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MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz outlasted 1,568 entries at Potawatomi Hotel Casino in Milwaukee to claim his second tour title and extend his record for MSPT final-table appearances.
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.
partypoker owner Entain plans a further 400 job losses and possible closure of around 1,000 betting shops after the UK raised online casino duty from 21% to 40%, part of a wider wave of cuts across the gambling industry.
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.
A Card Player analysis comparing live tournament rake across 2015, 2019 and 2025-26 shows the overall increase is modest, but low buy-in events such as the WSOP Colossus have seen far steeper hikes than headline six-figure guarantees.
Poker Hall of Famer Nick Schulman topped a 196-entry field to claim the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju $100,000 main event for $3,854,888, just two days after finishing runner-up in a $50,000 event at the same festival.
Chinese high roller Wang Ye defeated a field stacked with past champions to win the $30,000 turbo that closed out the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II, banking $256,000 for his first Triton trophy.
