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There is a lot of action coming for the second half of the PokerGO Tour.
We’ve already seen some big winners come from the PokerGO Tour, but the rest of the schedule for 2026 is quite packed.
What are some dumb things that poker players spent their money on?
We all make some silly purchases every now and again. Professional poker players may be mindful of their bankroll, but that doesn’t mean they don’t spend their money like the rest of us.
The Maryland State Poker Championship starts today.
The live series powered by PokerStars on FanDuel gets underway today with the first Day 1 flight of the $600 Opening Event that features a big $250k guarantee.
Mariano decides to gamble it up with suited connectors.
This is most certainly not a GTO-approved play, but it’s not the worst possible spot, either, if you’re looking to take a gamble in a three-way pot.
Do you know how to play Razzdugi?
If you’re looking to expand your home game, Razzdugi is an interesting mix between Razz and Badugi that can generate quite a bit of action.
That’s a river decision you don’t see every day in live cash games.
Check out another live hand breakdown, this one coming from a game in Texas. Poker in Texas tends to be pretty wild and loose, so you have to be at least somewhat unlucky to run into a disciplined player capable of making big folds.
The Jason Mercier heydays were something to behold.
I actually had forgot he was a EPT and Sunday Million winner tho!
Who is running the ClearTradeoffs account? Go give it a follow.
Anyone recognize the TILTMENOT screen name?
Cyprus, Seoul, and a suitcase full of WPT poker dreams.
If you have ever thought about jetting off to Cyprus or Seoul to play poker, WPT Global is making it easier—and perhaps cheaper—than ever.
Satellites start at $1.10, feeding into main qualifiers that hand out full $2,000 packages to the WPT Prime Cyprus Championship, which includes entry, travel money, merch, and a shot at an extra $100,000 Golden Ticket.
Jesse Lonis on making his High Stakes Poker debut.
Now sponsored by Coin Poker!
This is a cool request from Allen Kessler.
You could be the designer behind the Chainsaw Mixed Series of Poker. Sounds like fun to me!
Alex Livingston thinks the secret to winning in poker is to play the games nobody else wants to learn.
Apparently, it is easier to crush when your competition still thinks triple draw is a type of lottery ticket.
Do you agree that mixed games are the softest games that remain in poker?
The eight things you need to know about the new PokerStars Network.
Nick at PRO breaks down Flutter’s eight-year journey to finally merging its poker brands onto one platform, the PokerStars Network. The idea has been around since The Stars Group bought SkyBet, but priorities shifted to sports betting and North America. As Nick notes, 'Consolidating the poker brands slipped down the priority list.’
Sun, sand, and $120 million in guarantees.
The WSOP Paradise 2026 schedule is out, and it comes with the kind of guarantees that make your average lottery winner jealous. If you’re into gold bracelets, $50 million main events, or buying in with crypto, clear your calendar for December.
Poker queen Jennifer Tilly, pays tribute to the late, great, Dolly Parton.
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Jennifer Tilly is having a moment at Hellmuth’s Home Game.
Tilly keeps stacking chips while Erick Lindgren and Phil Hellmuth are left reaching for the rebuy button.
At the time I didn’t enjoy having to wait, but now maybe I can see the value in using those few months to hone your game before hitting the WSOP Main Event final table. Thoughts?
Yesterday
Brad Owen is back in Bobby’s Room.
Check out Owen’s latest vlog where he takes his seat inside legendary Bobby’s Room to battle it out at $25/$50.
Ari Engel captures a WPT title in Cambodia.
With his latest victory, which brought him just shy of six figures, Engel’s lifetime tournament winnings are over $10.1 million.
Three-day countdown to Daniel Negreanu’s HCL debut.
Don’t forget, on Friday, August 28, Daniel Negreanu will be making his very first appearance on the popular Hustler Casino Live stream, mixing it up in a $100/$200 game with the likes of Nik Airball, Andy Stacks, 3 Coin, and a few other usual suspects.
Check out the review of Garrett Adelstein’s book.
A few players have already shared their opinions on Garrett’s latest book. If you’re still on the fence, check out this more in-depth review by Poker.org.
Good luck to Lucas Jumalon who wants to get poker legalized in the US!
“I will get involved in some of the legalities behind the game and try to get online poker back in the US completely. It would give some hope to the younger guys that some things are still possible.”
PLO Trainer has been updated with a handful of new features. It might just change the way you study Pot Limit Omaha.
The most notable update is the introduction of browser-based on-demand solves, powered by real CFR on your own machine. You no longer need to rely solely on pre-solved libraries—just fire up your browser and run the spot you want, with real-time exploitability numbers shown on screen.
Follow along with the PokerStarsEPT Barcelona Main Event, as it happens.
