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Frank Koopmann Wins First WSOP Europe Bracelet of 2026 in Dramatic Fashion

A recreational player from Germany just claimed the opening bracelet of the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) — and he did it by flopping a set, turning quads, and watching...

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PokerStars Exclusively on FanDuel Goes Live — and Recreational Players Could Change the Game

PokerStars Exclusively on FanDuel went live this morning at 8 AM ET, and with it, regulated online poker in the United States stepped into a new era. Players in New Jersey, Michigan,...

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Sacha Cohen Wins the 2026 Winamax Poker Tour Grande Finale Sword

Sacha Cohen had the chip lead, a packed rail behind him, and a lifetime of poker running through his veins. On March 31 at the Pasino Grand Partouche in Aix-en-Provence, he converted...

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Artur Martirosian Claims Fourth Triton Title With $1 Million PLO Payday in Jeju

Artur Martirosian arrived at the final table of the $50,000 PLO Mystery Bounty at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series (SHRS) Jeju as one of the shortest stacks in the field....

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Winamax Poker Tour Grande Finale Chases Record Field as France’s Grassroots Pipeline Delivers Again

Every March, thousands of French poker players converge on Aix-en-Provence for the Winamax Poker Tour (WiPT) Grande Finale. Most of them paid €500 to be there. A significant number paid nothing at...

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WSOP Main Event Returns to ESPN With Live Prime-Time Finale in 2026

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has signed a multi-year agreement with ESPN, bringing poker’s biggest event back to the very network that helped build it into a global phenomenon. Starting this...

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Annette Obrestad Returns to WSOP Europe With No Playbook and Nothing to Lose

Nearly two decades ago, a teenage girl from Norway walked into a London casino and won the first WSOP bracelet ever awarded outside of Las Vegas. She was 18. She hadn't planned...

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Best Ethereum Poker Sites in 2026: Play ETH Poker Online

Playing poker with ETH is easy. Finding a good place to do it? Not always. The best Ethereum poker sites make deposits and withdrawals painless, have real traffic, and don’t bury you...

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Zachary VanKeuren Wins WSOPC Turning Stone Main Event at His Home Casino

Zachary VanKeuren was 18 years old the first time he sat down at a poker table at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Nearly a decade later, he walked out...

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Patrick Leonard Claims Record 15th SCOOP Title With Historic Back-to-Back

Patrick “pads1161” Leonard made online poker history over the weekend, claiming two SCOOP titles in under 10 minutes on PokerStars to reach a record 15 career victories in the Spring Championship of...

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David Sklansky, Author of The Theory of Poker, Dead at 78

Poker legend and author David Sklansky died on March 23 in Las Vegas following heart failure. He was 78. The announcement arrived with the weight carried when the person was genuinely irreplaceable....

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Alisson Piekazewicz Wins $40K Triton Mystery Bounty in Jeju, Sets Series Record With Triple Knockout

Brazilian pro Alisson Piekazewicz delivered one of the most dominant final-day performances in Triton Poker Series history on Friday in Jeju, South Korea. He claimed the $40,000 buy-in Mystery Bounty tournament at...

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Jackpot Digital Signs Two-Table Deal with New Mexico’s Inn of the Mountain Gods

Jackpot Digital Inc. has signed a licensing and equipment lease agreement to install two Jackpot Blitz dealerless electronic poker tables at Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino in Mescalero, New...

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Wyoming’s New Poker Law Closes the “Friendly Game” Loophole

On March 5, 2026, Wyoming signed Senate File 44 into law, tightening the definition of what constitutes a legal “friendly” poker game for the first time in years. The legislation addresses a...

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Poker Dream 21 Puts Asia’s Thriving Live Scene on Full Display With MYR 5M Malaysia Festival

Poker Dream has released the full schedule for Poker Dream 21 Malaysia, running April 9-20, 2026, at Resorts World Genting Highlands. The headliner is a MYR 5,000,000 (~$1.25 million) guaranteed Main Event...

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Andrew Lichtenberger Wins PokerGO Cup Finale as Brock Wilson Clinches Series Title

Brock Wilson's PokerGO Cup championship run culminated with the series title at the Event #10 final table on March 15th  in Las Vegas.  The finale delivered a dual celebration, with Wilson securing...

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Mastering Straight Poker: Strategy, Rankings, and Rules

A straight is five cards in consecutive rank order, any suits. It sits in the middle of the hand rankings — strong enough to win a lot of pots, not strong enough...

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How to Get Better at Poker

Players asking how to get better at poker usually want more than short-term hot streaks. “Better” means making higher-EV decisions more often, across enough hands that luck evens out. A single cooler...

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How Does a Poker Tournament Work?

A poker tournament works by converting each player’s buy-in into a fixed starting stack (typically 100–300 big blinds), escalating blinds at scheduled intervals (20–40 minutes in most live events), and eliminating players...

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What Is Draw Poker?

Draw poker is a five-card betting format where players receive a full starting hand, wager, then replace unwanted cards once or multiple times before showdown. The format centers on a simple cycle—deal,...

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Michael Addamo: The Australian High-Stakes Tournament Specialist

Michael Addamo is an Australian professional poker player who has earned four World Series of Poker bracelets and has career live tournament earnings exceeding $24 million. Born in 1994 in Melbourne, Addamo...

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Chance Kornuth: From College Dropout to Poker Elite

Chance Kornuth is one of poker's most consistent high-stakes performers, with over $20 million in tournament earnings over a 17-year professional career. The Denver native holds four World Series of Poker bracelets,...

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Phil Hellmuth: Profile and Biography

Phil Hellmuth’s case for “most accomplished WSOP player” starts with one number: 17 bracelets, the all-time record. The story begins in 1989, when he won the Main Event at 24 for $755,000,...

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Phil Galfond: Full Player History

Phil Galfond is best known for two things: elite heads-up play and a long-running commitment to teaching tough poker formats. He won three WSOP bracelets across three different games, then made his...

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What Is a Nit in Poker: Understanding Ultra-Conservative Play

A nit in poker is an extremely tight-passive player who only enters pots with premium hands and folds to aggression beyond what is mathematically justified. While nit poker strategy avoids large losses,...

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How to Play Mississippi Stud Poker

Mississippi Stud poker is a house-banked table game that pays from a posted paytable, not against a dealer hand. The final hand is always five cards (two private plus three community), so...

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