Poker Tournament News
How was your holiday season? Good? Get some nice gifts? Yeah? Nice! Even if you are thrilled with that $200 Kylo Ren lightsaber, your holiday pales in comparison to that of one Fedor Holz. The 22-year old German entered his Christmas break with a win in the final World Poker Tour (WPT) Alpha8 event of… Read more »
We are in a bit of a holiday lull right now when it comes to major live poker tournaments (though that doesn’t differ much from the lull most people are in at this time of year – how long does each work day this week feel?), but once the calendar page turns, it is off… Read more »
As we enter the final week of the year 2015, it is time to take a look back at some of the great moments of the past year and some of the less popular times. The tournament poker world, always something that brings joy to many and seemingly heartbreak to more, was a bustling one… Read more »
Kevin “1sickdisease” Eyster won the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio over the weekend, notching the second WPT title of his career. For the win, Eyster pocketed over $1.5 million, and a trio of gaudy prizes: a Hublot Oceanographic 4000 watch, a pair of Monster 24K headphones and… Read more »
For many people, making it to a final table in a major live poker tournament just once would be a great accomplishment. It would be enough. Big money, lots of fun, a great memory…maybe we wouldn’t say, “Now I can die happy,” but we very well might be content if that’s as far as we… Read more »
Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic saw a healthy flock of new players enter before the deadline, creating the second largest Five Diamond of all time. There were about 430 players or thereabouts who participated on Monday’s Day 1, but by the time registration closed prior to Level… Read more »
The 2015 European Poker Tour Prague Main Event field was whittled to its final six players Tuesday as seventeen hopefuls fell by the wayside. Going into Wednesday’s final table, it is Ilkin Amirov who holds the most chips, enjoying a comfy lead with 9.975 million. Gleb Tremzin is in second with 7.785 million chips. Ilkin… Read more »
The final World Poker Tour Main Event of the year (but not of the season – that comes in May 2016) kicked off Monday as a “classic” tournament got its cards in the air. About 430 players teed it up for Day 1 of the WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic Main Event at the Bellagio… Read more »
Day 4 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague Main Event concluded Monday and like Sunday, the composition of the leader board is almost completely different than it was to start the day. Just 23 players remain in the €5,300 tournament and it is a neck-and-neck battle for the top spot, with Marc MacDonnell barely… Read more »
After two days of action at the European Poker Tour stop in Prague, the Czech Republic, there were several names that were steadfast on top of the leaderboard. By the end of Day 3 play on Sunday, that leaderboard had completely changed as the money bubble popped and players began to walk away with some… Read more »
With so many players flocking to the European Poker Tour’s stop in Prague, the Czech Republic, Day 2 turned out to be another “survive and advance” day rather than the popping of the money bubble. By the end of the action of Saturday a new leader had emerged in Gleb Tremzin while the overall Day… Read more »
While they were able to pull in 254 players for the action of Day 1A, the “powers that be” for the European Poker Tour had to be a bit concerned about the player numbers for their stop at the Hilton Prague Hotel in the Czech Republic. As it turned out, there wasn’t any reason for… Read more »
With the holiday season fast approaching, there are fewer and fewer opportunities for poker’s best to make that big score to cover the presents being given. Thus, the European Poker Tour’s stop in Prague, the Czech Republic at the Hilton Prague Hotel is a welcome sight for the crème of European poker as the battle… Read more »
After a miserably-attended Day 1A, it was on to Day 1B of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague Main Event on Wednesday. Just 60 players paid the €3,300 to participate on Tuesday, with only eleven making it a point to be there when the tournament started. It was better on Wednesday, as expected, since… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is back in action this week, swinging through Europe with the start of the WPT Prague Main Event. Though we suppose “action” might not be the most appropriate word here as the turnout was…how should we put this…lacking. According to the updates from WPT.com, only eleven (ELEVEN!) players were seated when… Read more »
As we prepare to head into the final month of 2015, the battle for the two major Player of the Year awards have basically come down to two men. The man who has basically dominated the leaderboards since the 2015 World Series of Poker, Anthony Zinno, has now come under fire from another player who… Read more »
Joe McKeehen fulfilled his poker destiny last night, dispatching Neil Blumenfield and Josh Beckley easily on his way to capturing the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Championship. For his efforts, he won the largest bracelet poker has ever seen (it is a case for the two winning cards, for crying out loud)… Read more »
The remaining field of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event was cut in half last night as just three players are still alive in the battle for the most cherished poker prize in the world. And like the first day of the final table, it is Joe McKeehen who ended the night… Read more »
The final table of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event kicked off Sunday night as nine championship hopefuls – the November Nine – embarked upon the final chapter of their quest to poker immortality. It was slow going as everyone played quite deliberately and after nearly six hours, only three players were… Read more »
The Global Poker Masters, one of the attempts to “sportify” poker by Alexandre Dreyfus and the Global Poker Index (GPI), will return late next year and with a new name to boot: the GPI World Cup. Tuesday morning, Mediarex Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the Global Poker Index, revealed some initial details about… Read more »
In a battle that lasted over four hours, the United Kingdom’s Niall Farrell battled through a difficult final table to take down his first major championship at the European Poker Tour’s stop at the Portomaso Casino in Malta. As Farrell was taking home his title, the United States’ Byron Kaverman was putting another notch in… Read more »
It was a quick day of work for the contenders at the European Poker Tour’s stop in Malta on Thursday. After only 3½ levels of play, the final 16 players have been determined with Alexander Ivarsson emerging as the chip leader with 2.418 million chips once they were bagged up for the day. The folks… Read more »
The European Poker Tour is back in action this week with a stop in Malta. The EPT Malta Main Event kicked off Sunday with the first of two starting flights. Day 1A brought in 184 players while Day 1B saw two and a half times as many join the fun (460 to be exact). After… Read more »
The money bubble burst on Wednesday at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event as the field was narrowed from 65 to 21. The tournament moves to its penultimate day on Thursday, the day the six-handed final table will be determined. With the championship in sight, it is Kevin MacPhee ahead of the… Read more »
The money bubble drew ever closer Tuesday at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event as the field was slashed by about two-thirds. With just 32 players getting paid and 65 remaining going into Wednesday’s Day 3, the field will still need to be cut by half before anyone can exhale even a… Read more »
