World Poker Tour news
I was listening to a podcast while making dinner last night about my all-time favorite movie, Field of Dreams (if you like sports and sports movies, check out the Big Screen Sports podcast – it’s fun!). Naturally, they talked about James Earl Jones’ big monologue near the end, part of which goes, “America has rolled… Read more »
Becoming a World Poker Tour (WPT) champion is a wonderful accomplishment. Having the specific feat be a first in poker history is even cooler. On Tuesday, David Tang won the WPT Australia Main Event, the first main tour stop in Australia in the WPT’s illustrious history. The total field was 710 players, generating a prize… Read more »
Season 19 episodes coming soon Continuing its dive into the world of NFTs, the World Poker Tour (WPT) announced that it will work with Theta Labs to create a Web3-based season pass for WPT broadcasts, billed as the first such product of its kind. The 12-month WPT Season Pass will exist on the Theta blockchain.… Read more »
In a six handed final table that lasted well over 260 hands and almost eight hours, Corey Wade was the last player standing from the 1165 entry field in Tampa, FL. At the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the “City of Champions,” Wade was able to come… Read more »
The field of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event was trimmed from 16 to just six on Tuesday as the final table is now ready to go. The remaining players will gather on Wednesday afternoon to battle it out for the $615,500 first prize and their name on the WPT… Read more »
According to the tournament structure sheet, the 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event was supposed to play down to 24 players on Monday. I suppose the competitors were just having too much fun, though, Day 3 finished with just 16 players as the tournament heads into its penultimate day. Leading… Read more »
Just 99 players remain in the 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event, down from the 414 that began Day 2. Corey Wade is the chip leader going into Monday’s Day 3, holding 1.945 million chips. With 1,165 total entries (which, as noted over the weekend, was the exact same number… Read more »
Not resting on its laurels from the stop at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles for the Legends of Poker, the World Poker Tour has jumped back on the horse immediately. Traipsing from one side of the country to the other, the WPT has landed at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa,… Read more »
It started quickly, but it would become an extremely long battle. In the end, it was poker player Joshua Pollock who was able to defeat Ray Quartomy to capture the title of the World Poker Tour’s most recent stop at the Legends of Poker in Los Angeles. In taking down his first major championship, Pollack… Read more »
Note: This article was originally published 8/30/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. The World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event is through its three starting flights and, as was the case after Day 1B, Michael Dyer is the chip leader, and it’s not even close. With 739,000 chips, he is… Read more »
Note: This article was originally published 8/29/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. The $5,250 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event is currently in the last of three starting flights at The Bike, as the prize pool continues to build toward the $2.5 million guarantee. After Days 1A and… Read more »
It might be a bit far off in the future for some, but it looks like Las Vegas will be the place to be for tournament poker just before Christmas. The World Poker Tour has announced the schedule of events for the 2022 WPT World Championship, which will run from December 1-19. More importantly for… Read more »
The World Poker Tour season paused during the World Series of Poker, but it did not wait a single minute to get started again. On Sunday, Robert Mizrachi won the WPT Venetian Las Vegas Main Event, the first WPT title of his already-successful live tournament career. The $5,000 buy-in event drew 1,178 entrants, pumping the… Read more »
You might be forgiven if you missed the fact that the World Poker Tour is continuing its Season XX schedule right now in Las Vegas. The WPT opened action on the 2022 WPT Venetian Las Vegas, right smack in the middle of the climactic moments of the 2022 World Series of Poker, but they have… Read more »
Playing under the bright lights The World Poker Tour has announced the addition of the WPT Ladies World Championship to this year’s schedule. The tournament will part of the WPT World Championship event lineup at Wynn Las Vegas, slated for December 1-20. The WPT Ladies World Championship will run December 16-18. The buy-in will be… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has announced that it has signed legendary poker player – THE legendary poker play – Doyle Brunson as an ambassador. Brunson, who will turn 89 this summer, will attend WPT events and promote the Tour online. “Doyle has been a part of the World Poker Tour from the very beginning,” said… Read more »
With everyone in town for the start of the 2022 World Series of Poker next week, the World Poker Tour thought it would be a clever idea to finish some leftover events from earlier in 2022. Those two events, the 2022 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and the 2022 WPT Choctaw, were completed this… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Main Event final table shapes up to be a great one, as the chip counts of the six remaining players are as even as you will ever see. Leading the way is Ray Qartomy with 9.400 million chips. And while first place is where you want to be, regardless… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) got back in action this weekend in Oklahoma with the WPT Choctaw stop at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant. After a pair of Day 1 starting flights and Sunday’s Day 2, Chance Kornuth is the chip leader – barely – with 2.845 million chips. With just 36 players… Read more »
Influential vlogger The World Poker Tour (WPT) has announced the signing of Brad Owen as its second ambassador. As part of his ambassadorship, Owen will represent the Tour at live WPT events and create content for the World Poker Tour. “I am excited to be joining the team at WPT,” said Owen in Tuesday’s press… Read more »
Over the past two days, the World Poker Tour has announced the addition – or return, to be exact – of two stops to its 2022 schedule. The WPT Venetian in Las Vegas will run July 7-17 in Las Vegas, while the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa is slated for August 25 – September 6.… Read more »
Just as we predicted there would be, there are just 16 players remaining in the 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown heading into Day 4 (disclaimer: the fact that the WPT specifically said that Day 3 would end with 16 players greatly informed our prediction). And for the second day in… Read more »
The 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown looks to be an entertaining race down the stretch, as several players are within striking distance of the top spot with just 99 entrants remaining. And manning that top spot going into Day 3 is Mark Davis with 3.740 million chips. Immediately behind Davis… Read more »
Of late, the World Poker Tour has not had much of the “world” in its moniker. They have gone from Las Vegas to Florida and…back to Las Vegas again. This time around, the WPT has headed to one of its favorite sites, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, and has seen… Read more »
The king is dead, long live the king! On Tuesday, the World Poker Tour announced that it is retiring the WPTDeepStacks brand, replacing it with a new splinter tour, WPT Prime. WPT Prime will debut this spring with three events in Asia. “Our continued efforts to improve the WPT live tournament experience will benefit more… Read more »
