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Reda Achnit at the Triton Jeju Super High Roller.

Freeroll Qualifier Reda Achnit Turns Dream Ticket Into Top-10 Stack at Triton Jeju

Reda Achnit had never played a live poker tournament before arriving in South Korea. Now the 24-year-old Moroccan freeroll qualifier is sitting among the leaders of a $25,000 Triton Poker event, competing against players he previously watched from home on…

September 7, 2026CoinPoker, Live Poker, Phil Ivey, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker

PokerStars 20th anniversary Sunday Million

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Niklas Astedt Reaches Sunday Million 20th Anniversary Final Table

Niklas “Lena900” Astedt reached the final table of the Sunday Million 20th Anniversary after returning sixth in chips from the final 49 of a 55,444-entry field. The Swedish star eventually finished eighth for $25,538. Final result: Belarusian player “AHTOCb” went…

September 7, 2026Niklas Astedt, Online Poker, Online Poker Tournaments, PokerStars, Sunday Million, Sunday Million 20th Anniversary, WCOOP

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Joey Ingram Returns to Poker Life Podcast With Garrett Adelstein

Joey Ingram is back behind the microphone. One of poker’s most distinctive content creators has released a new Poker Life Podcast after a long absence, bringing back a show that became required viewing during some of the game’s biggest controversies.…

September 7, 2026Garrett Adelstein, High Roller Poker, Poker Cheating, poker creator, Poker Podcast, Poker Radio

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Klemens Roiter Wins First Triton Title After Stunning Jeju Comeback

Klemens Roiter has finally converted a Triton final table into a victory, overcoming a huge heads-up deficit against Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo to win the $20,000 NLH 8-Handed event at Triton Jeju II. The Austrian collected $771,000 and his first…

September 6, 2026Alejandro Lococo, Jesse Lonis, Klemens Roiter, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker

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Alexandros Theologis Wins First Triton Title and $642,000 in Jeju

Alexandros Theologis has finally added a Triton Poker trophy to his collection after winning the opening event of Triton Jeju II for $642,000. The Greek high-stakes player defeated a 206-entry field in the $15,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed event at Les…

September 6, 2026Adrian Mateos, Poker Players, Punnat Punsri, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker

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Triton Jeju II Begins as Phil Ivey and High-Stakes Poker’s Biggest Names Return to South Korea

Triton Poker has returned to Jeju, and it took less than a day for the latest Super High Roller Series to start producing the kind of action expected when some of the world's best poker players gather in the same…

September 5, 2026Adrian Mateos, High Stakes Poker, Live Poker, Phil Ivey, Punnat Punsri, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker

Lex Veldhuis closes in on first WSOP win

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Lex Veldhuis Comes Closer Than Ever to First WSOP Bracelet After 17-Year Final Table Wait

Lex Veldhuis has come closer than ever to winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet, finishing fifth in the $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha during the 2026 WSOP Online series. The Dutch poker streamer reached his first WSOP…

September 5, 2026GGPoker, Lex Veldhuis, Online Poker, poker streamers, World Series of Poker, WSOP, WSOP Online

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Unibet Open Marrakech 2026 Brings 11 Days of Poker to Morocco

The Unibet Open is heading to Morocco later this month, with the Unibet Open Marrakech 2026 set to run from September 24 to October 4 at the Casino de Marrakech. The 11-day festival follows a record-breaking return for the Unibet…

September 5, 2026Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, Unibet Poker

Advanced Poker Training 400 million starting hands data.

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Advanced Poker Training Turns 400 Million Hands Into a Different Kind of Starting Hand Chart

Advanced Poker Training is using results from more than 400 million simulated poker hands to show which starting hands have performed best for its players, offering a different perspective from conventional preflop charts. Poker players looking for preflop ranges are…

September 5, 2026Poker Strategy, Poker Training

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Poker Champs: From Tony G’s Poker Room to Alex Botez’s $250K Win

Poker Champs returned in 2026 as a $500,000 ClubWPT Gold heads-up creator tournament, but the name reaches back more than two decades to a very different online poker business. ClubWPT Gold's version brought eight major content creators together in a…

September 5, 2026ClubWPT, ClubWPT Gold, Doug Polk, Poker Creators, Tony G

Poker for humanity from Habitat for humanity.

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Poker for Humanity Targets $100,000 to Help Virginia Families Find Homes

A poker tournament in Virginia is aiming to turn chips into homes next week, with organizers setting a $100,000 fundraising target for Loudoun Habitat for Humanity. The sixth annual Poker for Humanity fundraiser will take place on Wednesday, September 9…

September 4, 2026Charity Poker, Poker Charity, Texas Hold’em

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Chance Kornuth Makes Both ACR Venom Final Tables as $15m Mystery Bounty Series Ends

Chance Kornuth pulled off the unusual feat of reaching two major online final tables during the same series, making the final nine of both ACR Poker Mystery Bounty Venoms. The ACR pro cashed for a combined $188,734.88 across the No-Limit…

September 4, 2026Chris Moorman, Online Poker, PLO, Pot-Limit Omaha

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Is This the Best Poker Trophy of 2026? Binq Poker Event Raises the Bar

