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Caitlyn Jenner Joins Celebrity Poker Tour

Caitlyn Jenner Joins Celebrity Poker Tour as Jenner Family’s Poker Obsession Grows

Caitlyn Jenner is heading to the poker table in Las Vegas, joining a fascinating mix of reality television stars, athletes, musicians and social media personalities for Celebrity Poker Tour Invitational XIII. The Olympic gold medalist will make her Celebrity Poker…

September 1, 2026Celebrity Poker, Celebrity Poker Tour, CPT Invitational XIII, Kylie Jenner, Telli Swift

Fabiano Kovalski wins two events at EPT Barcelona.

Fabiano Kovalski Wins Two EPT Barcelona Titles for €1.11M

Brazilian poker pro Fabiano Kovalski completed one of the standout runs of EPT Barcelona 2026, winning two major titles in three days and collecting €1,112,710 from the victories alone. PokerStars' official festival results confirm Kovalski won the €3,250 Mystery Bounty…

September 1, 2026EPT Barcelona, European Poker Tour, Poker Tournaments, PokerStars

High Stakes Poker on PokerGO 2026

Inside High Stakes Poker’s Wild $2.478M Record Game

High Stakes Poker has spent two decades making enormous amounts of money look strangely normal. This was different. The latest High Stakes Poker LIVE game at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas became an extraordinary display of deep-stack cash poker,…

August 31, 2026Andrew Robl, Eric Wasserson, High Stakes Poker, High Stakes Poker LIVE, Michael Moncek, PokerGO, Rick Salomon, Sameh Elamawy, Texas Mike

WPT Global has climbed the online poker traffic rankings.

WPT Global Climbs to Fourth in Online Poker Traffic Rankings

WPT Global has climbed to fourth place in the global online poker traffic rankings after new cash-game data revealed a much bigger picture of the online poker site's player activity. SharkScope Analytics has started tracking WPT Global cash games alongside…

August 31, 2026Brad Owen, Cash Games, Online Poker, Online Poker Sites, Phil Ivey, Poker Business, World Poker Tour, WPT

WSOP Circuit in Mexico City.

WSOP Circuit Makes History With First Mexico City Series

The World Series of Poker is breaking new ground in Mexico as the first WSOP Circuit series ever held in Mexico City gets underway today. Cards are in the air from August 31 at the Barcelo México Santa Fe Hotel,…

August 31, 2026WSOP Circuit

Agnese Barca wins the Queens of Tallinn main event.

Agnese Barca Wins Record-Breaking Queens of Tallinn Main Event

Agnese Barca has won the biggest women's poker tournament ever held in Estonia, taking down the 2026 Queens of Tallinn Main Event for €11,650. The Latvian entered Sunday's nine-player final table as chip leader and completed the job at Olympic…

August 31, 2026Women's Poker

Dakota Anderson Manila Poker qinner.

Dakota Anderson Wins Gods of Poker Manila Main Event for PHP 6.3 Million

Dakota Anderson staged a heads-up comeback to win the 2026 Gods of Poker Manila Main Event and collect PHP 6,304,500. The official Gods of Poker report listed the payout at approximately $101,322 at the time of the result. The American…

August 31, 2026

LaGrange Humane Society in Texas

Poker for Charity: How Texas Hold’em Is Raising Money for Good Causes

Poker is usually played with one simple objective: win the money on the table. But in LaGrange, Georgia, next month, some of that money will be going somewhere rather different. The LaGrange-Troup County Humane Society is preparing to hold a…

August 31, 2026Charity Poker, Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Tilly, Phil Hellmuth, WSOP

Eric Wasserson at High Stakes Poker

Eric Wasserson Wins $2.478 Million Pot Against Andrew Robl

Eric Wasserson won a $2.478 million pot against Andrew Robl during the August 29 High Stakes Poker LIVE game at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, briefly setting a new record for the show. The record-breaking hand came on August…

August 30, 2026Andrew Robl, CoinPoker, Eric Wasserson, High Stakes Poker, High Stakes Poker LIVE, Michael Moncek, PokerGO, Texas Mike

Daniel Negreanu at Hustler Casino Live.

Daniel Negreanu Loses on Hustler Casino Live Debut as 300,000 Tune In

Daniel Negreanu’s long-awaited Hustler Casino Live debut ended with a $73,800 loss, but the eight-time WSOP bracelet winner still gave viewers plenty to watch during a wild eight-and-a-half-hour cash game session. Negreanu battled back from being almost $160,000 down, briefly…

August 30, 2026Cash Games, Daniel Negreanu, High Stakes Poker, Hustler Casino Live

Manuel Ferrari wins the EPT Barcelona main event 2026.

Manuel Ferrari Wins EPT Barcelona Main Event for €1 Million

Manuel Ferrari has completed his rapid rise through the PokerStars tournament ranks by winning the 2026 EPT Barcelona Main Event for €1,002,488. The 34-year-old Italian defeated Lukas van Eeden heads-up at Casino Barcelona after surviving a field of 1,823 entries…

August 30, 2026Casino Barcelona, EPT Barcelona, European Poker Tour, Manuel Ferrari, PokerStars

Abby Merk aka AbbyPoker.

AbbyPoker Biggest Poker Win Ends With Blackjack Gamble

Abby Merk had already produced her biggest poker win in years. Then she risked the entire $1,500 profit on a single hand of online blackjack. The latest video from the AbbyPoker creator turned a winning Texas cash game into something…

August 29, 2026Abby Merk, AbbyPoker, Cash Games, Poker Creators, Poker Videos, Texas Poker

Partouche Pasino Club in Paris

WSOP Circuit Paris Returns With 13 Rings and €1,500 Main Event

The World Series of Poker Circuit is heading back to Paris, with 13 WSOP Circuit rings up for grabs during a two-week festival at the Partouche Pasino Club. Running from September 1 to 14, WSOP Circuit Paris features buy-ins ranging…

August 29, 2026Live Poker, World Series of Poker, WSOP, WSOP Circuit

The final six players for the EPT Barcelona 2026.

