pokerfuse online poker news

Every Win Counts: BetRivers Poker’s New Spring Championship Series Introduces 88 Trophies

BetRivers Poker is raising the stakes this spring with a 15-day Championship series offering 88 events and a half million in guarantees.
More Top Stories

Women in Poker: The Complete Guide

Play Two Major Tournament Series at WSOP Online This February

New Zealand iGaming Launch Pushed to Early 2027

The Poker Express Brings Over $300,000 in Prizes to 8888poker

GGPoker Is Giving Away Over $18 Million This February

Kalshi Runs Attendance Predictions Market for WSOP 2026

Pokerfuse Shorts
Latest on The Rail Updated 6 hours, 28 minutes ago

WSOP 2026 full schedule release hits a delay.

Uh oh… seems like there’s a delay in the WSOP 2026 full schedule release. We were hoping for it this week, but Kevin Mathers, the go-to source for all things WSOP, doesn’t think it will be released this week. Our own sources confirm there’s a delay.

Fingers crossed for a release next week!

Is poker waiting for its Queen’s Gambit?

Kim Lund, Founder & CEO of Aftermath Interactive, shared an interesting take on LinkedIn:

Poker deserves its Queen’s Gambit moment.
An argument can be made that what Queen’s Gambit did for chess, Rounders did for poker. But that movie is 20+ years old. Since then, the world of poker has yielded a vein of narrative gold just waiting to be mined.
How should do? How should it be done? Is it too late?

Our colleague Ivan asked a very similar question in his op‑ed last year — Makings of the Ultimate Poker Movie: Can Poker Have Its Queen’s Gambit? — exploring whether poker could find a modern breakout narrative the way Queen’s Gambit did for chess.

Read Ivan’s piece on Pokerati.

So many trophies.

This might be an old post, but damn… Patrick “padspoker” Leonard’s trophy collection is unreal. SCOOP, WCOOP, bracelets, the man just stacks hardware.

And speaking of trophies, we’ve already talked about the BetRivers Poker Spring Championship Series, but it’s worth another look. All 88 events come with an exclusive BetRivers trophy for the winner, plus one more for the Player of the Series leaderboard champ.

Check the details below

Money stolen from rooms during WSOP Paradise.

And according to Weisman, the money stolen has still not been recovered.

I have never been to Atlantis, but it seems from the comments that this might be a more common problem there than we think.

How much has Seth Davies, Sam Greenwood and Jeremy Ausmus lost to which hands?

Run it Once Training has the answers.

High-stakes rerun: Triton Poker Series cash game invitational goes big.

The Triton Poker Series rerun showcases the kind of cash game where the smallest blind is a thousand dollars and the buy-in is half a million.

Players are seated with $500K in front of them, playing No-Limit Hold 'Em with $1K, $2K, and $5K blinds, all under the watchful commentary of Ali Nejad and Randy “Nanonoko” Lew.

Big names make it to Goldstein’s “Secret Poker Ledger”.

Tom Goldstein’s poker game has shifted from the felt to the courtroom, with his “secret poker ledger” now at the center of a federal trial. This ledger, which lists some of the biggest names in poker and business, was introduced as evidence by prosecutors who allege Goldstein committed tax fraud and lied to mortgage lenders.

Some notable entries include Dan “Jungleman” Cates, billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya, real estate mogul Bob Safai, and WSOP bracelet winner Tony Gregg. According to PokerNews, the ledger was never shared with Goldstein’s accountant, which became a key point in the trial.

The trial continues in Maryland, with more high-profile names and details emerging as the case unfolds.

BetRivers Poker is rolling out its second Championship-branded series this February.

The BetRivers Spring Championship offers 44 events at two buy-in levels each, for a total of 88 tournaments and $515,350 in guaranteed prize money. Buy-ins start at just $5 and go up to $500, with most events priced under $100.

Apparently Hellmuth has made $20 million from PrizePicks investments.

In his latest brag-post, Phil Hellmuth takes PrizePicks founder Adam Wexler out for a $50K shopping spree and admits to making $20M in a recent investment with the company.

Is it just me, or do all these posts about Hellmuth’s investments, portfolio, and money leave you feeling grossed out as well?

Loving this breakdown of profit from Robin Poker.

Lukas outlines all of his profit since he started playing poker professionally in 2020.

I found it super refreshing to see his profit broken out like this. It somehow makes the streams feel more real. Or is that just me?

Read More on The Rail →

More headlines

More News in the Archives »

What We're Watching

What We're Listening To

Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 02/01/2026 - Better Late Fee Than Never
Chapter 4 Ep. 4 We Brought Snacks
Your Poker Results Are Telling You Something #584
Super High Roller Cash Game 5-Bet Jam for $1,700,000 Ends in Disaster
This website uses cookies to enhance the browsing experience, measure traffic and serve relevant ads.