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Good morning, mates! If you followed my betting leans yesterday, you’re likely waking up with a very healthy bankroll. Wednesday night delivered exactly what we expected: high stakes and even higher drama.

The Title Race is ON:

Manchester City dismantled Crystal Palace 3-0 at the Etihad last night. Goals from Semenyo, Marmoush, and a late Savinho beauty (assisted by Rayan Cherki) mean the gap at the top of the Premier League is down to just 2 points. Arsenal fans will be looking over their shoulders today, the pressure is officially back on the Gunners.  

Betting Check: Our "City to Win & Over 2.5 Goals" tip was a clean winner!

NBA: Harden Turns Back the Clock:

Over in Detroit, James Harden reminded everyone why he’s a future Hall of Famer. He dropped a playoff-best 30 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a gritty 117-113 victory over the Pistons. The Cavs now lead the series 3-2. Cade Cunningham was heroic with 39 points, but Cleveland’s veteran experience was the difference in the clutch.  

What a start to the day! Did anyone else stay up for the Harden masterclass, or were you too busy celebrating the City win?

• Self discipline is key to poker and life.

I was having a chat a chat with my old man the other day and we were talking about what things we can control in our lives and what things we cant. usually the only thing we can control is ourselves but if you know yourself like i do then this is easier said than done. Thats why Learning about ourselves and our tendencies and how to apply discipline to our behaviours to achieve self control is a great skill to learn.

I know I still have a long way to go to be the poker player that i'd like to be so I'm going to keep working on myself. Good luck to all those out there also working on improving themselves. 

About Discord: Who uses it and for what ?

Hi Cardmates 

I wanted to ask you all about Discord and who uses it amd what for.

I am looking to learn more about using the App and if you have any helpful information.

These are some of the most common reasons why Discord is used do you have any other's ?

I know that poker streamers used Discord alot but i have never really looked into it.

Is there any streamers discords that you would recommend joining.

Look forward to hearing you're suggestions for me to join.

Thanks in advance for any help. 

WSOP 2026 Rule Changes that are coming into affect.

Hi Cardmates 

Just making this Blog to bring awareness to the changes the WSOP are making.

I wanted to know your thoughts and opinions on how these changes will effect the WSOP for the good or bad.

Rule 35: Pre-Register means chips are on play from the first hand.

What this means:

Player's who pre-register there chip stack is put into play and blinded off from the start off the tournament.

This closes one of the most exploited loopholes of the WSOP when pre registered Player's stack where only in play from when the chose.

Rule 40: Cleaning up ClubWPT Gold controversies.

What this means:

This Rule comes in to action to ban third party promotions tied to the WSOP.

This is in response to the 2025 controversy from the Millionaire Maker where players playing under arrangements for promotions.

Which brought scrutiny due to it influencing the game play and could be a form of collusion and could influence descions in game.

Rule 80: More strict rules on intentional Stalling.

What this means:

Floor staff will be able to impose reduced shot clocks for players who try too stall around money bubble expecially. Also using time banks for stalling tactics for laddering is also now prohibited.

These are new tools for floor staff to try help improve the speed of the game at the WSOP.

New Rule/System: Rating Dealers via the WSOP Live App

What this means:

The WSOP app will need to be used to rate each and every dealer at the event.

This is another new tool for this year's WSOP. Let's see what effect this has in regards to making the events better.

It was indeed a battle of wits....

CPU0r was not the winner everyone expected in the tournament but he won it anyways.

The 2026 XL Spring Series on 888poker officially came to an exciting conclusion on May 12, with regular grinder “CPU0r” emerging as the champion of the highly anticipated Mystery Bounty Main Event.

Thee tournament was a massive $500,000 guaranteed prize pool which attracted lots of competitors throughout the series. But CPU0r battled to the top and secured the title with a huge payday of $41,775.

Although his win was anticipated cause he entered the final table with a strong position. He was the second largest chips among the eight players at the final table, sitting just behind Malta’s “overbet13,” who started as chip leader.

Everyone had a lot of attention focused on 888poker ambassador Leo “KaizenStyle” Jokura. He began the final day fourth in chips and was hoping to capture another major title for the 888poker team. 

Fans was eager to see if he could continue the platform’s recent success in its flagship online events but the tournament didn't go his was unfortunately. 

Once again the XL Spring Series delivered strong competition and entertaining moments for poker fans. With another successful edition now complete, players will already be looking forward to what 888poker has planned for its next major online festival.