It is simultaneously final table and bubble time in the $300 Womens Event.
The event drew 63 runners for a prize pool of $15,120, far surpassing the $10,000 guarantee. There are eight spots paid and nine places left.
Check out the payouts for the event below.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $5,444 |
| 2 | $3,198 |
| 3 | $2,003 |
| 4 | $1,361 |
| 5 | $1,058 |
| 6 | $832 |
| 7 | $680 |
| 8 | $544 |
If conservative pundit Tim Pool ever wants to leave the world of political commentary, he has a solid backup option. The host of the TimCast podcast with over 2.7 million YouTube subscribers says he is a profitable poker player and wins as much as $100-$150 an hour playing in low-stakes cash games.
Pool, who is recognizable by his trademark black beanie and grey plaid flanel, first appeared on the poker scene last year, but he's been a serious poker player for longer than that. PokerNews caught up with him at the 2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open in Maryland, where he spoke about playing poker "20 hours a week" since the COVID pandemic.
"About six or seven years ago, I started playing consistently," Pool said.
Last night's $400 PLO 8 event saw Nathan Gamble defeating heads-up opponent Hiep Nguyen to win $8,863 and extend his status as the most dominant PLO 8 player on the planet.
He had tough competition that included third-place finisher Matt Mullins, who was at his third straight mixed game final table and was looking for his third straight title.
The full event results are available below.
| Seat | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Gamble | $8,863 |
| 2 | Hiep Nguyen | $5,084 |
| 3 | Matt Mullins | $3,181 |
| 4 | Eric Berman | $2,151 |
| 5 | Kyle Gjonaj | $1,629 |
| 6 | Eric Psner | $1,304 |
| 7 | Thomas Deriso | $1,147 |
| 8 | Rick Aesen | $1,043 |
| 9 | Aaron Pinson | $886 |
| 10 | Christopher Labrie | $782 |
The one-day $500 Freezeout is down to its final four players after the eliminations of of Phillip Vera, Jared Zack and Tucker Battle.
Battle was after his second trophy of the series after taking down $400 Double Stack NLH for $6,487.
Check out the payouts and results so far below.
| Seat | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $8,445 | |
| 2 | $5,022 | |
| 3 | $3,081 | |
| 4 | $2,168 | |
| 5 | Tucker Battle | $1,712 |
| 6 | Jared Zack | $1,370 |
| 7 | Phillip Vera | $1,027 |
The payout information is now available for $500 Freezeout, a one-day event with a $10,000 guarantee attached.
The 9 a.m. event drew 55 runners for a prize pool of $22,825. There will be seven places paid, with a minimum cash being worth $1,027. Meanwhile, the winner will earn $8,445.
Check out the payouts below.
| No. | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $8,445 |
| 2 | $5,022 |
| 3 | $3,081 |
| 4 | $2,168 |
| 5 | $1,712 |
| 6 | $1,370 |
| 7 | $1,027 |
Political commentator Tim Pool is back for more after a brutal bustout late last night in the $3,000 Main Event.
Pool, a podcaster with nearly three million followers, is grinding away in Day 1b of the $750,000 guarantee Main Event. He's already been rivered twice this series, so let's see if he can turn his tournament luck around.
Follow PokerNews live updates of the $3,000 Main Event here.
The $300 Womens event is underway and the field is up to five tables.
There are 51 runners so far with plenty of time left for registration in the one-day event.
The field includes Linda Swears, who still has her sentimental card protector with her.
Well that's something you don't see every day.
PokerNews' Kyle Anderson was eyeing the tables when he noticed a sequenced line of clubs at one table.
The board read 2♣5♣6♣3♣4♣ for a straight flush as two players chopped, and it turned out they both had monster holdings.
One player held K♣J♣ for a flopped king-high flush, while the other player held 2♠2♥ for flopped bottom set. According to the table, all the chips got in on the river.
That's certainly one way to chop a pot.
There were no Tag Team events yesterday, but Linda Swears wasn't playing alone.
Swears lost her boyfriend, fellow poker player Jordan Fishman, last Fall. The retired professor from Massachusetts had $184,433 in poker tournament earnings, highlighted by a victory in the Eastern Poker Open High Roller for $45,000.
Swears, who herself has $223,825 in earnings, was on the rail for that victory, and Fishman credited her with helping him improve his game.
“She had a more conservative style, and I was more aggressive," he said after the April 2025 victory. "We meshed our games together. Without her, it wouldn’t be as much fun.”
"That was a moment for him," remembered Swears.
Fishman passed away last October after suffering an unexpected cardiac event. Less than a year later, Swears is playing in his honor at the Potomac Summer Poker Open. In yesterday's $500 Seniors event, she played with a coin card protector printed with an image of her late partner and the words "Always loved, forever with me."
Swears has already felt Fishman's presence. When PokerNews pulled her away from the table, she had just been dealt pocket queens.
"And he always called me his queen. So he's here. He's here with me all the time."
Swears is back and grinding in Day 1a of the $500 Monumental stack, and she still has her special card protector in front of her.
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