Live Poker Updates & Breaking News

Hun Wei Lee beats Joe Hachem heads-up to win the 2026 Victorian Poker Championship Main Event. Lee took home AUD $350,000 at Crown Melbourne, while Hachem added another $210,000 to his tournament earnings after winning Event #9 earlier in the series.

1. Hun Wei Lee - $350,000
2. Joe Hachem - $210,000
3. Zac Miravet - $135,000
4. Ben Richardson - $90,000
5. Bobby Zhang - $72,500
6. Nektarios Dimitrakis - $58,000
7. Higor Seibel - $47,500
8. Jyrki Hilakari - $38,000
9. Michael Tomeny - $30,500

All prizes are in Australian dollars.

Full chip counts and seat draw for Day 3 of the WPT Shooting Star Championship. Action resumes at 11:15am PT. 

CoinPoker and PokerGO team up for PGT Online. There are $250 million in total guarantees with six series running from November 2026 to November 2027. 

The Kickoff Series starts November 8, with $50 million guaranteed. Across the year, 50 players will qualify for a live final at the PokerGO Studio in January 2028, where one player will win the $1 million prize.

'Back in the high life again'.

Phi Hellmuth and his son Nick have both made Day 3 of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship. Daddy Hellmuth posted the news from his (driverless) cab while getting down to some Steve Winwood. As you do.

Anyone else hoping to see them clash at the table on Monday?

Full chip counts for Day 2 of the WPT Shooting Star Championship. The bounties are marked with a gold star. Play restarts at 11:15am local time.

Andrew Lichtenberger releases new poker book, Khemset Holistic Poker Codex.

"In this three-volume codex, I go through first principles and poker theory before shifting the discussion to my views on philosophy and the nature of reality, ultimately tying them together with the goal in mind of sharing a practical and actionable holistic perspective for poker as well as life more broadly," Lichtenberger explains.

A hardcover collector's edition, limited to 500 copies, is available now for $85. A cheaper paperback edition may follow.