Live Poker Updates & Breaking News

Lex Veldhuis is live with Episode 1 of his WSOP Online action now: He's playing the $5K WSOP Online Main Event, the $700 WSOP Kick-Off and the $10K GGMillion$ High Rollers, with $2M guaranteed. That's your Sunday viewing sorted.

What do Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth make of the 2026 WSOP Poker Hall of Fame process?

We asked them. Spoiler: "Everyone is disappointed."

(Presumably everyone except Jason Koon, that is).

Negreanu & Hellmuth on Hall of Fame voting: 'The system itself was the problem' Negreanu and Hellmuth agree the Poker Hall of Fame voting system needs another change after only Jason Koon was inducted in 2026.

Craig Tapscott / August 16, 2026

WSOPC Cherokee Main crosses $2.5M prize pool: The latest WSOP Circuit Main Event at Harrah's Cherokee is another monster, with 1,681 entries building a $2,546,715 prize pool.

The winner will take home $363,703, a prestigious WSOP Circuit ring, and a package to WSOP Paradise this December.

Follow along with the action in our Instant Live coverage !

McEwen wins WSOPC ring #12 at Cherokee: Make it a dozen career WSOP Circuit rings for Preston McEwen after he took down Event #9: $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em for $130,433 at WSOPC Cherokee.

McEwen's win came over a field of 747 entries and moves him over $3M in career tournament earnings.

Preston McEwen wins WSOP Circuit ring number 12

It's time for the APT Incheon Main Event final table: The final nine players have returned to play for the $374,085 top prize and the coveted Golden Lion trophy.

Check out who's playing for the lion's share of the prize pool, and catch all the action on the APT live stream.

We'll have a full recap and interview with the champion later today.

The final table at the APT Incheon Main Event is ready.

Here's who will be competing for the $374,085 up top on Saturday.

Meet the 2026 APT Incheon Main Event final table Five Japanese players and an APT legend headline the final nine at APT Incheon's biggest Main Event ever

Mike Patrick / August 14, 2026

Fancy a free trip to EPT Prague?

Our famous Pick 3 contest is back. Just choose 3 players to back in the EPT Barcelona Main Event, and if they win the most money between them you could be off to Prague later this year.

More details, plus what to watch out for in Barcelona, below.

EPT Barcelona is back: Big fields, big names and Pick 3 fantasy EPT Barcelona is the oldest and biggest stop on one of the most prestigious live poker tours in the world, and starts this weekend.

Adam Hampton / August 14, 2026

Third $1M Spin & Go jackpot hits on PokerStars: It’s happened again in a $5 Spin & Go, with a 240,000x multiplier creating a $1.2 million prize pool. UK player Gwaugh1 was the lucky jackpot winner, making Broadway on the river to beat Kepes897’s pair of aces.

The moment Gwaugh1 won $1 million on a $5 Spin & Go.