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WSOP Super Circuit Canada Closes With C$24.5M Awarded.

WSOP Super Circuit Canada Closes With C$24.5M Awarded

The first WSOP Super Circuit Canada has closed the books with 14,784 entries and more than C$24.5 million awarded across 18 ring events, comfortably beating an already ambitious C$14 million in guarantees. The final numbers from Playground in Kahnawake, Quebec…

September 19, 2026Canada Poker, WSOP, WSOP Circuit, WSOP Super Circuit Canada

The Festival Malta Main Event.

The Festival Malta Main Event Sets 804-Entry Record

The Festival Malta has set a new Main Event attendance record after 804 entries piled into the €550 No-Limit Hold'em showpiece at Portomaso Casino. The five starting flights generated a €381,900 prize pool and comfortably beat the 666-entry mark set…

September 19, 2026Live Poker, Malta Poker, Poker Tournaments

David Stefanski Wins $169K Borgata Big Big Baller.

David Stefanski Wins $169K Borgata Big Big Baller

David Stefanski has bounced straight back from a painful heads-up defeat at Borgata by winning the $10,200 BetMGM Poker Big, Big Baller for $169,220. The American topped a 69-entry high roller at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, beating Michael Wang…

September 19, 2026Borgata, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, US Poker

BetRivers Poker Championship 2026

BetRivers Poker Championship Returns With $600K Guaranteed

BetRivers Poker is rolling out its biggest Championship series yet, with 100 tournaments and more than $600,000 in guarantees scheduled across 15 days from September 27 to October 11. The 2026 BetRivers Poker Championship will use the site's familiar Gold…

September 19, 2026BetRivers Poker, Online Poker, Poker Business, US Poker

Gary Benson poker player.

Gary Benson Loses Court Fight Over A$50K Gambling Debt

Australian poker pioneer Gary Benson has lost a court battle over almost A$50,000 in gambling debts after a judge ruled that the arrangement behind the money amounted to unlicensed bookmaking. Benson, who became Australia’s first WSOP bracelet winner in 1996,…

September 19, 2026Australia Poker, Poker Players

Pokerstars WCOOP schedule 2026

Joao Vieira Wins PLO8 World Championship for 14th WCOOP Title

Joao "Naza114" Vieira has won the $1,050 PLO8 World Championship at WCOOP 2026, beating a 121-entry field for $27,202 and collecting the 14th World Championship of Online Poker title of his career. The Portuguese high-stakes regular defeated Estonia's Markku "markovitsus"…

September 19, 2026Online Poker, PokerStars, WCOOP, WCOOP 2026

WSOP Paradise $250,000 Pro-Am bracelet event 2026.

WSOP Paradise Adds $250K Pro-Am Bracelet Event

WSOP Paradise has added a $250,000 Pro-Am bracelet event to its 2026 schedule, introducing a format that will keep professional and amateur players apart until the money before merging the fields for the run to the bracelet. The three-day tournament…

September 18, 2026Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, World Series of Poker, WSOP, WSOP Paradise

888poker LIVE London at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino.

888poker LIVE London Returns With £250K Main Event Guarantee

888poker LIVE London will return to the Grosvenor Victoria Casino from October 8-18, with an 11-day schedule built around a £1,250 Main Event carrying a £250,000 guarantee. The latest schedule adds plenty around the headline event, including a £100,000 guaranteed…

September 18, 2026888Poker, Grosvenor Poker, Live Poker, London Poker, Poker Tournaments, UK Poker

Aaron Pinson Wins at Borgata.

Aaron Pinson Wins Borgata Mystery Bounty After $150K Haul

Aaron Pinson has won the $2,200 Big Big Borgata Mystery Bounty after a heads-up deal with Matt Glantz, collecting $199,825 in total after pulling an extraordinary $150,000 in bounties. The Maryland grinder entered the final day in the bottom third…

September 18, 2026Borgata, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, US Poker

Poker player Renan Bruschi.

Renan Bruschi Wins Four WCOOP 2026 Titles, Reaches 13 Career Wins

Renan “Internett93o” Bruschi finished WCOOP 2026 with four titles and 13 career WCOOP victories, turning an already strong series into one of the standout individual runs of the festival. The result kept Bruschi firmly among the most successful players in…

September 18, 2026Online Poker, PokerStars, WCOOP, WCOOP 2026

WSOP Circuit Council Bluffs Opens With 18 Rings and Paradise Packages

WSOP Circuit Council Bluffs Opens With 18 Rings and Paradise Packages

The WSOP Circuit returned to Horseshoe Council Bluffs in Iowa with 18 official ring events running through September 28. Every ring winner at the stop also received a $5,000 WSOP Paradise package, giving the regional festival an extra reward beyond…

September 18, 2026US Poker, WSOP, WSOP Circuit

Andrew Chang Turns Five Big Blinds Into $182K Borgata Win.

Andrew Chang Turns Five Big Blinds Into $182K Borgata Win

Andrew Chang has won the $2,200 Big, Big Kick Off at Borgata for $182,000 after recovering from a stack that fell as low as five big blinds. The American beat a 456-entry field and then overturned a huge heads-up deficit…

September 18, 2026Borgata, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, US Poker

CoinPoker's CoinMillion tournament with a $1 million guarantee.

