By Sandra Gaweda – Published September 18, 2026 – 6 minute read Australian Poker Hall of Famer Gary Benson has lost a court battle over almost A$50,000 in gambling debts. The Downing Centre Local Court dismissed his claim against fellow poker player Michael O'Grady. Judge Scott Nash found that Benson
By Sandra Gaweda · Published September 18, 2026 · 4 min read Nick Schulman Claims Career-Best Win in Jeju Nick Schulman just had the best week of a 20-year career. On September 16, the 41-year-old New Yorker won the $100,000 no-limit hold'em Main Event at the 2026 Triton Super High
By Sandra Gaweda · September 17, 2026 · 4 min read Las Vegas Metropolitan Police have released surveillance images of two suspects wanted in the July 12, 2026 robbery of professional poker player Jared Griener. According to GamblingNews and Casino.org, two men were waiting inside Griener's Las Vegas rental home
Howard “Howie the Kid” Feingold, a longtime fixture in New York’s poker scene, has died, according to poker pro and former coach Kenna James. New York poker veteran Howard “Howie the Kid” Feingold has died following heart complications. Poker pro Kenna James, who served as Feingold's poker coach, shared the
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
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 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 · 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 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
