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After coming to the final table with a monstrous chip lead, Arseniy Karmatskiy completed the deal in becoming the first champion of the reborn European Poker Tour and winning the 2018 EPT Sochi Main Event in Russia this afternoon (U. S. time). Karmatskiy was a force on the felt through Day 5, dominating his opposition… Read more »
Just sixteen players remain – two tables of eight – in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Sochi Main Event after Tuesday’s Day 4. Leading the way is Mikhail Plakkhin with 3.046 million chips. His lead is fairly massive, as the second place player, Sihao Zhang, has 2.193 million and the big blind is only 24,000.… Read more »
Everyone knew Monday would be a rough day for a few people at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Sochi Main Event, as just eight eliminations were needed for the money bubble to burst. Eight survivors from Sunday’s Day 2 had to sleep on it and then go home with nothing. As Earl Burton wrote yesterday,… Read more »
After a first of its type Day 1B and 1C on the same day (more on this in a bit), Day 2 has completed action at the 2018 European Poker Tour Sochi Main Event. After a massive 861 entries were received, only 136 players remain – nine short of the money bubble – with Sergey… Read more »
After a year of wandering in the wilderness branded as another tournament circuit, the European Poker Tour officially made its comeback on Friday in Sochi, Russia. The first day of the European Poker Tour Sochi Main Event is in the books with a contingent of (naturally) Russian players dominating the leaderboard. For the official history… Read more »
We’re a couple of months away from the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl and, just like previous years, the number of players wanting to take part is more than what will get in. Last night, former SHRB champions Christoph Vogelsang (the defending champion) and Brian Rast were selected to participate, but High Roller regulars Fedor… Read more »
Station Casinos has decided to discontinue the bad beat jackpot promotions at its casinos a month after the Nevada Gaming Control Board ruled that the company had to pay out a disputed jackpot. The controversy dates back to July 7th, when a $120,000 bad beat jackpot was hit at the Red Rock Casino, one of… Read more »
Although they have had the go ahead since last fall’s passage of the state budget to begin, lawmakers and gaming officials in Pennsylvania to this point haven’t done much of anything regarding opening the state for online gaming and poker. That changed earlier this week as the head of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced… Read more »
With a referendum regarding gambling in the state being held during the 2018 midterm elections, the Florida Legislature had a final shot to make any moves regarding the state’s gambling laws. Instead, the politicians in Tallahassee punted the subject down the road, ensuring that there would be no further changes to the state’s regulations at… Read more »
One of the things that the world of poker does well is show its charitable side. From poker tournaments that have raised millions for many causes to individual efforts that have demonstrated the true heart of the poker community, the game literally puts its money where its mouth is. One of the top philanthropists in… Read more »
The Pennsylvania gambling industry is getting shaken up, as the Las Vegas Sands Corp. (headed by online poker enemy, Sheldon Adelson) announced last week that it has agreed to sell its Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem to Wind Creek Hospitality, an affiliate of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama, for $1.3 billion. About a… Read more »
With the tournament poker world motoring through the first quarter of the calendar year, it is a “split decision” as to who is the leader in the major Player of the Year races. In fact, in one race the name is a familiar one but, in the other, the “top dog” might surprise many. On… Read more »
After failing several times to satellite into the tournament and instead buying in directly, David Larson fought from the short stack to win his first major poker tournament title in taking the World Poker Tour’s Rolling Thunder in California last night. Not only did Larson come off the short stack, it was a “life support”… Read more »
Donned in Minnesota Twins gear, David Larson accomplished the improbable, going from short stack to champion in the 2018 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event Tuesday night. For the victory, Larson won almost $300,000. This was by far the largest cash of Larson’s career. In fact, it makes up all but $30,000 of… Read more »
The final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event was determined Monday night as now just six players remain from the original field of 440 entries. Ping Liu is the chip leader with 3.330 million, but all in all, the top four players are quite close. Behind Liu is 2015 World… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event is already down to just 64 players at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort as Day 3 is just getting underway. The money bubble will burst fairly quickly today; just nine eliminations are needed for everyone remaining to breathe a sigh of relief. Leading the charge –… Read more »
The 2018 World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in California completed the second of its two-Day Ones on Saturday. By the time the dust had settled, there was a new overall leader in Dean Freedlander. With late registration still ongoing, however, the players were still unsure of what they were… Read more »
Coming right on the heels of the WPT L. A. Poker Classic, the WPT Rolling Thunder kicked off action on Friday for the next WPT event. Located outside of Sacramento, the WPT Rolling Thunder has become one of the popular stops on the WPT circuit and, if Day 1A is any indication, the $3500 buy-in… Read more »
In a classic battle of “David versus Goliath” Dennis Blieden, who had only cashed twice in his tournament poker career, was able to vanquish poker pro Toby Lewis to win the 25th running (and 16th under the World Poker Tour banner) of the L. A. Poker Classic’s Championship Event. Lewis led the six-man final table… Read more »
The world of poker is one that is rife for storytelling. Whether based in truth or the legend of “tall tales,” poker stories seem to capture all the idiosyncrasies of life – the highs, lows and every point in between. But there has never been a collection of these stories ever put on the printed… Read more »
The six-handed final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic was determined Wednesday evening, with Toby Lewis finishing the day as the chip leader. It is really a two man show going into Thursday’s action, as Lewis has 5.390 million chips and Dennis Blieden has 4.125 million. None of the other four… Read more »
The field at the World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event was whittled from 102 to 31 on Monday as the money bubble burst. Jeremy White is the chip leader with 1.552 million chips, giving him a sizable advantage over the field, as the closest competitor, Manuel Martinez, has 1.035. They are the… Read more »
Barely more than 100 players remain of the original 493 after Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic. It should be a tense day, as 62 players get paid and there will be plenty of short stacks just trying to stay alive while the big stacks work on accumulating chips. The… Read more »
Day 1 is in the books for the 2018 version of the World Poker Tour’s L. A. Poker Classic and it is shaping up to be a special event. One of only three tournaments that has been contested on the WPT since its inception, the players have come out with their $10,000 buy-in (which has… Read more »
The streaming network PokerCentral and poker player Andrew Neeme were the big winners last night as the world of poker honored its own with the Fourth Annual American Poker Awards. There was a bit of celebrity power on the catwalk entering Andaz in West Hollywood on Thursday night. Hollywood producer Randall Emmett (Aftermath, Gotti), “The… Read more »
