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
Jamie Gold’s annual Variety Children’s Charity Poker Event raised more than $250,000 in Los Angeles this year, according to PokerNews. The invite-only fundraiser returned to Paramount Studios in late July 2026 for the 14th straight year. Gold, the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, hosted the sold-out
The 2026 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona is officially underway, with the festival kicking off Sunday, August 16, at Casino Barcelona. The 14-day series runs through August 29 and features more than 60 trophy events across a wide range of buy-ins. Barcelona remains one of the biggest stops on the
Xuan Liu officially signed with Ignition Casino as brand ambassador in April 2026, and the poker community noticed. Not because ambassador deals are unusual, but because this one includes a written accountability clause and an independent testing process paid for by Liu. For players who have followed Ignition’s recent issues
The New Year began with a bang this week, as the latest Legal U.S. Poker Sites Freerollers Open finale ended with ‘Sharar’ at the top of the charts. The month-end tournament, which comes with a free prize pool of $250, saw 20 players make the money, with the top prize
The great U.S. state of Maine has become the ninth state to legalize online poker, with the game expected to return for players in the most rural area of the United States. Standing at around 1.4 million citizens in terms of population, the state is a key area of poker’s
Christmas came again for the 20 players who cashed in Legal U.S. Poker Sites Freerollers Open in December. At the end of a thrilling month-end tournament, ‘normalnormal’ won the top prize of $75 after they beat the appropriately named ‘BadLuck’ heads-up for the title. A total of $250 was paid
September was a bumper month in the legaluspokersites.com Freerollers Open. At the end of the night, the winner was ‘afisuuru’, who bagged the top prize of $180 from a prize pool of $500 in free prize money. Heads-up, they defeated ‘creans’, who cashed for $100 after a thrilling month of
The Legal U.S. Poker Sites Freerollers Open has been full of action during August and this week saw another 21 players book their seats to the end-of-month finale where $500 will be up for grabs. If you haven’t booked your seat yet, you’ve still got time to qualify in one
The British Triple Crown winner Jake Cody won one of the biggest prizes of his poker career to date after winning the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship for $510,850 in Florida. After his biggest title in 14 years, the Brit, who took a three-way deal to end the tournament
The record four-time World Poker Tour Main Event winner Darren Elias won his latest major title this week, toppling Artem Metaldi heads-up to take down the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10,000 High Roller for a top score of $219,535. It’s the latest six-figure score in a career full of
The latest GGMillion$ event took place at the live felt rather than online, as players gathered to battle to a million-dollar top prize in Northern Cyprus this week. Today’s final was the conclusion of the $10,400 buy-in event which had 510 total entries and awarded $1,000,000 to the winner, Lebanese
