October 11, 2026

It’s Mini Main on the docket today at 888 Live London.

It may not be the busiest of schedules today, but the Mini Main is certainly a fun tournament to play.

Yesterday

Flopping bottom two pair is often a bitter-sweet feeling.

Your hand looks great until your opponents start piling chips into the pot. Then, you start to wonder what is going on and if you’re getting value or walking into a cooler.

PokerStars is leaving Alberta on October 13.

The decision stems from the recent regulatory changes in the province and was expected. However, the operator did not inform players about when and if it would return.

There is never a lack of heroes on the HCL stream.

It’s so hard to come up with reasonable bluffs in this spot, but when you really don’t want to fold, you come up with a reason to toss those calling chips into the middle.

The KPC Poker Series gets underway today.

Poker history is being made in Jeju!

HCL is changing things up, launching its very first tournament.

Hustler Casino Live will be hosting its very first tournament on Oct 22 – 23, featuring a $10,000 buy-in and unlimited rebuys during the first three hours. The tournament will be invite-only.

Aaron Barone’s bankroll challenge is progressing very well.

Starting with $2,500, Barone set out to make it to $10,000, and after just five days of play, he’s nearly there.

Jurojin Poker issues an appology regarding the latest superuser scandal.

A representative of Jurojin Poker, a piece of software that was at the center of a recent superuser scandal, joined PokerNews for an interview, shedding some more light on the matter and apologizing to everyone who was affected.

Can Mariano profit off of his loose image?

Mariano is usually the one pulling big bluffs and splashing around, and it was no different last night on the HCL stream. But then he got into this spot, holding the nuts. Will his image pay off against Big Mike?

October 09

There is some great action on the menu tonight at Hustler Casino Live.

Yes, it’s the end of the week, which means it’s time for High Stakes Friday once more. Mariano, Big Mike, Dr. P., Mike X – and more. It’s usually fireworks at the tables, and there is no reason it should be any different tonight.

WPT Prime is happening at the Lodge right now.

The WPT Prime Main Event is underway, with Day 1B action happening & some satellites coming up, just in case you happen to be in the area and looking for some tournaments to play.

Why Patrik Antonius was never too interested in WSOP bracelets?

Although he’s one of the biggest names in poker, Patrik Antonius has no WSOP bracelets to his name, and it is not for a lack of skill. For the Finn, the appeal was just never there, and he enjoys other opportunities on the felt much more – especially a high-stakes cash game mix.

It’s one thing that gives BetRivers Poker an upper hand.

And that one thing is the ownership of the software, allowing the operator to implement changes, updates, fixes, and improvements without waiting for a third-party approval.

ESPN x WSOP Main Event replays.

Six back-to-back episodes aired as part of special marathon!

Take me back!

Guinness World Record for largest online poker tournament has been broken.

And it is for GGPoker’s Ocean KO.

Erik Seidel dusted off his backgammon skills after four decades and nearly walked away with the title at the Las Vegas Open.

PokerNews reports the Poker Hall of Famer finished runner-up in the $2,500 Super Jackpot.

Victoria Coren Mitchell gets BBC to edit poker article.

When Victoria speaks, the BBC listen. The article has since been edited to reflect Coren-Mitchell’s 2 x EPT title wins.

Victoria Coren Mitchell (@VictoriaCoren)

Liv Boeree (@Liv_Boeree)

Poker player becomes first woman to win UK tour main event

Renee Xie is the first woman to win a Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Main Event.

Poker makes it into the final season of The Bear.

We also watched this just the other day, didn’t notice the Rounders poster, but did see Brian Koppelman’s name come up and then googled who he was playing.

He is the COMPUTER. 🖥️

After a series of high-profile cheating incidents, AceGuardian Research has decided to open up its anti-cheat software to the world.

The idea is to give both operators and players a way to detect 'superusers’ — players who have exploited security holes to see their opponents’ hole cards.

The announcement came after a Trojan was discovered in compromised poker software, allowing an attacker to remotely view players’ screens.

According to PokerNews, 'over two dozen high-stakes online poker players’ were affected. Jurojin Poker and IntuitiveTables were identified as the compromised tools.

October 08

Some of the hands you see in low live-stakes games are just wild.

Here’s another live cash game hand breakdown from a $1/$3 game, and it’s really hard to keep up with what’s going on. A series of questionable decisions somehow leads to a favorable outcome?

Is Erik Seidel now attacking the backgammon scene?

