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Grant Hart ends his wait to win his first RGPS Main Event title.

Grant Hart triumphed in the RGPS New Orleans Gold Expedition $800 Main Event, emerging victorious from a field of 279 players to claim the $44,000 prize and his first RGPS Main Event title. The moment for Grant Hart had finally arrived. A regular in the RunGood Poker Series, Hart had always been elusive for a Main Event title until this fateful trip to New Orleans. Hart no longer needed to wait for his moment; he emerged victorious from a field of 279 players in the RGPS New Orleans Gold Expedition $800 Main Event, claiming his first championship. Hart took home the largest piece of the $200,000 prize pool, with the winner taking home $44,000. Final Table Results Rank Player Country Prize Money 1st Place Grant Hart USA 1TP 4T 44,000 2nd Place Wess Durocher USA 1TP 4T 29,327 3rd Place David Cocheles USA 1TP 4T 21,458 4th Place Christopher Savage USA 1TP 4T 15,911 5th Place Chris Baudean USA 1TP 4T 11,961 6th Place My Nguyen USA 1TP 4T 9,118 7th Place Crystal Galyon USA 1TP 4T 7,050 8th Place Brian Senie USA 1TP 4T 5,529 9th Place Preston McEwen USA 1TP 4T 4,400 "I'm probably the happiest cowboy in the world," Hart told PokerNews after winning the title. “It feels amazing. I play a lot of PLO, so winning in No-Limit Texas Hold’em means a lot to me.” This victory is Hart’s second-largest single-event prize of his career and his largest single-event prize in a RunGood event, surpassing his 2023 RGPS Tulsa Main Event third-place finish of $29,091. Hart no longer needs to imagine what winning feels like, as he can now call himself the RGPS Main Event champion. Hart started the day with less than 20 big blinds, but his chip stack grew to 35 big blinds by the redraw. As the game progressed, he steadily grew to 85 big blinds with 18 players remaining. Hart remained on the sidelines, observing and maintaining a healthy stack, but he still had a lot of work to do to reach the final table, as he was sixth in chips late in the game. Early in the final table, Hart adopted a conservative strategy. He picked his time but didn’t participate in any large pots. As the final table progressed, things began to change. Hart took control of the game after eliminating My Nguyen in sixth place. “When Ham…”

Poker legend crushes AA with four of a kind to take the chip lead in the Triton Jeju Main Event.

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Regional news / Hunter_Mika

Jean-Noel Thorel took the chip lead in the Triton Jeju $100,000 Main Event with four 3s against Nick Petrangelo's AA. Thorel has 16 Triton cashes but has never won a title, finishing as runner-up in the same event in 2024. The 2026 Triton Poker Series Jeju II $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event is still in its early stages, but we may have already seen one of the most exciting hands of the tournament. This hand occurred at Level 5 with blinds of 1,000/2,500, involving Nick Petrangelo and veteran Frenchman Jean-Noel Thorel. Known for his unconventional play, Thorel opened from middle position and raised to 5,000. Nick Petrangelo 3-bet to 20,000 from the button, and Thorel called. The flop came 3♥2♦3♦, and Thorel checked and called Petrangelo's 20,000 continuation bet. The turn card, K♥, brought a similar situation, and Thorel check-called a larger 80,000 second gun. The river card, 3♠, completed the board, and Thorel checked for the third time. Petrangelo bet 300,000, leaving him with only 36,000 chips. Thorel check-raised, and Petrangelo called all-in. Petrangelo flopped A♥A♣, making a full house, which most at the table considered a winning hand. However, Thorel, having opened from early position, called a 3-bet with 3♣2♣, upgrading to four of a kind. This hand pushed Thorel's chip stack to over 1 million, giving him an early chip lead. Petrangelo, on the other hand, was eliminated. At the most recent scheduled rest, Thorel still led the pack with 1,200,000 chips. China's Quan Zhou (966,000) and Defeng Chen (720,000) occupy the top three spots, while Artur Martirosian (621,500), Thomas Muehloecker (510,000), Daniel Rezaei (506,000), and Pedro Padilha (479,000) are among the top ten. Can Thorel claim his first Triton trophy? Thorel has 16 winning entries in Triton events, totaling $11,269,800, but victory has always been elusive. The Frenchman has come close to becoming a Triton champion on several occasions, including in the same event in 2024. Thorel finished second in the 2024 Triton Poker Jeju $100K NLH Main Event, winning $2,875,000. This huge prize is the best of Thorel's career until he wins the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise Super Series.

Nilson Junior wins 2026 WSOP Online gold bracelet, helping the Brazilian team secure their 5th title in the series.

WSOP Online | Brazil wins its 5th gold bracelet, Nilson Junior takes the title, and Vietnam's BananaTilt dominates the Ultra Stack.

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International news / Hunter_Atom

The 2026 WSOP Online continues on GGPoker. As of September 14th, 20 of the 33 bracelet events have concluded, with the Brazilian contingent emerging as the most dominant in the series. In the 20 completed events, Brazilian players have secured 5 first-place finishes, 5 runner-up finishes, and 5 third-place finishes, accumulating $2,618,133 in prize money, currently ranking first on the national/regional prize money leaderboard. The latest Brazilian to add another bracelet to the tally is Nilson Junior. In Event #19:$250 Beat the Pros Bounty NLH, he defeated a field of 5,755 players, winning a total prize of $113,245, his first WSOP bracelet, and a $30,000 WSOP Paradise Super Pass. Meanwhile, in the same event, Event #20:$600 Ultra Stack NLH was won by Vietnamese player "BananaTilt," who defeated 2,500 players to take home $157,439. Brazil swept 5 out of 20 events, with total prize money exceeding $2.61 million. This year's WSOP Online has so far: 20 bracelet events: Brazilian players have achieved: 5 first-place finishes, 5 second-place finishes, and 5 third-place finishes. Total prize money: $2,618,133. In other words, in the first 20 events, a quarter of the bracelets were won by Brazilian players, and Brazilian players finished in the top three 15 times. This consistency is not only reflected in the number of wins but also allows Brazil to establish a lead in the overall prize money rankings. Nilson Junior beat 5,755 players to win his first WSOP bracelet. The latest Brazilian champion is from: Event #19: $250 Beat the Pros Bounty NLH. The event had 5,755 participants and a total prize pool of $1,323,650. Due to the bounty system, Final Table players' final earnings consist of both placement prize money and bounty. All nine finalists received at least a five-figure sum in US dollars after the bounty was calculated. Nilson Junior advanced to the final heads-up match, ultimately facing fellow Brazilian Fabricio Nociolini for the bracelet. The Brazilian final decided the champion, with Junior defeating Nociolini Heads-Up. Nilson Junior ultimately defeated Fabricio Nociolini to become his first WSOP bracelet champion. Junior's earnings included: Place prize money: $67,824; Bounty: $45,421; Total: $113,245. Nociolini, as runner-up, earned $73,862. This resulted in Brazil taking both first and second place, further solidifying their dominance in this year's WSOP Online. Besides $113,245...

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Grant Hart ends his wait to win his first RGPS Main Event title.

Poker legend crushes AA with four of a kind to take the chip lead in the Triton Jeju Main Event.

WSOP Online | Brazil wins its 5th gold bracelet, Nilson Junior takes the title, and Vietnam's BananaTilt dominates the Ultra Stack.

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