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This week’s poker news delivers a variety of features ranging from a big win by Sam Soverel, legal issues for famous poker enthusiast and philanthropist Guy Laliberte, and a sad ending for one player who suffered a bad beat. Let’s take a look at this week’s headlines:

Week 11 was filled with blowouts as six of the eight games at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday were decided by 17 points or more. Things didn’t exactly get more competitive in the afternoon or evening as the rest of the games were all decided by seven or more too. Let’s take a look at the best five games for Week 12 in the hopes that we see some closer contests:

Indianapolis Colts @ Houston Texans

Odds: Texans -3.5

It was a wild week for well-known poker player Daniel Negreanu who won and then lost the World Series of Poker ­Player of the Year honors. We’ll start with that bizarre story as we recap this week’s poker news.

This week's casino news includes disappointing revenue reports from Encore Boston Harbor and the Macau casino industry. Our news report also includes the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas suing an NHL player for unpaid gambling debts. When it was approved by Massachusetts voters in 2012, Encore Boston Harbor was sold to the public as a remedy for the commonwealth's revenue shortages. 

Just when you think you have a good idea of what to expect in the NFL, Week 10 delivered more upsets than most suicide pools could stomach. In the most unpredictable twist yet, the Miami Dolphins are now on a 2-game winning streak. With the Miami Dolphins stunning the Indianapolis Colts and the Atlanta Falcons manhandling the New Orleans Saints as double-digit road dogs, who knows what to expect?

Let’s examine the Week 11 card and examine the best games on the board:

This week’s poker news includes a recap of the 2019 World Series of Poker: Europe Main event, which Alexandros Kolonias won. We’ve got the details for you on this week’s big winner, who is now the most successful Greek poker player of all-time. We also include the latest news on PokerStars' launch in the Pennsylvania online poker market. Let's start with WSOP Europe Main Event. 

This week’s casino news starts us off with a story about the NHL’s newest franchises getting involved with gambling. We include the Las Vegas casino revenues for September 2019, along with an update on the impending sale of the MGM Grand by MGM Resorts.

After a wild week of action in Week 9 where the Miami Dolphins finally won and the New England Patriots finally lost, the attention shifts to Week 10. The highlight of the week comes on Monday Night Football when the undefeated San Francisco 49ers host the 7-2 Seattle Seahawks. With bettor favorites like the Patriots and 5 other teams on bye, Niners-Seahawks is the best of the Week 10 bets to watch, but we’ll see start with four other games that have our attention.

This week’s casino news delivers a range of highs and lows for players at the tables: guitar-shaped casino towers, Vegas resort crashes involving Winnebegos, and a $1.2 million Loto-Quebec jackpot. We’ll start with some good news where one of the most uniquely shaped casinos in the world has finally opened up.

As the World Series of Poker Europe takes places, a number of big poker tournaments are producing big winners. Let’s take a look at three notable wins from this past week.