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 »
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 »
A Minnesota judge blocked the state’s bill banning sports prediction markets on July 29, 2026, according to Legal Sports Report, adding a significant legal development to an already contested regulatory landscape for prediction market operators across the United States. The Minnesota ruling came just one day after the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States… Read more »
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took indicted poker pro Gal Yifrach into custody in Los Angeles, according to a PokerNews report published July 26, 2026. Yifrach, an Israeli citizen who PokerNews reported has long resided in the United States, was detained by ICE agents at what the outlet described as a Los Angeles-area location.… Read more »
Nothing to see here Two of the WNBA’s biggest stars were caught on camera wagering hundreds of dollars on an upcoming game between their teams. And perhaps the craziest part is that they weren’t really “caught” at all – they happily talked about it, filmed the bet themselves, and the league posted the video on… Read more »
We are less than a week from the resumption of the 2026 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event – the “Main Event,” as it has become known. Nine men will return to Paris Las Vegas on August 3 to battle it out for the coveted World Championship of poker. Alas, some of these competitors… Read more »
We are less than a week from the resumption of the 2026 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event – the “Main Event,” as it has become known. Nine men will return to Paris Las Vegas on August 3 to battle it out for the coveted World Championship of poker. Alas, some of these competitors… 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 »
Love-ly casino resort The Las Vegas Strip might get more interesting looking in the next few years. On Wednesday, Clark County commissioners approved a plan to develop land across from Mandalay Bay into a 752-room casino resort, featuring a hotel tower with a giant, heart-shaped façade. It sounds like quite the ambitious project – a… Read more »
Divulging draft secrets The NFL suspended Arizona Cardinals director of college scouting Ryan Gold indefinitely for violating the league’s gambling policy. His attorney said this week that he is appealing the punishment and that the accusations are “blatantly false.” The sports world has unfortunately seen several betting scandals in the last couple of years, but… 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 »
There has been a great deal of controversy over the World Series of Poker’s Player of the Year race, but it has done one thing: completely reworked the two overall POYs in the game. A completely new list of contenders – save for a couple – has announced their intentions for the year-long race. The… Read more »
The tables are gone, the lights taken down from the ceilings of the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The 2026 World Series of Poker only has two things left to wrap up from its summertime bacchanalia. One, the 2026 WSOP Main Event final table, which will be contested on August 3-5. The other? Might take… Read more »
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 »
All eyes on me Perhaps it is a little unfortunate that in writing about someone who won a cherished World Series of Poker bracelet, much or most of the focus is on the runner-up. But when the runner-up is Phil Hellmuth, that’s a big part of the story, like it or not. On Wednesday night,… Read more »
Hurtling towards the finish As the 2026 World Series of Poker winds down and we wait for the Main Event final table, there are still a handful of bracelets to be awarded. One of those went to David Peters last night, who won Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em for $1,001,391. Reflecting on a less-than-satisfying… Read more »
At the start, 9,208 hopefuls had a single dream: to win the 2026 WSOP Main Event. Now, after almost two weeks of poker, the final nine men have been determined in the race. It is also time to epitomize one of the axioms of the United States Marine Corps when it comes to taking action… Read more »
In the late stages of the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event, WSOP officials took an unusual step. With the money bubble popped, many players still insisted on lengthy tanks, in appearance to consider their action but in reality to try to level up on the money board. This brought the “doom switch” for… Read more »
After nearly two weeks of poker warfare, it has come down to this. The 2026 WSOP Main Event has entered its penultimate day, with 21 players left to battle for the nine slots that will come back in August to determine the next World Champion. Leading the way heading into Day Eight will be the… Read more »
On Day Four at the 2026 WSOP Main Event, the tension was palpable. 1,389 players were left in the field after the Day Three battles, but seven of them would not receive anything for their efforts. After two hours, the drama broke, involving a former World Champion, and by the end of the night there… Read more »
The grind known as the 2026 WSOP $10,000 Championship Event – the 2026 WSOP Main Event, to some – continued through Wednesday as the field came together for the first time. The object of the five levels of play on Day Three was to get to the money bubble, and the field got very close.… Read more »
The 2026 World Series of Poker’s $10,000 Championship Event – the “Main Event” to the world – has blasted through its first four Day Ones and its two Day Two flights. Over 9,000 players entered the tournament, and as of Wednesday morning, only 3,294 of those hopefuls remain. For those who were able to watch… Read more »
The 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event is underway in Las Vegas, and ESPN has assumed command of the broadcasting duties. Day 1B is currently ongoing and, harkening back to the past in poker, how about a live blog for the proceedings? Over the next couple of hours, we’ll give you a feel for… Read more »
The attention of the poker world might be on the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event, which started Thursday, but let’s not forget that there are still other WSOP tournaments going on. Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu won one such tournament, the $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha event, for the eighth bracelet of… Read more »
