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Kiat Lee Wins Fourth Triton Title in Jeju Mystery Bounty

He turned a bubble scare into a $619,000 score and eight bounty envelopes after beating Jamil Wakil heads-up.

PokerStars on FanDuel’s Maryland Championship Finished About 40% Above Guarantees

The 16-event Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland series drew 3,032 entries, and Daniel Iachan took the Main Event trophy after a three-way deal.

RunGood Brings Golden Expedition Back to MGM National Harbor

The Maryland stop runs seven days, with 12 ring events and a $250,000 Main Event guarantee.

RunGood Sets Mississippi Poker Championship at Tunica

The Horseshoe Casino stop runs Sept. 15-20 with nine trophy events, a $50,000 Main Event and live coverage plans.

Sevag Shirinian Leads 74 Into NorCal Main Event Day 2

The Graton stop drew 582 entries for a $567,450 prize pool, and Ryan Tuttle and Antonio Ma are the closest chasers.

Manuel Ferrari Leads EPT Barcelona Into Final Six

Jose Criado sits second and says he wants to become the first Spaniard to win the title on home soil.

Lukas Van Eeden Makes a Royal Flush, Then Mucks It at EPT Barcelona

The Day 6 hand ended without a showdown after van Eeden turned the nuts against Jose Criado and chose not to table it.

Manuel Ferrari Takes the Lead Into EPT Barcelona Day 6

Criado and Carbo stay close behind as 13 players return with at least €81,350 locked up

WRGPT Reopens Registration for Its Email Poker Marathon

The volunteer-run tournament predates online poker, and Kevin 'Kevmath’ Mathers is set to play again.

Pierre Neuville Dies at 83 After Prostate Cancer Battle

The Belgian grinder’s best-known result was a seventh-place finish in the 2015 WSOP Main Event, capped by years of EPT runs and a late-career return to live poker.

Phil Hellmuth Remembers Big Al Emerson After His Death

The Wisconsin poker figure was credited with inventing Archie and recalled for several early encounters with Hellmuth.

Hellmuth Says He Will Rewrite His WSOP Schedule for Bracelet No. 24

After falling one spot short of bracelet No. 18, he wants more no-limit hold’em and PLO on his path to 24.

RunGood Sets Golden Expedition for Caesars New Orleans

The 11-day stop brings 14 ring events, a $330,000 guarantee pool, and an $800 Main Event with a $200,000 guarantee.

Brent Carter, Two-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner, Dies at 77

The 1990s standout finished third in the 1995 Main Event, won two bracelets, and recorded more than $3.0 million in lifetime cashes.

Charlie Diep Leads 58 Into Day 3 in Arizona

All survivors are locked for $9,200 as the record 4,018-entry championship chases $627,050

Fedevalle Storms Back to Win 888poker Mystery Bounty Main Event

Argentina’s player erased a nearly six-to-one heads-up hole, while TTeixeirAA grabbed the $8,000 jackpot bounty in a 772-entry overlay.

Borgata Summer Poker Open Wrapped With a Final Trophy Event

Vance Martin III won the $580 Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty after 12 hours and 620 entries.

Arizona State Poker Championship Day 1c Pushes Field to 2,881 Entries

Jacob McDonald and Hunter Campbell topped 1.1 million chips as the penultimate flight set up the last chance to bag

Queens of Tallinn Returns With a €555 Main Event

OlyBet’s women-only festival is back in Tallinn with a bigger championship, more side action and a livestreamed final table.

Kenya Jackson Wins Potomac Summer Poker Open Women’s Event

She beat Eva Ghirmai heads-up as the $300 event drew 63 runners and topped its $10,000 guarantee.

888poker Releases Episode 2 of Its WSOP Docuseries

‘Shuffle Up & Deal’ tracks Team888 through Day 1, where Ian Simpson busts and Lucia Navarro ends up leading the squad.

Day 1b Begins With 52 Runners in Potomac Main Event

The final starting flight at MGM National Harbor is chasing the $750,000 guarantee after Day 1a sent 20 players through.

David Van Noy Takes Day 1a Lead in Potomac Main Event

A river call against Nicholas Verderamo pushed him to 655,000, with Justin Liberto close behind and 20 of 100 entries advancing.

Potomac Summer Poker Open Main Event Starts at MGM National Harbor

The $3,000 buy-in event carries a $750,000 guarantee and moves toward a final table on Aug. 17.

Second Flight Gets Underway at Arizona State Poker Championship

Day 1a produced 816 entries and three seven-figure stacks as the field pushed toward Monday’s Day 2

PokerStars’ $5 Spin & Go Hits Third $1.2 Million Jackpot in Weeks

The latest Aug. 12 win came after two earlier millionaire hits, and PokerStars has since pulled the 240,000x multiplier from the $5 game.

PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard Returns for RGPS Fall Season

Top 10 finishers get Thunder Valley packages and a seat in the $300 Dream Seat Invitational, starting with the Aug. 19 stop in Southern Indiana.

PokerStars Sets $800,000 in WCOOP Boot Camp Guarantees

The two Main Events begin August 16 as the warm-up series heads toward September’s WCOOP.

Germany’s mr.diego97 Wins 888poker Mystery Bounty Main Event

The 779-entry $109 event ended with a river call after a final table where the champion stayed near the top of the counts.

