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Chess Grandmaster Controversially Awards $12K Poker Contest Prize to Boyfriend

Nemo "akaNemsko" Zhou a chess and poker player won a seat into the upcoming WPT World Championship on the WPT Global platform valued at $12,000. She decided to give it away via a contest, which her poker coach and alleged boyfriend Alex "Thallo" Epstein won, and now poker Twitter is crying foul.

The World Poker Tour (WPT) will host a historic event Dec. 12-20 at Wynn Las Vegas with its WPT World Championship, the first ever $15 million guaranteed live poker tournament.