It was not until the start of Day Two of the 2024 World Poker Tour Montreal at the Playground Poker Club that the players learned what they were playing for. Because late registration/reentry for the tournament was extended until the start of the action on Sunday, nobody was sure how high the figures would go.… Read more »
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Money Bubble Pops on Day Two at WPT Choctaw, James Mackey Tops Leaderboard
The World Poker Tour’s visit to Oklahoma continued through Sunday as the money bubble popped in their $3500 Main Event. After the Day 1B players were counted, the $2 million guaranteed prize pool was topped, by a healthy margin, and the money started flowing. After Day Two, a former champion of this event, James Mackey,… Read more »
Erik Seidel, Jesse Lonis Draw First Blood at 2024 U. S. Poker Open
The 2024 U. S. Poker Open is alive once again! The PokerGO Studios at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas is the place for all the poker action over the next ten days, and the players are not wasting any time getting down to business. On Tuesday, Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel continued… Read more »
Barny Boatman Earns His Biggest Win Ever in Taking Down 2024 EPT Paris Main Event Title
It isn’t like poker legend Barny Boatman hasn’t done a few things in the world of poker. A two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and one of the founders of the vaunted group The Hendon Mob, it could be said that Boatman has done it all. One thing that was still on the list,… Read more »
David Kaufmann Heads Final Table of 2024 EPT Paris Main Event, Peter Jorgne Earns Trip Back to Final Table
It had all the inklings of being a great runup to the final table, and the penultimate day of the 2024 European Poker Tour Main Event did not fail to deliver. Six men remain in contention, including the legendary Barny Boatman, the chip leader at the start of the Day Five action. But he has… Read more »
Final 18 Players Set at 2024 EPT Paris, “Mobster” Barny Boatman at the Helm
It is getting down to crunch time at Le Palais des Congres in Paris as the first Main Event for the 2024 European Poker Tour winds down. Only eighteen players remain from the original 1747 entries as they drive towards the million-euro payday that awaits one of the players come Sunday. Atop the standings is… Read more »
Day Three Complete at EPT Paris Main Event, Panagiotis Mavritsakis Leads Final 57 Players
It has been a record-breaking stay in the “City of Lights” for the European Poker Tour. The €5000 Main Event has become one of the biggest in the history of the circuit and the tournament has brought some new names to light and reignited the competitive spirit in some veterans. Day Three is now complete,… Read more »
Eric Afriat Wins WPT Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event
Eric Afriat was the short stack of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Fallsview Poker Classic with ten players remaining. He was the short stack going into the official six-handed final table. But as we know in poker, all it takes is “a chip and a chair.” Afriat came back from the brink to take the… Read more »
2019 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Day 3: Final 81 Players Vying for Title, T. K. Miles Holds Lead
As usual, the World Poker Tour’s final event for the 2019 calendar year has once again drawn out the players looking for a Christmas present. The WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic is in full swing, having built a 1035 entry field with one of the few $10,000 buy-in events left on their schedule. There… Read more »
2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Day 1B: Uri Kadosh Maintains Overall Lead, Record Field for Event
The opening salvos have been fired in the 2018 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and the shots have been spectacular. The numbers for the two-Day Ones have set a record for the tournament and, while former WPT champion Eric Afriat took the Day 1B chip lead honors, it is Day 1A leader… Read more »
Eric Afriat Earns Second WPT Title in Coming from Short Stack to Win WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open
Defying the odds by coming off the short stack, Eric Afriat earned his second World Poker Tour championship on Friday by winning the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City. To say (and don’t groan) the deck was stacked against Afriat would be an understatement. He scraped into the final table with a 2.28… Read more »
2018 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 4: Final Table Determined, Zach Gruneberg Holds Massive Lead
Dominating play once it reached the unofficial final table, Zach Gruneberg will hold a dominant lead when the final six players meet this afternoon to determine the champion of the 2018 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City. Day 4 action began on Thursday with 27 hopefuls remaining in the chase for… Read more »