Joao Simao lifts the Triton Invitational trophy on the final-table stage at LES A Casino, Jeju Island, South Korea. Brazil's Joao Simao won the record-breaking $200,000 Triton Invitational at the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II in South Korea, banking a career-best $7,250,000 after clawing back from a two-big-blind
By Sandra Gaweda · Published September 14, 2026 · 8 min read Sweepstakes Poker Is Running Out of Room If you play sweepstakes poker, your options are shrinking fast. As of fall 2026, sweepstakes casinos face bans or longstanding legal restrictions in more than a dozen US states. Sweepstakes poker
By Sandra Gaweda · September 14, 2026 · 5 min read Mayukh Chakraborty Turns $3,260 Into CA$1.5 Million Mayukh Chakraborty turned a near-empty tournament résumé into the biggest score in Canadian poker history. On Thursday, September 10, the North York, Ontario player won the 2026 WSOP Super Circuit Canada Main
Phil Hellmuth's cash-game table on the latest episode of Hellmuth's Home Game, filmed at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. What Happened The women took over on the latest episode of Hellmuth's Home Game. Xuan Liu and Jennifer Tilly did the damage, while Dan "Jungleman" Cates and Shaun Deeb
By Sandra Gaweda · Published September 8, 2026 · 4 min read Daniel Iachan lifts the trophy at Live! Casino Maryland after the final three players cut a deal. The 2026 Maryland State Poker Championship $1,700 Main Event came to a sudden stop when its final three players agreed to
By Sandra Gaweda · September 8, 2026 · 3 min read Espen Jorstad is back in a WCOOP winner's circle. On September 7, 2026, the Norwegian pro took down WCOOP 02-H: $1,050 PKO Warm-Up on PokerStars for the third World Championship of Online Poker title of his career. Playing under
By Sandra Gaweda · Published September 2, 2026 · 6 min read The BetRivers Poker network just posted its strongest results since launching online poker in the United States, just over a year after expanding to four states. Data from Poker Industry PRO, reported by Pokerfuse on August 31, 2026,
By Sandra Gaweda · September 4, 2026 · 3 min read Key Highlights Caitlyn Jenner Takes Her Seat at the Poker Table Caitlyn Jenner is taking a seat at the poker table. According to PokerNews, the Olympic gold medalist and reality TV star headlines Friday's Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) Invitational
By the Sandra Gaweda · Published September 2, 2026 · 5 min read The LuckyLand Slots shutdown is set for September 14, 2026. Parent company Virtual Gaming Worlds (VGW) is permanently closing the sweepstakes casino. It is the first VGW sweepstakes brand to be shut down outright, with the closure
By the Sandra Gaweda. Published Sept. 2, 2026. 3 min read. The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) is heading back to Tunica, Mississippi. Its Mississippi Poker Championship runs at Horseshoe Casino from Sept. 15–20. 15–20, 2026. The stop packs nine trophy events into six days and offers more than $100,000 in
By Sandra Gaweda · September 1, 2026 · 7 min read New York iGaming Legalization Faces Another Long Wait If you're a New York poker player waiting for legal online games, the wait just got longer. Assemblymember Carrie Woerner (D-Round Lake), who chairs the Assembly committee on racing and gaming,
By Sandra Gaweda · Published August 31, 2026 · 6 min read A Breakthrough Run in Barcelona Manuel Ferrari of Caldonazzo, Italy, won the 2026 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event at Casino Barcelona on August 29, 2026, banking €1,002,488 (about $1.16 million) for his first
