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Josh Reichard

@Aaron Johnson @Aaron Massey @Blake Bohn

Biography Josh Reichard is a poker pro from Janesville, Wisconsin who was inducted into the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Hall of Fame in September 2022, becoming just the 10th member of the club. He won an MSPT event in 2013 in Milwaukee and has 26 cashes on tour overall. Reichard has over $2 million in lifetime live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. His greatest claim to fame isn’t his MSPT Hall of Fame honor. It’s his prowess in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit events. In September 2022, he won the $1,700 buy-in WSOP Circuit Main Event at the Horseshoe in Council Bluffs, Iowa for over $120,000. In doing so, he earned his 13th career Circuit ring, putting him just one spot shy of record-holder Maurice Hawkins. Reichard has become one of the top mid-stakes live tournament players in the United States. In fact, he’s sixth on Wisconsin’s all-time money list, although it will be tough to catch up to the G.O.A.T. Phil Hellmuth, who has 16 WSOP bracelets and $28 million in earnings. He’s also had some success in World Series of Poker bracelet events in Las Vegas $191,000 in total cashes. One of the few remaining missing accomplishments on his impressive live tournament resume is a WSOP bracelet.

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Kyna England

@Aaron Johnson @Aaron Massey @Blake Bohn

Biography Kyna England is an American poker player with over $800,000 in career earnings who was named the 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Player of the Year. She can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. England, originally from Illinois, enjoyed a breakout year in 2021 after leaving her job in the insurance industry to pursue a professional poker career. England finished third in the MSPT Riverside Main Event for $73,782 and later finished third in the WPT Venetian Main Event for $448,755. She followed that up later that year with victory in the MSPT Canterbury Park Main Event for $186,709. The Minnesota victory helped her secure the MSPT Season 12 Player of the Year, making her the first female player to earn the POY distinction. “It was a great year,” England told PokerNews in an interview. “It was my first full year playing poker, traveling around a little bit playing poker. I was fortunate enough early on in the year to get a big score.” In September 2022, England landed a partnership with GGPoker’s ClubGG, becoming the first ambassador for the app that lets members win seats into live events around the world. Here’s England’s advice for anyone who wants to leave their full-time job to play poker professionally: “I think you just really have to love it. You have to love what you do, you have to get out there and have fun with it every day. There are days where I’m just like, ‘what am I doing?’ You lose enough and you have to just get used to losing.” England’s upbeat attitude and relationship with GGPoker landed her a spot on the company’s 2023 reality TV poker show, Game of Gold.

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Kyna England

@Aaron Johnson @Aaron Massey @Blake Bohn

Biography Kyna England is an American poker player with over $800,000 in career earnings who was named the 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Player of the Year. She can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. England, originally from Illinois, enjoyed a breakout year in 2021 after leaving her job in the insurance industry to pursue a professional poker career. England finished third in the MSPT Riverside Main Event for $73,782 and later finished third in the WPT Venetian Main Event for $448,755. She followed that up later that year with victory in the MSPT Canterbury Park Main Event for $186,709. The Minnesota victory helped her secure the MSPT Season 12 Player of the Year, making her the first female player to earn the POY distinction. “It was a great year,” England told PokerNews in an interview. “It was my first full year playing poker, traveling around a little bit playing poker. I was fortunate enough early on in the year to get a big score.” In September 2022, England landed a partnership with GGPoker’s ClubGG, becoming the first ambassador for the app that lets members win seats into live events around the world. Here’s England’s advice for anyone who wants to leave their full-time job to play poker professionally: “I think you just really have to love it. You have to love what you do, you have to get out there and have fun with it every day. There are days where I’m just like, ‘what am I doing?’ You lose enough and you have to just get used to losing.” England’s upbeat attitude and relationship with GGPoker landed her a spot on the company’s 2023 reality TV poker show, Game of Gold.

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Kyna England

@Aaron Johnson @Aaron Massey @Blake Bohn

Biography Kyna England is an American poker player with over $800,000 in career earnings who was named the 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Player of the Year. She can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. England, originally from Illinois, enjoyed a breakout year in 2021 after leaving her job in the insurance industry to pursue a professional poker career. England finished third in the MSPT Riverside Main Event for $73,782 and later finished third in the WPT Venetian Main Event for $448,755. She followed that up later that year with victory in the MSPT Canterbury Park Main Event for $186,709. The Minnesota victory helped her secure the MSPT Season 12 Player of the Year, making her the first female player to earn the POY distinction. “It was a great year,” England told PokerNews in an interview. “It was my first full year playing poker, traveling around a little bit playing poker. I was fortunate enough early on in the year to get a big score.” In September 2022, England landed a partnership with GGPoker’s ClubGG, becoming the first ambassador for the app that lets members win seats into live events around the world. Here’s England’s advice for anyone who wants to leave their full-time job to play poker professionally: “I think you just really have to love it. You have to love what you do, you have to get out there and have fun with it every day. There are days where I’m just like, ‘what am I doing?’ You lose enough and you have to just get used to losing.” England’s upbeat attitude and relationship with GGPoker landed her a spot on the company’s 2023 reality TV poker show, Game of Gold.

