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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

Negreanu out, Veldhuis climbing in final WSOP Online event: Daniel Negreanu's 2026 WSOP Online is over. Despite three final table appearances, he ends the series still chasing a ninth bracelet.

Negreanu played a big one against Leon Sturm to bust the $10K GGMillion$ High Roller on Day 2. After flatting a raise with , he back-jammed 41.2BBs facing a squeeze from Sturm and ran right into the German's .

Veldhuis, meanwhile, is sitting comfortably on a stack of roughly 60BBs – and his stream is still live .

Negreanu and Veldhuis live for Day 2 of $10K GGMillion$: With less than 200 players still in the hunt and $2.2 million for first place, the sweat is on for Daniel Negreanu and Lex Veldhuis.

And if you want to watch along, both players are live-streaming their gameplay on YouTube .

Benny Glaser wins 19th WCOOP title: Despite not playing a full schedule, the Brit has notched three titles across this year's WCOOP series – bringing his total haul to 19, the most of any player.

There's only a few days left, but with Glaser's track record a 20th title might arrive sooner rather than later.

Benny Glaser @BennyGlaser

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It's been a good WCOOP so far! 😊I haven't played much of it this series, but yesterday I won 2 events, to go up to 3 wins this series! 🏆 🏆 🏆So that's now 19 #WCOOP titles, as the most, and now I'm tied for the most titles overall.And 3 more days to go to finish strong! 😀

Rob Kuhn wins Caribbean Poker Series Main Event for $155,670: The ACR Poker ambassador picked up a Moneymaker Poker Tour trophy on Sunday night – and celebrated the victory in style.

Rob Kuhn @RobKuhn_

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First place doesn't always pay the most. Daisuke Abiko has won the APT Jeju Mystery Bounty Hunter after striking a heads-up deal with Jianfeng Sun – but Sun walked away with considerably more from the regular prize pool. Abiko took $44.6K, while runner-up Sun banked $62.8K.

Abiko did get the Mystery Bounty Silhouette Lion Trophy, another $7K in bounties and a $10K APT Championship seat – while almost tripling his previous biggest live cash.

Daisuke Abiko.

Video captures shocking attack on player at Minnesota poker table. A video shared by TimeTravelerPoker on X is going viral. It shows an older poker player being punched repeatedly at Shooting Star Casino before the attacker throws a small table and runs away.

There are no details of what led to the altercation, and TimeTravelerPoker – who says the poker player is a friend of his – didn't record the footage himself.

TimeTravelerPoker🏆#RH @TimeTraveler524

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Was going on at My Local Casino WTF!🤔😳😓

Daniil Kiselev wins the 2026 Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event for $1M. In the final hand, he limped before shoving over a raise from Mehmet Biskin. Biskin called with K-Q, but Kiselev paired his three to secure the biggest win of his career.

Speaking afterward he said, "Please, don't tell anyone about that last hand. I thought he had something weak when he made that raise, so that's why I shoved." Too late.

Merit Poker @meritpokerlive

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EIGHT YEARS BETWEEN WINS 🏆Daniil Kiselev’s last victory came in 2018. Almost eight years later, he has finally added another title to his record — and it comes with a $1.000.000 payday.A Merit regular since 2019, Daniil had reached six final tables here without ever going…

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Alexandra Botez wins Poker Champs $250K prize: After taking out 'PaymoneyWubby' in the semi-final round, Botez defeated 'Sodapoppin' in the grand final of the ClubWPT Gold tournament.

Doug Polk livestreamed both of the semi-final matches, the third-place match, and the grand final – check out the full replay below.

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