Flutter is reshaping how it delivers poker in the United Kingdom, with PokerStars announcing a restructuring that will bring its brand onto the Betfair platform under the name “PokerStars on Betfair.” The move, reported by PokerNews on August 10, 2026, marks a significant shift in how the two Flutter-owned properties will operate together, combining poker… Read more »
Wire-to-wire chip leader, 9,208 opponents, and $10 million in prize money — that was the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event performance that earned 22-year-old Lucas Jumalon his first bracelet, and it has now landed him a management deal with one of poker’s most established representation firms. Jumalon, from Washington, has signed with Las… Read more »
The 2026 World Series of Poker just ended, so how about some more World Series of Poker? GGPoker has announced the schedule for WSOP Online 2026, which is already set to kick off next week. Running August 16 through September 29, WSOP Online features 33 gold bracelet events and over $66 million in guaranteed prize… Read more »
The 2026 Venetian DeepStack Championship at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas distributed $22,947,285 in prize money across 121 numbered events, running from May 21 through August 2, according to PokerNews. The series drew 28,595 entries excluding satellites and carried more than $16 million in guarantees. Among the notable individual results reported by PokerNews, Adel Kabbani… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Poker pro Jason Koon, in his first year of eligibility at age 40, has been elected to the Poker Hall of Fame. Koon is the only person in the Hall’s Class of 2026. “When I found poker, I was immediately and forever in it,” Koon wrote in a social media post on Tuesday. “It was… Read more »
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 »
Am I missing something here? The World Series of Poker has relented to pressure from players and will award those who won an WSOP Online Circuit ring a $5,000 WSOP Paradise prize package. The short-lived controversy began last Wednesday, when a player called out the WSOP on social media for telling him he would not… 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 »
