This Week
February 09 - February 15, 2026
Today
Bankroll management is always a relevant topic in poker.
The game of poker may change and evolve, but how one manages their bankroll will always be one of the key success-defining aspects of their careers in the long run. Jonathan Little shares some useful thoughts on the topic, including a table overview for cash games based on your expected win rate.WSOP 2026 full schedule release hits a delay.
Uh oh… seems like there’s a delay in the WSOP 2026 full schedule release. We were hoping for it this week, but Kevin Mathers, the go-to source for all things WSOP, doesn’t think it will be released this week. Our own sources confirm there’s a delay.
Fingers crossed for a release next week!
Is poker waiting for its Queen’s Gambit?
Kim Lund, Founder & CEO of Aftermath Interactive, shared an interesting take on LinkedIn:
Poker deserves its Queen’s Gambit moment.
An argument can be made that what Queen’s Gambit did for chess, Rounders did for poker. But that movie is 20+ years old. Since then, the world of poker has yielded a vein of narrative gold just waiting to be mined.
How should do? How should it be done? Is it too late?
Our colleague Ivan asked a very similar question in his op‑ed last year — Makings of the Ultimate Poker Movie: Can Poker Have Its Queen’s Gambit? — exploring whether poker could find a modern breakout narrative the way Queen’s Gambit did for chess.
Read Ivan’s piece on Pokerati.
So many trophies.
This might be an old post, but damn… Patrick “padspoker” Leonard’s trophy collection is unreal. SCOOP, WCOOP, bracelets, the man just stacks hardware.
And speaking of trophies, we’ve already talked about the BetRivers Poker Spring Championship Series, but it’s worth another look. All 88 events come with an exclusive BetRivers trophy for the winner, plus one more for the Player of the Series leaderboard champ.
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Money stolen from rooms during WSOP Paradise.
And according to Weisman, the money stolen has still not been recovered.
I have never been to Atlantis, but it seems from the comments that this might be a more common problem there than we think.
How much has Seth Davies, Sam Greenwood and Jeremy Ausmus lost to which hands?
Run it Once Training has the answers.High-stakes rerun: Triton Poker Series cash game invitational goes big.
The Triton Poker Series rerun showcases the kind of cash game where the smallest blind is a thousand dollars and the buy-in is half a million.
Players are seated with $500K in front of them, playing No-Limit Hold 'Em with $1K, $2K, and $5K blinds, all under the watchful commentary of Ali Nejad and Randy “Nanonoko” Lew.
Big names make it to Goldstein’s “Secret Poker Ledger”.
Tom Goldstein’s poker game has shifted from the felt to the courtroom, with his “secret poker ledger” now at the center of a federal trial. This ledger, which lists some of the biggest names in poker and business, was introduced as evidence by prosecutors who allege Goldstein committed tax fraud and lied to mortgage lenders.
Some notable entries include Dan “Jungleman” Cates, billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya, real estate mogul Bob Safai, and WSOP bracelet winner Tony Gregg. According to PokerNews, the ledger was never shared with Goldstein’s accountant, which became a key point in the trial.
The trial continues in Maryland, with more high-profile names and details emerging as the case unfolds.
BetRivers Poker is rolling out its second Championship-branded series this February.
The BetRivers Spring Championship offers 44 events at two buy-in levels each, for a total of 88 tournaments and $515,350 in guaranteed prize money. Buy-ins start at just $5 and go up to $500, with most events priced under $100.Apparently Hellmuth has made $20 million from PrizePicks investments.
In his latest brag-post, Phil Hellmuth takes PrizePicks founder Adam Wexler out for a $50K shopping spree and admits to making $20M in a recent investment with the company.
Is it just me, or do all these posts about Hellmuth’s investments, portfolio, and money leave you feeling grossed out as well?
Loving this breakdown of profit from Robin Poker.
Lukas outlines all of his profit since he started playing poker professionally in 2020.
I found it super refreshing to see his profit broken out like this. It somehow makes the streams feel more real. Or is that just me?
An interesting take on solvers, AI, and future of the game.
Benjamin 'bencb’ Rolle shares his views on the role of AI and solvers in poker, and, unlike many, he’s not worried about the future of the game.
While all the tools make it easier to play well, they’re not a magic wand. Players need to put in the work to actually unlock their full potential, and it’s not as easy as clicking a few buttons.
'Bencb’ believes that many people (wrongly) see solvers and AI as shortcuts, and that approach creates more “suckers” than good players, and there is definitely some truth to his arguments.
Yesterday
Rampage Poker in tournament action.
The latest vlog from Rampage features his exploits during the last year’s WPT World Championship at the Wynn. It’s a nice change of pace from the usual cash game action, but whatever the format, one thing you can be certain of even before watching is that chips were flying all over the place.
It is Rampage, after all!
A record overlay.
And yep… the record’s broken. 🤯
GGMasters Anniversary Edition ($10M GTD) posts a $1.79M overlay — the largest ever seen online.
10,041 in the final flight.
59,480 entries total.
Of course Phil Hellmuth was at the Super Bowl.
And of course his timeline is full of all the schmoozing he got up to in one of suites.Is GGPoker about to shatter the biggest overlay record ever?
Well, well, well… 👀 GGPoker’s GGMasters Anniversary is currently sitting on a $2.6M overlay at the time of writing and it has a real shot at becoming the largest overlay in online poker history.
For context, the current record belongs to India’s PokerBaazi GOAT, which overlaid by $1.4M, while PokerStars’ The Big Blowout comes in second after missing its $5M guarantee by $1.23M.
With roughly 2 hours of late registration still open, GGMasters needs about $1.2M more in buy-ins, roughly 8,700 entries, just to avoid rewriting the record books, which feels like a very tall task.
This is the 7th and final flight of the $150 buy-in event carrying a massive $10M guarantee. It required 72,464 total entries to break even and has drawn just over 53,000 so far.
In a couple of hours, we’ll know exactly how historic this one turns out to be. 🍿
Latest vlog from Brad Owen has landed.
Welcome to episode 365. Settle in as Owen takes us through the highs and lows of his latest adventures the poker table.Hellmuth eyes million dollar cash game.
Phil Hellmuth, the self-proclaimed greatest tournament player ever, might finally step into the lion’s den of high-stakes cash games.
PokerNews reports that he is likely to play in the upcoming Million Dollar Game at Hustler Casino Live, an event where the buy-in alone is enough to make even seasoned pros sweat.
The game’s lineup is still a mystery, but regulars like Nik Airball and Alan Keating are expected.
Sponsorship package pulled before it even begins.
Thomas Clack, the 2025 National Poker League Player of the Year, has lost his Grosvenor Poker sponsorship after being suspended by the iPoker Network. His violation? Having a GTO solver open while playing an online tournament. According to Clack, he was just using it to check his play after hands, not to cheat.
“I wasn’t trying to use it to cheat. I was just studying with GTO out whilst I was playing. After a hand had been played, I looked it up to see if I played it well. I wasn’t using it to affect my play, but I had it open, which was silly.”
Grosvenor confirmed the decision, stating Clack no longer met the criteria for the £40,000 sponsored pro package. Any remaining prizes will be paid out in due course.
Alex Foxen is making 2026 look easy.
According to PokerNews, he picked up his second live win of the year at the MSPT Poker Bowl X, taking down a $1,600 event for $165,235.
With 740 players in the field and a $1 million guarantee, Foxen outlasted some notable names, including WSOP bracelet winner Nick Palma and 2024 WSOP Main Event final tablist Joe Serock.