This Week

WSOP Online bracelets stay on 888poker platform for 2026 series.

With only days remaining until the 57th WSOP kicks off, all online bracelet events have now been deployed on the WSOP Online platform. As expected, the series will once again run on the existing 888poker-powered software, with no sign of a transition to GGPoker yet.

WSOP’s software agreement with 888 expires this year, meaning this could potentially be the final online bracelet series held on the current platform unless the partnership is renewed.

For now, a move to GGPoker also appears uncertain. NSUS, the parent company of GGPoker, had its manufacturing license withdrawn in Pennsylvania, raising further questions about the timeline for any future migration to GGPoker.

FanDuel Poker, riding the PokerStars brand, just wrapped up its Ignite Series with some hefty overlays, costing the operator around $1 million to meet guarantees.

Despite that, they’re going even bigger with their flagship Sunday tournaments.

The Sunday Dynasty’s guarantee is jumping from $75,000 to $100,000, and the Sunday Storm is getting a $10,000 bump as well. It seems one successful Sunday was enough to convince the team to go all-in on bigger numbers.

The Creator Poker Championship airs on CBS in partnership with the World Poker Tour, aiming to make poker more appealing to the masses by mixing pro-level competition with internet creator personalities.

The show airs in two parts on May 15, offering what the producers call higher production values, more action, and episodic storytelling compared to last December’s livestream.

It remains to be seen whether poker purists or mainstream audiences will buy in, but the experiment is definitely getting its shot in prime time.

GGPoker Ontario is enjoying a hot streak.

The operator is riding high thanks to its biggest tournament series yet, the GG Ontario Festival, with a fat C$8 million guarantee. But it’s not all down to their efforts— PokerStars Ontario shutting down ahead of its platform switch has shoved a lot of traffic GGPoker’s way.

Kevin Rabichow offering WSOP coaching spots for this coming summer.

But it doesn’t come cheap.

For $2,500 you get the same level of support that my private clients receive from May 26th to July 15th.

A poker table, a temper, and a set of characters.

Jennifer Tilly, Xuan Liu, Phil Hellmuth, Shaun Deeb, Daniel 'Jungleman’ Cates, and others gather for Hellmuth’s Home Game — hoping for big hands and bigger reactions.

The highlight is Phil Hellmuth storming off the set after flopping sets in back to back hands. This seems to be a recurring theme, with multiple video links included to Hellmuth losing his cool in various ways, from being slowrolled to having his aces cracked.

I think I am also coming round to the WSOP rating system.

But only a bit.

Kevin Martin set to launch his new poker show, this coming Thursday.

The man loves a reality show, maybe on some pathological level at this point. It will be interesting to see how this one works and if it captures audiences.

All the love for the Irish Open. 💚

It’s amazing to see that stats of how many people, from so many countries, turned up to the Irish Open this past spring.

GGPoker is keeping up its tradition of sending r/poker members to the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas.

Last year, Remi Alamin took his shot at poker glory, surviving Day 1. This year, Aleksandar Kozomara went deeper in Prague, making it to Day 3 and cashing €12,500.

This time, GGPoker is hosting three turbo freerolls for the r/poker community. The winner gets a $10,000 WSOP Main Event pass. All you need is an active r/poker account, a verified GGPoker account, and to be at least 21.

The Big Game on Tour Season 3 has landed.

It’s a favorite of the team here. All available to watch for free on YouTube which makes it even better.

Is Chris Moneymaker the ultimate crusher?

His results on ACR are undeniable, not to mention his $8.6 million in live tournament cashes. 🐐

Fedor Holz wins fifth Triton title.

Does this mark the beginning of another epic run, the likes of which were last seen back in 2016?

That was the year Fedor booked six wins from January to December. Accolades included winning nearly $5 million for the WSOP No-Limit Hold’em High Roller for One Drop, $3.5 million for a second-place finish in a Super High Roller Bowl event, and collecting over $3 million for a Triton win.

How did this post from Phil Nagy get 12 million likes?

Honestly, we still have no idea!