Negreanu gets on the scoreboard It was over two years in the making, but Daniel Negreanu finally did it. He finally won a match in High Stakes Duel, beating Eric Persson in the first round of High Stakes Duel 4 Monday night. Each man brought $50,000 to the table, so Negreanu pocketed a $100,000 prize.… Read more »
As we move through life, we have good days and bad days, good weeks and bad weeks. For me, a good week is usually one in which I get my work done quickly every day, have a chance to relax a bit, and my wife and kids have happy, healthy, life-work balances (the school year… Read more »
Brandon Guzman leads the World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Main Event heading into Monday’s Day 3, as just 28 players remain. Holding 3.600 million chips, he is just one of two players with over 3 million; the other is Alex Foxen, who has 3.380 million. Just behind the two chip leaders is Bing Weng with… Read more »
The PokerGO streaming program High Stakes Duel has captured the attention of a great deal of the poker world. There’s still room for some innovation with the program, however, as PokerGO proved on Friday night. In what was a precursor for the match on Monday evening, poker veteran Mike Matusow showed that he still has… Read more »
In reality, it was never a battle. In way less time than the parameters of the match dictated, poker professional Matt Berkey was able to crush Nik ‘Airball’ Arcot in a heads-up cash game battle. The final verdict? Berkey walked away from the “fight” with more than a million dollars and Arcot left with more… Read more »
It was a historic cap to what has been a historic event. Tying the record for the largest-ever Monte Carlo Main Event, the European Poker Tour’s stop at the Monte Carlo Casino was finished with another name joining the shortlist that has won two stops on the EPT circuit. When the last card fell, Canada’s… Read more »
If playing poker is the lifestyle that many want to pursue, how about pursuing that lifestyle on the French Riviera? The European Poker Tour has been doing that for the past week with the EPT Monte Carlo at the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco. What was a record field for the tournament is now down… Read more »
Bin Weng has got to be lamenting that the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship is one of the WPT tournaments whose final table will be held in Las Vegas because he is crushing it. With 46.050 million chips, Weng has more than the next two players combined; the first prize… Read more »
Caesars is doing some rearranging of its properties on the Las Vegas Strip. On Monday, the company announced that Horseshoe Las Vegas’ Jubilee Tower will become part of Paris Las Vegas as part of a $100 million renovation project. The hotel tower will be renamed Versailles Tower and will be connected to the rest of… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship event is down to just 16 players as the tournament heads into its penultimate day on Tuesday. Sridhar Sangannagari is the chip leader after Day 3, holding a stack of 18.125 million chips. Only two other players – James Anderson (16.925 million) and Rafael… Read more »
Wynn Resorts is expanding its casino portfolio. Upwards. On Thursday, the company revealed a $3.9 billion integrated resort plan in United Arab Emirates on the man-made Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah. The focal point of the development is a 1,000-foot tall hotel tower on the Arabian Gulf. The property will have everything one… Read more »
70-year-old Dave Hughes won a $250 event during the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown for $5,555. That’s great, right? Unfortunately, it’s really not. The tournament was the Ladies No-Limit Hold’em event and Mr. Hughes is certainly no lady. Fortunately, it feels like men entering women’s events does not happen as often… Read more »
After two Day Ones that stretched the limits of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s tournament floor, the World Poker Tour’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown played through Day Two on Sunday in Hollywood, FL. They were able to get the money bubble popped from the 287 players who were fortunate enough to earn… Read more »
