Live Poker Updates & Breaking News

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

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. 

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GGPoker Security UpdateWe’re introducing new measures to protect our community, including new client security features and a ban on all third-party poker software and automation tools.Full details here 👇https://t.co/DxwP6sMz15

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.

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QQPK MTT bot investigation (July 16 – October 11, 2026):-24M player-hands across 3.78M hand histories.-I estimate that roughly 17.5M of those hands (over 70%) were played by bots.-Approximately 12,000 bots in total.-Full list of 11,469 nicknames belonging to accounts I'm…

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

  1. Jeremy Ausmus: 2,695,000
  2. Brock Wilson: 1,750,000
  3. Dylan Linde: 1,640,000
  4. Joey Weissman: 1,525,000
  5. Shannon Shorr: 1,305,000
  6. Daniyal Gheba: 835,000
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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.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

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.

  1. Adrian Mateos: 3,230,000
  2. Nick Palma: 2,475,000
  3. Michael Berk: 2,000,000
  4. David Coleman: 1,610,000
  5. Nicholas Seward: 1,185,000
Nicky P is making his play for the Purple Jacket. Nicky P is making his play for the Purple Jacket.