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"Hey, you're a sick f**k." Brad Booth talks about that hand against Phil Ivey on High Stakes Poker. Let the nostalgia wash over you and find out what happened when the cameras stopped rolling.

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Are you a bag of tells at the poker table? Charlie Carrel is here to help. 

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2026 WCOOP numbers are in. There were 593,189 total entries with $49,054,415 in prize pools. Winners took almost $8 million of this, with Felipe ‘lipe piv’ Boianovsky taking the single biggest prize of $551,632 for winning the $10K Main Event. ‘FAL1st’ was the overall Player of the Series and winner of the High Leaderboard.

Felipe Boianovsky Felipe Boianovsky.

GGPoker launches new PKO format with bounties worth up to $1.5 million. The new Ocean KO format adds a twist to the standard PKO bounty. When you knock someone out, you spin a wheel that adds a random multiplier of up to 400x.

KO a ‘Legendary Shark’ and you could scoop an instant $1.5 million. How are the big multipliers funded? Most spins land on 1x or below. Ocean KOs launch on October 4.

First knock-on effects for poker of Brazil's online gambling ban. The ban isn't meant to affect poker, but PokerStars has acknowledged that some Brazilian players are having issues logging on to its client since the new measures came into effect.

In a statement, PokerStars said, "We are investigating these access issues, including whether internet service provider restrictions are affecting PokerStars poker, and are working to resolve this as quickly as possible."

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Jonas Kronwitter wins Event #7 of the 2026 PGT PLO Series for $267,563 after an ICM deal heads-up. Nick Palma was out on the very first hand of the $15,700 PLO final table after picking up and getting his chips in against chipleader Joni Jouhkimainen's . Jouhkimainen flopped a flush to extend his lead, but eventually finished runner-up.

  1. Jonas Kronwitter: $267,563*
  2. Joni Jouhkimainen: $215,062*
  3. Jeremy Druckman: $131,625
  4. Matthew Wantman: $97,500
  5. Lautaro Guerra: $73,125
  6. Nino Pansier: $53,625
  7. Nick Palma: $39,000
    *ICM deal was agreed heads-up

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Idk if Jack & Britney have done business or not, but this hand is a prime example of why you CANNOT play squid with people you don't fully trust. Any swapping/buying of action among the pool immediately creates these monkey in the middle collusion spots that are fleecing the… https://t.co/lBTS17miBD

Tomoyuki Maeda wins APT Jeju Zodiac Classic for $170K.

One of the showpiece events of every APT stop, the Jeju edition of the Zodiac Classic sponsored by Natural8 drew 373 entries, more than doubling the tournament guarantee and creating a prizepool of $889K.

The win by Japan's Maeda has bumped his recorded career tournament earnings up by 6x.

Tomoyuki Maeda.

PGT PLO final table LIVE: The final seven players in Event #7 are playing down to a winner with $292,500 up top – check out the livestream to follow the action. 

Finnish PLO legend Joni Jouhkimainen leads the pack, with Lautaro Guerra, Nick Palma, and Matthew Wantman also in the mix. 

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