World Poker Tour news
The final table of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Canadian Spring Championship wrapped up Tuesday and to the great thrill of the crowd in attendance, Quebec local Jason Comtois won the $160,999 first prize. Comtois began final table play as the second shortest stack with 4,700,000 chips, though that said, he was not at… Read more »
Just 33 eliminations were needed on Monday to narrow the field of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Canadian Spring Championship to the six-handed final table, but it wasn’t the play a few hands and go home affair that many expected. On the contrary, Day 3 lasted nearly nine and a half hours as blinds… Read more »
Three times was the charm this weekend at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Canadian Spring Championship as the third and final starting flight took place Saturday followed by Day 2 on Sunday. Pierre Guenette emerged as the chip leader of both Day 1C and the overall Day 1 field, one of just three players… Read more »
Although there was a throng of players that came out for Friday’s Day 1B action at the World Poker Tour’s stop in Montreal’s Playground Poker Club, the numbers are potentially coming up a bit short for the stop to make its $1 million guaranteed prize pool. Disregarding that, Simon Quintal ensured that he would take… Read more »
It’s not like they haven’t been busy lately but, since a weekend is approaching, the World Poker Tour has decided it has to have a tournament running! The action this weekend is in Montreal, Canada, at the Playground Poker Club as the WPT National Canadian Spring Poker Championship completed its first of three Day Ones… Read more »
Nabil Hirezi, a Jacksonville local, won the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event yesterday, leading nearly wire-to-wire at the final table. For his efforts, Hirezi takes home a first prize worth $206,041, which includes a $15,400 seat in the WPT World Championship. Hirezi had a sizeable lead going into the final… Read more »
The six-handed final table is set at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event and with 2,792,000 chips, Nabil Hirezi is in the driver’s seat. As expected, Day 3 was short, lasting only about five and a half hours, as only 13 eliminations were needed to get down to the final… Read more »
It was a long day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event on Sunday as it took nearly thirteen hours to narrow the Day 2 field from 101 to just 19 before calling it a night. The money bubble burst with the 28th place elimination; thereafter everyone was guaranteed at least… Read more »
Coming into the final table as the second shortest stack, veteran poker professional J. C. Tran used all of his experience in outlasting his opponents on his way to winning his second World Poker Tour championship at the Rolling Thunder event on Thursday. At the start of the day, Quoc Pham held a slightly more… Read more »
After coming off a highly successful swing on the California coast, the World Poker Tour has set anchor on the opposite side of the country, Florida to be exact. The WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open started on Friday, bringing out a smallish field which should expand greatly on Saturday’s Day 1B. Even at the start of… Read more »
The 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event is down to its last day with just six players remaining from the original 465 who plunked down $3,500 to chase a Champions Cup dream. Two players – Quoc Pham and Preston Harwell – lord over the proceedings with chip stacks that may make them… Read more »
It has been a quick tournament at Sacramento’s Thunder Valley Casino Resort, as the inaugural World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event saw its field trimmed from 191 all the way down to just 24 on Monday. Bryan Campanello leads the charge to the six-handed final table with 1,436,000 chips, one of just three… Read more »
It has been one heck of a busy month for the World Poker Tour (WPT) and it just keeps going. The first week of March saw the Commerce Casino host the L.A. Poker Classic. The following week, two tour stops ran simultaneously: the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star in San Jose, California, and the Gioco… Read more »
One of the most highly anticipated new poker tours of the past year, the World Poker Tour’s Alpha8 series, will debut this Sunday at 9PM (Eastern Time) on Fox Sports 1, bringing new poker programming to a ravenous audience. The WPT Alpha8 was created last year as a series of high dollar buy in tournaments… Read more »
After coming to the final table as the chip leader, poker pro Andrea Dato fought through a difficult field – including defeating Sam Trickett in heads up play – to emerge as the champion of the World Poker Tour’s Gioco Digitale Venice Main Event. Dato used a strong run on Day 4 of the tournament… Read more »
Battling through what proved to be an entertaining final table, poker pro James Carroll captured his first major championship in winning the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Star early this morning in San Jose, CA. Carroll would start the day on Friday in a difficult position. Chip leader Mukul Pahuja was stacked with 6.47… Read more »
After a bit of controversy, the final table has been determined in the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Star event, with Mukul Pahuja holding down the top slot on the leaderboard and a former Bay 101 champion looking to win the event for the second time. As Day 3 was getting ready to start,… Read more »
There is so much activity going on right now for the World Poker Tour, it is difficult for the average poker fan to keep up with the hectic pace. For a Thursday, however, one of the events has closed for the day: the WPT Gioco Digitale Venice has wrapped up in Italy for the night,… Read more »
We said yesterday that the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event is one of the most popular tournaments of the year; it’s popularity continues to grow. When added to the 312 players from Day 1A, the 401 players who signed up to play on Tuesday’s Day 1B created a total field… Read more »
As is typically the case in a multiple starting flight tournament, Day 1B of the Gioco Digitale World Poker Tour (WPT) Venice Carnival Main Event saw a larger field than did Day 1A. It is still one of the smallest major tournaments in the world, though, as the 92 players who signed up yesterday brought… Read more »
One of the most fun World Poker Tour events of the year kicked off Monday as the 2014 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star held its Day 1A at the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California. Now in its twelfth year, the tournament features the excitement of $2,500 bounties on as many as 25 “shooting… Read more »
Monday marked the start of two World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Events, with the Gioco Digitale WPT Venice Carnival the first to get underway in Italy. The world’s oldest casino, the Casino di Venezia, is serving as host for this, the final European World Poker Tour event of Season XII. If you are looking to… Read more »
Achieving one of his long sought goals, the United Kingdom’s Chris Moorman came out of the gate fast and defeated Glenn Lafaye in heads up play to take down the championship of the World Poker Tour’s L. A. Poker Classic early Friday morning. Coming to the final table, Moorman was second in chips behind Michael… Read more »
Just two days remain in the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event and the money is starting to get serious. With 18 players left standing (well…sitting), everybody is guaranteed at least $54,850. That price tag will double once eight players are knocked out during today’s Day 5. Leading the charge to… Read more »
It is very unusual to see the chip leader after Day 1 of a major live poker tournament retain his spot atop the leaderboard at the end of Day 2. Scott Blackman did that, leading the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event after each of the first two days. It must… Read more »