The promo is simple: for every $1 cashed in qualifying tournaments, players earn a point. The top 73 players each week receive tournament tickets, with first place snagging five $100 Nightly Stars tickets.
This one includes Doyle Brunson.
Rolling it back to 1975. 🔥
Brian Rast, Phil Laak, and Jeff Gross sit down for what starts as a casual catch-up and ends up meandering through poker, investing, and the big deals that got away.
According to Late Reg, the trio opens up about their friendship, time spent on the road, and how some decisions only make sense years later.
It’s almost 2 hours long, and who has the time for that? But if you do, give it a watch.
Apparently, winning $16 million at 23 gets old fast.
Fedor Holz now prefers boardrooms and being a family man to bluffing for millions. Poker, it seems, is just a hobby for the retired poker-prodigy.
Martin Hummel breaks the world record for the longest online poker session, but what an unhealthy achievement.
Phil Galfond reveals who he thinks is the best poker player in the world, in a lengthy post.
Instead of just naming 🫐 🍬, he also explains why Berri Sweet is his player of choice, along with announcing a new training platform: Sweet Poker.
WSOP Main Event champ, Lucas Jumalon, joins Jeff Gross today for a sit down chat.
The interview will air on GGPokerTV on YouTube at 18.15 UTC, today.
All you need to know about the poker scam happening on X right now.
Here is a detailed thread from Todd, with steps on how to recover your account if you have been hacked.
Does Phil Hellmuth rant and rave so that he has a clear head for the next hand?
This take from Adam Levy seems to make a lot of sense.
August 24
Jennifer Tilly is back in action.
And she finds herself in a tough spot on the turn against Suvarna. He did try to save her some chips by being very honest about his hand, but Tilly really hates folding…
Spraggy and Maira Konnikova on the EPT Barcelona €5K Main Event feature table.
Man of the people Jeff Platt with all the details.
PokerGO gives us front-row seats to Phil Hellmuth’s greatest hits.
Hellmuth has built a brand on being the game’s most notorious sore winner and loser, and this compilation leans into every moment of it.
The Poker Brat’s outbursts, complaints, and reactions are all on display as he navigates the highs and lows of tournament play.
Andy Stacks on sneaking into poker rooms to betting his last $20k at 10/20. 👀
Now he’s gone full circle, ditching the big cash games for tournament life. According to the Table 1 Podcast, the ride includes spreadsheets, casino raids, and just a touch of weird poker fame.
Han Feng on the Jeff Platt curse: “I was the only guy he interviewed before Day 2 started for like two minutes, and then I got cooked.”
I mean, he’s not wrong.
WSOP Online is giving cash game grinders a little summer surprise with its new Summer Gift Drop.
From August 23 to 30, players can randomly snag mystery prizes like tournament tickets simply by playing cash games.
GTOWizard has just dropped multiway postflop solving that factors in ICM and bounties.
For those who survive deep into big-field tournaments or love the chaos of bounty formats, this might be the tool you never knew you needed.
The new update lets users analyze three-way postflop spots with ICM and even breaks down complex formats like PKOs and TKOs.
If you have the right subscription tier, you’ll get access to custom bet sizes, node locking, and more.
Poker, pros, and purpose: not your average Hollywood night.
PokerNews covers how Jamie Gold and Bruce Buffer hosted the 14th annual Variety Children’s Charity Poker Event at Paramount Studios. The event raised more than $250,000 for kids with disabilities, with all the usual celebrity fanfare and, naturally, some poker.
Dara O’Kearney and David Lappin: attempted mugging at EPT Barcelona.
You gotta watch the video to hear Dara’s take. So glad it wasn’t worse and didn’t escalate!
Phil Galfond to reveal who he thinks is the best poker player in the world.
Desperately racking my brain as to who his study partner is.
That time Ed Norton and Matt Damon played the WSOP & their bad beat story.
Love this!
Day 1 of the WSOP Main Event is in the books, and the 888poker ambassadors have a day to kill before the grind resumes.
Lucia and friends spend their downtime exploring old-school Vegas on Fremont Street, getting a dose of nostalgia at the Pinball Hall of Fame, and soaking in July 4th fireworks.
These Hustler Casino Live AI videos are getting a bit ridiculous.
But that didn’t stop me watching the whole thing.
Records are meant to be broken, or at least heavily dented by DrDadPoker.
The BetRivers Multi-State Summer Series wrapped up last Sunday, but as Anuj reports for pokerfuse, the real headline was Daniel “DrDadPoker” Schill running circles around the field.
Schill, a member of the BetRivers Poker stream team, took down six separate Championship events, collecting six trophies and leaving everyone else in the dust.