It’s no secret that some of the best-known poker players are also quite good at backgammon. Gus Hansen, for one, has some pretty wild backgammon stories, but it seems like Erik Seidel is no slouch, either.

Just in case you’ve missed it – the Mixed Game Festival is happening right now at Bellagio.

There are only a couple of days left on the agenda, so if you’re up for some friendly, low-stakes mixed game action, head over there. It’s fun, there are plenty of surprise prizes up for grabs, and you’ll get to experience some poker variations that you’ve probably never even hear of. But don’t worry, you’ll get a quick-start guide for free!

WSOP Online is making October a marathon for tournament lovers.

Three separate series are running at once, with more than $5 million in guaranteed prizes and a mix of bracelets, rings, and reload bonuses for players.

The Fall WSOP Online Poker Festival leads the way, offering 33 bracelets and buy-ins from $400 to $3,200.

So if you’re playing online poker in Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey, it might be time to clear your calendar.

Poker content creation isn’t easy and everyone has an opinion.

Have you seen Lexy’s new style vlogs?

Ok, there’s voice-over, which I don’t love, but the terminology primers that pop up and player profile graphics are cool for viewers who may not know too much about the game.

This photo of the JPO final tables, cannot be real can it?!

Context: The JPO Ladies Final Table prizes are condoms and lube from company Sagami. And the poker world is not happy.

In this latest vlog, Jaman Burton, dives into a private No Limit Hold’em game that borrows more than a little from Netflix’s Squid Game.

There are bounty chips, bomb pots, and a special round where the last person out has to pay the table.

How the sponsorship of the JOPT Ladies Championship could have gone right.

Yes, more on the lube and condoms story from the JOPT.

It’s worth going on X to read this translation in full.

It’s a really good way to understand how that partnership with SIGAMI could have worked out well.

888 and PokerNews are joining forces.

The online tournament series starts on October 18!

Day 2 of the Super High Roller Bowl PLO was all about narrowing the field from 27 down to the final six.

The stakes? A $1.15 million payday for whoever can outlast the others on October 7th.

Jason Koon, Jeremy Ausmus, and Nick Schulman are among those who survived the cull, and they’ll be back for the final table.

Poker sites and the art of not sharing secrets.

Lee Jones takes a closer look at why online poker sites keep cheater info to themselves.

Even when a player, like the notorious 'Paul Gregg,’ is found using compromised poker apps to see hole cards, the news rarely travels beyond the site that catches them.

According to Jones, “The bottom line is that sites are very unlikely to share suspected cheater information with each other.”

A mix of legal headaches, data protection laws like GDPR, and commercial interests means sites play it close to the vest.

For players, that means the same scammer might show up on multiple sites before getting caught.

As Jones notes, “A site which has this sort of evidence and doesn’t act on it has abdicated its responsibility to its customers.” But sharing? That’s another story entirely.

PokerStars UK players are about to get very familiar with Betfair, as the PokerStars Network shifts its UK operations onto the Betfair platform.

This is all part of Flutter’s master plan to consolidate poker under one roof, bringing the shared player pool and iconic tournaments like the Sunday Million along for the ride.

Brazil's new online gambling ban just went into effect, but poker is still in the clear.

The government decided that poker is a game of skill, so the new restrictions on betting and gaming don’t apply.

Major sites like PokerStars and GGPoker are continuing to operate as normal, though some players are reporting trouble logging in.

🪦 RIP PokerStars UK!

Betfair is now the place to go.

October 07

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.

October 06

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.

TODAY! Phil Laak in the commentary booth and Garrett Adelstein on the felt.

Check out the Bally Poker Live YouTube for the stream at 3pm PST.

Kmart streams the new Ocean KO variant from GGPoker.

The poker world are divided, they always are, but this new innovation is going to be BIG.

GGPoker is leaning hard into Halloween this year, with a reported $18 million in promotional prizes up for grabs through October.

The highlights: a million-dollar Halloween Party promo, a comeback for the Bounty Hunters Series, and the usual pile of leaderboard giveaways.

The Halloween Party runs from October 24 to 31, and all you need to do is play cash games and keep an eye out for the Jack of Spades.

Collect ten candies by spotting Jacks, and you get a crack at a Mystery Pumpkin worth up to $1,000 in cash.

Is Ocean KO the latest revolutionary poker product to hit the market?

We think so!

Novibet Poker Series VIII is bringing a little GTA energy to Thessaloniki.

The eighth edition of the Novibet Poker Series takes place November 24–29 at Regency Casino Thessaloniki.

