November 5, 2026

♀ Battle of Malta history made!

Tereza Vernerova becomes the first female to take down the Battle of Malta Main Event.

The Battle of Malta Fall Edition continues its quest for ever larger prize pools and crowds.

Last year, the festival paid out over €6 million. This autumn’s edition is promising €2 million guaranteed. Most of that is tied up in the €600 Main Event, but there are also high roller and mystery events to appeal to all types of players. Alongside the headline tournaments, the festival schedule includes affordable side events and mixed games.

Agree with Chad’s take here on Doug Polk stepping back from being the face of the Lodge.

Honestly, I wonder whether the risk of being so high profile, in a state where the law on card room is grey at best, became too much — especially as Polk has a young, growing family.

Today

Check out Lex Veldhuis’ AMA on Reddit.

After becoming GGPoker’s latest ambassador, the popular poker streamer took it to Reddit for an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) session. There are already some interesting questions and answers in there, and you can still get involved. Ask Lex about poker, streaming, or anything else you might be wondering about.

No one wants to be the unpopular one.

But according to PokerOrg, it may pay off at the poker tables.

Of course the Japanese see poker as a craft.

Of course they learn and play because of the love of the game.

Looking forward to getting more info on this!

Sweeps and gambling promos banned on TikTok.

The updated policy came out on Tuesday and effects products in the TikTok shop.

Joe McKeehen won $174K in the final event of the PokerGO Tour Sprint series on Wednesday night.

An impressive mid-week pay day for the former WSOP Main Event champ.

Looking for a quick paced poker game?

Spin & Go’s on PokerStars on FanDuel have got you.

Players at WSOP Paradise can use Solana Pay to avoid fees and skip registration lines.

2026 WSOP Maim Event winner Jamie Gold with some extra details on how the mechanics of the partnership work and what players can expect.

What GGPoker can offer via promotional paths is insane.

November will have them giving away $14 million in extra prizes. Thats a huge amount of added value. There will also be a Black Friday sale and leaderboard promo.

Catch a preview of the home of WSOP Paradise.

Baha Mar looks fantastic! And beats the crappy weather of Europe and North America for sure!

Yesterday

This is your lineup for tonight’s HCL stream.

Tune in for some Wet Wednesday action at Hustler Casino Live and enjoy big bets, large pots, and some highly entertaining table banter.

Founders Double is back on BetRivers Poker!

Playing online poker in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Delaware, or West Virginia? Join the action at BetRivers Poker, win a couple of tournaments on the same night, and secure $500 worth of MTT tickets on top of your prize money. Easy enough, right?

PokerCoaching is giving you a chance to get a free membership for a limited time.

This is your opportunity to test the site and see everything it has to offer without paying any money, but the offer is only good through Thursday, November 5.

This is your opportunity to ask your questions and have Lex Veldhuis give his honest response.

Following his signing as a GGPoker ambassador, Lex Veldhuis is doing an AMA on Reddit. Get in the mix and ask one of the most popular poker streamers on the planet anything and everything you’d like to know about.

There is a new PLO book out there, and it might be worth a look.

If you’re looking for {poker training] resources for PLO and prefer a more traditional way of learning the game, Fernando “JNandez” Habegger’s new book “100 Essential Tips to Master Pot Limit Omaha” might be a perfect choice.

It makes sense to play multiple Day 1s in ClubWPT Gold’s $5M Free Entry event.

ClubWPT Gold is hosting a $5,000,000 tournament with free entries, and all the chips you accumulate across different Day 1 flights will combine in a single stack for the Day 2 action. This means you want to play as many Day 1 flights as possible and keep adding more chips throughout the month.

The Big Game is back, and we are excited for it!

The PokerStars Big Game on Tour returns for another series this weekend, with the likes of Doug Polk, and Antonio Esfandiari in the lineup. As far as poker shows go, what more could we possibly ask for?

Sam Sovrel picks up another PGT title.

Sovrel came out on top the 61-entry field in the PGT Sprint Event #5, picking up almost $200k for his efforts and bringing his total PGT title count to 18.

Regardless of stakes, sometimes inexplicable things happen at a poker table.

It’s hard to explain what exactly happened in that hand, but it’s definitely entertaining to watch from the sidelines.

Are you over-playing your top pair hands?

A top pair is a pretty strong hand in Hold’em, but if you keep losing money with it, these are some of the reasons as to why that might be happening.

November 03

We called it! (Well, Anuj did.) Lex Veldhuis joins GGPoker as Global Streaming Ambassador.

Huge congratulations to Lex, who has been a free agent since leaving PokerStars after a decade + long partnership.

888’s Ian Simpson, really is man-of-the-people.

What an amazing thing to do.

At this point, even if Hellmuth isn’t in head to toe branding, it’s all I can see.

Why can’t I focus on anything else? Who knew he had hair.

Mystery Bounties go live on BetRivers Poker!

The first games can be played on November 4 in all markets!

This is exciting from PokerStars on FanDuel.

THE BIG GAME ON TOUR is baaacck! Returning this Sunday with some BIG names.

Will Snoop Dogg be playing on ClubWPT Gold?

It surely looks that way! 😱

November 02

PokerStars on FanDuel joins the Alberta market.

PokerStars on FanDuel becomes the second regulated poker site to launch in the newly regulated market. For the time being, the platform caters only to the players from Alberta, with the Ontario player sharing a possibility down the line.

Tune in for some Monday cash game action on HCL.

You probably know it by now, but a remainder is always useful. It’s Max Pay Monday tonight on Hustler Casino Live, with the likes of Sashimi, Francisco, Sasababi, and a few others going at it.

Do you recognize any of these leaks in your game?

According to Fitzgerald these are the five biggest issues that destroy many players’ bottom line.

Could PokerLab take over the software for WSOP Online?

We know WSOP Online is moving to a new platform, although it appears that 888 will continue powering the operation through the end of this year.

The big question is: who will take over as the new platform provider? PokerLab seems to be one of the potential candidates. Could it be the one? 👀

5x hands from Hellmuth’s home game.

I love this show because there is no commentary. It’s so good!

Some Jen Harman stories you may never have heard.

I didn’t realize Doyle Brunson tried to sign her before she went with Full Tilt!

FanDuel Poker is now live in Alberta.

🇨🇦 PokerStars on FanDuel is now live in a second Canadian province. 🇨🇦

The MeshAgent high stakes heist goes mainstream.

There is now Mainstream coverage in Wired on that malware scandal that affected high stakes players.

Alex, who was the first to discover MeshAgent on his computer, claims he was “only” ripped off for around $30,000, a relatively moderate sum for the level he plays at; many of his peers weren’t so lucky.

Are Reddit r/poker mods scrubbing the threads clear of negative mentions of CoinPoker?

Some people certainly seem to think so 👀.

Who’s going to become the latest GGPoker Ambassador?

Guesses our end is free-agent Lex Veldhuis might be getting the call. Especially as he grinned the WSOP Online Series so hard this year.

Poker player’s Jerky product was unexpectedly featured in the final shot of the documentary 'You Can See Everything’.

Apparently sales were up 345% after it was featured. Super cool!

There’s so much going on at GGPoker this month.

GGPoker is hosting the Flip & Go Millionaire event with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool and $11 buy-ins, allowing players to skip straight to the ITM stage.

In addition, the PLO Series is underway, offering $20 million in total prizes and buy-ins from $15 to $10,000.

Spin & Field Goal offering some great value.

PokerStars on FanDuel is the only regulated US or Ontario site offering a $1 million top prize on a $5 lottery sit and go.

2026 is the year of the poker book.

Now Jungleman’s at it with a new book set to be released.

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