WSOP Can BAN Players For Wearing These Logos; Matt Berkey Guest Hosts

In the 965th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by WPT Global, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz are joined by Matt Berkey at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to discuss the brouhaha surrounding patches at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP), a topic spurred by a social media post from Patrick Leonard. What's the situation, and should you be worried?

The trio then discusses Charlie Carrel being banned from entering the USA for nine years now, stemming from a drug arrest, poker returning next week to The Lodge in Texas, and an update on the bankruptcy of Maurice Hawkins, who amended his court filing to include his "friend" and "backer" Cody Stanford.

Chad then asks Berkey if we might ever see the return of the Only Friends Podcast before the crew wraps things up by examining WPT Global Ambassador Phil Ivey's top WSOP scores.

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Time Stamps *Time Topic* 00:00 | Welcome to the show 00:20 | Matt Berkey joins the show 01:00 | Patches at the WSOP 13:23 | Charlie Carrel banned from USA 16:42 | Poker returns to The Lodge in Texas 20:42 | Maurice Hawkins wins but adds to bankruptcy filing 29:35 | Will Only Friends Podcast ever come back? 36:08 | WPT Global Ambassador Phil Ivey WSOP scores