888poker Sets Manchester UKPL Stop and Freeroll Route

UK players can chase 30 Main Event seats by grinding 40 tournaments before Sept. 5, while the published guarantee differs between sources.

Onyx High Roller Series Opens $10,400 Mystery Bounty With $1 Million Guarantee

The two-day event started with 100,000-chip stacks, 30-minute levels and late registration open through Level 12.

Matthew Mizel Leads Potomac Opener Into Day 2

The $600 NLH event drew 1,508 runners, paid 153 spots and set a $156,190 top prize.

San Diego Poker Classic Main Event Opens at Jamul Casino Resort

The $600 event has a $100,000 guarantee, four starting flights and defending champion Sebastian Acevedo back in the mix.

Onyx High Roller Series Opens in Northern Cyprus With $5 Million Premiere

The ten-day festival runs through Aug. 16 with a rules-heavy opener, a $50,500 championship and more than $10 million in guarantees.

Pros Split Over Lauri Saaskilahti’s J-3 Hero Call in WSOP Main Event

The second-place finisher called a huge river overbet against Lucas Jumalon, and the poker world argued whether it was a mistake or a bluffcatch.

Nazarov Leads 113-Player Merit Main Event Day 2

The field reached 769 entries, and all survivors are already in the money as play resumes in Northern Cyprus.

Jamie Shaevel Exits WSOP Main Event in Seventh

The Los Angeles cash game pro shoved K♥6♥ into chip leader Lucas Jumalon’s K♦10♥ and missed his draw.

RGPS Thunder Valley Main Event Opens Final Day With 108 Left

Randy Gil led the chase for $163,700 after 1,086 entries built a $1.14 million prize pool at Thunder Valley Casino Resort.

PokerNews Podcast Marks 1,000th Episode With WSOP Finalists

Jeremy Ausmus joined the live show at PokerGO Studio as Greg Mueller and Michael Gagliano headed into the 2026 Main Event final table.

Vance Martin III Wins Borgata’s Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty After Pulling Top Prize

The Lebanon, Pennsylvania player turned 12 big blinds into more than $37,000 in bounties and a $25,650 first prize.

Mario Boos Is the Last French Player Left in the WSOP Main Event

The French pro has $1 million locked up, a 44 million-chip stack and a rail cheering him on in Las Vegas.

Arizona State Poker Championship Returns Aug. 13 at Talking Stick

The 20th annual event brings a $1,100 buy-in, a $3 million guarantee and live PokerNews coverage to Scottsdale.

WSOP Circuit Tallinn Main Event Breaks Record at 977 Entries

Rasmus Lundström led Day 1d with 1.304 million as the €1,500 event built the biggest prize pool in the stop’s four-year history.

PokerStars on FanDuel Doubles Nightly Stars Stack

The daily MTT now starts deeper, closes late reg later, and carries higher guarantees on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Advanced Poker Training’s Million-Sim Model Backs Greg Mueller

Lucas Jumalon was the clear numbers favorite, but Steve Blay still made the three-bracelet veteran his official pick.

Rami Hammoud Turned His Last $1,000 Into a WSOP Main Event Final-Table Run

A hallway chat in Paris Casino pushed the Montreal player into one more satellite, and a carefree “I have a flight to catch” mindset carried him to second in chips.

Henri Perez Lopez Wins RGPS Mid-Major Championship at Thunder Valley

He beat 1,096 entries, banked $83,380, and captured his first RunGood Poker Series title after a see-saw heads-up match with Ryan Awwad.

GTO Wizard Expands Its PLO Solver With Heads-Up Tools

The update adds nodelocking, player profiles, postflop ICM and faster river solves, while 5-card PLO remains on the roadmap.

Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship Opens With $1 Million Guarantee

Atlantic City’s festival runs through July 31, and PokerNews is live from six marquee events across the series.

WSOP Main Event Shot Clock Sets Off Stalling Debate

Day 7’s first Action Clock followed Loren Klein’s long pay-jump tank, and players disagreed over whether the fix should be a blanket timer or tougher enforcement.

Brandon Mueller Wins Borgata Summer Poker Open PLO Title

Aces powered a wire-to-wire run through a 197-entry event and a long heads-up finish against Danny Chang.

Borgata Summer Poker Open Opens With $1 Million Kick Off

Anthony Andino grabbed the early chip lead in a three-way cooler on opening day.

Aylar Lie Exits WSOP Main Event in Quad-Fours Cooler

Renan Revinthis flopped a set, filled up on the turn and river, and sent Lie out early on Day 1c

DNegs Looks Back on WSOP 2021

The Canadian pro discusses luck, triggering Hellmuth, and memories of the Rio.

Leo Margets Wins First Bracelet as WSOP Winds Down

With the WSOP in Las Vegas nearly complete, Margets won her first bracelet, as well as the first hardware for women in an open event this year.

Carlos Welch Wins Bracelet, Goes House Shopping for his Mother

Popular player and media personality Carlos Welch joins Dara and David on The Lock-In after epic bracelet win.

Catch WSOP Bracelet Action from PokerNews

The home of live reporting brings you live coverage of the US domestic bracelet events from WSOP.com.

Mike Postle Sues, Phil Galfond Investigates

Shaun Deeb Calls Out WSOP for a “Bad Ruling”

Aunty Chardonnay Accidentally Reveals She is Pregnant

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Reigning EPT Prague Champ Ramzi Jelassi Looking to Quit Poker

Apparently the love is gone, but he’s still looking…

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