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Alberta Online Poker Explained: What Happens Under the New Regulated Market

EXPLAINER • Here’s everything Alberta online poker players need to know about the province’s regulated online poker market, including what changes on July 13 and what doesn’t.

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Daniel Negreanu running deep in the $100k PLO event.

Kid Poker is making a deep run in another big buy-in event, playing against some of the best, raking in the chips, and analyzing a few interesting hands along the way.

The man is on a mission!

Deeb has plans to outdo Phil Hellmuth, but that’s still a ways to go.

Such an amazing photo of Micheal Mizrachi winning bracelet number 9.

PokerOrg interview The Grinder but it’s the picture that really got me clicking on the article.

From Seoul to the felt, and now to the classroom and ambassadorship.

Esther Taylor has taken an unconventional route to the poker felt, from being found as a baby at a train station in Seoul to becoming a pro based in Portland.

She shared with PokerOrg how her journey inspired her new coaching venture, Her Edge Academy, focused on supporting women in poker.

Taylor’s first initiative is giving away five seats to the WSOP Ladies Championship. She asked women to submit their personal stories, saying, “I’m somebody who loves to get to know somebody and hear their stories. I had the women submit their stories to me.”

According to Taylor, poker can be a self-serving world, and she wanted to create a space that offers something back.

“It’s been very important to me to find ways to give back in my own way,” she told PokerOrg. Her Edge Academy is designed as a “for-her-by-her” training site, which Taylor says was missing when she was coming up.

How to tune in to the ESPN coverage of the WSOP Main Event.

ESPN is making a big deal out of its return to the WSOP Main Event in 2026, rolling out a schedule packed with both livestreams and edited episodes.

According to PokerNews, pre-final table action runs July 2 to July 13, streaming nightly on ESPN+ for subscribers.

The action at the 2026 WSOP has not disappointed. PokerNews rounds up some of the best hands of the last week.

Daniel Negreanu pulled off a king-high straight flush against Eelis Parssinen’s full house, sending Parssinen into the depths and boosting Negreanu’s stack.

Meanwhile, in the Super Seniors event, Nancy Birnbaum seemed poised for a comeback with ace-king against Lionel Barracano’s king-jack. The runout kept her in the lead, but the sweat was real as outs mounted on the turn. As for Martin Kabrhel, he summed up the chaos best:

“You screwed yourself and myself.”

Could this be the first WSOP bracelet of Daniel Negreanu’s summer?

He leads the final table with a huge stake — this is one of his best chances all summer to snag a bracelet.

Is Jamie Gold in the same league as Kabrhel and Kassouf?

He doesn’t think so. Check out what he has to say in table talk int he latest PokerNews podcast.

A dedicated WSOP Ladies Player of the Year race?

Kitty Kuo thinks so.

LuckyChewy’s WSOP bad beat explored.

Andrew Lichtenberger breaks down his bad beat at length in his latest post on X.

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Mon, Jun 29
GGPoker’s Bounty Hunters Series Pays $80 Million in Prizes This July

Join the Bounty Hunters Series at GGPoker from July 5 to 28, play hundreds of exciting knockout tournaments, and win your share of millions in prizes and bounty rewards.

Mon, Jun 29
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Sat, Jun 27
GGMasters Records First Consecutive Overlays in Nearly a Year

After 50 weeks of surpassing its $1 million guarantee comfortably, GGPoker’s signature freezeout tournament, GGMasters, sees two consecutive overlays.

Fri, Jun 26
Esther “E-Tay” Taylor Joins BetMGM as Brand Ambassador

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Fri, Jun 26
The First-Ever WSOP Super Circuit Montreal Brings Over $14M in Guarantees

With 18-ring awarding events, a $10M Main Event, and a wide range of buy-ins, the upcoming WSOPC Montreal festival will be one for the poker history books.

Fri, Jun 26
GGPoker Expands Streamer Mode with Kick Integration

The operator expanded its Streamer Mode with Kick integration, allowing users to stream directly to the disruptive streaming platform and get 100% cashback and other in-game perks by utilizing their Kick communities.

Wed, Jun 24
Clubs Poker Announces the Summer Series – 400,000 SC Guaranteed Across 190 Events

The sweepstakes poker platform is running the largest tournament festival since its launch, with 20 different poker variations, 22 Championship events, and 15,000 SC given away via leaderboards.

Wed, Jun 24