The 2023 tournament poker season is still in its infancy, but there have already been some big events. Bin Weng’s victory last weekend at The Borgata’s “The Return” in Atlantic City crowned him the first million-dollar champion of 2023. Now, the PokerGO Tour steps into the breech with the 2023 PokerGO Cup, where Sean Winter… Read more »
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Chance Kornuth Goes Back-to-Back, Wins Event #3 of “Stairway to Millions”
Sometimes, the crème does rise to the top. Continuing his streak in PokerGO’s “Stairway to Millions” series at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Chance Kornuth not only cashed in the third of three events on the calendar, but he also won his second tournament on the roster. This victory for Kornuth in Event… Read more »
PokerGO’s “Stairway to Millions” Kicks Off, Daniel Sepiol & Chance Kornuth Early Victors
The latest effort from PokerGO to create a tournament poker schedule is its “Stairway to Millions,” honestly not an original idea (more on this in a moment). The “Stairway to Millions” kicked off on Wednesday with its first tournament at ARIA Resort & Casino and, to PokerGO’s credit, it actually turned out to be a… Read more »
WPT Champions’ Club Member Ben Hamnett Leads After Two Days at WPT Five Diamond
The final major tournament of one of the circuits is fully underway at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. After two days of battle set the field, World Poker Tour Champions’ Club Member Ben Hamnett has forged his way into the lead of the WPT Five Diamon World Poker Classic with a sizeable 800,000 chip stack.… Read more »
2021 WPT Venetian: WPT Champion James Carroll Takes Overall Lead on Day 2
The World Poker Tour’s successful return in 2021 has been further demonstrated by their current stop at The Venetian in Las Vegas. The WPT Venetian had nearly 1000 entries for their $5000 Main Event and, beginning on Sunday’s Day 2, more than 200 players were still alive for the title. By the end of the… Read more »
2021 WPT Venetian: More Than 500 Players Enter Day 1B, Dustin Dirksen Still Overall Leader
The World Poker Tour continues forward into the “brave new world” of post-COVID tournament poker, and it seems the rest of the poker community is ready to come along. The sheer number of players ended up crushing the guarantee at the WPT Venetian in Las Vegas before the dinner break on Friday night. On Saturday,… Read more »
2021 WPT Venetian: Dustin Dirksen, Joseph Cheong Top Day 1A Leaderboard
The World Poker Tour is back in action again, this time stepping back into the familiar stomping grounds of Las Vegas. The Venetian is playing host to the WPT Venetian for the next few days, marking the first major tournament schedule to resume under the COVID regulations in the city. The WPT is expecting a… Read more »
WPT Gardens Poker Championship Day 2: Final Field Breaks 250 Entry Mark as Markus Gonsalves Captures Lead
Building a very nice prize pool, there were many stragglers who came into the game for Day 2 of the World Poker Tour’s Gardens Poker Championship at the Gardens Casino in California. Those extra entries didn’t have an effect on the decimating rate of eliminations, however, as only 48 survived the day with Markus Gonsalves… Read more »
Shaun Deeb Takes Over Lead from Robert Campbell in WSOP Player of the Year Race
We said it was possible and Shaun Deeb is getting it done. Deeb, currently in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, for the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe festivities, has passed the man who led at the end of the WSOP in Las Vegas, Robert Campbell, to take over the lead in the race for WSOP Player… Read more »
Bryn Kenney, Sean Winter Take Lead at Quarter Mark in POY Races
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 »
WPT L. A. Poker Classic Main Event Day 1: Hyung Kim, Blake Bohn Atop the Standings, 523 Players Already Registered
The World Poker Tour has landed in Los Angeles, CA (actually Commerce, CA, if you want to be exact), for the latest incarnation of the only tournament that has been a part of each of their 17 seasons of action. The L. A. Poker Classic Main Event at the Commerce Casino has once again brought… Read more »