Poker Tournament News
Duo came up big The PokerGO Tour (PGT) Championship kicks off on Tuesday, but before that could happen, there was still the matter of the two Dream Seats to award. And with the conclusion of the PGT Last Chance series on Sunday, those seats went to Samuel Laskowitz and Dylan DeStefano. The PGT Championship is… Read more »
The only tournament series that has not, to this point, named a Player of the Year or Champion is the PokerGO Tour. Perhaps because of the tournament glut right at the end of the year, the PGT chose to hold two tournaments – their PGT Championship and the PGT LastChance 2023 – in January 2024.… Read more »
With the excitement of the WPT World Championship, EPT Prague, and WSOP Paradise in the rearview mirror and the holiday break over for most people, it’s time to look ahead to 2024. So let’s do just that and take a peak at tournaments coming up as the new year begins. World Series of Poker The… Read more »
As we come to the close of another year, it is always good to look back at the previous twelve months, in particular at the tournament poker grind. There were plenty of challengers in the two major Player of the Year races, but there was only one man who took control of the standings early… Read more »
Not done just yet The major poker tournaments may be done for 2023, but there is still one more tour season to wrap up, though it won’t happen until the beginning of 2024. The PokerGO Tour (PGT) saved its conclusion for January and will have the spotlight to itself. The PGT Last Chance series kicks… Read more »
It’s on to the penultimate day of the 2023 WPT World Championship, as just 16 players remain in the quest for the $5,678,000 first prize. Most players are in at least halfway decent shape heading into Day 6, but the man with the top stack is Ben Jacobs with 46.400 million chips. Two other players,… Read more »
What’s done is done A few days after the conclusion of the inaugural WSOP Paradise, bit of disappointing news has emerged from the Main Event final table. Shortly before his ouster in 3rd place, Australian pro Daniel Neilson ended up forking over 10 million chips too many in a key all-in hand that likely played… Read more »
It looks to be an exciting race to the final table at the 2023 WPT World Championship as the top of the leaderboard is tight going into Day 5. Leading the 45 remaining players is Mark Mounsey with 18.725 million chips. There are a handful of players not far behind Mounsey: Maxime Chilaud with 17.900… Read more »
After the sigh of relief from many of the players after the money bubble burst at the end of Day 2 of the WPT World Championship, it was on to Sunday’s Day 3 to begin focusing on driving deeper into the payouts. The day began with 480 players and ended with 132; Naj Ajez is… Read more »
Just 59 players remain in the inaugural WSOP Paradise Main Event as the Day 3 players look to make Thursday’s final table. It’s a good race at the top of the leaderboard as Henrique Lessa is in the pole position with 8.640 million chips, followed closely by 2023 WSOP Main Event third-place finisher Adam Walton… Read more »
The most anticipated poker tournament of the year outside of the World Series of Poker Main Event is upon us. The WPT World Championship began Tuesday with the first of four Day 1 flights and after Day 1A, Jeff Hakim is the chip leader with 998,000 chips. Two players are close behind: Adekunle Olonoh with… Read more »
Can’t we all just get along? There are places in life where you have a lot of people in close proximity to each other. There are also places were people have a lot of money on the line. A live poker tournament is at the intersection of the Venn diagram, which can sometimes lead to… Read more »
Former EPT Prague champ Jordan Saccucci, a prime suspect in an Ontario burglary spree, somehow thought it was as good idea to show up to WSOP Paradise over the weekend. He played in Day 1B of the Main Event. Saccucci did not make it through to Day 2, not because he was knocked out by… Read more »
Just six players remain in the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event, with the winner to be determined Wednesday afternoon. Enjoying a substantial chip lead is Istvan Briski, whose 23.975 million chips are more than double those of his closest competitor. But while Briski has the chips, a few other players have… Read more »
In today’s poker world, it is not unusual for players to have to make decisions regarding what tournaments they want to take part in. Rare is it, however, that the tournaments in question are of such luminous status that people will make note of who is going where. That’s what we’re looking at when it… Read more »
In breaking down the Player of the Year race for both the CardPlayer Magazine and the Global Poker Index, it did cross our minds – how is the race for women in poker? There is only one “official” Ladies’ Player of the Year race, and it is a doozy as plenty of notable names are… Read more »
There’s an old saying, “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying,” so maybe I have to give Brazilian poker pro Rafael Caiaffa some credit for trying. But I probably won’t. This week, Caiaffa was banned from the Latin American Poker Tour’s (LAPT) BSOP Millions for trying to sneak chips onto his stack that were not… Read more »
The European Poker Tour has released the full schedule for its 2024 season. As expected, it’s a short slate of tour stops, but the EPT always goes for quality over quantity. Both Paris and Cyprus are back for their second seasons on the tour, while Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, and Prague return as perennial favorites. The 2024… Read more »
We may not have 2023 done yet, but the tournament poker calendar is shaping up for 2024 already. The Borgata in Atlantic City is the first one in for the New Year, announcing this weekend the resumption of their popular Borgata Winter Poker Open. The schedule of events will have something for every player of… Read more »
We’re down to the final six weeks of 2023 and the two Player of the Year races in tournament poker look to have come down to two men. Both men have been among the Top Five for most of the year if not the Top Two, so it isn’t a surprise that they are vying… Read more »
Frederic Normand parlayed a $580 satellite win into a World Poker Tour title as he won the WPT bestbet Scramble in Jacksonville, Florida on Tuesday for what was easily the biggest cash of his career. The $351,650 first prize was about double his previous career best. That previous best came in what was a bittersweet… Read more »
As the poker world gears up for the upcoming WPT World Championship to finish out the year, there are still a couple stops on the World Poker Tour schedule to finish. The first, WPT bestbet Scramble, wraps up today at bestbet Jacksonville. The six-handed final table is just getting underway as the players compete for… Read more »
He came to the final table with the chip lead, and he finished the night with all the chips in the tournament. Fittingly, it took about twelve hours for Sami Bechahed to use his large chip stack to seize the championship of the first North American Poker Tour event in twelve years on Saturday night.… Read more »
Here’s a phrase we haven’t been able to use in about a dozen years. Saturday will mark the true return of the North American Poker Tour to the tournament scene as the final table of their stop at Resorts World Las Vegas takes place. The final seven men from the 1095-entry field have been determined… Read more »
Daniel Geeng went into the 2023 PokerGO Tour PLO Series II with just five lifetime live tournament cashes on his resume. He nearly doubled that in a week and a half, cashing four times, winning the final event, and being crowned the PGT PLO Series II champion. If there was someone who was going to… Read more »