Poker tournaments have handed out bracelets, rings, enormous championship cups and millions of dollars in prize money during 2026, but one considerably smaller event in London may have beaten them all when it comes to the trophy. The team at…

September 4, 2026London Poker, Poker Business, UK Poker

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CoinPoker Launches K-Poker With 9BB in the Pot Before Anyone Acts

CoinPoker has launched K-Poker, an exclusive new form of No Limit Hold'em that puts nine big blinds in the middle before anyone voluntarily enters the pot. The seven-handed cash game combines a one-big-blind ante from every player with equal 1BB…

September 4, 20263-Bet Club, Cash Games, CoinPoker, Online Poker, Texas Hold’em

Two brothers arrested under suspicion of Fargo poker robbery

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Former Poker Dealer Suspected in Armed Robbery of Private Poker Game

A former poker dealer is suspected of helping plan an armed robbery at an invite-only poker game in North Dakota that saw six players held at gunpoint and approximately $2,500 stolen. Two brothers, Jackson James Dubois, 22, of Fargo, and…

September 4, 2026Poker Crime, Poker Dealer

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WPT Tokyo 2026 Cancelled as Japan Poker Faces Regulatory Uncertainty

WPT Tokyo 2026 has been cancelled, removing one of Japan's biggest international poker festivals from the December calendar as organizers grapple with uncertainty surrounding the country's domestic tournament regulations. The Japan Esports Poker Association (JEPA) confirmed that it will not…

September 4, 2026Japan Poker, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, World Poker Tour, WPT

Grosvenor Swansea in Wales is set to close.

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Grosvenor Swansea Closure Leaves Live Poker in Wales Even More Concentrated in Cardiff

Live poker in Wales has just become harder to reach. Grosvenor Casino Swansea closed permanently on August 30, removing a casino and former poker venue from Wales' second-largest city. For players elsewhere in South and West Wales, however, the bigger…

September 4, 2026Grosvenor Poker, Live Poker, UK Poker

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PokerStars on FanDuel Launches $3.5M Dynasty Series Across US and Ontario

PokerStars on FanDuel is preparing its next major online tournament series, with more than 160 events scheduled across the United States and Ontario during September. The new September Dynasty Series will run from September 12 to 28, bringing 100 tournaments…

September 3, 2026Fanduel, Online Poker, Ontario Poker, Poker Tournaments, PokerStars, WCOOP

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Why Is the Irish Open Being Played in Australia?

Australia has been competing in Eurovision for more than a decade, so perhaps we should have seen this coming. Now the country has another European institution to call its own. The Irish Open has arrived in Sydney, marking the first…

September 3, 2026Australia Poker, Live Poker

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Poker Player Zhewen Hu Files Lawsuit Alleging $1 Million AI Crypto Fraud

Chinese poker player Zhewen Hu has filed a lawsuit in a US federal court alleging that he lost $1 million through an AI-related cryptocurrency investment that he claims was part of a fraudulent scheme. Hu, whose poker results include a…

September 3, 2026AI, Artificial Intelligence, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, High Stakes Poker, Online Poker, Poker Players, WSOP

Betfred have begun qualifiers for Battle of Malta

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Battle of Malta 2026 Qualifiers Start at Betfred Poker

Poker players can qualify for the Battle of Malta Autumn 2026 from just €0.15 after Betfred Poker launched a new satellite campaign offering packages and Main Event seats to the popular European festival. Betfred is offering 35 packages worth €1,900…

September 3, 2026Battle of Malta, Live Poker, Malta Poker, Online Poker

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EPT Barcelona 2026 Main Event Ranks Seventh-Biggest in EPT History

EPT Barcelona has reinforced its position as the biggest stop on the European Poker Tour after the 2026 Main Event became the seventh-largest EPT Main Event in history. A total of 1,823 entries were recorded in the €5,300 tournament at…

September 3, 2026Casino Barcelona, EPT Barcelona, European Poker Tour, Jason Wheeler, Live Poker, Manuel Ferrari, PokerStars, Thomas Eychenne

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Poker Dream Malaysia 26 Brings MYR 4 Million Main Event to Genting Highlands

Poker Dream is returning to Genting Highlands for a major 12-day festival featuring 60 events and a MYR 4 million guaranteed Main Event. Poker Dream Malaysia 26 runs from October 8 to 19, with buy-ins stretching from affordable satellites to…

September 3, 2026Live Poker, Poker Tournaments

Ben "Bencb" Rolle wins second WSOP bracelet.

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Ben Rolle Wins Second WSOP Bracelet and $1.37 Million Millionaire Maker

Ben “Bencb” Rolle has won the second World Series of Poker bracelet of his career after taking down the $1,500 WSOP Online Millionaire Maker for $1,366,929. The German online poker star defeated a field of 5,518 entries to claim the…

September 2, 2026Ben Rolle, Bencb, Online Poker, World Series of Poker, WSOP, WSOP Online

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Keegan-Michael Key Joins Zynga Poker as the Voice of Your ‘Inner Winner’

Keegan-Michael Key is bringing his unmistakable voice and comedy to the poker table after being unveiled as the new face of Zynga Poker. The Emmy-winning actor and comedian is fronting a new multi-channel advertising campaign for the free-to-play poker game,…

September 2, 2026Celebrity Poker, Online Poker