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Jesse Lonis Wins PGT Sprint Event #3 and Breaks Into PGT Championship Top 40
Jesse Lonis won PGT Sprint Event #3 at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas on Thursday, October 29, topping a 78-entry field in the $5,300 No-Limit Hold'e…
Bo Hoebe Overcomes Nacho Barbero to Win Second WSOP Circuit Ring (€207,000)
Bo Hoebe won the €1,500 World Series of Poker Circuit Madrid Main Event, earning his second WSOP Circuit ring and €207,000 from a €1,164,942 prize poo…
GGPoker Puts $1 Million Guarantees on $11 and $25 Events This November
GGPoker opened its $20 million guaranteed PLO Series on Sunday, November 1. The series runs until November 17. The report calls it the site's second a…
Even the Pros Need Coaching: Faraz Jaka Takes the Hot Seat
Faraz Jaka, a longtime poker pro and founder of JAKAcoaching, is running a monthly strategy series called Pros in the Hot Seat. Jaka steps out of his …
$20 Million Gtd PLO Series Returns to GGPoker From November 1
GGPoker is hosting the PLO Series from November 1 to 17, a poker tournament festival focused on Pot-Limit Omaha and its variants, according to PokerNe…
Huge Live & Online Poker Packages Up for Grabs on Power Path in November
Power Path is now a permanent part of PokerStars, according to PokerNews. Players can receive a free $0.50 Step 1 Power Path ticket every day through …
Is This New Poker Room the Best In the World?
The World Poker Tour has started its WPT Seoul series, a 46-event schedule running from October 30 to November 9, according to the source report from …
Same Guarantee, Smaller Buy-in Main Event Headlines RGPS Bay Area
The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) returns to Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park, California, from November 12-22, 2026. The festival features 18 rin…
This Week in Poker: October 26–30, 2026
Adrian Mateos finished first on the Poker Masters leaderboard with 451 points, earning the Purple Jacket and a $25,000 PGT Passport. Jeremy Ausmus, hi…
CNP Winamax Grand Final Targets 3,000 Entries, Here's How to Beat the Queues
CNP Winamax expects more than 3,000 entries for the Grand Final Main Event in Madrid this November, according to the source report. Organisers say the…
Lose Less, Win More: The Fundamentals of Big Blind Defense
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WSOP Main Event Champ is Looking for Poker's Next Big Star
Lucas Jumalon, the reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, has been named a global ambassador for the new WSOP Academy app, accordi…
Umut Ozturk Wins MSPT Spade Poker Championship for $280,290
Umut Ozturk captured the MSPT Spade Poker Championship at FireKeepers Casino, earning $280,290 for the victory. The win propelled Ozturk to the top of…
Shawn Murphy Wins RGPS Houston $600 Main Event for $51,000
Shawn Murphy won the Regional Poker Series (RGPS) Houston $600 Main Event at Champions Club Texas, taking down the title and $51,000 after defeating G…
Adrian Mateos Beats Nick Schulman to Win Poker Masters Event #5 for $229,500
Adrian Mateos claimed victory in Poker Masters Event #5, a $10,500 buy-in tournament, defeating Nick Schulman to capture the title and $229,500 in pri…
Nicholas “Nicky P” Palma Wins 2026 Poker Masters Event #2 for $235,200
Nicholas "Nicky P" Palma won Poker Masters Event #2, claiming his first PGT title and $235,200 in prize money. Palma defeated Adrian Mateos, a six-tim…
This Week in Poker: October 12–16, 2026
Brandon Wilson captured the Super High Roller Bowl title during the week of October 12-16, 2026, marking a significant victory in high-stakes poker. T…
Caribbean Stud Poker Guide: Rules, Strategy, and Jackpot Tips
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PGT Championship Freeroll Returns in January With $250,000 for the Winner
The Professional Poker Tour announced details for its Championship Freeroll scheduled for January 11 and 12, offering a $250,000 prize pool to the win…
Myles Mullaly Wins 2026 Poker Masters Event #1 for $218,400
Myles Mullaly captured the opening event of the 2026 Poker Masters, defeating Justin Zaki in heads-up play to claim his first Professional Poker Tour …
Battle of Malta Returns With Record €1.5 Million Main Event Guarantee
Battle of Malta returns to Casino Malta from October 27 to November 4 with its largest Main Event guarantee to date. The €1.5 million guaranteed prize…
Brandon Wilson Takes Super High Roller Bowl XI Ring and $1,125,000 in Las Vegas
Brandon Wilson claimed victory at Super High Roller Bowl XI in Las Vegas, capturing $1,125,000 and his sixth PGT title. Wilson prevailed in a final ta…
South Africa’s Adriaan Jacobs Wins the Inaugural African Poker Championship Main Event
Adriaan Jacobs from South Africa won the inaugural African Poker Championship Main Event, taking home $48,000 after completing a flush on the turn dur…
Maxime Parys Turns Late Re-Entry Into Unibet Open Marrakech Title
Maxime Parys seized a late opportunity to capture the Unibet Open Marrakech Main Event title after re-entering during the final moments of late regist…
Stu Ungar: The Poker Genius Behind “The Kid”
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Who Are the Top 5 Forgotten Heros in Poker History?
