In the last matchup before the World Poker Tour World Championship in mid-December, the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open title was determined last night. In the end, Andrew Wilson rode a monster start-of-day chip lead to the title. On the way to that championship, Wilson was also able to deny two attempts at… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is back in action with their Season XX schedule, and it is a big one. The WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open is underway at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL, and the players have flooded the floor for the first of two-Day Ones. One player who will… Read more »
Down to the wire Jake Ferro made a huge run at the end of 2021 to capture the World Poker Tour Season XIX Player of the Year title, narrowly beating out several strong players for the crown. Ferro earned 1,550 Player of the Year points thanks to three WPT Main Event cashes and one final… Read more »
With the return of tournament poker to the poker community, the different Player of the Year races have also sprung back to life. One thing has remained the same, however. The different “High Roller” events have made for an unbalanced leaderboard, as evidenced by high roller regular Ali Imsirovic’s ascension to the top of both… Read more »
While it may not have been as big as the Season XVIII finale in Hollywood, FL, a couple of months back, the inaugural stop by the World Poker Tour for the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event has been memorable. The $2 million guarantee was smashed soon after the start of Day 1B play,… Read more »
The ribbon has been placed on what has been the longest season in the history of the World Poker Tour. Brek Schutten earned the championship of the delayed final table of the 2021 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, taking home a million-dollar plus payday. In the same event, Brian Altman finished off an outstanding… Read more »
Veerab Zakarian won the 2020 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open Sunday night, claiming a first prize of $674,840. If it sounds weird that he won a 2020 tournament nearly halfway through 2021, that’s ok. It is weird. The hopefully never-to-be-seen-again confluence of events that created the odd name/calendar pairing were the planned… Read more »
It seems like it has gone on forever, but Season XVIII of the World Poker Tour will finally come to a close over the next week. The WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown will begin tomorrow, the final event on what has been a season like no other. The WPT Seminole Hard Rock will also… Read more »
Amid a flurry of poker tournaments staged over the past couple of weeks, the World Poker Tour has arguably left the most prestigious one for last. The WPT L. A. Poker Classic (known by the acronym LAPC) is a venerable stop on the circuit that will begin action on Saturday, bringing back a nostalgia for… Read more »
Seems like they tried to sneak it in on the world of poker, but the World Poker Tour will have two final tables going on this Sunday. As the players battle it out in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for the WPT Germany (don’t ask), those in North America will be taking on the challenge of the… Read more »
The final table is set for the World Poker Tour’s stop at the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open. There’s a chance at some history as Brian Altman looks for his third ever WPT title, but he’ll have two obstacles to that achievement. One is the chip leader, Veerab Zakarian, and the other four men at… Read more »
The World Poker Tour continues its breakneck schedule through the early part of 2020 with their latest stop on the East Coast. The Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ, is the host for the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open and, once again, the players have flooded the floor to the tune of 1290 entries for the… Read more »
He had talked for days about the possibility and on Wednesday, Brian Altman’s hopes finally came to fruition: he won the 2020 World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open. In doing so, he became the first person in World Poker Tour history to win the same event twice. “Winning a second WPT title feels… Read more »
Brian Altman was at the top of the leaderboard for days and now with just one day left in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open, he is the chip leader going into the six-handed final table. It is a two-man race at the moment, as Altman has 10.400 million chips, but is… Read more »
The good news about my Green Bay Packers getting completely outclassed yesterday to end their season is that the next couple weeks won’t be filled with overloading my brain with Super Bowl info. As a result, I should have more time to write wonderful poker content. For example, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts… Read more »
In what turned out to be a rapid final table, the chances at World Poker Tour history for pros Brian Altman and Anthony Zinno were denied. Instead of seeing a name etched again on the WPT Champions’ Cup, newcomer Nitis Udornpim came off a short stack to snatch the title away and become the newest… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland at Live! Casino Main Event final table has been set and for the first time all tournament, Brian Altman is not the chip leader at the end of a day. That’s not to say he’s in bad shape, though, as Altman is still in a solid second position going… Read more »
Just 51 players remain in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland at Live! Casino Main Event after Day 2 with Brian Altman, the chip leader going into the day, still in the number one spot. It’s shaping up to be a great contest down the stretch as Altman is trailed closely by Jeffrey Colpitts. Altman… Read more »
The first of two-Day Ones is in the books for the World Poker Tour’s Maryland Live! Main Event and it looks like it is going to be a good one. At the end of Day 1A, a WPT Champions’ Club member, Brian Altman, powered his way through the field of 217 entries to be the… Read more »
The first quarter of the tournament poker season is in the books and, if there is one thing that can be shown, it is that the High Roller tournaments are meaning more than any other event. Bryn Kenney, a High Roller regular, is atop the standings in one Player of the Year race and recent… Read more »
While the World Poker Tour gets ready to stage three final tables beginning next week (more on this in a bit), the regular tour is going on at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Northern California. The WPT Rolling Thunder, now in its sixth year, has finished off its two-Day Ones and currently is looking… Read more »
When the best players in the game today are discussed, his is a name you seldom hear mentioned. You’ll hear about the best Germans – Fedor Holz, Dominik Nitsche, Rainer Kempe, among others – or about Justin Bonomo or Michael Mizrachi here in the U. S. With his victory in the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s final stop for the 2018 calendar year is inching closer to its conclusion. After setting a record for the largest ever $10,000 tournament in its history, the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic popped the money bubble on Thursday and brought the field closer to crowning a champion on Saturday night.… Read more »
