James Chen bounty hunting in Las Vegas. Chen won Event #4 of the 2026 PGT PLO Series, claiming eight of the 14 bounties in play in the $10,500 PLO Quattro Bounty event. That meant his bounty haul of $132,000 outscored his first-place prize money of $107,000.
The UK's Richard Gryko was runner-up, collecting $68,400 in prize money and another $32,000 in bounties for a total haul of $100,400.
Scary thread from a very credible source. A new online cheating scandal has erupted and there are details of the tech side of it in the thread below. Look out for a full story soon.
Marrakech Express: The Irish Open has released a complete schedule for its upcoming stop in Marrakech, Morocco.
From November 10-15, the Casino de Marrakech will play host to a 36-event slate – including a €1,155 Main Event.
Phenom Poker announces inaugural Phenom Series of Poker (PSOP): The king of mixed games online has announced its first series, with 92 events running from October 23 to November 15.
Expect all your favorite games and more, from NLH and PLO to mixed and niche formats including Archie 66, Dramaha, Sviten Special and Badeucy. Buy-ins range from $25 to $5,000 for the 9 Game Mix Masters High Roller.
Register before an event starts to receive 10% more starting chips. There's $706,500 guaranteed, with 250,000 $PHNM and two WSOP Paradise packages added.
Latest HCL drama rumbles on. It's tough to cover this concisely, because every time there's an HCL drama, the usual suspects come out to wage their own personal battles. But we'll give it a go.
This one concerns Britney and CYe, with allegations over missing chips, staking and unpaid money. Ryan Feldman came out to bat for Britney. Charlie Carrel is on team CYe. Garrett Adelstein popped up to take more shots at Feldman and Airball. And Wesley Fei threatened to tell all in the pursuit of "truth and seeking justice" (he doesn't like Britney).
Does Britney control the lineups on HCL? Where did the missing chips go? Who's staking who? Is anyone playing with their own money? Who knows.
Xuan Liu has just put out a video where she says what we're thinking: "Quite frankly, I think this is rather embarrassing for everyone involved." Don't expect an objective take here, though. She admits she's a friend of Britney's, and that the HCL regular has taken pieces of her and put her in good spots.
Rob Kuhn on a sun run. He took down the Caribbean Poker Series Main Event for $155,670 on Sunday. Last night, he made the final table of the OSSXL #1 Main, with $518,759 up top. Play resumes at 2:05pm ET, with the final table streaming on the ACR client.
Moneymaker dominates the GOAT: Chris Moneymaker won last night's $15K buy-in OSS XL Phil's Nosebleeds event, beating Alex Foxen heads-up for the $214,987 first prize.
Justin Arnwine can't stop winning. He just went back-to-back at MGM National Harbor, winning the $1,300 RGPS Main Event for $79,501. He won his last one in November 2025 with one buy-in. This time, it took him eight.
Amateur beats the pros to win the Winamax Poker Open Aix-les-Bains Main Event. 23-year-old French accountant Lucas Archeny came out on top of a stacked 2,873-entry field to win the €150K first prize. Archeny hadn't cashed in anything above a €350 buy-in before and had total live winnings of just $23,854.
Final table set for last event of 2026 WSOP Online festival. The $10K GGMillion$ brings the 33-event festival to a close, with a bracelet, $2.2M and a $30K WSOP Paradise Super Pass up top for the winner.
Roeland Peeks has a huge chip lead. Can he convert? You can watch all the action on the GGPoker YouTube channel from 2:45pm ET.
Michael Mizrachi made a deep run and held the chip lead at one point after his aces held against kings and queens, but he was eliminated in 27th for $76,226.
$10K GGMillion$ final 9
1: Roeland Peeks – 69M (172bb)
2: Sergio Aido – 29M (73bb)
3: Matheus Cardoso – 15M(37bb)
4: Niklas Astedt – 15M (37bb)
5: Ole Schemion – 13M (32bb)
6: Chris Nguyen – 11M(28bb)
7: Johannes Straver – 10M (24bb)
8: Oshri Lahmani – 8M (19bb)
9: Alessandro De Michele – 7M (17bb)
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