Industry Insiders: Andy Rich Brings PokerNews Cup to Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Yesterday, the PokerNews Cup returned with an $1,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD Main Event at Golden Nugget Las Vegas. There are still two starting flights left on Saturday and Sunday to take a shot at the guaranteed seven-figure prize pool.
The PokerNews Cup is part of the Golden Nugget 14th Annual Grand Poker Series, which features 81 events and offers over $3 million in guaranteed prize money from May 31-July 3. The tournament, which runs June 24-28, will be live reported here on PokerNews, and there will also be a live-streamed feature table on Day 2 as well as final table action on Tuesday’s Day 3 finale.
The man responsible for making it happen, as well as giving away 100 seats to the tournament, was Director of Poker Operations Andy Rich, a longtime poker industry veteran. As part of PokerNews’ continuing Industry Insiders series, we caught up with Rich to learn more about the man making things happen in downtown Vegas’ last remaining poker room.