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Discover some interesting tidbits about the WSOP Main Event final tablists.
If you’re still not sure whom to root for in the big final clash in August, learning more about them could help you pick your side.Here’s another blast from the past from Matt Savage.
We are all used to how things are today, but in the period 1995 – 2000, the WSOP coverage and details were hosted on a completely different site, and it’s really interesting to see just how much the things have changed.Yesterday
The Tom Goldstein saga ends with the high-level attorney receiving a six-year prison sentence.
Tom Goldstein, an esteemed lawyer from Washington and a high-stakes poker player, has been sentenced to six years in prison for tax and financial offences. Goldstein’s case captured the attention of the poker world as the attorney was known to play against some of the biggest names in the game and even appeared on some live streams.Rampage’s journey through the poker world has certainly been a wild one.
In a span of just a few years, he went from playing local low stakes games to fighting it out against some of the best cash game grinders out there and entering high roller tournaments. The journey wasn’t without its bumps, of course, but still, what an insane run.This is a controversial idea from Jared Jaffe.
Should poker pros endorsing a certain site or company be held liable if that particular brand ends up scamming customers or doing some shady stuff?July 24
Is this real?
But actually…. is it?Neymar’s new recovery routine: poker night instead of match day.
Who knew professional footballers needed a break from football to play poker? Neymar’s absence from that must-win Santos match was apparently for his physical recovery, though fans were treated to a photo of him at a poker table instead.The WSOP 2026 was not just about record-breaking attendance in Las Vegas. The series pulled in 378.3 million social media views, making the online audience one of the largest ever for poker’s biggest festival.
Most of those eyeballs came from Facebook and Instagram, which together delivered two-thirds of the total digital reach. YouTube chipped in with nearly 39 million views and over 100,000 new subscribers, while X lagged behind but still posted solid numbers.
As Ty Stewart, CEO of the WSOP, put it:
'The 57th annual World Series of Poker proved that Las Vegas remains the undisputed epicenter of the poker universe.’
Who will win the WSOP Main Event 2026?
PokerNews bring to you, the odds.Life lessons from The Flow Show.
We could all learn a thing or two from taking a bad beat gracefully, whether in life or at the poker table.Faraz Jaka is all of us when it comes to the WSOP x ESPN coverage.
Glad it’s not just us, struggling!Phil Hellmuth still tormented by his WSOP bracelet near miss.
He finished as runner up, but still has sleepless nights over his performance.Can someone on ESPN make this happen for the WSOP.
Give the people the stories that they want!What an amazing WSop for Faraz Jaka and the Jaka Coaching team.
Sounds like a lovely and supportive community too!July 23
Ana Marquez: accidental poker pro.
Ana Marquez’s path to the top of Spanish poker was anything but conventional. Growing up in Málaga, she had zero exposure to the game until a move to Washington, D.C. for her studies. There, poker first caught her eye as a topic for a university thesis. That research quickly turned into a passion, and later, a career.
Marquez credits her success to treating poker as a strategic game rather than gambling. She says, “Once I realized how much I loved the game, I consciously gave myself a year to explore whether I could make a living from it. That year ended up changing my life.”
Her achievements include being named GPI Female Player of the Year in 2013 and becoming an ambassador for ACRPoker. According to Marquez, her story is proof that sometimes the best opportunities come from unexpected places.
PokerStars Ambassador, David Lappin, takes a look at the shot clock, introduced at the WSOP Main Event to curb stalling.
The intent was to cut down on endless tanking, but the article argues that giving everyone a fixed time per decision might actually encourage slow play rather than fix it.
Players now have 20 seconds for their first decision and 30 seconds for subsequent ones, with a handful of extensions.
All dissected in the article below.
Wait, what? Alex Livingston lost $40K playing beer pong at 22?!
Incredible degeneration stories on the Face the Ace podcast.This is pretty cool from Octopi Poker.
Replay every WSOP streamed hand and then play the final table. It’s actually a super cool concept, imo.It’s still hard to wrap my head around stand up players like Pads and Jeremy, showing support for CoinPoker.
Honestly, what are we missing, cos the outfit seems shady AF.Daniel Negreanu on Jason Mercier.
TBF, Daniel absolutely nails this one!July 22
Jourdan Baptiste stole some of the spotlight during ESPN’s new WSOP Main Event coverage, according to PokerNews.
Jamie Gold, who became famous for his table banter in 2006, faced off with Baptiste, a relative unknown with only one live cash to his name. Their verbal sparring brought back memories for both the commentators and fans.
