Live Poker Updates & Breaking News

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

Just 16 players left at the end of Day 2 in the $200K Triton Invitational. And the field still includes Adrian Mateos, looking to win back-to-back Invitationals in 2026. The champ will be crowned on Monday. 

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LuckyChewy brings The Art of War to the poker table: "Ever since I first read The Art of War, I thought it would make for a cool video series to go through it in depth, explore the ideas at face value, and extrapolate how they relate to poker and strategic decision-making under uncertainty."

Check the first chapter below.  

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Thomas Eychenne wins again. The French pro has followed up his High Roller victory at EPT Barcelona with first place in the PLO High Roller at the Super Circuit stop in Canada for $130,000 CAD.

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🇫🇷 Thomas Eychenne just added another six figures to the résumé.The French pro wins the CA $6,000 Super Circuit PLO High Roller for CA $130,000.@PlaygroundPoker

Insane live poker read: This new strategy video from The Chip Race contains, according to David Lappin, "one of THE BEST descriptions of a live tell and how it could be exploited that I have ever heard!"

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Makes ya think: as the famous saying goes, "The guy who invented money was smart, but the guy who invented chips was a genius."

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Imagine if they played it with cash instead of those tiny chip stacks.

Phil Ivey is the first player eliminated from the $200K Triton Invitational. You can watch his demise below, but don't worry, he's already hit the rebuy desk.

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Ivey's got aces.Perfect timing for the Triton Invitational.But what does Lazauninkas have?

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

Oops, he did it again: Niklas 'Lena900' Astedt is showing why he's one of the most feared online players there's ever been.

Fresh from a victory in Wednesday night's $1K PLO event in PokerStars' WCOOP,  the Swede added another notch to his belt last night with a $103K win in the $5K Thursday Thrill.

Astedt is now tied for 2nd with Denis Strebkov on the all-time WCOOP winners' list with 14 titles, and fast closing in on Benny Glaser's record (16). Full story below.