The tenth season of the European Poker Tour (EPT) kicked off this weekend and boy, it was some kickoff. The week-long EPT Barcelona Main Event began with two starting flights, Day 1A on Sunday and Day 1B on Tuesday. Day 1A saw 518 players register, while another 708 sat down for Day 1B, creating a… Read more »
Month: September 2013
Maryland Live! Poker Room Opens to Huge Crowds
The Maryland Live! Casino opened its new poker room last Wednesday to the thrill of its customers, who lined up hours in advance just to be amongst the first to play there. The 52-table room cost approximately $20 million to build and features such amenities as phone charging ports in the table legs, roving masseuses,… Read more »
2013 WPT Legends of Poker Day 2: Dan Heimiller Takes Lead on Final Hand
The survivors from the three starting flights came together in a unified Day 2 on Sunday at the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event. They were joined by 47 more registrants who took tournament organizers up on the opportunity for a “last chance” re-entry prior to the start of yesterday’s play.… Read more »
WPT Legends of Poker Day 1C: Fabrice Touli Emerges As Overall Leader, Field Larger Than 2012
After a flurry of activity on Saturday, the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA, for the Legends of Poker smashed through last year’s total entries, finally ending at 669 buy ins. Along the way, a new overall leader for the three Day Ones was crowned in Fabrice Touli. Even… Read more »