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Doug Polk alongside the Cardle poker strategy game logo, promoting the free daily five-hand poker training challenge from Lucid Poker.
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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.
October 17, 2026Tags: Doug Polk, GTO, Poker Education, Poker Strategy, Poker Tool, The Lodge Card Club
GGPoker's Ocean KO game.
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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.
October 17, 2026Tags: GGPoker, Ocean KO, Online Poker, Poker Tournaments
Phenom Poker and the PSOP.
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Phenom Poker Challenges Hold’em Dominance With 92-Event Series

Phenom Poker is putting mixed games ahead of traditional hold'em with a 92-event tournament series. We examine its unusual games, history, famous ambassadors and new championship format.
October 17, 2026Tags: Crypto Poker, Jungleman, Mixed Games, Online Poker, Phenom Poker
Blackpool Tower overlooking the seafront at sunset, with the GUKPT poker tour logo displayed prominently against the sky.
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GUKPT Blackpool Returns With Final Kav Cup

GUKPT Blackpool 2026 brings £610,000 in guarantees, a £250,000 Main Event, 20 years of winners and the final Kav Cup charity tournament.
October 16, 2026Tags: British Poker, GUKPT, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, UK Poker
Nishant Sharma celebrates winning the 2025 APT Championship Main Event in Taipei, holding the Gold Lion trophy.
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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.
October 16, 2026Tags: Asian Poker Tour, Poker Tournaments, Pot-Limit Omaha
QQPK logo above a hooded figure at a laptop, poker chips and online poker screens, with the headline “11,000 Suspected Cheats” highlighting the ongoing poker bot investigation.
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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.
October 16, 2026Tags: Online Poker, Poker Cheating, QQPK
GGPoker announces five new security measures, with its logo surrounded by banned poker tools including PokerTracker 4, Holdem Manager 3, Jurojin, Hand2Note and DriveHUD 2.
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GGPoker Bans PokerTracker, Jurojin and Other Poker Tools

GGPoker has banned Jurojin, PokerTracker and other poker tools while introducing technology designed to combat superuser cheating and protect players' hole cards.
October 15, 2026Tags: GGPoker, Jurojin, Online Poker, Online Poker Security, Poker Cheating
Women competing at poker tables during the World Poker Federation Ladies Weekend.
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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.
October 15, 2026Tags: Poker Tournaments, Women in Poker, Women's Poker, World Poker Federation
Maria Konnikova playing poker.
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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.
October 15, 2026Tags: AI, AI Poker, Poker Podcast, Women in Poker
Freeroll Winner Shrikant Pillamarapu Takes WPT Prime Title.
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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.
October 14, 2026Tags: Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, The Lodge Card Club, WPT
Bryn Kenney at the Aussie Millions.
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Bryn Kenney Sues GGPoker Over Alleged Millions in Commissions

Bryn Kenney is taking the companies behind his former sponsor GGPoker to court, claiming a promised 5% ownership stake never materialized and his player commissions were systematically reduced. The lawsuit brings allegations of breach of contract and fraud against NSUS…
October 14, 2026Tags: GG Poker, Online Poker, Poker Business
A poker table from The Venetian Poker room in Las Vegas.
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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.
October 14, 2026Tags: Live Poker, Poker Cheating, Poker Dealer
Grosvenor Casinos and Gambling Commission logos crossed by a distressed red “Regulatory Failures” stamp.
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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.
October 14, 2026Tags: 888Poker, British Poker, Grosvenor Poker, GUKPT, UK Poker
QQPK Bans 724 Accounts.
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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.
October 13, 2026Tags: Online Poker, Poker Cheating, QQPK
CoinPoker The One 2026 $5 million guaranteed poker tournament
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TonyTheToenailcollector Wins CoinPoker’s The One After Final-Hand Miracle

TonyTheToenailcollector was behind with pocket sevens against pocket nines, but a seven on the flop helped him win CoinPoker’s The One for $1 million.
October 13, 2026Tags: CoinPoker, Online Poker
GGPoker's Ocean KO game.
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420,084 Entries: GGPoker Smashes Online Poker World Record

A $5 buy-in, 420,084 entries and more than $1.9 million in prizes. GGPoker's Ocean KO has shattered a record that stood for 11 years.
October 13, 2026Tags: GGPoker, Online Poker, Poker Tournaments
ACR Poker security illustration.
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ACR ScreenShield Protects Hole Cards but Raises Streaming Questions

Winning Poker Network's ScreenShield blocks certain methods of capturing poker tables, but creates legitimate trade-offs for streamers.
October 13, 2026Tags: ACR Poker, Online Poker, Poker Cheating
Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa.
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Canada’s Supreme Court Could Reopen Ontario’s Global Poker Tables

Canada's highest court heard arguments October 7 over Ontario's international poker liquidity plans. A decision could reshape regulated poker.
October 12, 2026Tags: Canada Poker, Online Poker, Poker Regulation
Jeff Platt presenting WSOP coverage.
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WSOP Missed Negreanu and Hellmuth Bracelet Runs, Jeff Platt Admits

Jeff Platt has acknowledged that WSOP broadcasts missed major bracelet runs by Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth, with changes planned.
October 12, 2026Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, WSOP
Alberta Legislature Building, Edmonton.
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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.
October 12, 2026Tags: 888Poker, Alberta Poker, Canada Poker, Poker Business, PokerStars
ICM calculations alongside some poker chips.
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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.
October 12, 2026Tags: Poker Strategy, Poker Tool
Japan Open Poker Tour (JOPT) branding
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JOPT’s Revised Ladies Prizes Leave One Question Open

JOPT’s Ladies Championship remains on the Tokyo schedule after its prize list was revised, but public materials still do not confirm whether the sponsor gifts themselves changed.
October 12, 2026Tags: Japan Poker, Women in Poker
Poker player Brandon Wilson.
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Brandon Wilson Turns a Near-Elimination Into a $1.125 Million Super High Roller Bowl Win

Brandon Wilson survived the money bubble, doubled through Alex Foxen and called Nick Petrangelo’s river bluff to win Super High Roller Bowl XI for $1.125 million.
October 11, 2026Tags: Alex Foxen, High Roller Poker, High Stakes Poker
PokerStars is set to stop offering poker to Alberta players on Tuesday, October 13.
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PokerStars to Exit Alberta on Tuesday, With No Return Date Given

PokerStars will stop serving Alberta on October 13. Its notice gives no return date, while GGPoker’s status remains unclear ahead of the province’s licensing deadline.
October 11, 2026Tags: Alberta Poker, Canada Poker, Online Poker
QQPK logo beside poker chips and cards, with a magnifying glass over hand-history records and a lock symbol.
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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.
October 10, 2026Tags: Online Poker, Poker Cheating, QQPK

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