Daniel Negreanu called the broadcast 'exceptionally good,’ and social media agreed, crediting the new production for spotlighting old-school stars and banter. Omaha Productions leaned into the nostalgia by featuring poker boom era icons like Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Tilly, Chris Moneymaker, and Erick Lindgren.
WSOP Main Event finalist Evagoras Evagorou on reaching the final table.
Win or lose, Evagorou makes history as the first Cypriot to ever make it this far in the competition.Just look at Adrian Mateos’ 2026 results. 📈
The data table is from The Hendon Mob: just wow! I missed the fact he was playing in the Wynn Summer Classic, as I was so wrapped up in the WSOP. He came first place in the high roller. Absolute scenes!The trailer for the WSOP Main Event ESPN coverage is here!
We didn’t get to watch the actual show, but I must say the trailer has got me hooked.Michael Gagliano knows all about the repetitive grind of the WSOP Main Event.
According to PokerNews, the BetMGM Poker ambassador compared the experience to being stuck in Groundhog Day—days blend together as the field slowly thins. His long poker resume includes over 150 cashes and multiple bracelets, but the Main Event final table had always eluded him until now.
Speaking after bagging up 46,500,000 chips for fifth place, Gagliano reflected, 'I’ve been saying for many days that it feels like Groundhog Day. Like, the more people that bust, it just feels like the number just doesn’t go down.’ He told PokerNews he’d only be happy when nine players remained.
Now, he can finally say he’s satisfied.
Words of wisdom from Jamie Gold.
👏Who caught the WSOP Main Event broadcast on ESPN?
We didn’t as based in 🇬🇧 but we want to know, was it good???? Hearing positive things so far.Pokerface Ash reaches 50K subscribers on YouTube.
Content creation is hard, and Ash’s videos are great. If you haven’t checked out her channel yet, please do.BetMGM Poker ambassador E-Tay on her WSOP run.
Incredibly honest take from Esther.This is a cool story about WSOP Main Event chip leader, Lucas Jumalon.
What a difference a few months makes! Wow!What makes the WSOP Main Event so special?
I hadn’t properly considered that this may be the only competition where you can play against some of the top players in the world, even if you are just a rec.
Does the same apply for Chess?
July 21
Alex Foxen continues to rack up trophies.
The WSOP may be over, but Foxen never misses an opportunity to add another trophy to his ever-growing collection. And this one does look really cool.200 episodes of The Chip Race podcast.
How did that happenDid you know Nick Schulman played in Molly’s Game?
NEITHER. DID. WE.Another WILD story from Garrett Adelstein’s upcoming book.
Mate, these privates games sound insane. And I am here for it. 👀Maurice Hawkins WSOP by the numbers.
🍿July 20
Luke Geel, a US Air Force AI engineer and avid poker player, has managed to get his homemade 'AI tells detector’ onto ESPN’s WSOP broadcasts.
According to his column on PokerOrg, ESPN producers reached out to trial his tool, which analyzes player footage for tells after they’ve busted out of the WSOP Main Event.
The process isn’t exactly instant: “It would then take around 8-9 hours to run the footage through the tool, clean and prep the data, and send it back to them so they could edit it and get it ready for the broadcast.”
Geel’s invention, which compares physical and verbal behavior with hand strength, has now gone from personal experiment to TV tech. As he writes, “It’s been amazing to see it go from this very personal project to something featured on ESPN. I was even invited to go on NBC News to talk about it.”
For poker content creators, Geel has something new in the works—a free tool to help make their lives a little easier. Keep an eye out for more AI at the table.
Negreanu finally cashes in on his own league.
Daniel Negreanu finally gets his fantasy league trophy, and it only took him 15 years and a $250,000 payday. Turns out, being the commissioner does have its perks—unless you drafted Ben Lamb, who decided to sit this one out and scored a heroic zero.Shout out to Tony Dunst and girlfriend for fostering abandoned cats in the Las Vegas area.
If you are local and looking for a cat to re-home, look not further!I missed this story at the start of the WSOP.
Whether you agree or not with dogs being allowed at the poker tables, it seems no brainer that Chief is allowed. What an absolute babe.Who does Daniel Negreanu hate playing against?
Find out in his last WSOP vlog via PokerOrgs write up.Do the Foxen’s ever not succeed?
Kristen and Alex Foxen have only gone and won the WSOP ODB Fantasy League for $100K. 🤯Where can we listen to this if not in the 🇺🇸?
Seems for now it’s only available for US listeners via the Sirius XM app.
The six-episode weekly series will debut this Saturday, July 18 (8:00 pm ET) and air exclusively on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio (channel 82). Listeners across North America can tune in to hear Schulman deliver tips for players of various levels, tell inside stories from his 20+ year career as a pro, and share his insights into the big poker events happening around the world.