Final five set in Poker Masters Event #8. It was a brutal end for Nick Palma, who started the final table as chip leader but busted before the night was over. Action resumes at 4pm ET – watch the livestream on the PokerGO YouTube channel and recap Day 1 below.
Texas Mike gets good news. The popular WSOP bracelet winner, who has well-documented heart problems, revealed he was going for a "big checkup" on Tuesday. He returned to X later with some welcome news for poker fans.
Stapes joins the APT Championship commentary team. The APT Championship starts November 13, with 209 tournaments and the all-important $5M guaranteed APT Championship Main Event.
And things just got even brighter with the news that Joe Stapleton is joining the livestream commentary team.
On your marks, get set, poker! The 2026 Poker Masters is nearing the finish line, but there's no time to catch your breath at the PokerGO Studio. Next up is the PGT Sprint – seven single-day tournaments starting October 27.
Halfway to Paradise is back. List up to 50% of your action at 1.0 markup, and PokerStake will cover up to 50% of your unsold action in the $10K GGMillion$ event at 2026 WSOP Paradise. Apply by November 25.
Guardian journalist Rob Davies asks: "What connects Tommy Robinson, Bonnie Blue, Leicester City FC, the tiny African island of Anjouan and an apparently respectable family of property investors from Mill Hill?"
It's a tale that also involves CoinPoker, among other poker and gambling sites, and is well worth a read.
Pass the sugar! Joe Hachem's at it again. The 2005 WSOP Main Event champ has just won another trophy, at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. Hachem beat Chi Troung heads-up to take down the 48-strong A$1,250 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo event at the 2026 Victorian Poker Championship.
This is the way to do it. Aram Oganyan max late-regged Event #7 of the Poker Masters and is now chip leader with five players remaining. See stacks in the post below.
Adrian Mateos extends lead at top of Poker Masters leaderboard. The Spanish pro made the final table of Event #7: $15,700 NLH at the PokerGO Studio on Monday night, and with Nick Palma finishing eighth, he's going to end Tuesday night with a bigger lead in the race for the Purple Jacket.
Mateos is second in chips, while Aram Oganyan leads. Cherish Andrews has recorded her first cash of the series and will be looking to make it a big one when action resumes on Tuesday. You can watch the livestream from 4pm ET on the PokerGO YouTube channel.
From 11 big blinds to a $171K WPT title. Ivelin Kolev mounted a final-table comeback to win the WPT Prime Cyprus Championship. He was the shortest stack and down to 11bb with six players left, but recovered to beat Said Tahar heads-up.
The $1,100 tournament attracted 953 entries, with Kolev winning a $171,600 package that includes a $10,400 WPT World Championship seat.
Negreanu jumps into Poker Masters: After a bit of a break from the tables, Daniel Negreanu is back in the action for Event #7 of the PGT Poker Masters.
Day 1 play is streaming live on the PokerGO YouTube channel, with Negreanu at the feature table – check it out below.
Lonis wins 3rd WSOP bracelet: After late-regging the WSOP Bracelet Event #16 – NLH $350K GTD Mystery Bounty, Jesse Lonis struck pay dirt with a third WSOP bracelet win.
Moneymaker LIVE for Venom: The ACR Poker Team Pro is taking over the site's Twitch and Kick channels to livestream his Day 2 play in the $1.5M GTD Venom PKO PLO.
As of writing, he's got a top five stack with 62 players remaining and is nearly ITM.
'Disrespecting the game. That's what you did'.
On the bubble of last week's Poker Masters $10K NLH event, Canada's John Krpan took issue with Clemen Deng not forcing his opponent all-in for his last chip.
Deng, as the big stack, obviously did so in order to prolong the bubble and maximize the chips he could win while his opponents waited for the shortie to bust.
Nick Palma tried to explain the strategy but Krpan wasn't having it, saying "I don't want to hear from you anymore."
WPT Prime Cyprus Championship final table streams today. The $1,100 Main Event attracted 953 entries at the Chamada Prestige Hotel and Casino, with the tournament scheduled to crown its champion today. The livestream starts at 2:30pm EEST or 7:30am ET.
Said Tahar is the chip leader, with a stack of 80bb, and there's $171,600 and a seat to the $10,400 WPT World Championship for the eventual winner. Here's the final table seat draw.
Not for my mum. Patrick Leonard took to X to answer questions about the high rake on CoinPoker, and he was nothing if not honest. In a lengthy thread, he explains why he thinks cash games are broken and recommends MTTs instead. He also says, "Would I tell my mum to come and try CoinPoker cash games and grind up the stakes? No I wouldn't."
