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Eric “Slick Ric” Chang won the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event at Texas Card House Austin, collecting $433,670 after topping a record 2,090-entry field. The Sept. 17-21 tournament was the largest $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event held to date, according to Card Player and SpadePoker.

The win required a major turnaround. Chang began Day 2 ranked 259th among 267 returning players and was reduced to one big blind twice before reaching the final table. He said he had felt from Day 2 that a double-up would carry him to the title. The payday was more than eight times his previous best live cash and more than doubled his career tournament earnings.

Chang beat Anil Jivani heads-up. Jivani held a nearly five-to-one chip lead after a flush-over-flush hand, but Chang fought back to near even before closing out the match. Jivani earned $289,110 for second place.

The reported prize pool was $3.17 million, clearing the $2 million guarantee. The official WSOP results page also confirms Chang’s win, the 2,090 entries and his $433,670 payout, but lists a different event figure of about $2.97 million. The available reports do not explain the discrepancy.

Lucas Jumalon, fresh from winning the 2026 WSOP Main Event and its $10 million first prize six weeks earlier, entered the Austin event’s final day with the chip lead and 18 players remaining. His first tournament appearance since that victory ended in 14th place for $19,030.

It was the second WSOP Circuit Main Event at the Austin venue. The spring edition, the first WSOP-branded series held in Texas, drew 1,709 entries for a $2.59 million prize pool and was won by Thomas Brabham for $368,545. The latest field was more than 22% larger, extending the rapid growth seen at the venue’s first Circuit stop.

One detail remains unsettled in the coverage: Card Player described the victory as Chang’s second Circuit ring, while SpadePoker called it his first.

NHN has set a 2.2 billion won total prize pool for the sixth Hangame Poker Tour, its largest yet. The hold’em festival is built around the Hangame Royal Hold’em mobile game, with 2 billion won allocated to the main event and 200 million won to the Super Stack side event.

The tournament combines online satellites in Hangame Royal Hold’em with an offline finale. According to The Elec, Bithumb is hosting the tour, and prize money will be paid in Korean won through Bithumb accounts, while SOOP is responsible for operations.

The satellite phase began Sept. 18 and runs through Nov. 25, a 69-day stretch with five tournaments each day. No separate application is required. Each satellite awards 29 offline-event tickets: one each to players finishing first through 20th, plus an additional ticket for each of the top nine finishers.

The offline tournament runs Nov. 26-29 at S-Factory, a cultural complex in Seoul’s Seongsu-dong area. NHN expanded the main event’s DAY1 from two days to three, saying the change, along with the expanded online satellites, was intended to create more opportunities to reach the live event.

Players need two tickets to enter DAY1 and can re-enter by submitting two more. Those who progress will play DAY2 on Nov. 29 for the 2 billion won main-event prize pool. Super Stack also takes place Nov. 29, carries its 200 million won prize pool and requires one ticket to enter.

ACR Poker’s OSS XL moved into its final stretch, with several high rollers exceeding their guarantees, while the series’ three Main Events prepared for their next stages. The 336-event festival runs through Sept. 29 with more than $50 million guaranteed.

The $630 OSS XL #215 High Roller drew 1,204 entries and built a $722,400 prize pool, above its $600,000 guarantee. Slippy12 won $119,923 following a final-table deal, while runner-up a6amKa4ePB collected $114,033.

Another $630 event, OSS XL #213H, brought in 499 entries for a $299,400 prize pool against a $250,000 guarantee. G26 won $59,536 after a deal. Mini Phil’s Thrill #219 also cleared its guarantee, drawing 104 entries at $2,650 to create a $260,000 pool; Infliponcio won $58,500.

The Sunday results were not all over guarantee. ACR Poker covered overlays in the $215 OSS XL #216, the $16.50 Sunday Splash and the $27.50 Sunday Smash. The $2,650 Mini Phil’s Thrill PLO #220 met its $200,000 guarantee exactly.

As we reported last week, the $66, $1,050 and $2,650 Main Events together carry $5 million in guarantees. The $2,650 event, with a $2.5 million guarantee, recorded 468 entries in Day 1A, while the $1,050 Main Event’s opening flight drew 950 entries toward its $2 million guarantee.

