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Myles Mullaly won Event #1 at the 2026 Poker Masters for $218,400, and Shrikant Pillamarapu collected $148,527 for winning the WPT Prime Championship.
Jonathan Rees of the United Kingdom won partypoker Castellón's Main Event in Spain, and Mark Swift took the Turbo Dash at 888poker LIVE London.
Norway's Ministry of Culture and Equality has proposed legalising online poker only through the state operator Norsk Tipping, with tight caps on losses, buy-ins and blinds that observers warn could deter players from leaving offshore sites.
American pro Shannon Shorr won his fourth World Series of Poker bracelet from home, beating Mike Holtz heads-up to top a 1,149-entry field in the 2026 WSOP Online $400 no-limit hold'em mystery bounty event for $59,616.
Argentinian rapper and high-stakes regular Alejandro Lococo has won the $1,050 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event, beating a field of 2,310 entries to collect $343,242 from a prize pool of more than $2.3 million.
Calvin Anderson has won the WSOP Online $777 no-limit hold'em Lucky 7's event for $48,914, taking his 8th World Series of Poker bracelet and becoming only the 12th player to reach that total.
Professional player and coach Alex Fitzgerald has set out three common preflop and postflop errors he says still cost regular poker players money, from careless limping to poorly timed all-in shoves.
American high-stakes regular Sam Soverel defeated a 91-entry field in the opening event of the PGT PLO Series at ARIA to bank $122,850 and extend his own record with a 16th PokerGO Tour title.
Ukrainian player Andrii Novak claimed his first WSOP gold bracelet after outlasting a record 6,008-entry field in the $5,000 buy-in Online Main Event, defeating Austria's Simon Beckmann heads-up for $3,931,259.
Daniel Negreanu broadcast his run to fourth place in the WSOP Online $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship, losing a crucial all-in with pocket tens to eventual chip leader Casimir Seire.
Former professional ice hockey player Greg Mueller, 55, finished third in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event for $3.75 million, backed by a rail of more than 100 supporters at the Horseshoe/Paris Las Vegas final table.
The World Series of Poker has announced its inaugural pro-am tournament, a $250,000 buy-in event at WSOP Paradise that splits amateurs and professionals into separate fields until both reach the money, a format that has drawn criticism from Card Player columnist Mo Nuwwarah.
The World Poker Tour has confirmed the full schedule for its 2026 World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, running from 27 November to 21 December with more than 85 events and $20 million in guarantees, including a revamped $10,400 main event featuring mystery bounties.
