Final five set in Poker Masters Event #8. It was a brutal end for Nick Palma, who started the final table as chip leader but busted before the night was over. Action resumes at 4pm ET – watch the livestream on the PokerGO YouTube channel and recap Day 1 below.
Texas Mike gets good news. The popular WSOP bracelet winner, who has well-documented heart problems, revealed he was going for a "big checkup" on Tuesday. He returned to X later with some welcome news for poker fans.
Stapes joins the APT Championship commentary team. The APT Championship starts November 13, with 209 tournaments and the all-important $5M guaranteed APT Championship Main Event.
And things just got even brighter with the news that Joe Stapleton is joining the livestream commentary team.
On your marks, get set, poker! The 2026 Poker Masters is nearing the finish line, but there's no time to catch your breath at the PokerGO Studio. Next up is the PGT Sprint – seven single-day tournaments starting October 27.
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Guardian journalist Rob Davies asks: "What connects Tommy Robinson, Bonnie Blue, Leicester City FC, the tiny African island of Anjouan and an apparently respectable family of property investors from Mill Hill?"
It's a tale that also involves CoinPoker, among other poker and gambling sites, and is well worth a read.
Pass the sugar! Joe Hachem's at it again. The 2005 WSOP Main Event champ has just won another trophy, at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. Hachem beat Chi Troung heads-up to take down the 48-strong A$1,250 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo event at the 2026 Victorian Poker Championship.
This is the way to do it. Aram Oganyan max late-regged Event #7 of the Poker Masters and is now chip leader with five players remaining. See stacks in the post below.
Adrian Mateos extends lead at top of Poker Masters leaderboard. The Spanish pro made the final table of Event #7: $15,700 NLH at the PokerGO Studio on Monday night, and with Nick Palma finishing eighth, he's going to end Tuesday night with a bigger lead in the race for the Purple Jacket.
Mateos is second in chips, while Aram Oganyan leads. Cherish Andrews has recorded her first cash of the series and will be looking to make it a big one when action resumes on Tuesday. You can watch the livestream from 4pm ET on the PokerGO YouTube channel.
From 11 big blinds to a $171K WPT title. Ivelin Kolev mounted a final-table comeback to win the WPT Prime Cyprus Championship. He was the shortest stack and down to 11bb with six players left, but recovered to beat Said Tahar heads-up.
The $1,100 tournament attracted 953 entries, with Kolev winning a $171,600 package that includes a $10,400 WPT World Championship seat.
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