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WSOP x ESPN partnership is officially back…

Ok wow, this is a big deal! WSOP has signed a multi-year agreement with ESPN to bring the Main Event final table back to live TV.

We’re getting a three-night, prime-time finale on August 3–5, 2026.

And we now know the final table dates finally! It’s not November Nine!

What do you think? Did Robbi cheat? Emoji responses only.

I personally think she did not cheat, and Garrett was a sore loser (understatement).

But not everyone at The Rail agrees. Among ourselves, the jury is very much out.

PokerStars remaining coy on merger timeline. Classic.

Despite them already communicating with customers the change to FanDuel Poker will be on April 1. Watch this space!

Foxen in the mix, Lonis on a heater.

Kristen Foxen headlines the final table at the Triton Jeju Main Event, sitting sixth in chips and looking to add to her $13.5 million in live earnings.

According to PokerNews, Ben Tollerene leads the pack with a commanding stack, while Xu Yang and Elton Tsang round out the top three. The final nine will return on Thursday to chase the $3.76 million top prize.

Jesse Lonis has already wrapped up another title in the $50k Turbo Bounty Quattro, busting nine of the last twelve players and banking $474,000 plus another $540,000 in bounties.

As PokerNews puts it, Lonis’ hot streak continues, and Foxen still has work to do if she wants to join him in the winner’s circle.

Sam Greenwood bets on words over video.

Sam Greenwood has taken a different route from most poker content creators. Rather than chasing the influencer crowd on YouTube, he’s found a home on Substack, writing daily about poker for a growing audience.

According to Greenwood, Substack’s direct-to-reader model appealed to him more than the world of vlogs and video content as per his comments to Pokerati.

Greenwood, who learned poker on the 2+2 forums before the days of training sites, sees Substack as a way to fill a void left by the migration to video content.

Despite previous training video experience for Run It Once, Greenwood wasn’t drawn to the idea of being a YouTuber.

Thousands of poker fans now follow his writing, proof that the written word isn’t dead in the age of influencers.

According to PokerNews, all eyes are on Benjamin Rolle as the final tables of the 2026 PokerStars SCOOP kick off.

Rolle, already the reigning WSOP Online Main Event champ, is in contention for the $5,200 SCOOP Main Event title.

If he pulls it off, he’ll be the first to claim both flagship online crowns back to back, a feat that would put him in rarefied air among online grinders.

And here is that J-4 hand.

I love a reminisce, and this is just what we needed.

Garrett Adelstein is not done talking about the hand that launched a thousand Reddit threads.

As we know, Adelstein has announced a memoir, 'Beneath the Cards,’ where he revisits the infamous “Jack-Four” hand and the fallout from his cheating accusations against Robbi Jade Lew.

As per PokerNews, the book promises a behind-the-scenes look at the chaos and stress he says followed the broadcast.

It’s go time. WSOP Europe and Irish Open get underway today.

It’s a huge day for live poker in Europe as two prestigious festivals get underway today. WSOP Europe starts in Prague and the Irish Open hits Dublin.

Fedor Holz with some poker tips.

If anyone should know a thing or two about reaching the top echelons in poker, it’s Fedor. Listen to what he has to say.
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