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WSOP Online is starting the $100,000 Multi-Flight Extravaganza on Sunday, Aug. 16, giving players a $55 shot at a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. The event uses 10 Day 1 flights spread across 10 days, with Day 2 set for Aug. 24.

The tournament is open to the shared WSOP Online player pool in Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. WSOP Online pools players across Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Pokerfuse described the event as one of the platform’s biggest standalone non-series offerings. The draw is the format itself: players get multiple opening flights, and anyone who misses out on one Day 1 can jump into another and keep trying until they bag a seat.

Caesars and WSOP launched WSOP Online in 2024 as an upgraded real-money poker platform, and the upgrade included multi-flight re-entry tournaments. The company later said adding Pennsylvania made it the first online poker operator to share liquidity across four U.S. jurisdictions.

The same report said WSOP Online is also pairing the event with a $400 reload bonus for existing players through Aug. 17. The bonus is triggered by a deposit of at least $10 using promo code AUG26, which gives a 100% boost on deposits up to $400.

Bonus funds are released in $10 increments for every 100 wagering points earned, and players have 60 days to clear the requirement. New players have a separate first-deposit offer, with a match up to $1,000 and as much as $100 in free play depending on the size of the initial deposit.

Tim Pool was back in the 2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open $3,000 Main Event for Day 1b, and he finished the second starting flight with 210,000 chips. The turnaround came in the event’s $750,000-guarantee setup at MGM National Harbor, where the two starting flights feed into Day 2.

As covered yesterday, Pool was eliminated from Day 1a after flopping two pair against Nicholas Verderamo’s kings and then watching a king fall on the river. That bustout sent him out of the opening flight quickly, but he was right back in the mix for the second flight.

According to PokerNews, Day 1b drew 180 players in the MGM National Harbor poker room. That lifted the combined field to 280 total entries through the two starting flights, and 58 players advanced to Day 2.

Waleed Mian finished Day 1b with 1,185,000 chips, the only stack to clear the million-chip mark. The event began with 60,000-chip starting stacks, 45-minute levels on Day 1, and 60-minute levels beginning on Day 2, with late registration open until the start of Level 13. The champion is set to be crowned at the final table on Aug. 17.

North Dakota Legislative Management is set to meet Monday, Aug. 17, at the State Capitol’s Roughrider Room. The 10 a.m. meeting includes a 10:10 a.m. look at a Gaming Commission appeal over a proposed rule on poker tournament fees.

The committee also plans to approve minutes from Jan. 14, Jan. 20, Jan. 27 and June 11, 2026. It will also choose a replacement for the vacancy created by former Sen. Josh Boschee’s resignation.

Later in the day, Legislative Council staff are scheduled to present proposed rules amendments and agendas for the House, Senate and Joint Rules for the upcoming special session at 2:45 p.m. The meeting is set to adjourn at 3:15 p.m. after miscellaneous administrative matters.

The appeal lands with a committee whose stated duties include determining whether an administrative rule is void under North Dakota Century Code Section 28-32-18 and receiving notice of an appeal of an administrative agency’s rulemaking action under Section 28-32-42. That makes it the body that can review the Gaming Commission’s challenge to the Administrative Rules Committee’s decision.

Under the current administrative code, a licensed organization may conduct poker on two occasions per fiscal year, from July 1 through June 30, and each occasion is limited to 72 hours. A restricted event permit holder may conduct poker one event per year.

For tournaments, the rule says each player must pay an entry fee and total fees per player cannot exceed $300, including the buy-in or entry fee plus rebuys, add-ons and bounties. Those fees are treated as gross proceeds, and qualifying satellite tournaments can also charge up to $300 per player. Total prizes for one poker tournament, including satellites, cannot exceed 90% of gross proceeds.

The same rule also keeps the bookkeeping tight. Recordkeeping may not be combined for multiple tournaments during the 72-hour poker occasion, a non-tournament occasion and side game are each limited to 24 hours, and non-tournament play is capped at $2 per half hour of playing time, collected in advance. The maximum single bet is $1, with no more than three $1 raises in a betting round.

Paulius Vaitekunas won the Onyx High Roller Series $10,200 Bounty at Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa in Northern Cyprus, taking the trophy, the $32,200 first prize and $20,000 in bounty value after a little more than three hours of play.

As covered earlier in the week when Boris Kolev won the $10,400 Mystery Bounty, the Cyprus stop was already moving through its closing stretch at the same venue.

According to PokerNews, the $10,200 event drew just seven entries. That left the full $32,200 regular prize pool for the winner, with each elimination worth $5,000. The setup was quick from the outset, with 100,000-chip stacks, 200/500 blinds and a 500 big blind ante, 20-minute levels, unlimited reentries and late registration open through Level 6.

The field began with five players and grew to seven when two late entrants joined in Level 4. Vaitekunas was one of those late arrivals, which meant he played more than an hour less than the players who had been there from the opening hand.

He scored the first bounty by busting Manig Loeser in seventh place, then watched Moussa Ahmad fall to Aleksandr Kirichenko before the break. Felipe Ketzer went quickly after play resumed, Chengyu Liao followed, and Kirichenko later slipped after Vaitekunas pulled in a substantial pot and then sent Vladas Tamasauskas out in third with a rivered three-outer.

That left Vaitekunas with a near three-to-one chip lead for heads-up play. The title ended a few hands later when Kirichenko moved all in on an ill-timed bluff and Vaitekunas called it down to secure the win.

Vaitekunas said it was probably the quickest live tournament he had played, pointing to the jump from Level 4 to Level 11 in a single session. He said his Spin & Go background helped him handle wider ranges and short-handed dynamics, and he also praised the venue and the series, even if he said the festival had not really been a success for him until the trophy arrived.

Waleed Mian turned Day 1b of the Potomac Summer Poker Open $3,000 Main Event into a runaway, bagging 1.185 million chips and finishing as the only player to clear the million-chip mark. He ended well ahead of the 38 players who survived the flight, and the second starting day pushed the event to 280 total entries.

As covered in the earlier Day 1a report, David Van Noy led that opening flight with 655,000 after 20 of 100 entries advanced. According to PokerNews, Mian did most of his damage early, knocking out three players in the first hour before closing the day by busting Justin Arnwine.

The last hand was a clean one for Mian. His ace-nine held against Arnwine’s ace-eight when the chips went in for 131,000 from the cutoff.

Kyle Lin finished second with 586,000, and his run came with some extra heat attached after he entered the Main Event fresh off winning the $1,100 High Roller the day before. He also picked up a big double-up with two pair, while Kyle Smith was next on 565,000, followed by Changfeng Fan on 488,000, David Kinane on 477,000, Yonnas Banteamlak on 440,000, and Dejan Ristov on 250,000.

Michael Bohmerwald finished with 216,000, Tim Pool had 210,000, Russ Dunlevy bagged 120,000, and Elia Ahmadian moved on with 111,000. Among the players sent to the rail were Daniel Iachan, Lucas Vergara, Aaron Pinson and Matthew Su.

The 38 survivors from Day 1b will join the 20 Day 1a finishers for Day 2 at noon local time. Play resumes on Level 16 at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante, the levels stretch to 60 minutes, and the plan is to keep going until the final table is reached after play starts; the official prize pool should be announced shortly after the cards get back in the air.