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Texas State Capitol in Austin at dusk with poker chips and cards in the foreground, headline Texas poker rooms after the election
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
5th Nov 2026

Texas Poker Rooms After the Election: What Changes in 2027

The man who kept casino and sports-betting bills off the Senate floor for 12 years has been voted out. The Senate's 19-12 Republican majority held.
Lex Veldhuis, GGPoker Global Streaming Ambassador from November 2026
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
4th Nov 2026

Lex Veldhuis Joins GGPoker as Global Streaming Ambassador

Ten months of streaming on GGPoker as a free agent end with a patch, a title and a brief to sell Streamer Mode.
Stake Poker signs Farid Jattin as its first poker ambassador
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
28th Oct 2026

Stake Poker Signs Farid Jattin as First Poker Ambassador

Colombia's all-time live earnings leader becomes the face of a poker room that only opened inside Stake's casino in 2024.
WPT Global $12,400 WPT World Championship package from $1.10, trophy and chips on a Las Vegas tournament floor
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
15th Oct 2026

Win a $12,400 WPT World Championship Package From $1.10

The Golden Ticket closes after 30 winners and KYC must clear by December 3, so when you qualify matters as much as how.
Brazil betting ban and online poker: a red poker chip in front of the Brazilian flag with the headline Betting Banned, Poker Not Named, Brazil
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
8th Oct 2026

Brazil Online Poker Ban? MP 1.394 Leaves Poker Out

The law took betting sites offline on 6 October and bars Pix from touching them. Poker sits in neither of its definitions, yet some PokerStars players are already locked out.
Illustration of poker players who went to prison, including Tom Goldstein, Mike Matusow, Shawn Sheikhan and Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, seated at a dark poker table
Telma Casaca | Poker News
28th Sep 2026

Poker Players Who Went to Prison: 24 Verified Cases & Sentences

Counterfeit chips flushed down a hotel toilet, spyware on rivals' laptops and a $31 million debt collection scam: every poker pro sentenced to jail, which of them are still inside, and the famous names who walked free.
US Capitol dome behind stacks of poker chips with the headline 90% Tax Cap Repeal Advances, House Committee Votes 38-5
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
23rd Sep 2026

90% Gambling Tax Repeal Passes Committee 38-5, Now Rides a Crypto Bill

The five no votes were aimed at crypto, not poker, and the House will not vote again until after the midterms.
MMA gloves beside a stack of poker chips with the headline Three Fights, $300,000 as Tommy McMillen moves to 12-0
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
20th Sep 2026

ACR Poker’s Tommy McMillen Has $300,000 in UFC Bonuses From Three Fights

He was knocked down in round two, won round three, and wants another fight before the year is out.
Chess players who play poker: a black knight beside stacked poker chips with the title Chess to Poker, 11 Crossovers Ranked
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
9th Sep 2026

Chess Players Who Play Poker: 11 Crossovers Ranked

One has $61 million in poker earnings, one won the Main Event, one hustled chess in Washington Square, and two are world champions.
Chess.com enters poker graphic with a black king and a stack of poker chips announcing Gambit, the free-to-play Hold
Mark Patrickson | Poker News
5th Sep 2026

Chess.com Poker Site Gambit Tops 75,000 Members After First Streamed Cup

Two people built it in under a year, it charges no rake, and nearly 20 million hands have already been dealt.

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