More details on GGPoker security changes. Third-party tools will be banned from December 1, and GGPoker says it's integrating the community's most-requested multi-tabling features directly into its poker client. Read more below.
Eric Tsai wins $1,046,600 in Jeju for his first seven-figure cash. The Taiwanese player defeated Calvin Lee heads-up in the 60K Super High Roller at the KPC Poker October Series.
The $60,000 event attracted 66 entries and generated a $3,706,600 prizepool. Lee earned $700,000 as runner-up, with Ryuta Nakai in fifth and Ethan 'Rampage' Yau in seventh.
Sean Winter leads final seven in Poker Masters Event #6. It's tight at the top, though, with Victoria Livschitz just 10K behind. Action resumes on Monday with the stream going live at 4pm ET.
After bubbling three events, Adrian Mateos leads Poker Masters #5. The Spanish pro finished second in Event #2 and is now looking to win his first title and make a run for the Purple Jacket – awarded to the player of the series. It's a stacked final table with Nick Schulman in second and Jeremy Becker in third.
Watch the livestream from 4pm ET on the PokerGO YouTube channel. There's $229,500 up top for the champion.
Women's cash game stream with Marle Spragg tonight. The Hippodrome Casino in central London plays host to the UK leg of WPT Ladies Weekend (October 16-18). Spragg is playing in a livestreamed cash game on Friday, October 16, which starts at 7.30pm UK time on the Hippodrome YouTube channel.
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs leads Poker Masters #4. It's set to be a fascinating final-table stream later, with Jamie Dwan, Nick Palma and Andrew Lichtenberger all in contention.
Palma is gunning for his second Masters title of the series after winning Event #2, and made an incredible fold against Zavorotnijs late in the day to secure his spot in the final five.
On a board of 
, Zavorotnijs shoved with 
, and Palma – with little more than the pot behind – folded 
for a lower straight.
Watch the hand below, starting at 4:29:20. Today's stream starts at 4pm ET.
GGPoker introduces new security measures: The online poker platform has updated its security system with five new features – including the banning of all third-party software and automation tools like Jurojin, Hand2Note, and PokerTracker 4.
For more information, click the link below.
WSOPC Turning Stone kicks off Thursday: The cards are officially in the air at the WSOP Circuit festival in upstate New York as Event #1: $400 40/40/40 No-Limit Hold'em gets the action started.
Flight A of Event #2: $400 Mini Main Event gets underway later today at 4pm local time.
Andy 'BowieEffect' Wilson wins first GGMillion$: The British online poker legend triumphed over a stacked final table to claim his first GGMillion$ title.
Wilson had to outlast the likes of Simon Mattsson, Joao Viera, Chris Nguyen, and others in order to claim the $437,338 first-place prize.
If you want to check out the full replay , it's still live on the GGPoker YouTube channel.
The 'bot detective' is back, and naming names:
Poker player and coach Vojtech Cervinka, on his MTT Database Review X account, has published more findings into alleged bot activity on the QQPK site.
According to Cervinka, the post includes a 'full list of 11,469 nicknames belonging to accounts I'm virtually certain are bots'.
Full story on the way.
Jeremy Ausmus leads final six in Poker Masters Event #3 $10,500 NLH. The third event in the series drew 78 entries for a prize pool of $780K There's $218,400 up top for the winner.
Adrian Mateos went out on the bubble for the second time in three events. He had his aces cracked in Event #1 and lost with A-K last night. He finished second to Nick Palma in Event #2.
2026 Poker Masters Event #3 final table
Big shot - EPT founder John Duthie wins at 888LIVE. Duthie rolled back the years in London with a win in the £550 Big Shot event for £12,470. He's also sixth in chips among the final 18 players in the £2K High Roller, which resumes today at noon local time. Late registration is open until the start of the day.
You can play regulated online poker in Alberta. Following PokerStars' exit, 888poker has come to the rescue for online players in the province, becoming the first room to launch under the new regulations.
There's no shared liquidity, so the player pool is limited to Alberta, and players need to open a new account to access the platform.
Adrian Mateos leads 2026 Poker Masters Event #2. Nicky P is hot on his heels after eliminating Christopher Par in sixth place on the final hand of the night. The final five return at 4pm ET, live on the PokerGO YouTube channel.
Myles Mullaly wins first PGT title in Event #1 of 2026 Poker Masters. Mullaly came out on top of a 78-entry field in the $10,500 NLH event, beating Justin Zaki heads-up to claim the $218,400 top prize. Watch the final hand play out below.