Both higher-buy-in Main Events have final Day 1B flights on Sunday, Sept. 27, then play Day 2 on Sept. 28 and final tables on Sept. 29. The $66 Main Event returns for Day 2 on Sept. 27 with 493 players remaining; its $500,000 prize pool includes a $202,100 overlay.

There is also more than $60,000 in cash and tournament tickets left in the OSS XL Leaderboard Competition. GROOTHEDEGEN led the High division on Monday morning, with ITILTHARD atop Medium and MALEKSEY leading Low. Only in-the-money finishes in series events earn points.

Second Mortgage Week began Sept. 21 with 10 Nosebleed Stakes tournaments over five playing days. The schedule spans No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha, in 6-max and 8-max formats, with buy-ins from $5,200 to $25,500. Its largest buy-in is the $25,500 NLH 8-Max on Sept. 27, before the high-stakes run closes Sept. 28 with $15,400 NLH 8-Max and $5,200 NLH 6-Max R/A events.

Greg Mueller’s third-place finish in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event came with a $3.75 million payout and a rail of more than 100 supporters. The 55-year-old Vancouver player outlasted a 9,208-entry field in the $10,000 championship at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, which generated an $85.6 million prize pool.

Lucas Jumalon won the title and $10 million, defeating Lauri Saaskilahti heads-up. Saaskilahti earned $6 million, while Mueller’s $3.75 million marked the biggest result of his career. As we reported in July, Mueller entered the delayed final-table return fourth in chips.

A new Card Player profile says Mueller’s supporters included family, hockey friends, poker players and other friends, many wearing matching hats and shirts bearing his picture. He called it the “best, biggest, loudest rail in WSOP history,” but said the desire not to disappoint that group added to the pressure he felt at the final table.

Mueller was last in chips with seven players remaining on Day 9, but climbed four places to finish third, adding $2.25 million in payout value from that position. The final table had been paused for almost three weeks, and he used the break for training, healthier eating, sleep and study of tournament charts, ICM, stack sizes and positions.

The result had particular weight for a player whose poker career dates to 2003. Mueller has three WSOP bracelets, 73 WSOP cashes and $7.3 million in live tournament winnings. His first bracelet came in the 2009 $10,000 limit hold’em event, followed by a $1,500 limit hold’em shootout win a week later; his third arrived in the 2019 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event.

Before poker, Mueller spent eight years playing professional hockey in Germany after arriving there at 19. He learned poker during bus trips between games, won a German hockey championship and played in the 1992 Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. He retired from hockey early after his mother died and he lost his passion for the sport.

Mueller said the Main Event run stood alone above his earlier poker achievements, even without the bracelet. He does not plan to return to a full tournament schedule, saying he prefers to choose events while making time for golf, walking, training, family and friends. He still plays hockey two or three times a week and takes part in Canucks alumni and charity games.

Saracen Casino Resort will host the inaugural Arkansas Poker Classic from Oct. 6-11, bringing a six-day Gulf Coast Poker Tour series to the state for the first time. The festival’s $600 Main Event carries a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool, with five starting flights and 40-minute levels throughout.

The Main Event begins Oct. 8. Its starting flights run through Oct. 10, and winners from the Thursday Main Event flights are scheduled to return for the restart on Oct. 11. Organizers expect competitors from Arkansas and the surrounding region.

KATV reported that the opening day features a $30,000-guaranteed Seniors Event and a $20,000-guaranteed Big O tournament. Other guaranteed events include the $50,000 Big Monster Stack, a $20,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship and a $10,000 Ladies Event, alongside a Rookies Event, additional tournaments and qualifiers.

Bill Phillips of Gulf Coast Poker said the series was being offered because of Arkansas’ “deep and thriving poker community.” He said Saracen and Neal Atkinson are expected to provide a spacious playing area, amenities and a new hotel for the event.

Gulf Coast Poker was founded in 2006 by Gene Dudek and Phillips. Its tour had already featured stops in Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas during the year of the report, with Arkansas added to its schedule.

Players must be at least 21, present valid government-issued identification and hold a Saracen Casino Player’s Card in good standing. Tournament schedules, structures and guarantees remain subject to change with notice.