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Live Poker Updates & Breaking News
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28
New women-led poker room to open in Texas on November 12. Jamie Kempf and Marjorie Bradford are behind The Den Poker Lounge, which is set to open in Rowlett, near Dallas with 15 tables from launch. The club aims to encourage more women to play poker but will welcome all players.
Chino Rheem wins PGT Sprint Event #1 for $119,600. The first of seven single-day tournaments ended on Tuesday night with Rheem taking the title.
The Sprint series continues through November 4, with four $5,300 NLH events followed by three $10,500 tournaments.
- Chino Rheem: $119,600
- Andrew Lichtenberger: $75,900
- Patrick Leonard: $55,200
- Michael Berk: $41,400
- Neil Warren: $32,200
- Jesse Lonis: $23,000
- John Riordan: $18,400
- Nick Seward: $18,400
- Brock Wilson: $13,800
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27
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.
- Hun Wei Lee - $350,000
- Joe Hachem - $210,000
- Zac Miravet - $135,000
- Ben Richardson - $90,000
- Bobby Zhang - $72,500
- Nektarios Dimitrakis - $58,000
- Higor Seibel - $47,500
- Jyrki Hilakari - $38,000
- Michael Tomeny - $30,500
All prizes are in Australian dollars.
Final six set for televised WPT Shooting Star Championship final table. The players have got plenty of time to think about how they're going to play it. They'll play down to a winner in Las Vegas on December 15 during the WPT World Championship series, with $470,500 up top.
- Quoc Mai – 10,165,000
- Chahn Jung – 9,075,000
- Ziao Guo – 4,095,000
- Shawn Daniels – 3,000,000
- Eric Zheng – 2,065,000
- William Davis – 700,000
Both Phil Hellmuth and son Nick were eliminated on Day 3, in 48th and 51st place respectively. Both cashed for $11,400.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26
Full chip counts and seat draw for Day 3 of the WPT Shooting Star Championship. Action resumes at 11:15am PT.
WPT heads back to Vegas. Once the Shooting Star Championship is over, the WPT is heading to the Venetian for the Las Vegas Fall Festival, which starts Wednesday and runs until November 15.
The $5,000 buy-in WPT Venetian Las Vegas Fall Championship runs November 5-10, with a $2 million guarantee. The final table will be livestreamed. After that, all focus turns to the 2026 WPT Championship at the Wynn.
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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.
