Alexandra Botez wins Poker Champs $250K prize: After taking out 'PaymoneyWubby' in the semi-final round, Botez defeated 'Sodapoppin' in the grand final of the ClubWPT Gold tournament.
Doug Polk livestreamed both of the semi-final matches, the third-place match, and the grand final – check out the full replay below.
Negreanu downed by Kabrhel in WSOP Online $10K HU Championship: The Round of 128 match between the two took a little more than an hour and a half to complete.
Negreanu live-streamed his gameplay throughout match, with cards up and a lengthy delay – roll the tape below to see the battle play out.
Bellagio Mix goes live on Phenom Poker: Have you ever wanted to test yourself in the Big Game at Bobby's Room in Las Vegas?
Well, here's your chance to do so – but at slightly more reasonable stakes and against much less intimidating opponents.
With 13 poker variants, the Bellagio Mix includes flop games, stud games, draw games, and the big-bet games – see the post below for more details.
Another PokerStars Spin & Go jackpot: Alright, this is getting out of hand now. That's the fourth massive jackpot to hit over the course of a few months.
In a $25 Spin & Go Max tournament, the UK's 'visiontechno' took home the lion's share – banking $500,000 of the $650,000 jackpot. The other six players split the remaining $150,000.
It was a one-in-a-million spin – and everyone at the table got a piece.
Maybe it's time to consider becoming a Spin & Go pro?
Negreanu going LIVE: As he chases bracelet #9, Daniel Negreanu will have his livestream running.
With a longer delay, he won't be able to interact with the chat – but we'll forgive him for that. It's a bracelet event final table, after all. He can't be all loosey-goosey and talking to the viewers.
PLO really is his jam: Daniel Negreanu made another WSOP Online final table on Thursday, navigating his way to the final seven players in the $5K High Roller Bounty PLO.
With 35.4BBs, he'll start the final table 4/7 in the chip counts.
Is a ninth bracelet in the cards? We'll find out tomorrow.
ClubWPT Gold exiting Nevada?: Users based in Nevada have shared an email announcement from the site that states it will be "winding down" its services in the state due to operational changes made in response to regulatory action.
Sweepstakes gameplay on the site will reportedly be unavailable from September 28 onwards. ClubWPT Gold also recommends that players submit any redemption requests before October 2.
As of the time of writing, no confirmation of the announcement has come from the site.
If the news is true, and it looks to be, the timing couldn't be worse with the big winter series looming ahead.
Negreanu back on the bracelet hunt: After a pair of close calls earlier this week, Daniel Negreanu is back in the streets fighting for the $5,000 High Roller Bounty PLO title.
The Canadian is live-streaming his gameplay now.
More Poker Champs first-round action: Today's matchups include Alexandra Botez vs. 'erobb221' and 'loltyler1' vs. 'YourRAGE'.
Doug Polk is live-streaming the action, with his own commentary.
Johannes Straver completes WCOOP hat-trick: The Dutchman won his third title of this year's series in the 67-entrant $5,200 Super Tuesday.
Straver defeated Portugal's Joao Viera heads-up to claim the $90,420 first-place prize.
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