FINALVERDICT7 Wins 5,321-Entry CoinMillion for $123,979

FINALVERDICT7 won the September 13 GOPC CoinMillion for $123,979 from 5,321 entries, setting an attendance record that was later broken in the final GOPC edition.

September 18, 2026CoinPoker, Online Poker, Online Poker Tournaments

Nick Petrangelo Wins Triton $150K Anniversary Special for $2.21M.

Nick Petrangelo Wins Triton $150K Anniversary Special for $2.21M

Nick Petrangelo has won the $150,000 Triton 10th Anniversary Special in Jeju for $2,212,910 after a heads-up deal with longtime friend Joao Simao. The American closed out one of the toughest events of the festival after a 67-entry field created…

September 17, 2026South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker

Pokerstars Spin and Go.

PokerStars Player Turns $25 Into $500K in 26,000x Spin & Go Max

A UK online poker player turned a $25 PokerStars Spin & Go Max entry into a $500,000 payday after landing the format's 26,000x jackpot multiplier. The player, known as "visiontechno," won the six-handed game after the one-in-a-million multiplier appeared on…

September 17, 2026Online Poker, PokerStars

Women’s Weekend 2026 schedule at The Hippodrome Casino, featuring cash games, a study bootcamp and the £20,000 guaranteed Women’s Classic.

PokerStars WCOOP Women’s Championship Offers Route to London Ladies Weekend

Vanessa Kade won the 2026 WCOOP Women’s World Championship as PokerStars linked the event with three seats to Ladies Weekend at The Hippodrome.

September 17, 2026Online Poker, Online Poker Tournaments, PokerStars, WCOOP, WCOOP 2026, Women in Poker

2026 WSOP Fall Online Bracelet Series promotional artwork

WSOP Fall Online Series Returns With 33 Bracelets Up for Grabs

The World Series of Poker is giving US online grinders another crack at poker’s most famous piece of jewellery this fall, with 33 WSOP gold bracelets available across a seven-week online series. The 2026 WSOP Fall Online Bracelet Series runs…

September 17, 2026Online Poker, Poker Tournaments, World Series of Poker, WSOP, WSOP Online

Nick Schulman wins at Triton Jeju II.

Nick Schulman Wins $3.85M Triton Jeju II Main Event

Nick Schulman has won the Triton Jeju II $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event for a career-best $3,854,888. The American defeated Austria's Bernhard Binder after a heads-up deal, adding a second Triton title to his eight WSOP bracelets. A Career-Best Win…

September 16, 2026High Stakes Poker, Live Poker, Nick Schulman, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker

The Irish Poker Open

Jarrod Thatcher Wins Inaugural Irish Open Sydney Main Event

Jarrod Thatcher won the inaugural Irish Open Sydney Main Event for A$155,100 after surviving a two-outer at the final table.

September 16, 2026Australia Poker, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments

WPT Australia begins at The Star Sydney.

Ailen Ji Wins Australian Poker Cup After King-High Call

Ailen Ji won the A$1,150 Australian Poker Cup for A$83,740 after making a tournament-defining king-high call at WPT Australia.

September 16, 2026Australia Poker, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, World Poker Tour, WPT

888 Poker

888poker XL Autumn Series Brings $300K Main Event

The 2026 888poker XL Autumn Series runs September 20 to 29 with 41 events, affordable buy-ins and a $300,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event.

September 16, 2026888Poker, Online Poker, Poker Tournaments

Triton Jeju II in South Korea.

Ben Tollerene Wins $652,000 and Fifth Triton Title in Jeju

Ben Tollerene won $652,000 in Jeju after beating Daniel Rezaei heads-up for his fifth Triton Poker title.

September 16, 2026High Stakes Poker, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker

Matthew Wantman and Nick Schulman at Triton Poker Series Jeju II.

Poker and Friendship at Triton: Best Friends Share a $1.65M Heads-Up Moment

Poker tournaments usually end with one player celebrating and everyone else wondering what might have been. Matthew Wantman and Nick Schulman managed to make the end of a $50,000 Triton event feel rather different. The two close friends reached heads-up…

September 15, 2026High Stakes Poker, Nick Schulman, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker

Joao Simao Wins Record Triton Invitational

From 2BB to $7.25M: Joao Simao Wins Record Triton Invitational

Joao Simao has completed an extraordinary comeback to win the $200,000 Triton Invitational in Jeju for $7.25 million. The Brazilian was reduced to just two big blinds after reaching the money, yet finished three days of poker with every chip…

September 14, 2026Brazil Poker, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker

A Machete Gang Stole Crypto and Valuables From Poker Game have pleaded guilty in Singapore.

Machete Gang Stole Crypto and Valuables From Poker Game

Six men have pleaded guilty over an extraordinary armed robbery in Singapore in which a masked gang targeted a high-stakes poker game and escaped with around S$4.9 million in cryptocurrency, cash and valuables. Seven men entered a house in the…

September 14, 2026Poker Crime