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WSOP Implements In-App Dealer Rating System
The World Series of Poker has announced that players will be able to rate their dealers this summer from within the WSOP LIVE app. According to a 50-second video featuring the WSOP’s Jeff Platt, players can submit a dealer rating right at the table, using a 1-star to 5-star scale. The ratings will not be…
8 May 2026



Dylan Linde Accuses David Peters of Failure to Pay Up in Staking Deal
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…
22 April 2026

Poker Player Who Faked Own Kidnapping Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
Jail and a million bucks On November 13, 2023, poker player George Janssen disappeared. A month later, he was found, bloodied and hands bound, on the side of the road. And now he is going to prison. Last week, U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson sentenced Janssen to three years behind bars for financial institution…
17 April 2026

2026 WSOP Paradise Moving to Baha Mar Resort in Bahamas
Same place, different venue. If that makes sense, which it doesn’t. The World Series of Poker has announced that WSOP Paradise is on the move to a new home. It’s still in the Bahamas, but rather than at Atlantis Paradise Island like it has been for its first three years, WSOP Paradise is moving a…
14 April 2026

Poker Gossip World Series of Poker
Drunk, Hostile Player DQ’ed Near WSOP Europe Final Table
It takes some doing to be kicked out of a World Series of Poker event. You can stink to high heaven, trash talk constantly, and just piss off everybody around you and you will still usually get to stay in your seat. So Birger Larsen getting himself disqualified from a WSOP Europe event on Tuesday…
9 April 2026

Online Poker World Series of Poker
2026 WSOP Online Bracelet Schedule Features 30 Events, $7 Million in Guarantees
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…
9 April 2026

Poker Gossip Poker Pros World Series of Poker
Maurice Hawkins Wins 24th WSOP Circuit Ring, Shaun Deeb and Dan Cates Unimpressed
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.”…
8 April 2026

Mohegan Tribe Sells WNBA’s Connecticut Sun to Golden Nugget Owner, Franchise to Move to Houston
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…
3 April 2026

WSOP Official Clarifies Event Fees Breakdown After Social Media Hubbub
The 2026 World Series of Poker Europe got underway this week, and with it came a controversy on social media. Spearheaded by poker pros David Lappin and Steve O’Dwyer, the conversation revolved around the possibility that dealers were not getting paid as much as promised. On March 31, Lappin posted a poll, asking, “If 4%…
3 April 2026

PokerStars-FanDuel Combo Goes Live in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Make a new account The “PokerStars exclusively on FanDuel” era of online poker in the United States is upon us. On Wednesday, April 1, PokerStars officially became part of the FanDuel app in Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The legacy PokerStars app is dead in the US; Stars shut down poker games on it on…
1 April 2026

Talk of the Town: Kristen Foxen Folds Kings Pre-Flop at Triton Poker Main Event Final Table
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…
27 March 2026

The Lodge Card Club to Remain Closed Indefinitely, Employees Laid Off
Future is cloudy Two weeks ago, The Lodge Card Club in Austin, Texas was raided by law enforcement. Players were sent home, doors were closed, and assets were seized. And now it looks like those doors will remain shut for a long time. Though no criminal charges have been filed yet, Jason Levin, one of…
26 March 2026

Featured Poker Pros World Series of Poker
Annette Obrestad Making Return to Poker at 2026 WSOP Europe
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…
24 March 2026

Former Hollywood Casino Employee Charged With Embezzling Over $700,000
Fake accounts, fake companies A former employee of Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania has been charged with nine felonies for allegedly embezzling more than $700,000 from the casino. The investigation into 51-year-old Jennifer Petrillo began a year ago when casino management contacted the police about “discrepancies” in the casino’s bookkeeping…
20 March 2026

Man Goes on 91-Minute Winning Streak at Planet Hollywood Craps Table
One of the classic scenes in any television show or movie in which the characters visit a casino involves the old “raucous craps table crowd.” Inevitably, one of the main characters doesn’t really know how to play, but ends up being the shooter, the one to roll the dice. They get on a hot streak,…
18 March 2026

Arizona AG Files Criminal Illegal Gambling Charges Against Kalshi
Arizona going to the mattresses The state of Arizona has ratcheted up the legal battle against prediction market companies. On Tuesday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed criminal charges against Kalshi for allegedly operating an unlicensed gambling business. “Kalshi may brand itself as a ‘prediction market,’ but what it’s actually doing is running an illegal…
17 March 2026

Texas Authorities Investigating The Lodge Card Club for Alleged Illegal Gambling, Money Laundering
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…
13 March 2026

Austin’s The Lodge Card Club Raided by Texas Police, Alcohol Commission
The Lodge Card Club, just north of Austin, Texas, was raided Tuesday morning by state police and the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission (TABC). Little is known about the incident, which occurred just hours after the conclusion of the Lodge Championship Series. Doug Polk, who owns the card club with Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen,…
11 March 2026

Fedor Holz Retires From Professional Poker
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.…
10 March 2026
Poker Player Inexplicably Folds Quads Face Up on WPT Livestream
Sometimes in poker, as in life, you can’t overthink a situation. When I was a student, my mom would tell me that I was unsure about an answer on a test, my first instinct was usually the right one. In a World Poker Tour livestream this week, perhaps a player by the name of “QQQ”…
6 March 2026


