In just over an hour on Wednesday night, poker history was made. Lucas Jumalon became the second-youngest man to win the World Series of Poker’s Main Event and the first man since Koray Aldemir to go wire-to-wire with the victory. With the win, Jumalon increased his career earnings massively, going from $180,880 in career earnings… Read more »
After a Monday night that seemed like it would last forever, it was a rather rapid Tuesday for the 2026 WSOP Main Event final table. It only took a couple of hours to go from the final seven players, blow past the final three players, and reach the final two survivors in the tournament. On… Read more »
Did the fix actually fix anything? Never has a Poker Hall of Fame election come and gone without controversy. The Powers That Be tried to head off some of the angst this year by tweaking the voting process, but after Jason Koon was the lone inductee this week, some of the top players in the… Read more »
Han Feng has been eliminated from the World Series of Poker Main Event final table in fifth place after a dramatic river card ended his run, earning $2,250,000 for his finish, PokerNews reported. According to PokerNews, Feng was down to eight big blinds when he moved all-in holding pocket aces. Lauri Saaskilahti called with pocket… Read more »
Chengyu Liao, an Istanbul-based non-professional who said he flew to North Cyprus specifically for the weekend to play poker, won the $7,500 High Roller at the 2026 NOIR Poker Series at Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, taking home $300,000 in first-place prize money, according to PokerNews. PokerNews reported that the final day began… Read more »
Tonight…it begins. The 2026 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event – the “Main Event,” as it has become known – will bring nine men back to Paris Las Vegas to battle it out for the coveted World Championship of poker. Alas, some of these competitors have more of a chance than the others. In… Read more »
While the uninitiated might think of poker as just “playing cards,” for many it is a game of warfare that demands strategic thinking. Some tomes discuss optimal strategies, but few address chip usage. A new trend in tournament poker is sparking discussion, to the point that it could come up at the 2026 meeting of… Read more »
Poker players, tax professionals, lobbyists, and hobby gamblers appeared at an IRS public hearing on Friday to speak out against a gambling tax change, with every speaker who attended calling for the rule to be reconsidered, postponed, or clarified, according to PokerNews, which attended the hearing remotely. Of the dozen individuals scheduled to speak, ten… Read more »
Quarter-century of poker Online poker giant PokerStars has announced that the 25th running of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) will be September 6-30. That is about all we know for the time being – complete schedule and details will be published in the coming weeks – but it enough for now for… Read more »
PokerStars often runs Spin & Go promotions in conjunction with popular sporting events, so naturally, the World Cup is no exception. On Thursday, the same day the World Cup began, PokerStars kicked off (pun sort of intended) its SpinGoal promo, giving players a chance to win additional cash prizes by playing Spin & Go’s like… Read more »
As the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event nears its conclusion, many are already looking ahead to the traditional WSOP in Las Vegas, beginning at the end of next month. On Wednesday, Caesars Entertainment released the schedule for this year’s WSOP Online bracelet events. There will be 30 online gold bracelet tourneys this… Read more »
Banned in Tennessee Three states – Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Iowa – have recently taken legislative action against sweepstakes casino sites as pressure for the sites to comply with state laws ramps up. Let’s get right into it, starting with Tennessee. Last Friday, Gov. Bill Lee signed Senate Bill 2136 into law, banning online sweepstakes casinos… Read more »
California is one of the states that has had cardrooms for most of its history. Since 1854, when the California Grand Casino opened in Pacheco, poker has been established in the state. It took off in 1984, when the General Assembly ordered the Attorney General to regulate the state’s cardrooms, and was further regulated in… Read more »
Up to three sites per operator A bill has been filed in Virginia that would legalize poker, along with other forms of internet gaming, in the state. Introduced by Northern Virginia Democrat Marcus Simon on Tuesday, HB161 would place online gambling under the regulatory authority of the Virginia Lottery Board. There appear to be multiple… Read more »
Need licenses, but none issued The City of Chicago may be in court as the calendar turns to the New Year. On Tuesday, the Sports Betting Alliance (SBA), an advocacy group formed by the country’s major sportsbooks, sued the city over a new licensing and taxation structure that is supposed to take effect on Thursday,… Read more »
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German native Julian Selinger completed a remarkable heads-up comeback to claim the 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,500 Main Event at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel and Olympic Park Casino in Estonia, according to PokerNews. Selinger defeated Dutchman Roy van der Reijnst after a four-hour heads-up battle to take the title, a WSOP Circuit Main Event… Read more »
Take your time, no rush With the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event final table kicking off in just three days, the WSOP has implemented a rule change. Announced on social media, the WSOP has decided that there will not be “shot clock” at the final table. In the social media post, the WSOP… Read more »
Bryn Kenney secured a seven-figure result at the $100,000 King’s Charity Super High Roller at the King’s Poker Cup in Jeju, South Korea, pushing his cumulative live tournament earnings past $90 million and extending his lead atop The Hendon Mob all-time money list, according to PokerNews. PokerNews reported that Kenney and Jesse Lonis reached a… Read more »
Just like the old days For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Series of Poker is airing on the ESPN family of networks. Starting Tuesday night, ESPN and ESPN2 will broadcast episodes of the 2026 WSOP Main Event, culminating with the Main Event final table in early August. Ninety-nine of the… Read more »
As if there isn’t enough live poker going on to keep players happy, PokerStars is offering the latest version of their World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Beginning on September 10, PokerStars will be offering a massive 110-event schedule that covers virtually every discipline that is available in the world of poker. Not only does… Read more »
The shockwaves of yesterday’s decision by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) to revoke the e-gaming license of Full Tilt Poker continue to be felt across the poker world. Following the announcement of the decision by the AGCC – where the executive director of the organization, Andre Wilsenach, said that Full Tilt Poker “fundamentally misled… Read more »
As the saying goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” While the online poker industry has been attempting to weather a serious storm over the last few months, one constant still remains: the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The world’s largest online poker room (smaller, but still the largest)… Read more »
On April 19, four days after the U.S. Department of Justice seized the three major online poker rooms, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Phil Galfond turned to Twitter to try and calm the storm. The two poker superstars each guaranteed $1 million from their own pockets if PokerStars and Full Tilt didn’t pay back players, and… Read more »
After being included in a class-action lawsuit filed against Full Tilt Poker last month, Phil Gordon immediately went to work to clear his name from any illegal activity involving the embattled company. He hired Maurice Suh of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher of Los Angeles to press a civil suit filed by a group of poker… Read more »
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