Connor Richards
@crichards1995
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Editor & Live Reporter @PokerNews. Host of Life Outside Poker. Two-time Global Poker Award finalist https://t.co/yCKIdASk1k
Las Vegas, Nevada
Joined February 2018
Steve Albini wasn’t just a legendary music figure who recorded classic albums by Nirvana, Pixies & The Breeders. He was also a lifelong poker player who played in a weekly Chicago home game for 20 years. Here is the story of Steve Albini’s poker game.
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BREAKING: Commissioners Tanner Ainge and Nathan Ivie vote to postpone meeting since attendees aren’t adhering to public health guidelines. #utpol
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Jason Koon (@jasonkoon) won't be in Day 2 of the @WSOP $250K Super High Roller as he voided his stack to be with his wife in labor with their second child.
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RIP Sally Kellerman. Here’s a timely clip from her appearance on the 2nd On Cinema Oscar Special @timheidecker @greggturkington @OCATCOfficial
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Someone at my table just four-bet all in and then left to go to the bathroom while his opponent was thinking #wsop
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Some thoughts on the Jake and Ali coverage in the WSOP Main Event, from a live reporter’s perspective
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Aliaksandr Shylko FaceTimes a friend after taking down the @PokerStars Players Championship for $3,121,838
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Uh oh! Bryn Kenney and Martin Zamani seated side by side in the @PokerStars $25k High Roller
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Me and the cocktail waitress once I finally win a South Point daily
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Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker is chip leading the @wsop $10k Stud 8 Championship with 36 players remaining
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The two-time defending champion @junglemandan has arrived in the @WSOP $50k Poker Players Championship
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INBOX: Alliance for a Better Utah is calling for @BurgessOwens and @RepChrisStewart to resign after they voted to overturn the election results in Pennsylvania. #utpol
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Deznat person: I won't take you seriously if you list your pronouns in your bio. Their bio: Father, patriarch, man, male, son, boy, bloke, lad.
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BREAKING: A Michigan jury finds Jeffery Bernard Morris GUILTY on both counts for murdering poker player Susie Zhao in July 2020. Article to come shortly for @pokernews.
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I spoke w/ @Jbex2417 about his non-GTO playing style:. “I’m a live guy. I look at the guy and (think) ‘Does he have it or not?’ Which I think these computer guys think I’m an idiot by saying shit like that. But that’s really how I play, man.”.
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HEARTWARMING: @martin_zamani busted @FossilMan in the $25k PSPC and was gifted a personalized fossil from the 2004 WSOP Main Event champ
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“Spending valuable time with prolonged debate. would hinder our ability to handle more pressing matters at hand.” . This would have more weight if Wilson hadn’t been wearing a Jazz jersey in the House today while considering a res. to say Donovan Mitchell is better than Shaq.
My statement in response to Rep. Stoddard opening a bill file to impeach Attorney General Sean Reyes:
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Eli Elezra and Chino Rheem are heads-up for a bracelet in the $10k PLO8 Championship!! Follow along on @PokerNews
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Still alive in the WSOP Media Event. Currently 36 of 5 with $0 up top. Send the run good🙏🏻
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Ali Imsirovic is playing in the WSOP $1,500 Monster Stack
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A reader has been complaining for weeks that I wrote in an article that allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election are "unsubstantiated." Today, he informed me that he wrote a letter to Donald Trump complaining about me. #partylikeajournalist
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BREAKING: Jeffery Bernard Morris, who last month was found guilty of murdering poker pro Susie Zhao, is sentenced to life in prison w/o parole.
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Got 2nd place in the $75 daily tournament at @HorseshoeVegas for $665. First time getting heads-up in a live event so super happy to get the experience despite not taking it down
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“We can disagree without hating each other” is an interesting message from someone who just last week endorsed a congressional candidate who has called Democratic leadership evil, sociopathic and miserable. #utpol.
I’m not sure this has ever been done before. but as our national political dialogue continues to decline, my opponent @PetersonUtah and I decided to try something different. We can disagree without hating each other. Let’s make Utah an example to the nation. #StandUnited #utpol
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Hyperbole and fear mongering is what got Owens elected. #utpol.
Hyperbole and fear mongering may help the mainstream media's ratings, but it's certainly not helping our country.
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This player just won a five-way all in with KK and KO’d four players in a @WPT @HardRockHolly side event
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Young/Dumb co-founder says “anti-Mormon publications” are overhyping BYU Covid spread and questions whether the Utah County Health Dept. is “telling the truth” about what’s causing the spike in cases. #utpol
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.@DavidSalituro is truly one of the hardest-working people in the poker industry. Today is his birthday and he celebrated by interviewing @RealKidPoker after he won his seventh @WSOP bracelet. Happy birthday, David!