Andrew Pacheco on Face the Ace: The businessman and high stakes cash game player joined PokerGO's Remko Rinkema to talk about his experiences in the Las Vegas nightlife scene and on the felt.
Maria Ho on The Kardashians. Following Kylie Jenner's viral YouTube video , the Kardashians are back at the poker table – and this time they've enlisted the help of Maria Ho. You can watch the full scene in the Season 8 premiere, which aired on Hulu on October 8.
Which tournaments have the best trophies?
The Bicycle Casino in LA is awarding some pretty cool custom trophies as part of its Big Poker Oktober series. We're guessing these ones aren't put out on the table during heads-up play.
PokerStars exits Alberta. The popular online site has now shut its doors to players in Alberta. That follows new regulation meaning Stars needs approval from the Alberta Gaming, Liquor, and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) The three-month grace period ended on October 13.
Player funds remain safe and available for withdrawal, but there's no confirmed date for PokerStars' return.
QQPK bans 724 accounts following bot allegations. After Vojtech Cervinka claimed there were "thousands of MTT bots on QQPK", the operator has confirmed that 724 accounts "engaged in unauthorized automated play and serious violations of our Terms of Service. All 724 accounts have been permanently banned."
There's no mention of refunds in the announcement, and Cervinka replied with a Wolf of Wall Street GIF captioned: "You gotta pump those up, those are rookie numbers in this racket."
GGPoker's Ocean KO Opener smashes world record. The $5 buy-in event attracted a staggering 420,084 entries, smashing the previous world record of 253,692, set by PokerStars in October 2015.
Just nine players remain, with chip leader Djd@shaa already earning over $13K in bounties. There's another $43,512 up top when the tournament concludes later tonight.
"Why do you need $200K in cash?" An incredible story from online poker legend Jason Strasser. He may have left the game behind, but the memories remain.
Six players remain in 2026 PGT Poker Masters Event #1. Michael Rossitto leads the way, with $218,400 up top. Action resumes later today in Las Vegas, and you can watch it all on the PokerGO YouTube channel from 4pm ET.
Jason Somerville was making $1 million a year on Twitch… Why did he quit? Their headline, not ours, but it's a good one. It made us click, and we're glad we did. It's a fascinating clip from an interview that's well worth your time.
David Pham makes WPT Prime Lodge final table with $163K up top. He's been cashing in poker tournaments for over 34 years – and today he's back at a WPT final table.
The three-time WSOP bracelet winner sits seventh of nine, with Pranay Patlolla holding a commanding chip lead.
The final nine return today, and you can watch the action unfold below from 3:45pm ET.
Security expert alleges 'thousands of bots' on QQPK.
Vojtech Cervinka, the player and coach behind the 'MTT Database Review' X account and famous 'bot detective', has outlined an apparent bot problem at online site QQPK Poker.
Brandon Wilson defeats Nick Petrangelo in the Super High Roller Bowl for $1.1M.
Full story on the way.
US players only?
ACR Poker is rejigging its tournament schedule from Monday, with the aim of making it easier for US players to play online poker tourneys at suitable times.
If only a few more politicians thought along the same lines.
Gotta love this pairing for the upcoming Triton Invitational.
Christoph Vogelsang and Jean-Noël Thorel are confirmed for the event in North Cyprus next month. But, errr... who's the pro and who's the 'amateur'?
Deeb's last year hunting PoY honors?
WSOP PoY frontrunner Shaun Deeb isn't a fan of the lack of comms between the organisers and players, and specifically the decision to change the pro/am tourney from an invitational to an open event.
Who's in pole position for the WSOP's Player of the Year race?
The finish line in The Bahamas is looming; check the current top 10 in the story below.
Kristen Foxen bubbles SHRB XI: Foxen's run in the $100K buy-in came to an end when she got the last of her short stack in with 
and failed to overcome Brandon Wilson's 
on a 
runout.
Foxen's husband Alex, meanwhile, leads the final five – all now in the money – into the final frame of play on Saturday.
Mateos coolers Shakerchi: The $100K Super High Roller Bowl XI is over for Talal Shakerchi after his nut flush fell to Adrian Mateos' straight flush.
JOPT issues apology statement: The Japan Open Poker Tour has apologized to players and fans after including condoms and lube as additional sponsored prizes in its upcoming Ladies Championship.
"We extend our deepest apologies to everyone who felt anxious or uncomfortable," reads a section of the tour's statement.
The backlash on social media was swift and the JOPT now intends to run the tournament as scheduled – but without the condoms and lube as part of the prizes on offer.
Participants will also be allowed to opt out of receiving sponsored prizes and any photography during the event.