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Alex Foxen Wins Tenth PokerGo Tour Title at Poker Masters
Alex Foxen won the sixth event of the PokerGO Tour's Poker Masters series, capturing a $10,100 no-limit hold'em tournament for $280,000. The victory m…
David Coleman is the 2025 Poker Masters Series Champion
David Coleman secured the 2025 Poker Masters Series championship on the PokerGO Tour following the series conclusion at the Aria in Las Vegas. Coleman…
Jonas Kronwitter Wins 2026 PGT PLO Series With Two Titles in Las Vegas
Jonas Kronwitter captured the 2026 PGT PLO Series championship by winning two events and cashing five times total, accumulating 598 points according t…
Felipe Boianovsky Completes First SCOOP and WCOOP $10K Main Event Double
Felipe Boianovsky won the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event, earning $551,632 and achieving a historic double by becoming the first player to win both the SCOO…
MSPT Spade Poker Championship Shatters Promise by More Than $1 Million
The MAJOR Series of Poker Tour, formerly the Mid-Stakes Poker Tour, exceeded its $1.5 million guarantee by over $1 million at FireKeepers Casino in Mi…
This Week in Poker: Sept 28–Oct 2
Felipe Boianovsky made World Championship of Online Poker history this week, according to PokerTube. The specific nature of Boianovsky's achievement w…
Gigantic Bad Beat Jackpot Hit in Canada During MSPT Event
A straight flush lost to a higher straight flush at Montreal's Playground Casino, triggering a massive bad beat jackpot during a Mid-States Poker Tour…
Alex Foxen Does it Again at the PokerGO Tour Pot Limit II Hold’em Series
Alex Foxen captured his second PokerGO Tour victory of 2025 by winning the Pot Limit Omaha II series event at the Aria in Las Vegas. The $5,100 Quattr…
Daniil Kiselev Turns 23,000 Chips Into $1 Million at the Mediterranean Poker Party
Daniil Kiselev authored a redemption story at the 2026 Mediterranean Poker Party, transforming near-catastrophe into a $1 million triumph in the Main …
Red Dragon Plus Championship Leads Jeju’s $2.86 Million Headline Slate
LES A Casino in Jeju, South Korea fires up one of Asia's most ambitious poker schedules this October with a 15-day festival that spans 123 events and …
James Chen Turns a $107,000 Win Into $239,000 With Eight Bounties
James Chen took down Event #4 of a tournament series with a first-place finish worth $107,000, but the real payday came from the eight bounties he col…
Alexandra Botez Wins ClubWPT Gold’s Poker Champs for $250,000
Alexandra Botez added another significant score to her resume, capturing ClubWPT Gold's Poker Champs tournament and the $250,000 first prize. The comp…
Benny Glaser Wins Two WCOOP Titles in One Night for Record 19
Benny Glaser added two more trophies to his WCOOP collection Saturday night, winning the $530 Stud and $530 HORSE tournaments in a single evening. The…
Aleksandr Razinkov Wins MPP’s $3,300 Paradise Mystery Bounty
Aleksandr Razinkov captured the MPP's $3,300 Paradise Mystery Bounty tournament in Cyprus, navigating through a 290-player field to claim the title. T…
Marek Uharček Wins €1,500 PLO Championship at King’s Million for €95,000
Marek Uharček captured the €1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at King's Resort in the Czech Republic, defeating Lucas Giebing in heads-up play to cla…
This Week in Poker: Sept 21–25
WSOP Online crowned two first-time bracelet winners this week, adding to the year's steady stream of new voices claiming poker's most coveted hardware…
Robert Chorlian Beats Lautaro Guerra for First PGT Title in PLO Series Event #2
Robert Chorlian secured his first Poker Go Tour title by winning PGT PLO Series Event #2, capturing $135,150 after a decisive heads-up victory against…
