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
By Sandra Gaweda · August 31st, 2026 · 4 min read Key Takeaways Garrett Adelstein Puts the Jack-Four Hand on the Page Garrett Adelstein is telling his side of poker's most argued-over hand in book form. His memoir, "Beneath the Cards: A High-Stakes, High-Anxiety Poker Journey," releases September 1, 2026
By Sandra Gaweda. Published August 28, 2026. Estimated read time: 5 minutes. A wave of US sweepstakes and social casino closures hit in August 2026 as state regulators tightened their grip on the dual-currency model. A growing number of US sweepstakes and social casinos shut down in August 2026 as
By the Sandra Gaweda · Published August 26, 2026 · About a 4-minute read. The World Series of Poker Circuit is back on Oklahoma soil. On August 26, 2026, the tour returned to Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa in Catoosa. The tournament series runs for nearly two weeks, wrapping
Lucas Jumalon Eyes A Bigger Prize Lucas Jumalon’s online poker push comes after his historic 2026 WSOP Main Event victory. Poker’s newest world champion isn’t just planning what to do with his money. He wants to change where Americans can play. Lucas Jumalon, a 22-year-old from Spokane, Washington, won the
