News about poker pros
Poker pro Jared Greiner took to social media earlier this week to detail the horrifying ordeal of returning to his Las Vegas-area Airbnb after playing in the WSOP, only to be assaulted, threatened, taped up, and robbed. In a post on X, Greiner shared a screenshot of a series of texts he sent, saying that… Read more »
“Dead hand” … “Call, call” Ladies and gentlemen, another controversy has surfaced at the 2026 World Series of Poker. And while it did involve a hand that was dealt, rather than the usual Martin Kabrhel antics, it was not a mistake by the dealer, but, rather, the floor. Patrick Leonard was the unfortunate victim. He… Read more »
That time of the year is upon the poker world once again. The 2026 World Series of Poker kicks off bright and early (for poker players, anyway) at noon on Tuesday, and the throngs will descend on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas like seventeen-year cicadas waiting to breed. Event #1, the $500 Mini-Mystery Millions,… Read more »
Peters contrite Poker pro David Peters has responded publicly to Dylan Linde’s accusation that he has not paid his end of a staking deal, apologizing for the situation. On Wednesday afternoon, Peters posted an explanation of sorts on Twitter, not so much to rehash the situation, but to explain that he has always intended to… Read more »
In poker, money is at the forefront of everything, and with that comes all sorts of informal (and formal) financial deals between players. As high roller and super high roller tournaments have increased in popularity, staking deals have also become much more common, as even the deepest-pocketed players often can’t or don’t want to plunk… Read more »
Maurice Hawkins recently won his 24th career World Series of Poker Circuit ring, taking down the first event at the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, Illinois. Hawkins celebrated his record-extending win with a social media post of himself with the ring and the words, “Not a run. Not luck. This is what dominance looks like.”… Read more »
Comets reborn The Mohegan Tribe has agreed to sell the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun to Golden Nugget and the NBA’s Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta for a record $300 million. The league’s Board of Governors must still approve the sale, but it is expected to do so. The team will change its name to the Houston… Read more »
For most poker players, pocket Kings is a play-no-matter-what hand pre-flop. But most poker players aren’t Kristen Foxen. This week, Foxen did just that at the final table of the Triton Poker Jeju $100K Main Event, stirring debate in the poker community as to whether or not she made the right play. There were just… Read more »
Welcome back Annette Obrestad is a poker legend, even though she hasn’t been active on the poker scene in nearly a decade and has yet to even reach her 40th birthday. The one-time teenage poker phenom, though, has announced her return to competitive poker, confirming that she will play at the 2026 World Series of… Read more »
Further information has emerged following the surprise raid on Austin’s The Lodge Card Club on Tuesday morning. According to the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission (TABC), the club is under investigation for possible illegal gambling and money laundering. In a statement to media outlets on Thursday, TABC Director of Communications Chris Porter said, “The business… Read more »
Poker great Fedor Holz announced over the weekend that he decided not to re-up his ambassadorship with GGPoker. That in and of itself would be news, but the 32-year-old went on to say that he is moving on to non-poker things in life, effectively indicating that he is retiring from the world of professional poker.… Read more »
Snatched up quickly Irish poker pros, podcasters, writers, and overall personalities David Lappin and Dara O’Kearney have had quite the roller coaster for the better part of a year. On June 1, Unibet’s sponsorship of their Global Poker Award-winning podcast, “The Chip Race,” ended after nearly a decade. The duo was left wondering if their… Read more »
GGPoker has announced the complete schedule for the 2026 World Series of Poker, slated to run May 26 to July 15 at both Paris Las Vegas and Horseshoe Las Vegas on the Strip. “Our favorite time of year is around the corner, and we cannot wait to once again welcome the poker world back to… Read more »
Zero tolerance Grosvenor Poker has announced that poker pro Thomas Clack has been dropped as a sponsored player after he was suspended by the site’s platform, the iPoker Network. In a Facebook post, Grosvenor Poker was as vague as could be about the decision, not even naming Clack as the person it was talking about:… Read more »
Maintaining their integrity David Lappin and Dara O’Kearney, hosts of the popular “The Chip Race” poker podcast, have announced that they are cutting ties with WPT Global after the poker site signed Tony “Ren” Lin as an ambassador. In a joint statement posted to social media on Tuesday, Lappin and Kearney said that when they… Read more »
Quick turnaround WPT Global has announced the signing of Tony “Ren” Lin as its newest ambassador. And the poker community has been absolutely dragging the poker site for it. Lin ranks third on China’s live tournament earnings list and has been a very popular player, but was also “indefinitely” suspended from GGPoker – for which… Read more »
Back in the saddle, it seems The term “indefinite suspension” does not necessarily mean forever, but it typically means “a long time,” at the very least. Define it how you will, poker pro Ren Lin’s indefinite suspension from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and GGPoker lasted less than two months. Lin is currently playing… Read more »
Poker pro Phil Galfond has been known to take on formidable opponents for high stakes; his “Galfond Challenge” was a testament to this. But now it looks like he may sit down at the virtual tables with a different type of competitor: Grok, the conversational chatbot developed by xAI and created in the image of… Read more »
Swift justice GGPoker has made a quick decision on how it will handle the players involved in a real-time assistance cheating incident during the final table of the $10,000 GGMillion$. On Wednesday, a week after the situation occurred, GGPoker announced that “RealOA,” the player who won the tournament, is permanently banned from GGPoker, the World… Read more »
Online actions follow him into live play When is the last time you saw someone disqualified from a live tournament for something that had nothing to do with what was going on in the tournament room? It just so happened that this scenario played out this past weekend, when high-stakes poker pro Tony “Ren” Lin… Read more »
Lied about having inside information Poker pro Cory Zeidman has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for defrauding sports bettors out of millions of dollars over the course of a decade and a half. After initially denying the accusations, Zeidman pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud in December… Read more »
Poker to prediction markets Daniel Negreanu was already the top spokesperson for the world’s largest online poker room, GGPoker, and now he is repping one of the major players in prediction markets, Kalshi. On Tuesday, the Poker Hall of Famer tweeted that along with his new partnership with the site, he is giving one person… Read more »
Love him or hate him, you can’t ignore him Phil Hellmuth has been a polarizing figure in the poker world for decades. Do you hate his antics at the table or are you entertained by them? Gold glasses a good look: yes or no? In recent years, though, internet debate – and boy can we… Read more »
Fresh on the heels of announcing the ineligibility of three former Fresno State men’s basketball players for violating gambling rules, the NCAA has revealed that 13 other former hoopers committed betting violations. The players attended Eastern Michigan, Temple, Arizona State, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T, and Mississippi Valley. None of the schools or staff members… Read more »
Not a fan of more closed tournaments As tournament poker evolves, festival organizers continue to experiment with new types of events, constructing a schedule that will get the most people to the tables. This past weekend, Event #15 of the WSOP Circuit stop at Harrah’s Cherokee was something we haven’t seen all that often: a… Read more »
