World Poker Tour news
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 »
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 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 a lengthy heads up battle which saw the combatants each hold the lead with the potential to end the tournament, Spain’s Javier Gomez was finally able to outlast Moldova’s Pavel Plesuv to take down the championship of the World Poker Tour’s stop in Prague, the Czech Republic Sunday evening. Saturday’s action saw 18 men… Read more »
The third day of the World Poker Tour stop in Prague, the Czech Republic is in the books. After a furious final few moments of action during the day, Pavel Plesuv emerged as the leader with only 18 players (two tables) remaining in contention. 60 players stepped back to the tables in the King’s Casino… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has set anchor in Prague, the Czech Republic for a week of poker that has so far proven to be pretty exciting. The King’s Casino in Prague is the location for the €3000 Main Event that has drawn a quality field amongst its competitors, including several players in pursuit of the… 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 »
In a final table that stretched to the wee hours of Friday morning, Jared Mahoney came from the short stack at the start of the final table and was able to defeat poker veteran Darryll Fish to take down the partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal at the Playground Poker Club. The $3500 (Canadian, roughly equal… Read more »
In a move that is leaving many shaking their heads, the World Poker Tour (WPT) announced last week that its season will no longer conclude with the venerable WPT World Championship, but rather a new, invite-only WPT Tournament of Champions. Actually, one of the interesting parts of the announcement was that it was not a… Read more »
Aaron Mermelstein joined a select group of poker players Tuesday as he became just the 25th repeat winner in World Poker Tour (WPT) history, as he took the crown in the inaugural WPT Maryland Live! Main Event. Not only was it his second WPT title, but it was also the second he earned this calendar… Read more »
It was a fairly short day at the inaugural World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland Live! Main Event as only fourteen eliminations were needed to determine the composition of the final table. Leading the charge into Tuesday’s action is the chip leader entering Monday, 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Greg Merson. With… Read more »
The 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland Live! Main Event has been a swift one, as after just two days (three calendar days because of the two starting flights), the field has been whittled from 337 to just 20 players. Leading the charge for the quarter-million dollar first prize is 2012 World Series of Poker… Read more »
Not one to rest on their laurels, the World Poker Tour quickly swung back into action after the conclusion of the Borgata Poker Open. In fact, while David Paredes was wrapping up the championship of that event, the first of two Day Ones took place at the newest venue for the WPT, Maryland Live! in,… Read more »
After hovering around the top of the leaderboard for the past two days, poker professional David Paredes made his big breakthrough in taking down his first major tournament poker championship in winning the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City late Friday night. Paredes, who held the Day 3 chip lead earlier this… Read more »
After battling through a massive field over the past four days, the final table is now set for the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City. Leading the final six men will be James Gilbert, but every player at the final table has a wealth of experience and could take down the championship.… Read more »
Once again the players have turned out to the Borgata in Atlantic City for the Borgata Poker Open and it is shaping up to be an outstanding final table battle. With 25 players remaining, David Parades is set up to take aim at his first major poker championship with several top pros in pursuit. 127… Read more »
The survivors from Day 1A and 1B met on Tuesday at the Borgata in Atlantic City for Day 2 of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Main Event. After late registration closed, the total field, including those who had already been eliminated, end up at 1,027 players. Just 127 runners remain heading… Read more »
The opening flights of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Main Event in Atlantic City are complete and the survivors from each are ready to combine into a single field today for Day 2. Sofia Lövgren came out of Day 1B as the chip leader both of her flight and of the… Read more »
The World Poker Tour was back in action Sunday with the first of two starting flights of the WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event in Atlantic City. This $3,300 + $200 No-Limit Hold’em tournament has a $3 million guaranteed prize pool and will pay down to 120 places if its field reaches the same size… Read more »
After a huge event following their “restart” after the World Series of Poker – the massive Legends of Poker tournament in California earlier this month – the World Poker Tour kicks back into action this afternoon with the Borgata Poker Open in New Jersey. Usually one of the bigger events on the WPT circuit, the… Read more »
After battling from the brink of elimination, Mike Shariati stunned Freddy Deeb early Saturday morning to capture the championship of the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker Main Event at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, FL. As he had for the prior two day, Aaron Kweskin came to the six-handed WPT final table with… Read more »
Day 3 for the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA, is in the books with Aaron Kweskin at the head of the final 15 players left. Perhaps more impressive than Kweskin’s run to the top is the presence of actor Bill Fagerbakke, known for his portrayal of… Read more »
The survivors from the three starting flights of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event, plus some late entrants, came together in a single field for the first time on Tuesday for Day 2 of the tournament at the “legendary” (HA! I crack me up.) Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California.… Read more »
