25,000, it would take nothing short of a miracle at this point. Negreanu is now down so far that he’d need to win about one small blind every hand, on average, to pull this thing out. We aren’t saying that it’s impossible or that he should just give up. But you must consider the probabilities here.
As Doyle Brunson famously uttered on the Poker After Dark intro, “there’s an old saying in poker, the only thing you need to play this game is a chip and a chair, but to sit down and win against the best, you need a whole lot more.”
Self-Sabotage: 5 Destructive, Stack-Crippling Thoughts and How to Avoid Them
Winning poker players become winners because we think. We read. We watch videos. We’re part of poker discussion groups, and we consider our poker action before we make it. We do all of these things to gain edges over our competition.
We gain an edge because we understand and apply poker strategy better than our opponents do.
Implosions are a regular occurrence in Las Vegas. That doesn’t mean, you should let them happen to you at the poker table. (Image: RivieraHotel.com)
Ironically, however, our thinking can sometimes get us into trouble; serious trouble. With just one blunder, we can destroy a stack that was built over an entire session of good play.