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🏆🇺🇸 Dakota Anderson is the 2026 GOP Manila Main Event champion.

Anderson came back from a massive heads-up deficit against Joris Michl to capture the 383-entry Main Event and PHP 6,304,500 (~US$101,322).

Michl finished runner-up for PHP 3,840,000 (~US$61,723), while local favorites Marc Rivera and Lester Edoc also reached the final four.

🔥 The victory marks a career-best live result for Anderson and caps a remarkable comeback on the biggest stage of The Arena of Champions.

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https://lifeofpoker.com/news/2026/08/dakota-anderson-stages-stunning-comeback-to-win-gop-manila-main-event

🔥🇰🇷 KPC Poker Series October 2026 marks a new chapter for Jeju poker.

The former K Poker Cup and King Poker Cup are coming together under the unified KPC Poker identity for a 12-day festival at LES A Casino inside Jeju Shinhwa World.

Running from October 10 through October 21, the series features KRW 3.1 billion (~US$2.3 million) in guaranteed prize pools, with buy-ins ranging from sub-US$1,000 events to major high-stakes tournaments.

🏆 The festival will bring broad-field KPC events and premium King's tournaments together under one schedule.

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🏆🇹🇼 Cheng Chao-Ting leads the latest champions at PS Championship IV Taipei.

Chao-Ting captured the NT$100,000 Super High Roller, topping a 31-entry field to collect NT$1,096,400 (~US$34,600).

Meanwhile, the PS Championship Main Event continued through Flights C and D, with the field reaching 442 entries by the latest Flight D update. 🔥

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https://lifeofpoker.com/news/2026/08/ps-championship-iv-taipei-cheng-chao-ting-wins-super-high-roller-as-main-event-builds-toward-day-2

🔥🇵🇭 GOP Manila Main Event is down to its final 12 players.

After 12 levels of Day 2 action, the PHP 82,500 Main Event has just 12 players remaining from its 383-entry field, with each guaranteed at least PHP 433,200 (~US$7,010).

🏆 The eventual champion will take home PHP 6,304,500 (~US$101,322), while the event also finished with a 17-entry overlay against its PHP 30,000,000 guarantee.

Away from the Main Event, Martijn Gerrits added another trophy to his remarkable GOP Manila run, while Ryan Ming Hong captured the day's biggest side-event title.

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GOP Manila 2026 Heats Up: Edoc Leads Main Event, Gerrits Claims Seventh Trophy GOP Manila 2026 heats up as Lester Edoc leads the final 12 in the Main Event while Martijn Gerrits claims his seventh trophy. Ryan Hong also wins the High Roller.

🔥🇲🇾 Poker Dream 26 Malaysia is set for another major festival in Genting Highlands.

Running from October 8 through October 19, 2026, the 12-day series features 60 events, headlined by a MYR 4,000,000 (~US$994,000) guaranteed Main Event.

The schedule also includes the MYR 1,500,000 (~US$373,000) Malaysia Open, along with Mystery Bounties, High Rollers, PLO events, mixed games and turbo formats. 🎟️

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https://lifeofpoker.com/news/2026/08/poker-dream-26-malaysia-set-for-october-return-with-myr-4-million-main-event

🏆🇵🇭 Mc Yeldarb Mantos leads the GOP Manila Main Event into Day 2.

The local player bagged 2,609,000 chips to take the overall lead after the final two starting flights pushed the PHP 82,500 Main Event to 383 entries.

With 54 players returning for Day 2 already in the money, the PHP 30,000,000 guarantee also finished with a 17-entry overlay. 🔥

Away from the Main Event, Martijn Gerrits continued his remarkable festival run by claiming his sixth trophy, while Joris Michl and Rodolfo Dela Fuente also secured titles on Day 7.

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https://lifeofpoker.com/news/2026/08/mc-yeldarb-mantos-leads-54-into-day-2-as-gerrits-claims-sixth-gop-manila-trophy

🔥🇰🇷 Ku Doyun leads the latest action at PS Championship IV Taipei.

Doyun finished on top of PS Championship Main Event Flight B with 649,000 chips from 100 entries, putting him ahead of Chun Liang Kuo and Hyun Jin Lee.

Meanwhile, 🇰🇷 Hyunsik Jang leads six players into Day 2 of the NT$100,000 Super High Roller after bagging 854,000 from 13 entries. The event has a NT$2,678,400 prize pool, with NT$1,096,400 reserved for the winner.

🔥 Six side-event champions were also crowned on Thursday as the festival continues toward another major day of action.

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PS Championship IV Taipei: Doyun Leads Main Event, Jang Tops Super High Roller Ku Doyun leads PS Championship Main Event Flight B while Hyunsik Jang tops the Super High Roller Day 1 at PS Championship IV Taipei.

🔥🇰🇷 Jeju Poker Festival 2026 has unveiled its full schedule.

RDPT and KPC are joining forces for 15 days of tournament action at LES A Casino in Jeju, running from October 28 to November 11 with KRW 3.88 billion (~US$2.72M) in guaranteed prize money across three headline events.

🏆 The KPC Main Event carries a KRW 880M guarantee, the Red Dragon Classic Main Event features a KRW 1.2B guarantee, and the Red Dragon Plus Championship headlines the festival with a KRW 1.8B (~US$1.26M) guarantee.

The schedule also includes high rollers, mixed games, mystery bounties and a free KRW 50M (~US$35,000) Annual Appreciation Event for 168 qualified players.

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https://lifeofpoker.com/news/2026/08/jeju-poker-festival-2026-unveils-full-schedule-as-rdpt-and-kpc-join-forces-for-krw-388b-us272m

🏆🇺🇸 Brian Luo is the latest WSOP Circuit Main Event champion.

Luo conquered the 698-entry Harrah’s Atlantic City Main Event for $189,145, securing his second WSOP Circuit ring and a $5,000 WSOP Paradise package.

The series featured 18 ring events, with Joe McKeehen also making headlines by winning two events and taking his career total to six Circuit rings.

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https://lifeofpoker.com/news/2026/08/brian-luo-wins-atlantic-city-wsop-circuit-main-event-as-18-ring-winners-are-crowned

🏆🇳🇱 Tom Verbruggen continues his impressive run at GOP Manila.

Verbruggen captured the Titan Stack High Roller, defeating a 29-entry field to claim the Rose Gauntlet and PHP 2,784,000 (~US$45,101).

Meanwhile, the PHP 82,500 Main Event reached 168 entries after Flights B and C, with 18 players already locking up a share of the PHP 30 million (~US$486,000) guarantee.

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https://lifeofpoker.com/news/2026/08/tom-verbruggen-claims-rose-gauntlet-as-gop-manila-main-event-heats-up