Phil Hellmuth is NOT getting what he wants...again
Are we about the see the first WSOP August Nine?
Phil Hellmuth wants the WSOP November Nine to come back. Daniel Negreanu says it ain’t gonna happen.
We’ve got our ears to the ground and our fingers in the air as we try to suss out what’s happening with the WSOP Main Event final table this year.
How does August sound?
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As we told you last week, there are changes afoot at the WSOP, the biggest of which is a probable delay in the Main Event final table. Phil Hellmuth (who threatened to boycott the 2025 event) is now saying he wants The November Nine to come back.
Daniel Negreanu says, “It’s not a November Nine. That’s not happening.” So, then, what is it exactly? Maybe put your money on sometime in early August?
And regardless of what it is, Jennifer Tilly doesn’t like it.
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David Lappin and Dara O’Kearney have opened up about why they took their podcast The Chip Race and ran from WPT Global. No surprise here…it wasn’t pretty.
Doug Polk has a new high-dollar heads up challenge and is floating some big hitters as his potential first opponents…including Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey.
Is this new MTT structure at Venetian…dare anyone say…perfect?
Once described as what you’d get if Circus Circus and Excalibur had a baby (and ouchie with the strays…), The Poker Palace is now on its way to being gutted and turned into a place worthy of its name.
If you’re only a poker player and don’t think you care about the blackjack ban in California…you might want to rethink your position.
Does a contested hand count if it’s not tabled? No, right? MGM’s Sean McCormack says “not so fast.” It was…er…not the most popular take of the year.
Meanwhile…yikes…what happened to the LA Poker Classic?
And finally when Brad Owen writes a veritable manifesto on the state of poker and poker promotion in 2026 (including his refusal to promote some of Club WPT Gold’s offerings), you should take the time to read it.
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