GGPoker expanded its partnership with comedian Marco Luque in Brazil in 2025, adding social media content, appearances at his shows and a television campaign. The company said the activity aims to explain poker to a broader audience; Luque has also taken part in GGPoker live tournaments.
The expanded campaign gives GGPoker a broader promotional presence in Brazil’s poker market.
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Lex Veldhuis announced that his poker streams would return on 3 January, broadcasting from the Netherlands on Twitch, YouTube and Kick. The report infers that his relationship with PokerStars, which began in January 2009, has ended; Veldhuis did not explicitly confirm the split in the quoted announcement.
GGPoker will offer online poker to Danish players through an agreement with Danske Licens Spil, the companies said. The report reports that GGPoker received a supplier licence from the Danish Gambling Authority, allowing integration within Danske Spil Poker; the partnership will also provide access to GGPoker’s international player network and tournaments.
GGPoker said it will add real-time GTO Wizard analysis to GGMillion$ final-table broadcasts from 6 May. The on-screen tool will show strategic options for selected hands, and commentators will also have access to the analysis.
GGPoker and GTO Wizard have partnered on measures to detect real-time assistance use in online poker. GGPoker said the collaboration followed its blocking of 31 player accounts for using GTO Wizard during play in breach of fair-play rules, and that it would use the tool’s Fair Play Check to support detection.
GGPoker said it would not launch peer-to-peer poker in Alberta while the province’s rules restrict play to local users. 888 Poker began regulated operations last month, and PokerStars relaunched on FanDuel on 2 November; the report said Alberta and Ontario were expected to announce shared liquidity, while Canada’s Supreme Court considers international player pooling.