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The WPT bestbet Scramble Championship was in Day 1B at bestbet Jacksonville, with the tournament clock showing 62 entries for the flight and 153 total entries. Level 2 began at 200-300 with a 300 ante, and play continued without a break.

As reported in August, the series returned to bestbet Jacksonville for the second half of Season 24 with a $1 million guarantee. A WPT history piece also notes that bestbet Jacksonville opened in 2012 and has hosted 13 World Poker Tour stops, 12 of them at the current location.

Day 1B was the second of three starting flights. Players began with 50,000 chips, registration stayed open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:55 p.m., and a one-hour dinner break was scheduled after Level 6, around 6:40 p.m., with a free buffet from bestbet. Action was set to run through the end of Level 10, shortly before midnight.

The field included ClubWPT and ClubWPT Gold qualifiers, and five of them had shown up so far. The updates highlighted Toby Boas, Sean Cotter, Thomas Shepard, Rickey Kinser and Frank Reams, with the listed stacks ranging from 43,000 to 61,000 chips. Other arrivals included Rodney Turvin, Ray Qartomy, ClubWPT Ambassador Josh Guindon and four-time WPT champion Brian Altman.

In one early pot, Ahmad Raza moved all in for 1,800 from the hijack and Phuoc Nguyen called from the cutoff. Lunique Petiote called from the button and Vimal Reddy called from the small blind, and Nguyen’s ace-high won the whole pot to eliminate Raza. Nguyen then was listed with 95,000 chips, while Raza was out.

Another hand saw Zac Stites three-bet all in for about 42,000 after Raza raised to 20,000. Raza called with two pair, jacks and nines, but Stites won with a flopped set of sixes and doubled up to 92,000 chips. Raza was left with 1,800, or 9 big blinds.

Dion Jagroo also got a river bluff through. He raised to 10,000 from the cutoff, Denavol Wilson called from middle position, and Jagroo moved all in for about 37,000 on the river, forcing a fold. Jagroo was listed with 62,000 chips afterward and Wilson with 59,000.

The remaining schedule lists Day 1C for Sunday, Day 2 for Monday, Day 3 for Tuesday and the final table on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 2 p.m. The WPT Live Stream is set to broadcast that final table on a 30-minute delay with hole cards and expert commentary.

Alexandros “Pwndidi” Theologis won Event 1 of Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II, taking the $15,000 NLH 8-Handed kickoff for $642,000 and his first Triton title after beating Victor Chong heads-up.

According to PokerNews, the opener featured a ceremonial walkout led by chip leader Theologis, Punnat Punsri and Adrian Mateos. As reported earlier in the event, Wai Kiat Lee led the 28 survivors into Day 2, and Theologis was chip leader heading to the final table.

The field ultimately reached 206 entries and built a $3.09 million prize pool. The bubble burst late on Day 1, leaving 35 players in the money, and the early action went fast, with Xu Yang, Ethan Yau, Daniel Dvoress and Xuan Liu each collecting $25,500 in the opening 15 minutes.

PokerNews’ daily highlights showed how deep the run went for the final table. Adrian Mateos finished 8th for $79,000, Ehsan Amiri took 7th for $108,000, Daniel Rezaei was 6th for $147,000, Yin Tao finished 5th for $194,500, Wai Kiat Lee took 4th for $245,500 and Punnat Punsri was 3rd for $302,000.

Triton’s own recap said Theologis spent most of Day 2 near the top of the counts, while Victor Chong emerged as his toughest heads-up resistance and took $431,000 for runner-up. The final hand went Theologis’ way when his jack-ten held against Chong’s eight-four, confirming the title.

Card Player added that Theologis came into the event with more than $4.5 million in Triton cashes but no trident trophy, and that this win was his sixth-largest career score. The same report said the victory earned him 1,080 Player of the Year points, lifted him to 2,400 points overall and moved him to 123rd on the CoinPoker leaderboard.

After the win, Theologis said he had been looking forward to winning a Triton trophy and that finally closing one out felt great. He also said the run was swingy, with a lot of chip losses before a comeback that worked out in the end.

The Innocence Center will stage its second annual All in for Justice Charity Poker Tournament at Jamul Casino Resort on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, and the buy-in will be $150. The return comes after the inaugural event in 2025 raised about $30,000.

Claudia Salinas said the idea is to build on that first year and use the tournament as a platform for the poker community and the broader community to learn about wrongful convictions, hear directly from people affected, connect with The Innocence Center’s work, and help raise resources to change lives.

Last year’s debut drew nearly 100 people to the tables, and Salinas said TIC hopes to double attendance this year. The 2025 tournament carried a $200 buy-in, so the entry price is lower for the follow-up event.

