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Blake Ellinghaus celebrates his victory after winning the 2026 WPT bestbet Scramble Championship at bestbet Jacksonville for $294,900. Blake Ellinghaus has won the 2026 WPT bestbet Scramble Championship at bestbet Jacksonville, earning $294,900 and capturing his first World Poker Tour Main Tour title. The victory gives Ellinghaus a major breakthrough on one of poker’s most recognizable national stages. By closing out the $5,000 WPT bestbet Scramble Championship, he joins the

WSOP Circuit Council Bluffs returns to Horseshoe Council Bluffs in September 2026 with 18 ring events and a $1,700 Main Event. The World Series of Poker Circuit returns to Horseshoe Council Bluffs in Iowa later this month with 18 official ring events and a $1,700 Main Event anchoring nearly two weeks of tournament action. WSOP lists the Council Bluffs Circuit stop for September 17–28, 2026, although the published event schedule begins one day earlier with the opening flights

RGPS Golden Expedition returns to Downstream Casino September 15–20, 2026, with eight ring events and a $150,000 guaranteed Main Event. The RunGood Poker Series Golden Expedition arrives at Downstream Casino from September 15–20, giving Joplin-area players a six-day regional stop built around eight ring events and a $700 Main Event with a $150,000 guarantee. The stop comes during a crowded September poker calendar, but Downstream stands out for players who want a compact RGPS

A look at the growing focus on electronics at Las Vegas poker tables, as Station Casinos expands restrictions requiring phones and other devices to stay off the playing surface. Station Casinos has expanded its poker-table electronics restrictions across its Las Vegas-area poker rooms, prohibiting players from keeping cellphones and other electronic devices on the table. Players are still permitted to use their phones, according to Card Player, but the devices can no longer r

Matt Higgins celebrates his 2026 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Main Event victory after earning $110,841 and his 10th career Circuit ring. Matt Higgins added another major title to his 2026 poker résumé Monday, winning the World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Main Event for $110,841 and his 10th career WSOP Circuit gold ring. The victory came in the $1,700 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event at Horseshoe Casino Tunica in Mississippi. Matt Higgins topped a field of 367 entri

Kirby Rogers celebrates his victory in the 2026 MSPT Indiana Poker State Championship at Ameristar East Chicago, where he earned $111,344 and captured the first MSPT Main Event title of his career. Kirby Rogers turned one of the shortest stacks entering Day 2 into the biggest tournament score of his career Sunday night, winning the 2026 MSPT Indiana Poker State Championship at Ameristar East Chicago for $111,344. The victory gave Rogers his first MSPT Main Event title after y

WSOP Circuit action returns to Texas Card House Austin September 10–21, 2026, highlighted by a $1,700 Main Event with a $2 million guarantee. The World Series of Poker Circuit is heading back to Texas Card House in Austin, and the stakes are getting significantly bigger for the tour’s second trip to the Texas capital. The WSOP Circuit Texas Card House series runs September 10–21, 2026, with 18 scheduled ring events. The centerpiece is a $1,700 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event carr

WSOP Circuit Caesars Virginia returns September 3–14, 2026, with $1.5 million in guarantees and a $500,000 guaranteed Main Event. The World Series of Poker Circuit is only days away from making its first stop at Caesars Virginia, bringing 12 days of tournament poker and $1.5 million in announced guarantees to Danville from September 3 through September 14, 2026. The inaugural WSOP Circuit Caesars Virginia series gives players in Virginia and the surrounding region a new oppor

Josh Reichard is now the MSPT’s all-time career earnings leader after another deep run on the tour in 2026. Josh Reichard has added another major milestone to a career already filled with accomplishments, officially moving into first place on the Major Series of Poker: The Tour all-time career earnings leaderboard. MSPT announced the change in an August 29, 2026 live update, less than a week after Reichard finished runner-up in the Season 17 Main Event at JACK Cleveland Casin

Poker rooms are tightening electronics rules amid concerns that phones and other devices could be used to gain an unfair advantage in live games. Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California and Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas have tightened restrictions on phones and other electronic devices at their poker tables amid growing concern about allegations of technology-assisted cheating in live cash games. The policy changes represent a notable security development for live poker,

