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 »
Month: September 2022
PokerStars 2022 US COOP Tournament Series Kickoff This Weekend in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is well underway, but that does little for players in the United States, as they are shut out of the global poker network. Fortunately for PokerStars customers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey, the US Championship of Online Poker (US COOP) has returned and kicks off this… Read more »
2022 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event Final Table Set
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 »
2022 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event Day 3: Fred Paradis Leads Final 16
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 »
2022 PokerStars WCOOP Underway, Simon Mattsson Finally Nabs a Title
Every day will be hectic The 2022 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) got underway over the weekend, the beginning of about a month of tournaments and $85 million in guaranteed prize pools. The series has a three-tiered buy-in structure as always, with low, medium, and high buy-ins for each event, bringing the total… Read more »
2022 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event Day 2: Money Bubble Bursts, Corey Wade Leads
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 »
Is the Negreanu/Hellmuth “High Roller Challenge” Kaput?
Back when they were battling it out in a new format, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu got to talking some trash to each other. In the end, it resulted in a challenge from Negreanu to Hellmuth to further prove his abilities on the table. Since that time, however, there has been absolutely NO action on… Read more »
World Poker Tour’s Journey to Tampa Matches 2021 Performance; Marcus Stein Leads the Way
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 »
Joshua Pollock Defeats Ray Quartomy to Win 2022 WPT Legends of Poker
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 »
partypoker MILLIONS Online Begins, Adds to Busy Month for Online Tournament Series
Note: This article was originally published 8/24/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. Fortunately, the timing worked out as such that we could just alter a couple things to make it work. Off to a quick start It seems that the online poker tournament series season is upon us. The 2022 World Series… Read more »
US Record-Setting $1.2 Million Bad Beat Jackpot Hit at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh
But how much did you lose? Nobody likes losing a poker hand. It is even worse when you have a hand like four-of-a-kind and likely got all your money in the pot. Who expects to lose with quads? If you are West Virginia’s Benjamin Flanagan, though, losing with quad aces at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh last… Read more »
2022 WSOP Main Event Champ Espen Jorstad Denies Alex Theologis’ Claim That They Agreed to a 3% Swap
Note: This article was originally published 8/30/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. Jorstad felt compelled to address the situation publicly It is quite commonplace for poker players, professionals, in particular, to make all sorts of financial deals with fellow poker players. Problem is, such deals, especially when they are only agreed upon… Read more »
WPT Legends of Poker Main Event Day 1C: Prize Pool Beats Guarantee, Hits $3.1 Million
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 »
It’s Michael Dyer and then Everyone Else After Day 1B of the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event
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 »
Gun Violence on the Rise at US Casinos
Note: This article was originally published 8/24/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. Tragedy in Sacramento The pandemic was not a fun time for anyone, but casinos really took a hit, as almost all of them were closed for several months and those that did reopen in 2020 did so at partial capacity.… Read more »
Scott Ball Wins Million Dollar Bounty Prize in 2022 WSOP Online
Note: This article was originally published 8/23/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. A million bucks is a nice incentive The 2022 World Series of Poker Online is currently underway at GGPoker and while the Main Event is always the tournament people look forward to in any tournament series, the most highly anticipated… Read more »
Lottery.com Hit With Class Action Lawsuit
Note: This article was originally published 8/23/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. A complete mess The end is likely near for Lottery.com, the lottery ticket management service that lets people play the lottery and keep track of their entries from their phones. On Monday, the Portnoy Law Firm announced that it has… Read more »
Giuliano Bendinelli Wins EPT Barcelona Main Event After Being Down to One Big Blind at the Final Table
Note: This article was originally published 8/22/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. We’re going to start this out with a potent poker cliché: “a chip and a chair.” And even though it’s a cliché, it can be a wise mantra for any poker player. You are not out of a tournament until… Read more »