Rafa Nadal's double fault against Vanessa Selbst
In today's Daily Rewind we swap balls for cards with Rafa Nadal and Karin Bruteig strips off her clothes at the table in Dublin.
Selbst aces Nadal
In a not totally unpredictable result, Vanessa Selbst triumphed over Rafa Nadal in their heads-up encounter over the weekend.
Set-up in aid of charity and as a way for Nadal to continue his evolution as a poker player, the match took place inside the plush surroundings of Casino de Monte Carlo and when the betting was over he was quick to praise his latest challenger.
Describing Vanessa as "a strong opponent", the Spanish tennis pro may not have won his latest poker challenge but can still revel in his previous achievements, which include beating Daniel Negreanu last December.
With Selbst left to bask in the glory of another live win, Nadal headed off to prepare for the ATP Monte Carlo Masters where he'll be looking to claim a record ninth title.
Alvarado's spring success
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The Borgata might be embroiled in a $9 million legal battle against Phil Ivey over his use of Punto Banco edge-sorting techniques, but that didn't stop the casino from dishing out over $1 million in their Spring Poker Open this weekend.
Ahead of the WPT World Championship which will take place next week, the New Jersey casino recently hosted a $1 million guaranteed event and by the time 2,483 players had anted-up $560 to play, that figure had been smashed.
As ever some of the world's top grinders were in action at the start of play, but by the time yesterday's final table got underway it was Carlos Alvarado that took charge.
With the session drawing to a close a four-way deal between Alvarado, Adam Pace, Kevin Grabel and Philip Neiman was agreed and after locking up $127,652 each it was Alvarado that eventually scooped the title.
Poker in the buff
It's not every day an impromptu game of strip poker breaks out in a real tournament, but that's exactly what happened in Dublin this weekend.
With the Norwegian Poker Championships in full swing (we're not quite sure why it was being held in Ireland), Karin Bruteig found herself stripping down to her underwear after losing a bet to Ola Amundsgard.
Despite being surrounded by men, the confident grinder honoured the bet much to the delight of those at her table.
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Question of the Day
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'Trueteller' enjoyed a big day at the virtual felt on Sunday and managed to top the daily leaderboard after scooping $696,502. The hefty haul came courtesy of 'samrostan' who dropped an eye-watering $854,660 to end as the day's biggest loser.
Also running well yesterday and seemingly unfazed by his latest legal troubles was Phil Ivey. Over the course of 743 hands the American pro was able to bank $252,192 and finish comfortably ahead of Hac Dang who raked in $184,363.
Daily Signoff
The Strip Poker World Championships might not have caught on, but for the winner of its inaugural event, poker writer Jon Young, it was a huge success.
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 Daniel Smyth has been working in the poker industry for six years as both a player and writer. He currently has a costly penchant for PLO and provides daily content for PokerStrategy.com. You can learn more about Daniel by clicking here.
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