Weissman wins 5th PGT title as race for Poker Masters Purple Jacket heats upWeissman wins 5th PGT title as race for Poker Masters Purple Jacket heats up

Women's cash game stream with Marle Spragg tonight. The Hippodrome Casino in central London plays host to the UK leg of WPT Ladies Weekend (October 16-18). Spragg is playing in a livestreamed cash game on Friday, October 16, which starts at 7.30pm UK time on the Hippodrome YouTube channel. 

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs leads Poker Masters #4. It's set to be a fascinating final-table stream later, with Jamie Dwan, Nick Palma and Andrew Lichtenberger all in contention.

Palma is gunning for his second Masters title of the series after winning Event #2, and made an incredible fold against Zavorotnijs late in the day to secure his spot in the final five.

On a board of , Zavorotnijs shoved with , and Palma – with little more than the pot behind – folded for a lower straight.

Watch the hand below, starting at 4:29:20. Today's stream starts at 4pm ET.

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WSOPC Turning Stone kicks off Thursday: The cards are officially in the air at the WSOP Circuit festival in upstate New York as Event #1: $400 40/40/40 No-Limit Hold'em gets the action started. 

Flight A of Event #2: $400 Mini Main Event gets underway later today at 4pm local time. 

Andy 'BowieEffect' Wilson wins first GGMillion$: The British online poker legend triumphed over a stacked final table to claim his first GGMillion$ title. 

Wilson had to outlast the likes of Simon Mattsson, Joao Viera, Chris Nguyen, and others in order to claim the $437,338 first-place prize. 

If you want to check out the full replay , it's still live on the GGPoker YouTube channel. 

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Jeremy Ausmus leads final six in Poker Masters Event #3 $10,500 NLH. The third event in the series drew 78 entries for a prize pool of $780K There's $218,400 up top for the winner. 

Adrian Mateos went out on the bubble for the second time in three events. He had his aces cracked in Event #1 and lost with A-K last night. He finished second to Nick Palma in Event #2. 

2026 Poker Masters Event #3 final table

  1. Jeremy Ausmus: 2,695,000
  2. Brock Wilson: 1,750,000
  3. Dylan Linde: 1,640,000
  4. Joey Weissman: 1,525,000
  5. Shannon Shorr: 1,305,000
  6. Daniyal Gheba: 835,000
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Big shot - EPT founder John Duthie wins at 888LIVE. Duthie rolled back the years in London with a win in the £550 Big Shot event for £12,470. He's also sixth in chips among the final 18 players in the £2K High Roller, which resumes today at noon local time. Late registration is open until the start of the day.

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You can play regulated online poker in Alberta. Following PokerStars' exit, 888poker has come to the rescue for online players in the province, becoming the first room to launch under the new regulations. 

There's no shared liquidity, so the player pool is limited to Alberta, and players need to open a new account to access the platform.

Adrian Mateos leads 2026 Poker Masters Event #2. Nicky P is hot on his heels after eliminating Christopher Par in sixth place on the final hand of the night. The final five return at 4pm ET, live on the PokerGO YouTube channel.

  1. Adrian Mateos: 3,230,000
  2. Nick Palma: 2,475,000
  3. Michael Berk: 2,000,000
  4. David Coleman: 1,610,000
  5. Nicholas Seward: 1,185,000
Nicky P is making his play for the Purple Jacket. Nicky P is making his play for the Purple Jacket.
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