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 »
It seems like the 2023 World Series of Poker Championship Event has been going on forever – and there are still four more days to go – but, in reality, it has only been in action for the past ten days. Day Six is now in the books, with 49 players left on the battlegrounds,… Read more »
It’s coming down to crunch time at the Wynn Las Vegas. Only 128 players are remaining in the World Poker Tour World Championship event, with the final table set for Sunday. Of those 128 players, the United Kingdom’s Benny Glaser is in an excellent position to make a run for that title as the chip… Read more »
Tony Dunst won the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Event #21: $777 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed on Tuesday night, nabbing $168,342.09 for the victory. Using the screen name “Panoramic,” Dunst outlasted 848 opponents; the 849 total entries and 512 re-buys grew the prize pool to $952,700. This is Dunst’s second career bracelet – he… Read more »
At 3PM Wednesday afternoon Eastern Daylight Savings Time, the “online World Series of Poker” took off on its inaugural flight. For the next 68 days, the eyes of the poker world…well, let’s be honest, it is something that nobody has any clue about whether people will watch or even care. What we do know is… Read more »
The COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent shutdown of pretty much all activity has come as a surprise to many businesses. Although the World Poker Tour has seen their live tournaments around the world shut down, they have been able to tread water well. How? By shifting their attention to online activities and working on improving their… Read more »
It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago, but the World Poker Tour is in the midst of their Season XVII schedule as we speak. As the final few events prepare to wrap ahead of the 2019 WPT Tournament of Champions, the broadcasts of the prior WPT events that make up Season XVII will… Read more »
The newly created Global Poker Awards will be handed out in ceremonies from the studios of Poker Central in April. As one of the past members of the nomination committee for the American Poker Awards, I was once again asked to make nominations for the people, tournaments and moments from poker in the past year… Read more »
The World Poker Tour returns tonight with the inaugural on-air broadcasts of their Season XVI schedule on Fox Sports’ regional network of outlets. There are a few changes to the show, some that haven’t been done since the start of the program back in 2002. For the first time in the history of the WPT,… Read more »
