Poker Tournament News
He held the lead after Day Four of the 2023 European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event. He maintained that edge in the Casino Barcelona for Day Five on Friday. And, on Saturday, Simon Wiciak continued to dominate the field as the EPT Barcelona Main Event reached its final table, with the championship set to be… Read more »
The Casino Barcelona has been a more than hospitable host for the European Poker Tour’s traditional stop in Spain. The 2023 EPT Barcelona has battled down from the second-largest tournament in EPT history (2120 entries) to only four tables remaining. Familiar names are few on the leaderboard, but that is something that Simon Wiciak hasn’t… Read more »
When it comes to poker tournaments, it isn’t always about the cards on the table. Sometimes – especially after you’ve busted the event – you’re going to have to find something else to do. For the leading women’s advocacy group in poker, Poker League of Nations, the answer to that is to get on a… Read more »
The money bubble burst at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event Tuesday, leaving just 303 players with chips going into Wednesday’s Day 3. Russia’s Eduard Barsegyan is the leader with 835,000 chips, while Ioannis Zachmanidis has 802,000, the only other player with over 800,000. Lurking in third place is Antoine Labat, who finished… Read more »
Back from the dead Well here’s something: PokerStars has announced the resurrection of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT), more than 12 years after its sudden demise. Just one tour stop, NAPT Las Vegas, is cemented at the moment. Running November 4-12, 2023, the poker festival will be held at Resorts World Las Vegas, a… Read more »
Day 2 of the €5,300 European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event is underway at Casino Barcelona, as the 698 survivors from the two Day 1 flights merge to continue the contest. There was a total of 2,053 entries between the two flights, leaving the field 242 entries short of breaking last year’s tournament record…for… Read more »
France’s Lucien “Ratman” Cohen won the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event on Monday, putting him in the unique position as the victor of the largest live tournament in PokerStars history. The 7,398-entry field at Casino Barcelona generated a €7,102,080 prize pool and a €676,230 first prize for Cohen. It was so large that an… Read more »
After what has seemed to be a lifetime – it HAS been since April, to be honest – the European Poker Tour has jumped back into action. Play is underway at the Casino Barcelona in Spain for the €5000 Main Event and the €100,000 Super High Roller. The Super High Roller finished off its action… Read more »
Thursday night saw the resumption of hostilities in another program that has been specially created by the minds over at PokerGO. High Stakes Duel has proven to be popular with its ability to bring in superstar players in a heads-up format and with massive amounts of cash on the line. In the latest iteration, the… Read more »
The PokerGO Tour, the made-for-streaming tournament series that was created by PokerGO, went on hiatus during the run of the 2023 World Series of Poker. With that tournament in the rearview mirror – and a bunch of big-money events on the way – the PGT has announced the second half of their 2023 schedule. It… Read more »
As if there isn’t enough live poker going on to keep players happy, PokerStars is offering the latest version of their World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Beginning on September 10, PokerStars will be offering a massive 110-event schedule that covers virtually every discipline that is available in the world of poker. Not only does… Read more »
If you are listing the important moments in the history of poker, the development of the World Poker Tour would have to be a part of that list. Founded back in 2002 by Steve Lipscomb and backed by billionaire entrepreneur Lyle Berman, the WPT has gone on over the last twenty years to become one… Read more »
One thing about living in Florida is that poker is plentiful throughout the state. In fact, it can be said that poker in Florida is seeing one of its greatest periods of poker popularity, with high-stakes action, tournaments, and other cash games running daily from the Keys to Tallahassee. I figured it was time to… Read more »
Last week, we told you about the upcoming Maryland State Poker Championship being conducted at Maryland Live! in Hanover. This week, we take a trip down the Atlantic seaboard to Pompano Beach, FL, and Harrah’s, where the Florida State Poker Championship is also in action. Over the next ten days, the biggest events on the… Read more »
Timothy Adams has won the second Triton Main Event of his career, taking the title in the $125,000 buy-in Triton Poker London Main Event on Monday for $4,185,000. His previous victory was at Jeju (South Korea) in 2019, where he won $3,536,550; he is just the third player to win two Triton Main Events.\ Adams… Read more »
GGPoker has revealed the schedule for the upcoming 2023 WSOP Online. Running August 20 to October 2, WSOP Online will offer 33 official gold bracelet events and $60 million in guaranteed prize pools. WSOP Online debuted in 2020, when the traditional, live World Series of Poker had to be canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
Right now, there is a lull in the tournament poker world, especially after the 2023 World Series of Poker. The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series is going on as we speak in London and the European Poker Tour is still a couple of weeks from kicking off its festivities. For those with a bit… Read more »
It seems like the 2023 World Series of Poker just finished – probably because it did – but Caesars and WSOP officials aren’t wasting any time. Striking while the iron is hot, the organizations have announced the dates for the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe. Once again, the best in European poker will gather… Read more »
Now that the dust has settled from the 2023 World Series of Poker, it is time to get back to the battles that the tournament poker world is facing. The 100-plus events (counting the online tournaments) of the 2023 WSOP definitely affected the standing in both major Player of the Year races. The problem is… Read more »
The other day (and don’t ask how these things enter my mind), I started thinking about how people go about poker training nowadays. What happened was I started thinking about an old poker program that I used to have, Donahoe Digital’s Tournament Poker (otherwise known as DD Tournament Poker), and whether I could still use… Read more »
One hand changed everything Atlanta’s Daniel Weinman is the new champion of the poker world, winning the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event in a quick, two-hour final day. The Georgia Tech grad won the biggest prize in Main Event history, $12.1 million, triumphing over a field of 10,043 players, far and away the… Read more »
Though the eyes of the poker world are on the final three players in the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event, Monday is also a big day for smaller buy-in, regional players, as it marks the start of the 2023-2023 WSOP Circuit season. Aside from a holiday break in December, the schedule is nearly… Read more »
We will know who the newest World Series of Poker Main Event champion is later tonight or, if it goes like some final days have gone, tomorrow morning. Just three players – Steven Jones, Daniel Weinman, and Adam Walton – remain, battling it out for astronomical prize money. It’s anyone’s bracelet at this point. Jones… Read more »
It is difficult to find a player that has been on a better heater of late than Bin Weng. In May, Weng made two World Poker Tour final tables, winning the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown’s playout at the HyperX Sports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas. Last night, Weng added to his… Read more »
If you’re thinking that the World Series of Poker is the only game in Las Vegas, you’d be highly mistaken. The World Poker Tour has been running its “One Drop” series of events at the Wynn Las Vegas and their “Everyone for OneDrop” event has proven to be highly successful. They are through Day Two… Read more »
