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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30

More on that fold from Nick Palma. Palma made one of the best folds you'll ever see in the recent Poker Masters series. Here's what Sam Greenwood made of it. 

Sam Greenwood @SamGreenwoodRIO
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Unlocked for everyonehttps://t.co/IZqbz7obAG

The GOAT of poker on GTO. Check out Adrian Mateos on the Raise Your Edge podcast, where he reveals his four secrets for crushing poker.

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Garrett Adelstein threatened with first lawsuit following release of new book. Apparently, he "done fucked up" but Adelstein's not backing down and stands by everything he wrote in Beneath the Cards. Surely even more reason to read it.

Garrett Adelstein @GmanPoker
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“You done fucked up.”Last night, someone named in my book called to threaten me with a lawsuit.During our brief chat, this guy repeatedly tried (unsuccessfully, obviously) to get me to say I made a mistake in Beneath the Cards. I didn’t. He then told me “I’ll see you in…

Jesse Lonis wins PGT Sprint #3.

There are 7 PGT Sprint events on the schedule in total, running until November 4, and Jesse Lonis has just taken down the 3rd for $101K.

The New Yorker joins Chino Rheem and Brock Wilson in the winners' circle, all 3 of them winning $5.3K events. There's one more tourney at that price point to run, before the final 3 events up the buy-ins to $10.5K.

Jesse Lonis wins PGT sprint #3.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29

Build a poker bot in 60 minutes and win $100K. Sequoia Capital, OpenAI and Citadel Securities have opened applications for No Limit, a poker bot-building competition for university students and recent graduates. Competitors can enter solo or in teams of two, with just one hour to build a bot that can lay waste to the opposition. 

Sequoia Capital @sequoia
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Announcing No Limit: a bot building tournament hosted by @Sequoia, @citsecurities and @OpenAI.Teams of 1 or 2 get 60 minutes to build a pokerbot from scratch.Agents play thousands of games across six scored rounds.Open to university students and recent grads (‘25 or ‘26).…

Runner-runner royal flush on Venetian livestream. If you're going to make a royal flush this is the way to do it: on a live cash stream when you get it in on the flop with 18% equity. 

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Brock Wilson inflicts first live heads-up loss on Martin Zamani. Wilson won the PGT Sprint #2 for $110,600, overcoming a heads-up deficit to beat Zamani. It's the first time Zamani has ever lost heads-up in a live event.  

  1. Brock Wilson: $110,600
  2. Martin Zamani: $71,100
  3. Jesse Lonis: $51,350
  4. Joe McKeehen: $37,525
  5. Jamie Dwan: $27,650
  6. Andrew Lichtenberger: $19,750
Brock Wilson. Brock Wilson.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28

Naoya Kihara confirms WSOP Paradise: "I want to go all out for it." 

The stage for the final showdown of the 2026 WSOP Player of the Year battle is set – and now we know that all three of the front runners will be there. 

Kihara's commitment to the series will see him take on Shaun Deeb and Alex Foxen in the final leg of an incredibly tight race. 

Naoya Kihara/木原直哉 @key_poker
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12/2から12/17にバハマで行われるWSOPパラダイス、正式に参戦決定です!飛行機とホテルを取りました。2026年のWSOPのPOY、現在は僅差の2位です。…