“On Monday, August 3, all of French poker will be behind Mario Boos in the final of the WSOP Main Event. For the occasion, he will do us the honor of wearing the Winamax logo!”
Lucas Jumalon’s run at the 2026 WSOP Main Event is straight out of poker fantasyland. According to PokerNews, he bagged barely enough chips to survive Day 1b, sitting on just 7,400. By Day 2, he was back in the game with 146,000, and then he never looked back.
Jumalon’s turning point came on Day 5 with a lucky jack against ace-king, keeping his tournament life alive. He went on to build his stack with a set of tens against Stavila and then picked off players like Musa and Cermeno to amass 194 million chips.
Let’s just say when the final table resumes, everyone else is staring up at a mountain of chips—and it’s all Jumalon’s.
This year, he highlights Perry Green making a final table at 90, the oldest ever to do so in an open event. Thirteen years passed since Green’s last final table, which was also in an Omaha variant.
Negreanu, meanwhile, cemented his legend by surpassing $25 million in WSOP earnings before summer even started. Nick Schulman joined the eight-bracelet club and tied the record for four straight years with a bracelet. Adrian Mateos, still just 31, became the youngest with six bracelets, beating Phil Ivey’s pace by a year.
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According to the video, he hit a flush on the river and then opted for a massive overbet, putting Keir Sullivan and his trips in a rough spot.
As the commentators noted, this is the kind of spot that separates the professionals from the rest:
“This is the kind of decision you don’t want to face for your stack.”
The hand played out live from Bally’s at the Commerce in Los Angeles, with the stream highlighting just how tense these moments can get.
Tom Goldstein’s story reads more like a movie script than a legal brief. As reported by PokerStrategy, the former lawyer to the stars landed a six-year sentence in federal prison for tax evasion. Goldstein’s downfall was his involvement in high-stakes poker games with celebrities and billionaires, where millions of dollars changed hands and his 'secret ledger’ failed to keep things straight.
During the trial, even Tobey Maguire was called to testify about Goldstein’s role as a go-between in a $7.8 million debt chase. The jury didn’t buy Goldstein’s claims that he intended to pay his taxes, and the muddiness of his poker finances sealed his fate.
'Once a high-flying lawyer to the stars, Tom Goldstein’s record in poker games himself was mixed to say the least.’
Now, Goldstein faces six years behind bars, a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks private games with the rich and famous are outside the reach of the IRS.
The article says that great live poker players are constantly watching for betting patterns, tells, and psychological quirks, using nothing but their own eyes and memory.
Unlike online play, you do not get a handy display of stats or a database of prior hands. As PokerRailbird puts it, “Players must rely on their own awareness.” Live games are full of players with exploitable habits, and most of them do not bother to hide it.
The article breaks down how live players can exploit these patterns to make better decisions and bigger profits. If you want to get ahead in live poker, it is time to start paying attention to more than just your own cards.
Gamblers, tax professionals, and industry advocates gathered for an open IRS hearing to discuss the fallout from the new 90 percent gambling loss deduction cap, part of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill.
The consensus was clear: the cap creates 'phantom income,’ taxing players on money they never actually pocketed.
“The gambling industry is looking to face a decline in numbers because of the fear set in for many gamblers because of the 90 percent rule.”
Congresswoman Dina Titus highlighted just how much the gaming sector contributes to the economy, while others noted last year’s banner revenues are threatened by the new tax policy. The industry, as reported by PokerNews, is worried legal gambling could take a hit—ironically, because of an IRS ruling supposedly designed to help.