Poker Tournament News
Poker News Daily reported that Joao Hayashi won his first World Series of Poker bracelet after surviving a 1,022-entry field spread across four continent-restricted Day 1 flights. The title came in Event #15: $1,000 Rounder Cup Battle of the Continents at the 2026 WSOP Online on GGPoker, and Hayashi collected $164,990 from the event’s $970,900… Read more »
As first reported by Poker News Daily, Klemens Roiter broke through for his first Triton Super High Roller Series title in Jeju II by winning Event #2: $20K NLH 8-Handed for $771,000. The Austrian had previously made 11 final tables on the series without a victory and had to survive a near-elimination before beating Alejandro… Read more »
After an earlier 2026 stop in Paris, the Unibet Open next heads to Morocco, where Casino de Marrakech is set to host an 11-day festival from September 24 through October 4. More than 30 tournaments are on the schedule, spanning buy-ins from satellite entries up to a MAD 25,000 Super High Roller, with two flagship… Read more »
Entering EPT Barcelona in second place on the High leaderboard, Klemens Roiter made the most of his time in Spain — winning both a €25,000 and a €10,000 event and finishing runner-up in another, according to PokerNews. The results were enough to vault him to the top of the 2026 PokerStars Live League’s High tier,… Read more »
According to Poker News Daily, PokerStars’ Sunday Million 20th Anniversary had already topped 42,000 entries from its many Phase 1 flights, with Day 2 scheduled for September 6. The event features a $109 buy-in, a $5 million guarantee, and a progressive knockout phased format. As of the time PokerNews published its report on September 2,… Read more »
According to Poker News Daily, Antonio Galiana won his third WSOP bracelet by coming out on top in GGPoker’s $600 Super Six Bounty 6-Handed NLH event, which drew 2,699 entries. The tournament generated a $1,538,430 prize pool, and Galiana earned $155,340 including bounties after defeating Brazil’s Jonatas Gomes heads-up; Gomes received $108,380 for second place.… Read more »
According to Poker News Daily, Fabiano Kovalski picked up €385,430 with bounties after taking down the €3,250 EPT Mystery Bounty at EPT Barcelona on August 27, 2026, adding another major score to his track record at that stop. According to PokerNews, five of Kovalski’s six biggest live cashes have come in Barcelona following the victory.… Read more »
According to PokerNews, Scott Margereson won the €2,700 EPT Second Chance at the 2026 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona festival, topping a field of 844 entries and overcoming Natasha Mercier in heads-up play. The event generated a €2,046,700 prize pool, and the result moved the British pro beyond $5 million in recorded live tournament earnings.… Read more »
According to Jake Mitchell, Ukraine accounted for five of the final eight players in the 888poker $80,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event. Mitchell reported that “kingsluvan” won the title and $10,549, while Canada’s “Travel99” finished second for $6,260. Mitchell also reported that the $109 buy-in event recorded 721 entries, with 153 of them re-entries. Despite that… Read more »
According to PokerNews, Stefan Schillhabel won the $100 Flip & Go tournament on August 23, 2026, beating a field of 7,277 players to capture his second World Series of Poker bracelet, four years after his first online WSOP title at GGPoker. The Austrian earned $150,740 from the $1,195,005 prize pool and also received a $30,000… Read more »
According to Poker News Daily, Tom Fuchs won the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller in Barcelona on August 22 and earned €1,126,540. That result is now in the books, while two other tournaments at the series continue toward their finales. The €5,300 Main Event is well underway, with PokerNews reporting that Day 1a drew 635… Read more »
A friendly bet over a hat, a first-ever visit to Fremont Street, and a grocery run in Las Vegas — the third installment of 888poker’s 2026 World Series of Poker documentary series trades tournament drama for a candid look at how the brand’s ambassadors spend their downtime. PokerNews published coverage of the episode, titled “888poker… Read more »
A runner-up finish can haunt a player for years, but Spain’s Daniel Vicente turned that frustration into gold by winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha event on GGPoker, according to PokerNews. Vicente had previously finished second in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship at the 2025… Read more »
With a heads-up deal sealing €266,030 and the champion’s trophy, Klemens Roiter claimed victory in the €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em Unlimited Re-Entry event at the 2026 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona, according to PokerNews. Roiter outlasted a field of 39 entries that generated a total prize pool of €936,390, with only the top six finishers receiving… Read more »
The World Series of Poker has revealed the schedule for the 2026 WSOP Paradise, which will run December 2 through December 17. It will be in the Bahamas, as usual, but has moved from Atlantis Paradise Island to the Baha Mar resort. WSOP Paradise will consist of 20 gold bracelet events and over $120 million… Read more »
A prize pool of nearly $1.9 million and a field of 781 entries set the stage for Event #3 of the 2026 WSOP Online at GGPoker — and when the cards were finally on their backs at the end of heads-up play, it was Nikita Kalinin claiming his first World Series of Poker bracelet alongside… Read more »
Twenty-five years into its history, the World Championship of Online Poker is returning to PokerStars with its most structured schedule in recent memory — 121 events spread across September 6 to September 30, 2026, with six Main Events carrying a combined guarantee of more than $6.5 million, according to PokerNews. Buy-ins span an unusually wide… Read more »
Playing under the alias “Fino y Elegante” and carrying 140 big blinds — the largest stack at the table — Lucas Teixeira Rodrigues entered the final table of Event #2 in the 2026 GGPoker WSOP Online festival with a clear advantage and never relinquished it, according to PokerNews. Per Betting News, Rodrigues turned that position… Read more »
Entering heads-up play with just 21.5 big blinds against an opponent sitting on 123.2, Argentina’s “Fedevalle” looked like a heavy underdog — but managed to pull off a remarkable comeback to claim the 888poker $80,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event title and a $7,103 top prize, according to PokerNews, which reported on the result on August… Read more »
Finland’s Elias Suhonen topped a 31-player field and defeated Nicholas Seward heads-up to claim €114,200 from a €310,000 prize pool in the €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona festival, according to PokerNews. It was, per PokerNews, the fourth six-figure live score of Suhonen’s career — and the largest prize among the… Read more »
Raphael Caixeta opened the 2026 WSOP Online at GGPoker by winning the $700 7th Annual WSOP Kick-Off, good for the series’ first bracelet, $207,167 in combined prize money and bounties, and a $30,000 package to the live Super Main Event at WSOP Paradise in The Bahamas, according to Poker News Daily. The bounty event drew… Read more »
According to Poker News Daily, Joe McKeehen returned to the winner’s circle on August 12 by winning the $5,300 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship in Hollywood, Florida. The victory came 11 years after his World Series of Poker Main Event title and paid him $462,600 from a 673-entry field that built a $3,262,704 prize… Read more »
According to Poker News Daily, PokerStars is adding a €2,200 event at EPT Barcelona called “In the Money at 180,000” for the August 17–27 run at Casino Barcelona. In this format, any player who builds a 180,000-chip stack during Day 1 ends play on the spot, advances to Day 2 with that stack, and is… Read more »
With all the activity in the tournament poker world, you would be remiss if you forgot that the 2026 European Poker Tour season is underway. That will be rectified this week as the crème of the European poker world goes to one of its favorite locations, the Casino Barcelona in Spain. The EPT Barcelona will… Read more »
According to Poker News Daily, the 2026 Venetian DeepStack Championship at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas paid out $22,947,285 across 121 numbered events held from May 21 to August 2. The festival generated 28,595 entries, excluding satellites, and featured guarantees of more than $16 million. As reported by Poker News Daily, Adel Kabbani posted three… Read more »