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My good friend, colleague and former bedmate @Liamgannon99 has won FOUR Las Vegas dailies this summer! Tell him congrats if you see him live reporting your @WSOP event
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Today is my first day as an Editor & Live Reporter for @PokerNews! Super excited for this opportunity to continue learning and growing in this great industry. U.S. poker folks: send tips and story ideas!.
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👀 @ikepoker check-jams the river on @michael_addamo in the @tritonpoker @WSOP $1 million invitational
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Personal news: Last Tuesday was my last day at the Daily Herald. I’m going to be freelancing for awhile, including two months of live reporting at the World Series of Poker for @PokerNews. I’ll miss the Herald but couldn’t be more excited for this opportunity.
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2 Utah County businesses told staff to ignore COVID-19 guidelines, resulting in 68 positive cases.
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Day 5 of the Wynn Millions Main Event has wrapped up with @VanessaKade bagging 10.35 mil to lead the 9 remaining players. Final table Friday at noon. $1.65 million for 1st.
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Had the honor of playing bass for a song at the @lowtheband tribute show at @VelourLive. We covered their moving track “Over the Ocean.” One of my favorite bands. Rest in peace Mimi Parker
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.@FrancisPoker123 chip leading the @BorgataPoker Mystery Bounty with the most magnificent chip tower I’ve ever seen
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Had a fun time covering @Erik_Seidel’s tenth bracelet victory almost a year to the day after profiling him for @PokerNews. Read about the Poker Hall of Famer joining the exclusive 10-bracelet club w/ Phil Ivey, Johnny Chan & Doyle Brunson:.
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Sick hand from the Main today where @golferjosh flopped quads and eliminated two opponents with AK. Had to dodge the Qs as one opponent had AsKs #wsop
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I am in the money of the @WSOP Casino Employees event. 179 left with $1,002 locked. #teampokernews
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Nine-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Famer @Erik_Seidel leads the final table in €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em here at EPT Barcelona! .
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.@Erik_Seidel is chip leading the final table of the @WSOP Paradise $50k Super High Roller as he hunts for his 10th bracelet!
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King of slow rolls @shaundeeb just got accidentally slow rolled in Day 1a of the @WSOP Main Event
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I am in the money of my first @WSOP Circuit event! I have decided that poker tournaments aren’t that difficult and I don’t know why more people aren’t doing this!
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Today I got to speak with @brikeilarcnn about Wednesday’s Utah County Commission meeting that was packed with residents opposed to mandatory masks in public K-12 schools. #utpol 1/2
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I am thrilled to be launching a new podcast for @PokerNews where I talk to poker players w/ successful careers outside of poker! . For the first episode I spoke w/ @Farah_Galfond about acting, high-stakes cash & balancing poker with family life: .
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BREAKING: Emails from Utah County health officials name Built Bar in American Fork and Wasatch Truss in Spanish Fork as the two businesses linked to COVID-19 hotspots. Story coming soon. #utpol.
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Poker Hall of Famer Eli Elezra (@elielezra1) defeated Chino Rheem to win his fifth bracelet and $611,362 in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship!.
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Getting three-bet with KK vs. Getting four-bet with KK
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Big news as @VenetianVegas announced a brand-new poker room for this summer:. - 50 tables & 14,000 square feet (largest in Las Vegas) .- Dedicated “streaming room” .- Second floor near parking/Grand Canal Shoppes.
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We may have ICM chopped the $100 Orleans nightly 7 ways for $1.2k. From what I have read you should always chop #neverturndownachop
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@Angry_Polak and @shaundeeb appear to have settled their differences
Shaun I'd sleep with you during the wsop but I'd feel bad for winning the GPI charitable initiative award two years in a row.
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Bryn Kenney has arrived to play the $100k Super High Roller at PCA.
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Paulina "Poker Bunny" Loeliger appeared to attempt to mix her cards in the muck to avoid showdown today during the PCA Main Event. Loeliger did something similar in the Wynn Millions Main Event in March 2022 (screenshot below).
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"With all due respect, almost nothing you said there was factually accurate." Marc Lamont Hill slams West Jordan Rep. Steve Christansen's comments about CRT. #utpol.
It was like listening to a book report from someone who had only quickly read Wikipedia.
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Here it is! My research paper in the 2018 Hinckley Journal of Politics. Thank you to my mentors at @UUtah that guided me through this project, especially @sgomez626 and @staceymarie430
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