A small business owner and poker player in Connecticut has pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion. The man faces a maximum jail time of up to five years.
Guy Smith, age 62, of Shelton, Connecticut has waived his right to be indicted earlier this December. He pled guilty instead to tax evasion on his business income and winnings from poker. According to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut, Smith owns Centerline Interiors LLC, a commercial interior construction business, but his main income came from playing in poker tournaments within the country.
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Today the final table of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event will be played. A field of 907 players entered the tournament for $5,250 each, which means that that host of the tournament must add some $500k to cover the $5 million guarantee. Now, after several days of play, the original starting field has become a final table of 9 - who will be fighting for a 1 million dollar first-place prize! 
After four days of play, the final table of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guarantee Championship Event is set! Blair Hinkle, a WPT bracelet winner and a player with $1m+ tied up at Full Tilt Poker since Black Friday, leads the final 6 players with a stack of 22.8 million, and his closest opponent is Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo (more than $6 million in lifetime tournament earnings) with 18.5 million chips.