Who Are the Six Players Chasing €1.37 Million at the EPT Barcelona Final Table?

Six players remain from 1,823 entries in the 2026 EPT Barcelona Main Event, and there is far more than €1.37 million at stake when they return to Casino Barcelona for the final day. Italy's Manuel Ferrari holds the chip lead,…

August 29, 2026

High Stakes Poker game in action.

Texas Mike Wins $1.5M Pot But Still Loses $1M in Wild $9M High Stakes Poker Game

High Stakes Poker LIVE promised something enormous when Andrew Robl arrived in Las Vegas. It delivered. More than $9 million eventually found its way onto the table at the PokerGO Studio as some of the biggest cash game players in…

August 29, 2026Andrew Robl, Eric Wasserson, High Stakes Poker, Michael Moncek, PokerGO, Sameh Elamawy, Texas Mike

The CoinPoker and PokerGO High stakes poker promotion.

CoinPoker and PokerGO Offer Player $100,000 Shot at High Stakes Poker

For most poker players, a seat on High Stakes Poker belongs firmly in the category of something to watch rather than something to experience. CoinPoker and PokerGO are offering one player the chance to change that. A new promotion between…

August 29, 2026CoinPoker, GOPC, High Stakes Poker, Phil Hellmuth, PokerGO

Allen Kessler wins Chainsaw Mixed Event.

Allen Kessler Wins Second Chainsaw Mixed Series Trophy at Caesars Palace

Allen Kessler has another piece of Chainsaw hardware for the collection. The veteran mixed-game specialist won the $400 O/E event at the Chainsaw Mixed Series of Poker at Caesars Palace on Thursday, August 27, securing his second trophy from the…

August 28, 2026Allen Kessler, WSOP

Jennifer Tilly at Hellmuth's Home Game.

Jennifer Tilly Busts the Competition on Hellmuth’s Home Game

Jennifer Tilly's strong run on Hellmuth's Home Game continued as the actress and poker player booked another profitable session while Phil Hellmuth and Erick Lindgren were forced to reach for fresh buy-ins. Episode 31 of the televised cash game brought…

August 28, 2026Dan Cates, Jennifer Tilly, Jungleman, Phil Hellmuth, Shaun Deeb, Xuan Liu

Ralfs Blumbergs wins EPT Barcelona PLO.

Ralfs Blumbergs Wins EPT Barcelona €10K PLO for €303,300

Ralfs Blumbergs claimed one of the biggest Pot-Limit Omaha titles of EPT Barcelona 2026, winning the €10,250 PLO Unlimited Re-Entry event for €303,300. PokerStars' official EPT Barcelona results confirm 122 entries, a €1,183,400 prize pool and 17 paid places in…

August 28, 2026Casino Barcelona, EPT Barcelona, European Poker Tour, PLO, PokerStars, Pot-Limit Omaha

High Stakes Poker Live

YoH ViraL Crushes Andrew Pacheco in $223K High Stakes Poker Clash

High Stakes Poker LIVE produced its first brutal exit of the week on Wednesday night as Johan "YoH Viral" Guilbert took Andrew "Ace" Pacheco apart in two huge hands at the PokerGO Studio. Pacheco's appearance on Day 2 lasted less…

August 28, 2026High Stakes Poker, Jesse Lonis, Johan Guilbert, PokerGO, YoH ViraL

John Juanda at the EPT Barcelona

John Juanda Chasing Historic Second EPT Barcelona Main Event Title

Eleven years after winning the EPT Barcelona Main Event, John Juanda is threatening to do it again. The Poker Hall of Famer has reached Day 5 of the €5,300 PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event with just 28 players remaining from…

August 27, 2026EPT Barcelona, European Poker Tour, Live Poker, Poker Hall of Fame, Poker Players, PokerStars

Michael Addamo

Michael Addamo Returns to Online Poker and Wins $10K GGMillion$

Michael Addamo has made quite a return to online poker. After spending much of the past two years away from the game, the Australian high-stakes specialist returned to the $10,000 GGMillion$ High Roller and promptly won the tournament for $423,610.…

August 27, 2026GGMillion$, GGPoker, Michael Addamo, Online Poker, Online Poker Sites, Poker Players

Pierre Neuville has died aged 83.

Pierre Neuville, Belgian Poker Legend and 2015 WSOP Main Event Finalist, Dies Aged 83

Belgian poker legend Pierre Neuville has died at the age of 83 following a battle with prostate cancer. Neuville became one of the most recognizable figures in European poker during a remarkable second act to his career, competing at the…

August 27, 2026European Poker Tour, Poker Players, WSOP, WSOP Main Event

The first winners of CoinPoker's GOPC

CoinPoker’s GOPC Hit by Technical Problems as First Winners Crowned

CoinPoker’s $50 million Global Online Poker Championship endured a difficult opening night after technical problems disrupted multiple tournaments and forced the operator to temporarily pause play. The GOPC began on August 23 and is scheduled to run until September 28,…

August 26, 20263-Bet Club, CoinPoker, GOPC, Jesse Lonis, Online Poker

The Dealerless poker tables of Jackpot Blitz

Dealerless Poker Expands as Jackpot Blitz Tables Go Live in New Mexico

Dealerless poker has expanded its presence in the United States after Jackpot Digital installed two of its automated Jackpot Blitz tables at a New Mexico casino. The two electronic poker tables are now live at Inn of the Mountain Gods…

August 26, 2026Live Poker, US Poker