The event, part of their 25th anniversary, features a €250 buy-in and a €1 million guarantee at Casino di Campione.
Players can qualify through three online Day 1s or six live Day 1s before the survivors gather in Italy.
According to PokerStars, this hybrid format is meant to blend the best of online and live poker—so everyone gets a shot at feeling special.
The online flights run in September, and live action kicks off in October. If you make it through, you get a seat at the felt for Day 2 and beyond.
The win came from a Spin-and-Go tournament, where the player, “Jesuz1sBlac,” not only spun the highest multiplier but also outlasted two other competitors.
The million-dollar jackpot, first introduced before the 2026 World Cup, still looms in the $5 games.
The SNG Cub3d Punch Card gives you a shot at free tickets for every three SNGs you play, and you do not even have to opt in. Entry to daily raffles is automatic, and you can get multiple prizes if you play at several stakes.
For cash game fans, the Splash2 promo returns 25 percent of all rake generated to players as Splash Pots during peak hours. The idea is simple: the more you play when the games are busy, the more you could get back, if you are lucky enough to hit a Splash Pot.
The headline: a noticeable decline in both prize pools and participation for the second year running. With $24.5 million in prizes from over 43,000 entries, online events averaged just over $800,000 each, a meaningful drop from last year’s $30 million total.
Only eight tournaments managed to cross the million-dollar prize pool mark, and the largest field drew just over 5,000 players. Live events, on the other hand, continued to set records and break attendance barriers.
The promo runs from July 19 to August 1 and is open to all registered players in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia.
Players are split into three tiers based on their tournament buy-ins, so whether you’re throwing in $1 or $100, you can get in on the action. For every two entries in a given tier, you snag a ticket for that week’s drawing.
There was no big announcement from DraftKings, just a statement from the Michigan Gaming Control Board, who seemed happier than the operator itself.
“MGCB authorizes DraftKings to launch multi-state poker in Michigan. This approval reflects the strength of our partnership with Bay Mills Indian Community and the thoroughness of our regulatory process. As Michigan’s multistate poker network continues to grow, we remain focused on ensuring every operator meets the same high bar for fairness, security, and player protection.”
Electric Poker, which debuted in Michigan in August 2024, is DraftKings’ take on the jackpot sit and go. Its twist is that players are forced all-in after a certain time, which means the skill element is pretty much on a timer.
The combined pool should help games start a bit quicker, but with so little recent promotion, the surprise is that DraftKings bothered at all.
Players can enter the Ticket Machine raffle by completing up to six weekly challenges, with a potential of 24 entries per week.
The challenges are all about playing your regular games—MTTs, Zoom, Spin & Gos, and even cash games. For each challenge you complete, you get an entry into the ticket raffle, with $100,000 in Sunday Million tickets awarded every week.
This tool is designed to give you instant feedback on your play, highlighting leaks and mistakes without the hassle of hand uploads or third-party trackers.
Other sites like PartyPoker and Unibet have already added similar features, but WPT Global’s take is built right into their software. QuintAce uses GTO solver outputs from trillions of hands and is accessible straight from the settings menu or hand replayer.
Half of that $13 million will come from a wide assortment of leaderboards, with every game format covered: Spin & Gold, Rush & Cash, Hold’em, PLO, Short Deck, and more. The rest gets paid out via daily flipouts and special cash bonuses.
For tournament players, there is $3 million on offer through the Bounty Hunters Series and daily leaderboards.
The festival runs from August 31 to September 11 at Big Bola Casinos, featuring 12 gold ring events and a $1,700 Main Event.
GGPoker is offering online satellites, so players can try their luck at a Main Event seat for as little as $5, or even free through weekly freerolls.
Winners of each event will also get a package for the $5,000 WSOP Circuit Championship in the Bahamas later this year.
The Bounty Hunters Series is returning to GGPoker in July, and the numbers are big. The series boasts $80 million in guaranteed prizes, hundreds of knockout tournaments, and daily six-figure guarantees.
The buy-ins start at just $5.40, so you do not need to be a high roller to join the fun. The highlight is the $108 Mystery Bounty Main Event, set for July 27 and 28, with a $5 million guarantee and a single $100,000 bounty up for grabs.
The June 22 edition drew 6,488 entries, leaving GGPoker to cover a $104,656 shortfall.
The week before, another overlay cost them nearly $75k.
The move is designed to appeal to streamers who are jumping ship to Kick, which has become popular thanks to its relaxed rules and better revenue splits.
GGPoker-approved streamers can claim up to 100 percent cashback on their streamed action, get improved security with automatic card hiding, and unlock in-game perks like unique avatar borders.
Players can join daily freerolls, with a total of CAD $100,000 in prizes up for grabs. As Ivan puts it, “this is a great way to test the new platform, have some fun, and potentially kick-start your online poker bankroll.”
No buy-ins are needed, just tickets handed out by the operator. There are two dozen events running, with turbo and hyper turbo formats to keep things moving fast. The series even includes multiple $10,000 freerolls, so the value is real if you can snag a seat.
With no re-entries and a crowd that’s (so far) smaller than usual, this could be one of those rare freerolls where your odds don’t immediately evaporate. Check your account for tickets and see if you get lucky.
GGPoker is the biggest room in online poker, but as Anuj points out, it still refuses to offer mixed games.
Despite dominating the industry with its player traffic and software features, there is one glaring omission in its game selection.
Anuj finds it odd, noting that even with the liquidity and technology to support any format, mixed games remain absent.
“What makes the absence of mixed games even more surprising is the scale at which GGPoker now operates. This is not a company struggling to attract players or maintain liquidity.”
GGPoker has introduced all sorts of experimental formats, from Flip & Go to Mystery Battle Royale, but the classics are still missing. As the article points out, even in 2026, players seeking mixed games will need to look elsewhere.
The promotion runs from June 15 to July 19, timed to overlap with football’s biggest tournament. With each $0.50 bet, players get a random starting score between 1 and 1,000,000, which is then modified by a series of multipliers.
PokerStars says this levels the playing field and opens up top prizes to everyone, not just high rollers.
Prizes include tournament tickets, a $2,500 Silver Pass, and a $530 Bronze Pass. The catch? The only way in is through the sportsbook.
The World Series of Poker is changing the game for those looking to step up both their skills and their status.
The new WSOP+ membership program comes in three tiers, with the most basic being free for anyone with a GG Pass account. Even this entry level gives players access to the WSOP Academy app, which itself is launching as a standalone, free training tool.
According to Anuj’s piece on pokerfuse, this year’s GG World Festival at GGPoker set yet another high watermark, distributing over $350 million in prizes.
The fourth edition of the festival saw more than 6 million entries across 1,536 events, with three tournaments each generating prize pools of at least $10 million.
The $10,000 GGMillion$ Main Event topped the list at $12.5 million, followed by the $525 World Bounty Festival and the $1,500 Championship.
GGPoker claims this cements the GG World Festival’s status as the largest recurring online poker tournament series in the industry.
Instead of a few token cheap events, Micro Mania features 30 tournaments with buy-ins from just $1 to $20, stretching across MI, PA, WV, and DE.
BetRivers Poker is also adding $10,000 in prize money across the series, guaranteeing extra value for every event. The series runs for eight days and offers leaderboard prizes and even custom collectibles for select winners.