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Flutter Plans 1,400 Job Cuts as PokerStars Faces More Upheaval
Flutter Entertainment plans up to 1,400 job cuts after earlier PokerStars redundancies and a CEO change. We examine the implications for online poker.
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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.
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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…
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Benny Glaser Wins TWO WCOOP Titles in One Day, Takes Record to 19
Benny Glaser won the $530 Stud and $530 HORSE on the same day to take his all-time WCOOP record from 17 titles to 19.
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Johannes Straver Wins Fourth WCOOP 2026 Title for $167K
Johannes "Jepser8" Straver has turned an already absurd WCOOP into something even harder to explain, winning the $10,300 Thursday Thrill for $167,733 and collecting his fourth title of the 2026…
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Patrick Leonard Misses WCOOP Title 16 by One Opponent
Patrick “pads1161” Leonard has spent WCOOP 2026 collecting titles, final tables and another reminder that even the best online tournament players can still run into a door at heads-up. The…
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Victoria Coren Mitchell
Victoria Coren Mitchell occupies a strange and rather wonderful place in poker history. Millions of people in Britain know her first as the dryly funny host of Only Connect, while…
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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…
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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…
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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,"…
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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.
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Niklas Astedt Wins Two WCOOP Titles in Two Days to Reach 14
Niklas “Lena900” Astedt has become the first double champion of WCOOP 2026 after winning PokerStars titles on consecutive nights. The Swedish online poker star followed a $1,050 PLO victory with…
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Maryland Poker Championship Smashes Guarantees After Main Event Buy-In Cut
The Maryland State Poker Championship has delivered a significant turnaround after reducing the buy-in for its Main Event, with the overall festival generating almost $1.5 million in prize money. The…
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Is the PokerStars Network the Biggest Change in PokerStars History?
For 25 years, PokerStars has been somewhere poker players went. Download the software, create an account and find a table. That relationship helped build one of online poker's defining brands.…
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Belarusian “AHTOCb” Wins Sunday Million 20th Anniversary as Astedt Makes Final Table
The PokerStars Sunday Million has its 20th Anniversary champion. Belarusian player “AHTOCb” defeated a staggering 55,444-entry field to win $255,336 including bounties, while online poker legend Niklas “Lena900” Astedt made…
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Spraggy Bags Fourth in Chips From 5,005 in WCOOP Sunday Special
Ben “Spraggy” Spragg has made an impressive start to WCOOP 2026, bagging the fourth-largest stack from a huge 5,005-entry field in the $75 Sunday Special. The PokerStars ambassador was one…
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Super Tuesday Returns to WCOOP: The Story Behind an Online Poker Classic
Long before online poker tournaments routinely offered seven-figure guarantees, Tuesday night meant something very specific to serious PokerStars players. It meant Super Tuesday. The $1,050 weekly tournament became one of…
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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…
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Benjamin Spragg “Spraggy”
Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg is a British professional poker player, Twitch streamer, YouTuber and PokerStars Team Pro who has become one of the most established poker creators of the streaming era.…
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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…
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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…
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PokerStars Spin & Go Produces Third $1 Million Winner in Remarkable Jackpot Run
PokerStars has crowned its third Spin & Go millionaire in a matter of weeks after UK player “Gwaugh1” turned a $5 buy-in into a $1 million payday. The extraordinary run…
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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'…
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Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu has spent nearly three decades doing something few poker players manage for long. He has remained relevant. The Canadian known as “Kid Poker” was winning World Series of…
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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…