Live Poker Updates & Breaking News

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

Chino Rheem on Face the Ace: The latest episode of the Face the Ace Poker Podcast – hosted by PokerGO's Remko Rinkema – features Rheem going deep on his past reckless gambling habits and how he found a healthier way to compete at the highest levels. 

Rheem also reminisces about the old-school poker era and the biggest wins of his career. 

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Nick Schulman takes down the Triton $100K Main Event: The Poker Hall of Famer defeated Bernhard Binder heads-up, after a reported deal that saw Schulman win around $3.8M and his opponent $3M.

Full story on the way.

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Triton celebrates a decade of high stakes dreams: As the $100K Main Event plays down to a winner, cards are now in the air in the $150K 10th Anniversary Special. 

At the time of writing, Frenchman Jean-Noel Thorel leads the pack with more than three times the starting stack. Invitational winner Joao Simao is also on a big stack. 

Ben Tollerene wins 5th Triton title: The high-stakes regular defeated Daniel Rezaei heads-up to win the $50K Bounty Quattro event in Jeju, Korea, late on Tuesday night for $652K.

The win was his 4th cash and 3rd final table of this series, and pushes the all-time Texas #1 close to $39M in career tournament earnings.

The fight over America's controversial gambling tax rules is back on Capitol Hill: The House Ways and Means Committee will meet on Wednesday to consider the bipartisan ‘FULL HOUSE Act’, which could allow gamblers to once again deduct 100% of their losses against their winnings.

Rep. Steven Horsford @RepHorsford
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My FULL HOUSE Act is about bringing fairness back to our tax code. You should never be taxed on income you never actually received.Read my full statement here:

Aden Salazar wins TCH Austin $750K GTD Mini Main: The $600 buy-in event attracted 2,270 entries, with Salazar taking home $160K.

Aden Salazar. Aden Salazar.

The Main Event starts tomorrow, and 2026 WSOP Main Event winner Lucas Jumalon is already in the house, alongside his dad, Butch.

France's Pierre Chevalier wins 2026 WSOP Circuit Paris Main Event for €260K. He topped a field of 1,282 entries, the largest ever for a WSOP Circuit Main Event in Europe. Davidi Kitai finished fifth, with Natasha Mercier ninth.

WSOP - World Series of Poker @WSOP
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What a turnout in Paris! 🇫🇷 1,282 entries in the €1,500 Main Event, with €260,000 going to champion Pierre Maurice Henry Robert Chevalier! 🏆 Now he’ll have the opportunity to parlay that win in Paradise this December. 🏝️ Thank you to all the players who showed out and to…

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Jamie Dwan just keeps winning. The Brit added a fourth Championship of Online Poker title with a win in the WCOOP $2,100 PKO Super High Roller. 

Fresh off of big wins at the WSOP, the GUKPT, and the EPT, Dwan's summer heater looks to be stretching into the autumn months. 

Jamie Dwan @DwanJamie
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YesssssWon my 4th COOP! @PokerStars 2.1k PKO Super high roller champion for 57.1k$🏆🏆🏆🏆#YearOfDwanCoin