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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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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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Sean Rafael Took Six of Seven Knockouts to Win $1.15M
Sean Rafael did not simply win the 2026 Super High Roller Bowl: Pot-Limit Omaha IV. He made six of the final seven eliminations, turning a $100,000 buy-in event into a demonstration of how quickly a PLO final table can become…
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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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GGPoker Ocean KO Changes the Bounty Equation
GGPoker’s new Ocean KO tournaments add a random multiplier to progressive knockout poker. The biggest advertised rewards will attract attention, but the more useful question is what a displayed bounty actually tells you before committing your chips. In a normal…
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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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From 12 Big Blinds to $174K: Matthew Wantman’s PLO Recovery
Matthew Wantman returns 11th of 12 with roughly 12 big blinds and finishes third for $174,000 in the PGT PLO Championship. His final setback offers a useful Omaha lesson.
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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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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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Dan Cates Goes Full Jungleman at First African Poker Championship
Dan Cates went full Jungleman in Tanzania, complete with face paint, as the inaugural African Poker Championship put an unexpected poker destination in the spotlight.
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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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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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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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Jurojin Confirms Attack in $837K Poker Superuser Scandal
Jurojin has confirmed its software update system was compromised in the widening poker superuser scandal, while extraordinary results linked to the WPN accounts JackKlompus and OxOO face fresh scrutiny.
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Nevan Chang Wins 10th APT Title and Career-Best $337K in Jeju
Nevan Chang wins the APT Jeju Superstar Challenge for about $337,000, securing his 10th APT title and the biggest live tournament score of his career.
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Poker Superuser Scandal Widens as 30 High-Stakes Players May Be Affected
The online poker superuser scandal has widened significantly, with a cybersecurity researcher estimating that around 30 high-stakes players may have had their computers compromised.
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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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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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Alex Botez Wins $250K Poker Champs Heads-Up Title
Alex Botez beat Erobb221, PaymoneyWubby and Sodapoppin to win the $500,000 Poker Champs heads-up event, collecting $250,000 in the biggest recorded tournament score of her poker career.
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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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Alessio La Francesca Wins Second WSOP Bracelet in Two Weeks
Alessio La Francesca wins the $10,000 WSOP Online Heads-Up Championship for $352,561, securing his second bracelet in only two weeks.
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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 reached its Main Event Sunday and CoinPoker's Global Online Poker…
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Amateur Lucas Archeny Beats 2,873 Players for €150K Winamax Title
Lucas Archeny has gone from local poker clubs and freerolls to beating 2,873 entries in the €500 Winamax Poker Open Aix-les-Bains Main Event, collecting €150,000 for a victory that multiplied his previous biggest score by 15. The 23-year-old French amateur…