Renan Bruschi Becomes First Four-Time Winner at WCOOP 2026
Renan Bruschi cemented his place in PokerStars' WCOOP history by claiming two tournament titles in consecutive days, pushing his 2026 series total to …
Aliaksei Chernak Wins King’s Million EPC Deepstack for €54,800
Aliaksei Chernak captured the €400 EPC Deepstack title at King's Resort Rozvadov, banking €54,800 after outlasting a field of 1,054 players at the Kin…
RunGood Holds the Guarantee at $200,000, and St. Louis Keeps Filling the Room
RunGood returns to Hollywood Casino St. Louis this October with a $200,000 guaranteed Main Event that shows the regional poker circuit's staying power…
Triton ONE Northern Cyprus Offers Free Hotel Stays to First 50 New Players
Triton Poker is rolling out an aggressive recruitment play for its November stop in Northern Cyprus. The series operator announced it will cover hotel…
David Stefanski Wins Borgata’s $10,200 Big, Big Baller for $169,220
David Stefanski has turned a hot streak into cold cash at Borgata Atlantic City. The poker grinder took down the $10,200 Big, Big Baller tournament fo…
Flip Crowns First-Ever Mississippi State Poker Champion
Amy Batson secured her place in Mississippi poker history by winning a coin flip that determined who would take the title of the state's inaugural pok…
Terje Bengtsen Wins The Festival Malta Main Event for €65,001 as Record Week Closes at Portomaso
Terje Bengtsen outlasted a field of high rollers to claim the €550 Main Event title at The Festival Malta, banking €65,001 in the process. The Norwegi…
Viorel Gavrila Wins King’s Million EPC Mini Main Event, Beats 4,389-Entry Field
Viorel Gavrila secured the first trophy of the King's Million European Poker Tour at King's Casino in Rozvadov by defeating a massive 4,389-entry fiel…
Patrick Leonard Wins 15th WCOOP Title to Take Sole Second Place All-Time
Patrick Leonard cemented his place as one of poker's tournament grinders by capturing his 15th World Championship of Online Poker title, a $530 turbo …
Marius Alexandru Gicovanu Wins OLA Rozvadov Main Event
Marius Alexandru Gicovanu claimed the OLA Poker Tour Rozvadov 2026 Main Event title, defeating Vikesh Shah in heads-up play to secure €44,475. The Rom…
This Week in Poker: Sept 14–18
# This Week in Poker: Sept 14–18 The poker world delivered a packed schedule this week, with three separate storylines dominating the conversation fr…
888poker LIVE London Keeps Its £250,000 Guarantee and Reprices the High Roller
# 888poker LIVE London Maintains Main Event Guarantee as High Roller Gets Repriced 888poker LIVE London returns to The Vic October 8 through 18 with …
Sergei Saakian Wins Five Titles at One Venetian Series
Sergei Saakian turned the Venetian's August DeepStack Showdown into his personal playground, capturing five tournament titles in a two-week stretch th…
The Festival Malta Passes the Halfway Point
The Festival Malta has crossed its midway mark with two marquee tournaments already crowned, while four days of remaining action promise high stakes a…
Two Days After Heartbreak, Nick Schulman Banks $3.85 Million in Jeju
Nick Schulman claimed the biggest payday of his storied career on the Triton circuit, banking $3.85 million for his victory in Jeju just two days afte…
Ben Tollerene Wins $652,000 in Triton Bounty Quattro
Ben Tollerene added another trophy to his Triton resume, claiming victory in the Bounty Quattro event at Jeju II and banking $652,000 in a dominant tw…
Virginia’s First WSOP Circuit Main Event Has a Champion
Virginia landed its first WSOP Circuit Main Event champion, marking a milestone for poker in the Commonwealth. A local player navigated a packed 665-e…
Matthew Wantman Claims First Triton Title in $50,000 Jeju Event
