World Poker Tour news
For a Day 1A, 400 entries was a strong opening act. Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open, though, put the first starting flight to shame. Monday’s field was more than double Sunday’s, an impressive 826 players shelled out the $3,500 to participate. At 1,226 total entries, this is the fourth… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back in the United States this week, setting up shop in one of Atlantic City’s few remaining casinos for the WPT Borgata Poker Open. Yesterday’s Day 1A saw an even 400 players pay the $3,500 to go for the gold with just 172 making it to Day 2. Leading… Read more »
Early Thursday morning (Wednesday evening U. S. time), Alexander Lakhov defeated a surprisingly strong final table that included Toby Lewis, Nicolas Chouity and eventual runner-up Dmitry Gromov to capture the title of the partypoker World Poker Tour Merit Classic North Cyprus. The first international event of the Season XIII schedule for the WPT drew in… Read more »
There is just one day left in the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event as the field was whittled down to the six-handed final table during Tuesday’s Day 4. After two days as the leader, Antonio Buonanno was unable to make it to Wednesday’s tournament conclusion; the chip leader going… Read more »
The money bubble burst at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event Monday as the field was reduced from 79 to just 30 with two days left to play. Leading the way once again was Antonio Buonanno, who was also the chip leader after Day 2. With 1.175 million chips, Buonanno… Read more »
With three days down and three to go, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event is half over. Well, it is actually two days down, with one of those days being split into two starting flights, but you get the picture. Ok, three calendar days down, three to go. Is that… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has stepped overseas for their next event, landing in the sunny climes of the Mediterranean at the Merit Crystal Cove Casino for the partypoker WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus. For its Day 1A action on Friday, a decent sized field came out to play and, by the end of the night,… Read more »
Local favorite Harry Arutyunyan, who calls the Bicycle Casino his home turf, fought off a difficult final table on his way to defeating Mike Eskandari to take home the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker championship early Saturday morning. Coming to the final table, Arutyunyan was in good position with his 3.67 million stack good… Read more »
The first official event of Season XIII of the World Poker Tour has reached its penultimate day as Massoud Eskandari leads the final table at the WPT Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. 16 men returned to action on Thursday, looking to get down to the official WPT final table of… Read more »
Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event was the first in which the entire field was playing together at the same time. 223 players came out of the three Day 1’s, but only one of the three chips leaders from the starting flights – Tyler Cornell – made it… Read more »
Tyler Cornell ran away with Day 1C of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event Monday, finishing the day with nearly 100,000 more chips than his nearest opponent. As is almost always the case in a multi-starting flight event, Day 1C was the largest of the three flights, with 222 entrants… Read more »
The WPT500 was held during the World Series of Poker Main Event, but the “real” World Poker Tour (WPT) started this weekend with the 2014 WPT Legends of Poker at the legendary Bicycle Casino in California. Days 1A and 1B are in the books with 1C currently running; leading a strong field to this point… Read more »
The first Main Event of the new season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) is set to begin this weekend. But Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler, the live tournament min-cash king, is not planning to play in the 2014 WPT Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino in L.A. On Tuesday, he announced he will be boycotting… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced last week that it has inked a deal with the Global Poker Index (GPI) which will the see the WPT use the GPI’s ranking system for the Season XIII WPT Player of the Year race. In a press release, WPT President Adam Pliska said, “I applaud Alexandre Dreyfus and… Read more »
Utilizing the chip lead at the final table, the current Global Poker Index Player of the Year leader, Keven Stammen, dominated on his way to capturing the World Poker Tour World Championship at the Borgata in Atlantic City on Saturday night. Stammen, who captured the lead from Byron Kaverman in knocking out television table bubble… Read more »
After a quick seven hour session on Friday, the World Poker Tour World Championship final table has been set. Going to play on Saturday afternoon at the Borgata in Atlantic City Keven Stammen, the current leader of the Global Poker Index Player of the Year race, holds a big chip lead over a talented field… Read more »
The action at the Borgata in Atlantic City has been rapid as the World Poker Tour’s World Championship has worked its way down to the final 18 players. For the last two days, the man at the helm of the field has been Canada’s Eric Afriat, the winner of the previous tournament, the WPT Seminole… Read more »
Day 1B of the 2014 World Poker Tour World Championship came and went at the Borgata in Atlantic City yesterday and good news! No reports of counterfeit chips! As expected, more players turned out for Tuesday’s action than Monday’s: 223 runners versus 105, creating a total field of 328. Jason Koon emerged from the second… Read more »
The beginning of the end has begun. Monday marked Day 1A of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship, the final tournament of WPT Season XII, one of the most prestigious events on the poker calendar. With a buy-in of $15,000 + $400, it won’t be the largest tournament on the tour, but it… Read more »
After more than six hours of competition, the third shortest stack to start the day, Eric Afriat, completed an unlikely comeback to outduel World Poker Tour Player of the Year leader Mukul Pahuja and take down the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown late last night. Afriat came to the final table with only 6.76… Read more »
It was a surprisingly long day at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event on Tuesday, as it took over ten hours to narrow the field from only eighteen to six. But Day 4 did end and the final table has been set with Mukul Pahuja presiding over his… Read more »
The plan for Monday at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event was to play down to 27 runners, but if time allowed the option to slice off another nine players was an option. It was the latter situation that presented itself last night, so nearly 100 of the… Read more »
Following an exciting three starting flights in which the largest-ever field was seen for a World Poker Tour (WPT) event, Day 2 of the 2014 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event took place on Sunday. 673 Day 1 survivors took their seats knowing that it was still going to be a long, hard… Read more »
With a massive outpouring of entries over Friday and Saturday’s action, the World Poker Tour stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for the 2014 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown has become the largest ever event (by number) in the history of the WPT. As the 673 survivors ready for Day 2… Read more »
The next to last stop for the Season XII schedule on the World Poker Tour kicked off yesterday in the sunny climes of Florida. Day 1A of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, is in the books with two notable names sitting atop… Read more »
