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GGPoker Player Turns $50 Into $510,255 With Incredible Ocean KO Jackpot
GGPoker player Taxi7xl wins $510,255 from a $50 Ocean KO tournament, including a remarkable $297,730 knockout and $494,213 in bounties.
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GGPoker Gives New UK Players an Instant Octopus Rewards Upgrade
GGPoker is giving eligible new UK players an instant Octopus upgrade in Ocean Rewards, offering the potential for up to 50% rakeback.
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Book Review: What the Cards Don’t Tell You – Patrick Mansell Gets to the Heart of Poker
Patrick Mansell's What the Cards Don’t Tell You: Practical Poker Wisdom takes a refreshingly human approach to poker instruction. We examine what the book gets right, where it falls short,…
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14 Nations Join Women’s Poker Weekend as Taiwan Hosts $1.5M Series
The WPF Ladies Weekend expands to 14 countries, with a £20,000 tournament in London and a major $1.5 million poker festival in Taiwan.
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Maria Konnikova Warns AI Could Make Us Forget How to Think
Poker pro and psychologist Maria Konnikova warns that growing dependence on AI could weaken human thinking. We examine the risks for poker, decision-making and society.
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The Venetian Switches to Slide Dealing as Poker Cheating Fears Grow
The Venetian has joined South Point in using slide dealing in its poker room. The move follows documented camera-based cheating cases, but the method cannot prevent every form of cheating.
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UK’s Grosvenor Casinos to Pay £5m After Safer-Gambling Failures
Grosvenor Casinos will pay £5 million and face an independent audit after the Gambling Commission found failures in safer-gambling and anti-money-laundering controls. The case did not involve poker tournaments, but it puts the operator’s wider casino standards in focus.
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Alberta’s First Regulated Poker Room Opens in a Pool of Its Own
888 has opened Alberta’s first regulated poker room, preventing a complete shutdown. Its Alberta-only player pool remains separate from Ontario and international games as shared liquidity stays unresolved.
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QQPK Holds Withdrawals From 2,587 Accounts During Integrity Review
QQPK says withdrawals from 2,587 accounts are on hold during a review of alleged bots and unusual all-in results. It promises findings by October 17.
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From €16 to NL40K: FUUUAAARK’s High-Stakes Poker Journey
A new documentary follows Romeo, known online as FUUUAAARK, from a €16 poker bankroll to a shot at NL40K, capturing the sessions and sacrifices along the way.
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Kristen Foxen
Kristen Foxen’s journey from online cash-game grinder to six-time WSOP bracelet winner, with her biggest results, career milestones and poker background.
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Women in Poker Deserve Better Than JOPT’s Condom Prizes
JOPT’s Ladies Championship has drawn criticism after condoms and lubricant were listed among the prizes. Vicky looks at why women’s poker deserves better execution from sponsors and organisers.
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Renee Xie Says Poker Is “Not a Sustainable Income Source” After Historic GUKPT Win
Xie says poker is not a sustainable income source despite making history as the first woman to win a GUKPT Main Event.
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Charlie Carrel Slams Xuan Liu ‘Hostage Video’
Charlie Carrel has accused Xuan Liu of making a “hostage video” for Britney Jing as their public clash adds another layer to the ongoing HCL controversy.
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Hustler Casino Live Benches Britney Jing as Allegations Trigger Review
Hustler Casino Live has temporarily taken Britney Jing off its broadcasts while it reviews allegations involving staking, disputed poker money and HCL lineups. No finding of wrongdoing has been announced.
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Poker Superuser Hack Used 92 Malicious Update Windows, Jurojin Reveals
Jurojin says it found 92 malicious update windows in the poker superuser scandal, while Mario Mosböck reveals CoinPoker caught Paul Gregg years earlier.
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Tomoyuki Maeda Completes Stunning APT Jeju Comeback for $170K
Japan’s Tomoyuki Maeda started the final day with just 277,000 chips before completing a remarkable comeback to win the APT Jeju Zodiac Classic for $170,640 and his first APT title.
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Calvin Anderson Wins Eighth WSOP Bracelet With Smallest Bracelet Payday Yet
Calvin Anderson has won his eighth WSOP bracelet after taking down the $777 Lucky 7’s online event. The victory was his third bracelet in 102 days and came with the smallest first-place payday of his WSOP-winning career.
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Mike Leah Wins Third WSOP Bracelet and Nearly Adds a Fourth
Mike Leah won his third WSOP bracelet on GGPoker Ontario before coming within one river card of putting himself in position to win a second bracelet on the same night.
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Connor Hayward Wins First WSOP Circuit Ring in Council Bluffs Main Event
Cash-game grinder Connor Hayward wins the WSOP Circuit Council Bluffs Main Event, beating 232 entries for his first ring and a career-best $76,797.
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Marek Uharcek Wins First Poker Title and €95K at King’s
Cash-game specialist Marek Uharcek wins his first tournament title, taking the King's Million €1,500 PLO Championship for €95,000.
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Casino Secrets Leak Exposes Regulator Behind Offshore Poker Licences
A huge Casino Secrets leak from the Curaçao Gaming Authority has exposed sensitive gambling industry documents and raised fresh questions about offshore poker regulation, operator security and how safely player data is handled.
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Patrick Leonard
Patrick “pads1161” Leonard is a British poker professional, WSOP bracelet winner and record-setting online tournament player with 31 combined SCOOP and WCOOP titles.
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Friday Feature: How Jeju Became Asia’s High-Stakes Poker Island
Jeju has grown from an unusual stop on the Asian poker calendar into a major destination for Triton, the APT and some of the world’s biggest high-stakes players.
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APT Jeju Opens 135-Event Festival With KRW 2.2B Main Event
APT Jeju begins with 135 events across 13 days and a KRW 2.2 billion guaranteed Main Event at LES A Casino in South Korea.