Matthew Wantman captured his first Triton Poker Series title Sunday, defeating Nick Schulman in heads-up play at the $50,000 buy-in event in Jeju to c…
WPT World Championship Schedule: A $400 Route to $3 Million
The World Poker Tour shifts its championship vision with a restructured model that democratizes access to serious money. The 2024 WPT World Championsh…
Pedro Padilha Claims First Triton Poker Series Crown in Jeju
Pedro Padilha captured his first Triton Poker Series title in Jeju, South Korea, by defeating Nick Petrangelo in heads-up play for a $1.4 million firs…
Phil Ivey Runs Into Aces in Four-Way Collision at Triton Jeju II
Phil Ivey's run at Triton Jeju II ended in brutal fashion when he ran into pocket aces during a four-way all-in collision in the $40,000 Mystery Bount…
Blake Ellinghaus Wins WPT bestbet Scramble Championship for $294,900
Blake Ellinghaus cashed in on a bargain satellite ticket to claim the WPT bestbet Scramble Championship at bestbet Jacksonville in September 2026, ban…
Khoa Anh Ngo Turns Two Triton ONE Titles Into a Seven-Figure Super High Roller Win
Khoa Anh Ngo cashed in on back-to-back Triton ONE titles by converting momentum into a seven-figure score at the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju …
Prague’s Cheaper Buy-In Opens a New Path to Live League Points
European Poker Tour's Prague Main Event just shifted the competitive landscape. The flagship tournament drops back to a €1,100 buy-in after two years …
Klemens Roiter Wins First Triton Poker Title in Jeju for $771,000
Klemens Roiter captured his first Triton Poker title in Jeju, South Korea, defeating Alejandro Lococo in heads-up play to secure $771,000 in prize mon…
Unibet Open Heads to Marrakech for 11-Day, 30-Plus Event Festival
Unibet Open returns to Morocco this fall with an ambitious 11-day festival running September 24 through October 4 at Casino de Marrakech. The series d…
WCOOP Turns 25, Sharing Opening Day With an Even Bigger Guarantee
PokerStars launches the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on September 6, marking the series' 25th anniversary with an ambitious slate that i…
RunGood Poker Series Teams Up With TCPS for Its Aruba Debut
RunGood Poker Series has secured its first Caribbean foothold through a partnership with The Caribbean Poker Series, bringing three ring events to the…
Tokyo’s Loss Sends Japanese Players Toward Seoul and Manila
The World Poker Tour pulled the plug on its Tokyo stop, forcing Japanese players and international tourists to pivot their travel plans. The Japan Esp…
RunGood’s Mississippi Poker Championship Heads to Tunica This September
RunGood Poker Series brings its Mississippi Poker Championship to Horseshoe Tunica from September 15-20, marking another stop in the tour's growing re…
Poker Dream Malaysia 26 Sets MYR 4 Million Main Event at Genting Highlands
Poker Dream 26 brings significant tournament infrastructure to Malaysia's premier gaming destination this October. The series runs October 8-19 at Gen…
After Losing WSOP Europe, King’s Resort Builds Its Own €10 Million Flagship
# King's Resort Launches €10 Million Flagship Event After WSOP Europe Loss King's Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, is reclaiming its position as C…
Eric Wasserson Sets New High Stakes Poker Pot Record at $4.26 Million
Eric Wasserson created history at High Stakes Poker on Monday by pushing a $4.26 million pot across the felt, shattering his previous record for the l…
Eric Wasserson Wins Record $2.478 Million Pot on High Stakes Poker
Eric Wasserson bounced back from a brutal Friday session to claim one of the largest pots in High Stakes Poker history, winning a record $2.478 millio…
Barcelona Keeps Handing Fabiano Kovalski His Biggest Paydays
