Welcome to a very special episode of the GRID, where the winner of the Platinum Poker Hand competition is unveiled. Over 70 entrants from all over the United States and Canada, competed for the delicious prize, a 30K package to play in the PokerStars Players Championships, set for the Bahamas in January 2023.

After narrowing over 70 entrants to six fantastic finalists, a dream team of judges helped pick the winner.

Maria Ho, Award winning broadcaster with over four million dollars in poker earnings.   

Alex O’Brien, poker player, science writer and author of the upcoming book, The Truth Detective.

Sam Grafton, PokerStars Ambassador with over 12 million dollars in earnings, with a master’s degree in literary theory.  

Keith “Accidental Grenade” Becker- PokerStars ambassador and streamer, and former GRID guest.

Mark “Naigo1” Foresta- PokerStars Ambassador and streamer at https://www.twitch.tv/naigo1

Brad Willis- former PokerStars blog editor, current poker.org editor, and host/producer of the renowned true crime podcast, Murder Etc.  

The podcast itself reveals the winner. If you’d like to play along and pick your favorite, enjoy reading and watching all six finalists before listening to the final three minutes.

Listed in the same random order that they appeared on the pod:

1.       James Tedrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09vHR0o9AfA

2.       Davis Harari: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DnqsnFilg8PFe-KByNpVTaz9KecCmi4R/edit

3.       Nicole Pamela Cervenka: https://vimeo.com/780795467/78200df845

4.       Matt Glassman: https://mattglassman.substack.com/p/j-3-offsuit-and-the-monster-ballads

5.       Dan Schill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Rx4T8wYy0

6.       Lisa Gjaltema: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AvAD6EqTk-4yF1QEJ0ny29KuQiSMF8M3HQP07E7FB1o/edit

Thank you again to the entrants, judges and to everyone at Stars who made this prize possible. Find out more about the PSPC here: https://www.pokerstarslive.com/pspc/

Good luck to everyone playing, especially Platinum Poker Hand finalist revealed in this episode: See YOU in the Bahamas!!

The GRID is sponsored by PokerStars. Logo art photo by Kyle Cassidy, intro music “Gotta Switch it On” by Grace Mesa. This special episode was produced by Daniel Meirom and edited/mixed by Quinn Waters.

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