At the inaugural night, executive director Michael Semanchik laid out the group’s mission: freeing wrongfully convicted people from prison, educating the public about the causes of wrongful conviction, and helping exonerated people rebuild after release. The first event also had title sponsors Richard and Laurie Brooks, who backed it in memory of their brother Steven Brooks, an avid poker player, and the winner received a special trophy with a swirl ribbon design meant to symbolize resilience and systemic change.

The Innocence Center launched in 2023 and, according to PokerNews, has collectively freed more than 40 people who served more than 600 years in prison and helped change a dozen laws to prevent future injustices and make it easier to free the innocent. PokerNews also reported that players can register in advance, and that TIC is looking for sponsorships or poker-related brands willing to donate gear or prizes for final-table winners.

The opening event at Triton Jeju II moved into Day 2 on Saturday with Wai Kiat Lee out front in the $15,000 NLH 8-Handed. Only 28 players were still alive from a 204-entry field, and the tournament had built a $3.09 million prize pool with $642,000 set aside for the champion.

As covered in our earlier Jeju preview, Triton is back at Les A Casino in South Korea for another stop in the series. The event burst the bubble late on Day 1, so every returning player was already locked up for at least $25,500.

PokerNews had Lee leading the final 28 on 3.5 million chips. Punnat Punsri sat second with 3,465,000, and Alexandros Theologis was third on 3,215,000. Bernhard Binder and Adrian Mateos rounded out the top five.

The last stretch also still included several other big names, among them Nick Petrangelo, Jesse Lonis, Daniel Dvoress and Xuan Liu. The field was set to keep playing toward a final table and then a winner.

There was some continuity at the top of the counts. PocketFives had Lee among the top 10 when 52 players remained, with Daniel Rezaei leading that stage on more than 3 million chips. That outlet also reported Rezaei ahead earlier, when 101 players were left and he had more than 1.37 million.

Play in the $15,000 event was due to resume at 1 p.m. local time, with the live stream starting at 2 p.m. The festival’s second event, a $20,000 NLH 8-Handed, was set for 3 p.m., and Triton Fantasy began on Day 2 with more than $33,000 in prizes.

GGPoker is bringing back its Ontario WSOP Online bracelet series, with eight events set for Sept. 13 through Oct. 6. The schedule is led by a C$1 million Main Event guarantee on a C$1,000 buy-in, and every bracelet winner will also receive a WSOP Paradise package.

According to Pokerfuse, this is the fifth time Ontarians have had their own WSOP online bracelet series since GGPoker launched in the province in 2022. As covered in late August, Ontario players were still missing from the initial 2026 WSOP Online rollout. The Ontario run also begins one day after the WSOP Super Circuit at Playground in Kahnawake, Quebec, wraps on Sept. 12.

The series opens Sept. 13 with the 5th Annual WSOP Ontario Kick-Off, a C$500 event with a C$250,000 guarantee. The second bracelet event is the C$300 Gladiators of Poker Ontario, a bounty-format tournament with a C$300,000 guarantee and a flighted structure that reaches its final stage on Sept. 14. On Sept. 20 comes the C$1,500 Monster Stack NLH, also set at C$300,000.

Sept. 21 brings the C$400 Colossus, which has a C$400,000 guarantee and is described as the second-largest guarantee in the series. The Colossus uses multiple Day 1 flights. On Sept. 27, players can enter the C$600 Ultra Stack NLH for a C$300,000 guarantee, followed by the flighted C$400 PLOSSUS at C$200,000. The bracelet run closes with the C$525 The Closer NLH Bounty Turbo on Oct. 4, before the Main Event reaches Day 2 on Oct. 5.

The eight bracelet events carry C$2.95 million in guarantees, or almost C$370,000 per event on average. The other seven events all sit between C$200,000 and C$400,000 in guarantees. The full side-event schedule has not yet been announced, and the broader Ontario series is expected to end up somewhere around C$7 million to C$8 million in total guarantees, potentially more once side events are added.

Winners will get a WSOP bracelet, a top cash prize and a WSOP Paradise package. The Main Event champion receives a C$42,000 WSOP Paradise Super Main package that includes entry to the $26,000 Super Main Event, which carries a $50 million guarantee, plus a 13-night stay at Baha Mar from Dec. 5 to Dec. 18. The other seven bracelet winners get a C$7,000 WSOP Paradise Circuit package that includes the $2,750 Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty and four nights at Baha Mar from Dec. 1 to Dec. 5. Players must register under their real names, and final tables do not allow deal-making.