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Kyna England

@Aaron Johnson @Aaron Massey @Blake Bohn

Biography Kyna England is an American poker player with over $800,000 in career earnings who was named the 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Player of the Year. She can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. England, originally from Illinois, enjoyed a breakout year in 2021 after leaving her job in the insurance industry to pursue a professional poker career. England finished third in the MSPT Riverside Main Event for $73,782 and later finished third in the WPT Venetian Main Event for $448,755. She followed that up later that year with victory in the MSPT Canterbury Park Main Event for $186,709. The Minnesota victory helped her secure the MSPT Season 12 Player of the Year, making her the first female player to earn the POY distinction. “It was a great year,” England told PokerNews in an interview. “It was my first full year playing poker, traveling around a little bit playing poker. I was fortunate enough early on in the year to get a big score.” In September 2022, England landed a partnership with GGPoker’s ClubGG, becoming the first ambassador for the app that lets members win seats into live events around the world. Here’s England’s advice for anyone who wants to leave their full-time job to play poker professionally: “I think you just really have to love it. You have to love what you do, you have to get out there and have fun with it every day. There are days where I’m just like, ‘what am I doing?’ You lose enough and you have to just get used to losing.” England’s upbeat attitude and relationship with GGPoker landed her a spot on the company’s 2023 reality TV poker show, Game of Gold.

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Blake Bohn

@Aaron Johnson @Aaron Massey @Blake Bohn

Biography With more than $3.4 million in lifetime tournament earnings (as of January 2023) on the Hendon Mob, Blake Bohn sits atop Minnesotas all-time money list. He made a name for himself on the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT), where hes won nearly $700,000 and claimed a record-tying four Main Event titles (hes currently tied with Dan Bekavac). Bohns first win came in the 2014 MSPT Grand Falls for $54,607, and the following year he won the MSPT Meskwaki for $101,229. In 2018, he took down the MSPT Canterbury Park for $94,766 and his third MSPT title, and more recently won the MSPT Running Aces in December 2022 for $181,864 and his fourth MSPT victory! Bohn also has three runner-up finishes on the MSPT, meaning if the cards had gone his way he could have even more titles! Appropriately, Bohn is a member of both the MSPT Hall of Fame and the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame. Bohns largest career score of $288,171 actually came in 2013 when he finished runner-up to Jonathan Taylor in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Holdem. Other big scores include $262,574 for placing 23rd in the 2015 WSOP Main Event; $249,438 for taking seventh in the 2014 SHRPO $5,300 Main Event; and $213,999 for finishing fifth in the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) $3,500 Borgata Championship. Bohn can be followed on Twitter @bkbohn.

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Kyna England

@Aaron Johnson @Aaron Massey @Blake Bohn

Biography Kyna England is an American poker player with over $800,000 in career earnings who was named the 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Player of the Year. England, originally from Illinois, enjoyed a breakout year in 2021 after leaving her job in the insurance industry to pursue a professional poker career. England finished third in the MSPT Riverside Main Event for $73,782 and later finished third in the WPT Venetian Main Event for $448,755. She followed that up later that year with victory in the MSPT Canterbury Park Main Event for $186,709.

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Josh Reichard

@Aaron Johnson @Aaron Massey @Blake Bohn

Biography Josh Reichard is a poker pro from Janesville, Wisconsin who was inducted into the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Hall of Fame in September 2022, becoming just the 10th member of the club. He won an MSPT event in 2013 in Milwaukee and has 26 cashes on tour overall. Reichard has over $2 million in lifetime live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. His greatest claim to fame isn’t his MSPT Hall of Fame honor. It’s his prowess in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit events.

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Blake Bohn

@Aaron Johnson @Aaron Massey @Blake Bohn

Biography With more than $3.4 million in lifetime tournament earnings (as of January 2023) on the Hendon Mob, Blake Bohn sits atop Minnesotas all-time money list. He made a name for himself on the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT), where hes won nearly $700,000 and claimed a record-tying four Main Event titles (hes currently tied with Dan Bekavac). Bohns first win came in the 2014 MSPT Grand Falls for $54,607, and the following year he won the MSPT Meskwaki for $101,229. In 2018, he took down the MSPT Canterbury Park for $94,766 and his third MSPT title, and more recently won the MSPT Running Aces in December 2022 for $181,864 and his fourth MSPT victory!

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WPT Global: Four Top Tips For Getting Value Out Of Suited Connectors

@Aaron Johnson @Aaron Massey @Blake Bohn

Suited connectors can feel like an easy hand to play, but they can get new players in trouble. Because suited connectors promise you a chance of hitting big hands (or draws to big hands) like straights and flushes, these hands can be a source of big wins. But they can also lead players astray, causing you to chase the wrong end of a draw or to overplay a weak pair.

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