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Online Poker Stays Open in Brazil as Gambling Ban Takes Effect

PokerStars, GGPoker, and other major sites continue to serve Brazilian players, with online poker unaffected by the country’s new gambling ban.

Patrik Antonius on those Viktor 'Isildur1’ Blom high stakes battles.

Patrik Antonius has finally put a number on his epic online battles with Viktor 'Isildur1’ Blom, revealing he finished about $1.5 million in the black.

The high-stakes sessions on Full Tilt Poker involved playing four tables at $500/$1,000, a setup Antonius admits was far from ideal for him.

The full story over on PokerOrg.

Chris Moneymaker and a lost WPT title.

Chris Moneymaker’s poker fairy tale didn’t get its sequel at the 2004 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship.

As PokerNews recounts, Moneymaker, fresh off his 2003 WSOP Main Event win, found himself heads-up for a WPT title but fell short to Phil Gordon.

The final hand saw Moneymaker’s pocket jacks up against Gordon’s ace-seven, but a cruel ace on the flop sealed Moneymaker’s fate.

Gordon walked away with the title and $360,000, while Moneymaker settled for second and $200,000.

Bryn Kenney sits at the top of the poker world, but he has little time for solvers or study groups.

Instead, he calls poker his art form, comparing the game to painting or composing a symphony.

“The way that I play and think about poker, I feel like I’m allowing myself to express my creativity, which is really fun.”

He has reason to be confident: Kenney is the all-time live poker tournament earnings leader, with over $90 million, and even this summer at the WSOP, he cashed close to $4 million.

Watch the GGPoker Super High Roller final table here!

Denys Chufarin and Kevin Martin break down the action.

PokerStars’ Spraggy joins the Lock-In crew for a wide-ranging chat about all things modern poker.

According to the show, WCOOP 2026 was a highlight, but all anyone can focus on is the 'Jurojin super-user scandal’.

Spraggy gave his two cents on how the scandal is shaking trust in poker software, while David and Dara dug into what it means for the average player.

AI coaching was also on the table, with Spraggy suggesting that artificial intelligence will change how players approach learning the game.

The episode finishes with a look at the new PokerStars network.

Hollywood, poker, and reality TV. It could only mean one thing.

JENNIFER TILLY.

Poker legend Eric Seidel to play in his first backgammon tourney in 40 years!

And we know just the piece of software (created by our very own pokerprojones) that may help with the studying!

PokerStars ambassador, Jen Shahade on the Cornell 7.

It may not be poker, but this is worth the read.

Condoms and lube are given away as prizes at the Japan Open Poker Tour.

How is that sentence real in 2026?

888 poker hits 500,000 YouTube subscribers!

A big milestone for 888 poker, with the channel recently reaching the half-million mark.

As Heli Hecht, Video Marketing Manager at 888, shared on LinkedIn, the channel has seen significant growth over the past two years, adding more than 200,000 subscribers.

The longer-term growth is even more impressive. Three years ago, 888 poker celebrated reaching 100,000 subscribers. Today, that number has grown to 500,000 — an increase of 400,000 subscribers in just three years.

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