A disagreement over a 2,000-chip difference in the big blind escalated into a poker tournament fight during a low-stakes poker tournament in Michigan, with video of the incident spreading through the poker community over the weekend. PokerNews reported Saturday that the altercation occurred during a $20 rebuy No-Limit Hold'em tournament at the Davison Poker Room in Davison, Michigan. The confrontation began when player Eric Knopp, also known as "Bobby," disputed whether he wa

Angry Aces Poker previews the biggest live poker tournaments to watch in September 2026, including major WSOP Circuit, WPT, MSPT, RGPS, Venetian and Wynn stops. September is shaping up as one of the busiest live poker months of the second half of 2026, with major tournament series spread across Las Vegas, Texas, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Iowa, California and other established poker markets. The month brings a mix of WSOP Circuit ring stops, a $5,000 Wor

WSOP Circuit Hard Rock Tulsa returns Aug. 26–Sept. 7, 2026, with 18 ring events highlighted by a $1,700 Main Event. The World Series of Poker Circuit returns to Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa on Wednesday, Aug. 26, launching a 13-day series that runs through Labor Day, Sept. 7, with 18 numbered ring events and a $1,700 Main Event. The stop gives Oklahoma and regional players another full WSOP Circuit festival less than six months after the tour visited Hard Rock Tulsa in Marc

The 2026 MSPT Indiana Poker State Championship runs August 25–30 at Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago, highlighted by a $1,110 Main Event with a $300,000 guarantee. The MSPT Indiana Poker State Championship Returns to Ameristar East Chicago Aug. 25-30 The 2026 MSPT Indiana Poker State Championship is one week away, with Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago set to host six days of tournament poker from August 25-30. The series features 11 Gold Card events and is built around

WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica returns August 20–31, 2026, with 18 gold ring events and a $400,000 guaranteed Main Event. The World Series of Poker Circuit returns to Horseshoe Casino Tunica this week, giving tournament players in the South another opportunity to chase WSOP gold rings before the end of August. The 2026 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica series runs from August 20 through August 31 in Robinsonville, Mississippi, with 18 ring events spread across 12 days. The schedul

WPT bestbet Scramble Championship returns to bestbet Jacksonville in 2026, highlighted by a $5,000 Main Tour Championship with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool. The World Poker Tour is heading back to Jacksonville, Florida, with the 2026 WPT bestbet Scramble set to begin August 20 at bestbet Jacksonville. The three-week poker festival runs through September 9 and builds toward the $5,000 WPT bestbet Scramble Championship, a six-day Main Tour event carrying a $1 million guar

Brent Carter at the poker table, where he built a career that included two WSOP bracelets, two Circuit rings and a third-place finish in the 1995 WSOP Main Event. Two-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner Brent Carter Dies at 77 Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Brent Carter, a longtime tournament professional whose career stretched from poker’s pre-boom era into the 2010s, has died at age 77. PokerNews reported Carter’s passing on August 19, 2026, after receiving the news f

The RGPS Golden Expedition heads to Caesars Southern Indiana Aug. 18–23, 2026, for six days of live tournament poker and championship-ring events. The RunGood Poker Series heads to Caesars Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Indiana, from August 18–23, bringing its 2026 Golden Expedition season to the region with 10 championship-ring events over six days and $260,000 in guaranteed prize pools. The centerpiece is an $800 Main Event with a $200,000 guarantee and four starting flight

Solana reported $22.9 million in tournament buy-ins processed through its payment integration during the 2026 World Series of Poker. Solana’s first summer at the World Series of Poker produced a measurable amount of cryptocurrency payment activity: $22.9 million in tournament buy-ins. That is the figure reported by Solana’s August ecosystem roundup, which said 6,176 WSOP tournament entries were paid through Solana during the 2026 World Series of Poker. Rounded for normal conv

MSPT returns to JACK Cleveland Casino from August 18-23, 2026, highlighted by a $1,110 Main Event with a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. The Major Series of Poker: The Tour is heading back to Ohio, with JACK Cleveland Casino set to host an MSPT festival from August 18-23, 2026. The stop will be highlighted by Main Event 321, a $1,110 No-Limit Hold'em tournament carrying a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. The Main Event winner will also receive a $3,500 seat into the MSPT Champ