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Sam Soverel opened the PokerGO Tour’s return from its post-summer break by winning the $5,000 pot-limit Omaha kickoff at the PGT PLO Series in Las Vegas. The victory was worth $122,850 from a $455,000 prize pool generated by 91 entries and gave Soverel a record-extending 16th PGT title.

The one-day event played at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino, according to CardPlayer. Soverel now holds a three-title lead over Alex Foxen on the tour’s title leaderboard, after Foxen had tied Soverel’s then-record 13 titles with a $10,000 no-limit hold’em win in April, PokerNews reported.

Soverel’s latest title added 184 PGT points, pushing him into the top 20 of the season points race. He also collected 432 Card Player Player of the Year points, moving into that leaderboard’s top 200.

The result took Soverel’s recorded tournament earnings beyond $33.5 million. The four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner ranked 36th on poker’s all-time money list at the time and was one of 44 players with more than $30 million in recorded cashes.

Thirteen players cashed in the tournament. John Riordan, the 2025 Super High Roller Bowl PLO champion, fell on the money bubble, while Josh Arieh finished 12th, Mike Zulker placed 10th and Joao Simao exited in eighth.

Soverel eliminated Michael Wang, who earned $18,200 in seventh, and Sean Winter, who collected $22,750 in sixth, after the remaining players moved to the main stage. John Dapkus knocked out Ariel Mantel in fifth for $31,850 and James Chen in fourth for $40,950, before Soverel eliminated Dapkus in third for $56,875.

Soverel began heads-up play against Jonas Kronwitter with 6.125 million chips. In the deciding hand, the chips went in on a 10♥-7♥-3♣ flop; the 5♠ turn and 7♣ river left Soverel’s pocket aces in front to close out the tournament. Kronwitter received $79,625 for second place and left the event with nearly $3.9 million in lifetime tournament cashes.

The PGT PLO Series runs through Oct. 3.

PlayBlind has launched a crypto-native real-money poker platform offering No-Limit Texas Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha, with no rake taken from pots. The browser-based service accepts crypto deposits and says it allows instant withdrawals of up to $750,000 in each 24-hour period directly to a player’s crypto wallet.

The platform says normal use requires no know-your-customer verification or personal information. Players can create an account, fund it with crypto and play without the banking channels and identity checks commonly used by online poker services.

The announcement was distributed as paid, sponsored press-release material on CryptoSlate. PlayBlind says its no-rake model is supported by advertising and sponsors rather than the conventional operator share of each pot. It also describes its games as loose and action-heavy, and includes table interaction and player chat.

USDC deposits are supported on Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. The games run in a web browser on desktop and mobile devices.

Privacy is central to the platform’s pitch. PlayBlind says it uses zero-knowledge and other cryptographic technology, with players’ hole cards encrypted and kept private. It says cryptographic proofs and on-chain technology can verify aspects of the dealing process.

The service is not a licensed or regulated online poker operator, according to the release material, and operates as an unregistered crypto poker platform. The material advises prospective users to check whether online poker is permitted in their jurisdiction, and notes that an operator bankroll does not remove the financial or platform risks associated with using an unlicensed gambling service.

JackPoker will bring back its Lucky 8S Bombpot Fest on Sept. 26, giving cash-game players 16 days of daily quests, Instant Cash rewards and random Bomb Pots worth up to 30 big blinds.

The promotion runs through Oct. 11 and covers PLO5CB, PLO6CB and NLB tables. Players can tackle 32 challenges across the full run, with two quests per day unlocking Instant Cash rewards. Players who remain active throughout the 16-day promotion can complete all 32 challenges and maximize the available rewards.

PokerStrategy reported the returning promotion. JackPoker is also offering new customers additional first-deposit Instant Cash offers during the festival, adding a separate welcome boost alongside the table-based rewards.

Bomb Pots had already become available at selected Texas No Limit Hold’em and PLO5 cash-game tables on JackPoker before coverage of the Lucky 8S Bombpot Fest, according to PokerListings. In that format, every player contributes a set amount to the pot, preflop betting is skipped and action begins on the flop. The dealer button is randomly assigned among participating players.

JackPoker previously ran BombPots Quests built around three difficulty levels: easy, medium and hard. Players who completed all three quests received at least $200 in Instant Cash, offering some context for the site’s earlier use of mission-based rewards around the format.

The new festival is focused on cash games, although JackPoker also lets players move between cash tables and tournaments. Its wider schedule includes regular series, freerolls, missions and recurring promotions, while past Cash Splash promotions have offered up to $30,000 a day.

KPC Poker has added a two-stage Stairs Satellite as another route into the $15,000 King’s Main Event at its Jeju festival next month. Players who cash in the first stage will receive both a ticket for the second stage and a cash prize, while qualifying finishers in Stage 2 will earn Main Event seats plus cash.

The satellite opens at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 15 with a ₩1.1 million buy-in. PokerNews reported that Stage 2 begins at the same time on Oct. 16 and carries a ₩3.15 million buy-in. KPC Poker had not specified the cash amounts for either stage, which were due to be confirmed on site.

The King’s Main Event runs Oct. 17-20 and is among the largest tournaments on the schedule. It has two starting flights, on Oct. 17 and Oct. 18, before surviving players combine for Day 2 on Oct. 19. The champion will be decided on Oct. 20.

As covered in August, the Jeju stop is KPC Poker’s first major festival since K Poker Cup and King Poker Cup were brought together under the KPC Poker name. The 12-day series runs Oct. 10-21 at LES A Casino in Jeju Shinhwa World, with ₩3.1 billion, about $2.3 million, in guarantees across the festival.

The wider slate begins with the ₩800,000 KPC Bankroll Builder, carrying a ₩180 million guarantee, and the $5,000 King’s Debut, which has a $1 million guarantee. The schedule’s other Main Event is the ₩1.3 million KPC Main Event, with an ₩880 million guarantee, while the largest buy-in is the $60,000 King’s Super High Roller.

Players registering and seated before an event’s scheduled start can receive a 50% administration-fee discount in tournaments marked with the gift icon.

ACR Poker said in a Sept. 24 update that its $2.5 million guaranteed 25th Anniversary Tournament had 13 Day 1 flights left, leaving players a final run of qualification opportunities before Day 2 on Monday, Sept. 28. The $250 event’s final table is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 29.

Twelve of the 13 remaining flights were Turbo tournaments. The lone Main flight is set for Sunday, Sept. 27, at 1:05 p.m. ET, with Turbo flights that day at 10:15 a.m. and 7:05 p.m. ET. The last Day 1 is an 8:05 a.m. ET Turbo on Sept. 28, after which the surviving field moves into Day 2.

As reported Sept. 2, the tournament’s late-September Day 2 and final-table dates had already been set. The remaining slate listed three Turbo starts each on Thursday and Friday at 12:05 p.m., 3:05 p.m. and 6:05 p.m. ET, followed by Saturday Turbos at 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. ET.

The event uses a cumulative-stack format. Players who survive a Day 1 can enter again, and every stack they carry through is combined for Day 2 rather than replacing an earlier qualifying stack.

ACR Poker had expanded the tournament to 41 Day 1 flights, up from the 21 announced in July, while keeping the $2.5 million guarantee intact. The full schedule runs from July 18 through Sept. 29.

Players can buy in directly for $250 or use $33 satellites, with $3.15 Super Satellites feeding those qualifiers. A separate satellite route advertised by ACR starts at $1.05 for Saturday Turbo entries.

The tournament is part of ACR Poker’s celebration of 25 years since it began dealing cards in 2001.