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CoinPoker Rake Backlash Grows After 233% Cap Increase
CoinPoker faces criticism over rake cap increases of up to 233%, preflop charges and heads-up costs, with Bobby James weighing in.
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Doug Polk’s Cardle Puts Poker Instincts to the Test, Five Hands at a Time
Doug Polk's Cardle challenges poker players to make five daily decisions. We examine how it works, its GTO scoring system and what it can teach players.
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APT Championship Returns With $8.1M Guaranteed
The 2026 APT Championship returns to Taipei with 209 events, $8.1 million guaranteed across 23 Championship Events, and a $5M Main Event.
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QQPK Cheating Scandal: Over 11,000 Accounts Come Under Suspicion
QQPK confirms 893 cheating bans and a $300,000 compensation fund as an independent researcher identifies 11,469 suspicious usernames. Questions remain over bot detection, collusion and player refunds.
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Freeroll Winner Shrikant Pillamarapu Takes WPT Prime Title
Shrikant Pillamarapu turned a $0 freeroll into $138,127 in cash, a $10,400 WPT World Championship seat and a WPT Prime trophy after a dramatic final table.
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QQPK Bans 724 Accounts, but Player Refunds Remain Unclear
QQPK says it permanently banned 724 accounts for unauthorised automated play. The announcement leaves questions about the original 2,587-account review and player refunds unanswered.
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New Poker Paper Brings Near-Exact ICM to 4,000-Player Fields
A new arXiv preprint describes a deterministic method for calculating ICM placement probabilities across fields of thousands, reporting near-double-precision accuracy in tests up to 4,000 players.
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Poker’s Family Cost: BBC Film Follows Two Pros on Tour
The BBC’s 2024 documentary follows Niall Farrell’s return to the tournament circuit and David Docherty’s push for a breakthrough, revealing the family pressures and financial swings behind poker’s professional life.
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Can Open-Source Software Catch Online Poker Superusers?
AceGuardian’s open-source code aims to detect online poker superusers through hand-history analysis. Here’s what it can reveal, what it cannot prove, and what poker rooms still need to do.
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Weazel_1991
Mark Rubbathan, better known as Weazel_1991, is a British cash-game player and Twitch Partner whose poker content is built around what actually happens when the camera is on: long sessions,…
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Caught Cheating at a Poker Site, What Happens Next?
Getting banned from one online poker site does not necessarily stop a suspected cheat playing elsewhere. PokerType looks at blacklists, data sharing, appeals and what a real industry-wide integrity network could look like.
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Michael Barlow Wins RGPS Title for Just $2 More Than His Rivals
Michael Barlow wins the RGPS Lake Erie Main Event after a three-way deal leaves just $2 between the top three payouts. A nine-card flip settles the ring.
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Greg Goes All In
Greg Goes All In is Canadian creator Greg Liow, whose poker-comedy sketches, videos and podcast have built one of YouTube’s largest poker audiences.
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What Is Doyle Brunson Day? The Story Behind Poker’s Famous 10-2 Hand
Every October 2, poker celebrates Doyle Brunson Day and the unlikely 10-2 hand he made famous. We revisit both extraordinary WSOP Main Event finishes, the repeated deuce-ten runouts and why two cards became a lasting tribute to one of poker’s greatest figures.
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Poker Players Targeted by Fake Private Game Scams
Ben Rolle has warned poker players about scam messages offering paid seats in supposedly exclusive private games using CoinPoker’s name.
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Poker Variance Explained: Why Good Decisions Still Lose
Poker variance explains why strong decisions can still lose in the short term. Here is how luck, sample size and expected value interact in real poker.
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Poker Superusers: Inside the $837K Poker Trojan Allegations
A high-stakes online poker cheating investigation has linked multiple accounts to allegations that remote-access software was used to view opponents’ hole cards. Two WPN accounts reportedly recorded more than $837,000 in combined profit.
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WPT Brings LA Poker Classic Back After Six-Year Main Tour Absence
The World Poker Tour is bringing the LA Poker Classic back to its Main Tour in 2027 after a six-year absence, with the $10,000 freezeout returning to Commerce Casino.
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PokerStars and CoinPoker Hit by Crashes on Huge Online Poker Weekend
Two of online poker's biggest tournament series picked an awkward weekend to start wobbling. PokerStars and CoinPoker both suffered intermittent crashes over the weekend, according to Pokerfuse, just as WCOOP…
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Daniil Kiselev Wins $1M Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event
Daniil Kiselev has won the $5,400 Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event in North Cyprus, turning a dominant final-table performance into a $1 million payday. The Russian player came through 972…
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Britney Jing Hits Back at C Ye’s $18K Claim With ‘Buy Yourself a Bag’ Messages
Britney Jing has hit back at C Ye’s $18K poker staking claim, posting private messages that appear to show the disputed balance being waived.
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Alan Keating Launches Hero Call Ventures With $100 Poker Game
Alan Keating launches Hero Call Ventures with a $100 San Francisco founders poker tournament where entrepreneurs pitch for investment.
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Ari Engel and Daniel Lowery Hit 21 WSOP Circuit Rings
Ari Engel and Daniel Lowery won their 21st WSOP Circuit rings less than 24 hours apart at Council Bluffs, leaving both five behind record-holder Maurice Hawkins.
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Cooper Feltham Wins WPT Prime Australia After 17BB Comeback
Cooper Feltham has turned a 17-big-blind final-table stack into the biggest live tournament win of his career, taking down the WPT Prime Australia Championship at The Star Sydney for A$187,793.…
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Andrii Novak Wins WSOP Online Main Event for $3.93M
Andrii Novak has turned the biggest stack at the 2026 WSOP Online Main Event final table into his first World Series of Poker bracelet and a $3,931,259 payday. The Ukrainian…