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WEEK OF MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026 · LFGPOKER.APP
McKEEHEN WINS SHRPO FOR $462,600 · WSOP CIRCUIT MAIN EVENT IN ATLANTIC CITY THURSDAY · BORGATA'S $6 MILLION SEPTEMBER
Big Stories
A Former World Champion Takes Florida's Biggest Prize
Joe McKeehen, the 2015 WSOP Main Event champion, won the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship in Hollywood last Wednesday for $462,600 and the Guitar Tower Trophy. The $5,300 event drew 673 entries and built a $3,262,704 prize pool on its $3,000,000 guarantee, closing with a three-hour heads-up match against David Greufe, who took $390,804 for second.
The series as a whole was enormous: 63 events, 15,835 entries, and $12,334,810 in prize pools against $8,080,000 in guarantees. Justin Zaki won the $25,500 High Roller for $391,550, and the $400 Deep Stack alone drew 5,069 entries across eight flights. Hollywood is not done for the year either; the Everglades Poker Open, September 15 to 27, is already posted and on the site.
Atlantic City
The Circuit Is Rolling in Atlantic City, and Borgata Is Wide Awake
The WSOP Circuit is a week into its stop at Harrah's Atlantic City, and the big one is up next: the $1,700 Main Event for $600,000 guaranteed opens Thursday, August 20 with three starting flights through Saturday, with $250 mega satellites running twice a day right up to it. The stop closes August 24 after the $2,200 High Roller and the $400 40/40/40 for $100,000. Every event is on the site with the official structure booklet attached.
Across the marina, Borgata counters with two multi-flight series back to back: the Mini Grind, $250 for $100,000, six flights August 20 to 22, and the Pure Grind Alpha Stack Madness, $350 for $200,000, eight flights August 26 to 29. Then September brings the Big Big Series, September 13 to 23, over $6 million guaranteed, topped by a $5,300 Championship with a $3,000,000 guarantee. Atlantic City has a very full four weeks ahead.
The Number
15,835
Entries across the 63 events of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, which paid out $12.3 million against $8.1 million in guarantees. Florida's biggest series keeps getting bigger.
Results of Note
WSOP Online · the opener
The bracelets moved online on GGPoker this week and the first one went to Brazil's Raphael Caixeta, who won the $700 WSOP Kick-Off out of 3,607 entries for $207,167 plus a $30,000 package to WSOP Paradise. The event built a $2,398,655 prize pool; 33 bracelets run through September 29.
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa · a guarantee beaten by 60 percent
Tampa's $400 August DeepStack Challenge drew 486 entries over six flights for a $160,380 prize pool on a $100,000 guarantee, with $32,580 to the winner. Tampa follows it with the $200 Little Slick, $100,000 guaranteed, nine flights starting August 24.
Worth Knowing
- PokerStars is about to get bigger. Parent company Flutter is folding Betfair, Paddy Power and Sky Poker onto the PokerStars network, consolidating those player pools into one, which should mean bigger fields and guarantees for anyone who plays there.
- Wynn's Signature Series is underway and runs through September 7, with the $1,100 NLH for $400,000 anchoring the finish September 3 to 6. Wynn's year-round dailies pick back up right after.
- Borgata's Lions of the East is on the calendar for October 13 to 18: a $600 buy-in with a $2,000,000 guarantee, played across MGM properties. Flights and structure are not posted yet; when they are, they will be on the site the same day.
This Week's Top Tournaments · Nationwide Highlights
WSOP Circuit Main Event$600,000 GTD
Harrah's Atlantic City · $1,700 · Flights Thursday August 20 – Saturday August 22, 11 AM
WSOP Circuit 40/40/40 NLH$100,000 GTD
Harrah's Atlantic City · $400 · Sunday August 23, 10 AM · 40,000 chips, 40-minute levels
Borgata Mini Grind Series$100,000 GTD
Borgata · $250 · Six flights August 20 – 22, Day 2 Sunday August 23
Multi-Room Mayhem IV$250,000 GTD
Daytona Beach Racing & Card Club · $250 · Wednesday August 19
Derby Lane $150K$150,000 GTD
Derby Lane, St. Petersburg · $250 · Flights from Tuesday August 18
Wynn $600 NLH$250,000 GTD
Wynn Las Vegas · $600 · Flights August 20 – 22, Day 2 August 23
One Eyed Jacks Summer Showdown Main Event$250,000 GTD
One Eyed Jacks, Sarasota · $1,120 · Friday August 21
Tampa Little Slick$100,000 GTD
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa · $200 · Nine flights from Monday August 24, Day 2 August 30
Borgata Big Big Series Championship$3,000,000 GTD
Borgata · $5,300 · Day 1s September 19, 20, 21 · Series September 13 – 23
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Borgata is on the site in full: the daily schedule, the Mini Grind and Pure Grind series, all 40 events of September's Big Big Series with structures, and the Saturday Series through December. If you play Atlantic City, your fall is now on one page.
Florida keeps growing too. Seminole Hard Rock Tampa is loaded through August plus October's Pinktober Poker Open, and Hollywood's Everglades Poker Open, September 15 to 27 with a $600 Triple Stack for $200,000, is in with every structure sheet. Out west, Wynn's daily tournaments are on the site through September.
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