The Rail This Week

Make Nate Great. The newest coaching series from Barstool Nate and Faraz Jaka.

The first episode can be watched here. It covers five different poker concepts each episode, with the pair on a mission to improve Nate’s poker prowess.

Episodes will drop at 7 p.m. every day this week!

Poker’s latest beef. Should service dogs be allowed in poker rooms?

It is dividing opinion. Some think having a service animal with you is perfectly fair, while others criticize bringing them, as it disrupts gameplay.

Three hours of sweat during the Triton Invitational at WSOP Paradise.

The $250K WSOP Paradise Invitational had all the drama you could ask for in a high-roller poker tournament. According to PokerOrg, the bubble lasted over three hours, with 24th place paying nothing and 23rd snagging a cool $389,000. Daniel Negreanu was left as the bubble boy, busting just before the money in a field stacked with poker pros and VIPs.

EPT Prague Main Event gets underway.

It’s all to play for over at EPT Prague!

Can Phil Helmuth win another WSOP bracelet, bringing his tally to 18?

8-time bracelet winner Shaun Deed doesn’t seem to think so.

When gold and poker legends combine.

Daniel Negreanu faces off against golfing legend Wyndham Clark at WSOP Paradise. And the photos are everything!

Daniel Negreanu’s Day 4 from the WSOP Paradise vlog brings viewers straight into the action at the eye-watering $250,000 Triton Invitational.

The video opens with a casual walk-in and quickly dives into the complexities of limp strategy, tough tables, and what Negreanu calls “ego-measuring” moments among the elite. Multiple hand breakdowns are sprinkled throughout.

After the grind, Negreanu faces US Open Champion Wyndham Clark in a chipping contest, shifting the competitive edge from felt to fairway. As the night winds down, there’s a little credit given to Jonathan Little for capturing some candid moments between poker’s finest.

ClubWPT Gold leaves town—and this time, the door’s locked, screwing some players.

ClubWPT Gold has officially pulled out of New York, as Nick reports on pokerfuse, after Governor Hochul signed Senate Bill S5935A into law. The law not only bans dual-currency sweepstakes poker but also puts media sites and affiliates on the hook, with fines up to $100,000 per violation.

According to ClubWPT, anyone physically in New York has been locked out of their account, but chip redemptions are still possible from neighboring states. The operator had previously warned players to cash out by August, but the law’s immediate effect forced a sudden exit.

A private poker game in Florida turned into a headline-grabbing melee after Eugene Castaneda threw punches at Maurice Hawkins.

According to PokerNews, Castaneda claims the fight started after a debate about Hawkins’ nationality, while Hawkins says it was an unprovoked attack. The story gets murkier when Castaneda admits to retrieving a weapon for self-defense after the fact.

A totally relatable table we can all agree on.

Jk.

Phil Hellmuth is so far ahead in the WSOP all-time list, he could probably nap through the next decade and still keep his lead, according to PokerNews.

With 17 bracelets and a record number of cashes, the Poker Brat is basically playing solitaire at the top.

Scorsese and Koppelman ante up for Netflix series.

ICYMI. According to Paul Seaton on PokerStrategy, Brian Koppelman and Martin Scorsese are set to create an eight-episode casino drama for Netflix. The project will center on Bobby Red, the president of a top Las Vegas casino, as he juggles growing his empire in a modern but still dangerous Sin City.

Mosböck joins the vlogging circus, with a nosebleed twist.

Mario Mosböck, best known for his time crushing Triton poker events and working as a CoinPoker ambassador, has launched a high stakes poker vlog. According to PokerStrategy, Mosböck’s first YouTube video documents his experience at the $200,000 Invitational in Montenegro, where he faces Phil Ivey, Artur Martirosian, and Jonathan Jaffe.

In this episode, Daniel Negreanu joins the PGX Raw & Real show to talk about his journey as one of the greatest poker players ever.

He shares insights on reading body language, what separates him from the rest, and how dealing with failure shaped his career.

Negreanu discusses the mental game behind poker and how it contrasts with games like chess, touches on the evolution of poker, and gives his take on high-stakes pressure. The conversation also goes into his early life, lessons learned from loss, and even what he picked up from his relationship.

'Poker is not just about the cards, it’s about understanding people and situations,’ says Daniel. If you want a peek behind the curtain at how a poker GOAT thinks, this interview is worth your time.

PokerStars gives players the gift of mystery this Christmas.

PokerStars is getting in the holiday mood, but not before adding a little suspense. Instead of telling you what to expect, they will drip-feed tournament details the night before!

All details in our article below.

Sam Greenwood not happy about the new ICM feature on WSOP+.

And to be fair, he has a point.

cf. WSOP issues reminder: no solvers allowed after 2024 series.

Ept Prague dealers getting some love.

The poker community is loving the EPT Prague dealers this year. But it’s sparked debate as to why this level of excellence can’t be replicated at the WSOP in the summer.

Not long before EPT Prague cards-up coverage starts.

And we can’t wait to sweat along with the action.

Day 3 vlog from Dnegs whilst he’s over in the Bahamas.

Phil Ivey on the bubble, a $100k buy-in, and Daniel Negreanu’s wardrobe choices get almost as much screen time as the poker hands. If you ever wanted to see high-stakes tension mixed with sartorial commentary, this vlog has you covered.

Negreanu Paradise vlog Day 2.

Because if you can’t win at golf, there’s always a $100,000 poker tournament to fall back on. Negreanu’s day is a blur of golf clubs, hand breakdowns, and the kind of casual pressure only a six-figure buy-in can provide.

Catch up on the DNegs Paradise vlogs here.

We didn’t see them over the weekend, but here are the long-awaited WSOP Paradise vlogs from Daniel Negreanu. Day 1 is here.

New ICM feature rolls out on the WSOP+ app.

But will it constitute an RTA? And we thought electronic devices were banned in the later stages of WSOP tournaments anyway?

The invitees took the Triton Invitational by storm according to PokerNews.

There were definitely some bruised egos at the end of Day 1. Meanwhile, Sam Soverel made short work of the $100,000 PLO Main Event, dispatching Andras Nemeth in just 15 minutes. Not a bad day in paradise.

Borgata is back with a winter poker bonanza, and this time the Main Event is packing a $3 million guarantee.

If you missed out on this year’s Borgata Poker Open, don’t worry—there are 75 chances to make up for it in January. Just be sure to brush up on your mixed game skills.

More over on PokerOrg.