Fabiano Kovalski has turned Barcelona into his personal ATM. The Brazilian pro just captured 385,430 euros in a Mystery Bounty event, marking his fift…
PGT’s Fall Slate Crams Four Majors Into a Single Month
The Poker Game Theory League is cramming an unprecedented concentration of elite poker into September and October, stacking four marquee tournaments i…
kingsluvan Wins 888poker Mystery Bounty as Travel99 Disconnects in Heads-Up
Kingsluvan claimed the 888poker $80,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event title when chip leader Travel99 disconnected during heads-up play and got blinded ou…
Ari Engel Wins WPT Cambodia Championship in Chip Chop and a Flip
Ari Engel secured his latest tournament victory at the WPT Cambodia Championship on August 24, 2026, claiming $91,444 after negotiating a chip chop wi…
One Hand of Heads-Up Play Gives Thomas Eychenne a Second Barcelona Title
Thomas Eychenne has captured his second title at the Barcelona poker festival in rapid fashion. After already winning the 2025 Main Event, Eychenne fa…
Tom Fuchs Wins EPT Barcelona €100,000 Super High Roller
Tom Fuchs added a major trophy to his resume on August 22 when the German pro won the EPT Barcelona €100,000 Super High Roller, collecting €1,126,540 …
Triton’s $200,000 Invitational Finally Comes to Asia
Triton Poker lands its marquee $200,000 Invitational in Jeju, South Korea this September, marking the first time the ultra-high roller pairs event tra…
WSOP Paradise 2026: A $1M Player of the Year Race Meets a $50M Super Main Cut
WSOP Paradise lands at Baha Mar from December 2-17 with twenty bracelet events backed by $120 million in guarantees. The series introduces a $1 millio…
Texas Card House Lines Up Back-to-Back Tournament Festivals for September
Texas Card House locks in dual tournament festivals across its Austin and Dallas properties in September 2026, anchored by the Trailblazer Poker Tour …
Brent Carter, Two-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner, Dies at 77
Brent Carter, a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and one of poker's most consistent mid-stakes grinders, died at 77. Carter accumulated …
Riley Keough to Play Gina Fiore, the Blackjack Player Who Took the DEA to the Supreme Court
Riley Keough will star as Gina Fiore in an HBO drama series adapting Fiore's memoir about her two-decade run beating casinos at blackjack. The project…
What is a WSOP Bracelet Worth?
A World Series of Poker bracelet divides the poker world into two classes. Those who have won one, and those who haven't. But beyond prestige, what's …
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau Checks the Last Trophy Off His List in Cyprus
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau won the Onyx High Roller Championship in Cyprus, collecting $450,000 for the title. The Belarusian pro almost missed the tournam…
Ren Lin Wins King Poker Cup Player of the Series in Jeju
Ren Lin captured the 2026 King Poker Cup Player of the Series honors at the Jeju stop, finishing strong despite a near-miss in the final tournament. T…
Stephen Pang Bags APT Incheon Main Event 2026 for $293,700
Stephen Pang from Hong Kong took down the APT Incheon 2026 Main Event, capturing KRW 411 million (approximately $293,700) in what organizers are calli…
Andrew Chang Bags the $500 Monumental Stack
Andrew Chang pulled off a stunning reversal at the Potomac Poker Open, turning a chip deficit into outright victory through a combination of negotiati…
Five Heads-Up Losses Later, Jeremy Chan Finally Wins One
Jeremy Chan ended a brutal five-match heads-up losing streak by capturing the APT Incheon Super High Roller, collecting $169,650 and punching his tick…
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