But honestly, the cover might be the most interesting part. The whole thing has a pretty clear GTA-inspired look—cars, characters, city streets and all.

Early-bird WSOP Paradise packages almost sold out.

🏝️🏝️🏝️

Poker streamer, Lex Veldhuis, on his WSOP Online grind.

It’s a long read, but a good one!

October 05

A Doug Polk 5 card PLO stream you didn’t know you needed.

5 card PLO is now available on ClubWPT.

BetRivers Poker swag giveaway.

If you want FREE BetRivers Poker merch – now is your time to shine.

Jennifer Tilly keeps the table lively on Day 1 of Hellmuth’s Home Game, trading quips with Texas Mike and surviving Jungleman’s stare.

It’s Reno, so anything can happen, including a few hands Phil Hellmuth will definitely complain about later.

GGPoker turns up the variance with Ocean KO – a format never before available outside of France and Spain.

As Nick writes on pokerfuse, it’s a blend of progressive knockouts and random prize multipliers, making every elimination a potential payday. According to the debut numbers, the format drew big crowds on its opening Sunday, comfortably beating its guarantees.

The real twist is that when you knock someone out, you get a random multiplier on their bounty.

“Hit the 400x and that $5 bounty becomes $2,000: $1,000 in cash, plus a now $1,005 bounty on your head,”

This means you could become a target in just a few hands, even in small buy-in events.

GGPoker is the first to offer this format outside France and Spain, and it could join fast-fold and PKO as a major innovation.

Jackpot PKOs are having a moment.

These tournaments, with origins on Winamax as Space KO, have gone global thanks to GGPoker’s Ocean KO. The premise is simple: every knockout pays out a randomized bounty, which can be a fraction of the original or up to 400 times the buy-in.

“The result is a tournament where huge prizes can be won at any point, by any player. Because the multipliers are randomized, a jackpot PKO can pay out far more than the total buy-in.”

Poker and chess. All you need to know.

The PokerNews Podcast invited Albert Cheng to dig into the overlaps between poker and chess, with host Chad Holloway steering the conversation. Cheng describes the origins of The Gambit, a game that tries to mix the strategic depth of chess with the bluff and variance of poker.

Apparently, none of this is for real money, so your rating (and pride) are safe.

Alexandra Botez and the Gambit Cup get a mention, as do ideas for new games that could be added to Gambit in the future.

The GOAT debate: Daniel Negreanu sat down with PokerNews to reflect on the never-ending Doyle Brunson vs Phil Ivey conversation.

He shared his admiration for both players, highlighting what sets each apart in the poker world. According to Negreanu, Brunson’s legendary status is about more than his bracelets, while Ivey’s mystique is tied to his unorthodox style and psychological edge.

'Doyle is the Godfather, but Phil is the guy everyone fears at the table,’ Negreanu says.

After a cheating scandal rocked the high-stakes poker world, ACR Poker CEO Phil Nagy addressed players in a seven-minute video.

According to PokerOrg, Nagy explained that malicious third-party software had let bad actors see players’ hole cards in real time. The culprit wasn’t the poker client, but compromised remote-access tools installed on players’ computers.

To counteract this, ACR launched Screen Shield, which blocks screen-sharing and screen-capture tools from viewing WPN tables. Nagy said, “Screen Shield will prevent your tables from being visible to screen-capture and screen-sharing software.” The feature is already active for some players, with a self-activation option coming soon.

Other sites like CoinPoker have also responded, banning suspicious accounts and issuing refunds. The investigation is ongoing, and ACR is offering Screen Shield tech to other operators. In the meantime, streaming your poker wins just got a little bit harder.

“Thats a recipe for you to get f*cked” per Andy Stacks.

Couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

Britney Jing, one of Hustler Casino Live’s most visible players, is stepping away from the felt as the show investigates a series of accusations against her.

The story started when Chengsi Ye, known as “C Ye,” posted a video titled “She Ghosted Me After Owing Me Money,” claiming Jing failed to pay back $18,000 from a staking deal. Jing responded on social media, insisting she has “no outstanding debts” and accused Ye of underreporting winnings.

Since then, other regulars have come forward with stories alleging deception and even collusion in streamed games. Some, like Hustler founder Ryan Feldman and Nik Airball, have defended Jing. Others, including Aaron Zhang, have called her a “habitual liar” who exaggerates her image to organize games.

The Britney x C Ye drama just isn’t going away.

Xuan Liu makes another statement regarding her involvement.

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