The World Poker Tour is at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for WPT…Germany? Yes, the WPT Germany Main Event is underway, with the second of three starting flights coming to a close Wednesday. Laszlo Papai goes into Day 2 as the chip leader, coming out of Day 1A with 246,900 chips. Josef Gulas, the… Read more »
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Final Table Set for WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open, Brian Altman Looks for Title #3
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 »
2020 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 3: Patrick Serda Maintains Lead Over Final 28 Players
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 »
2020 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 2: Happy Birthday, Patrick Serda
Everyone wants to have a perfect birthday. Birthdays are special! We only get, I don’t know, 100 to 150 of them in our lives? Chief Justice John Roberts just celebrated his by presiding over an impeachment trial, which would not qualify as a perfect birthday. But Patrick Serda certainly had one, as he ended Day… Read more »
2020 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 1B: Francis Anderson Eclipses 300K
They are through both starting flights in Atlantic City as the 2020 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open is on to Day 2 on Tuesday. There were 683 entries on Day 1B, bringing the total field to more than 1,000. Registration is open for the first two levels of Day 2, so there… Read more »
2020 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 1A: L.J. Sande Out in Front Early
‘Tis a busy start of the year for the World Poker Tour, as yet another WPT event got underway over the weekend. The WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event kicked off on Sunday with the first of two starting days. There were a total of 382 entries on Day 1A, with 199 players making… Read more »
Brian Altman Wins WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open for the Second Time
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 »
WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Final Table Set
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 »
WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event – Brian Altman Leads Day 2
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 »
WPT Gardens Poker Championship Main Event Final Table Set
Chance Kornuth was the chip leader going into Day 4 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Gardens Poker Championship and he remains in that position coming out of it with just six players remaining. Though the final table has been set, the six men must now wait until March 31st to play it out at… Read more »
WPT Gardens Poker Championship Day 3: Chance Kornuth Leads Remaining 14 Players
Chance Kornuth is the leader of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Gardens Poker Championship after Sunday’s Day 3, holding 1.709 million chips. With just 14 players remaining, Kornuth is in fantastic position to try for his first WPT title. It’s a bit of the “haves and have-nots” on the leaderboard heading into Monday’s action. After… 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 »
WPT Gardens Poker Championship: First Tournament of 2020 Has Randall Emmett, Cole Sudeck Atop Leaderboard
While many may be lamenting that, for the first time in 16 years, there is nothing going on in the Bahamas, the tournament poker world is going on. It may have slipped under the radar, but the World Poker Tour has gotten back into its Season XVIII swing with a stop at the Gardens Casino… Read more »
Win a WPT Event in 2020 After Qualifying on ClubWPT, Win a Million Bucks
The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced on Tuesday a new promotion in conjunction with ClubWPT that will reward ClubWPT players handsomely should they win a WPT Main Tour event. This year, any ClubWPT member who qualifies for a WPT Main Tour event and then wins it will win a $1 million bonus in addition to… Read more »
The State of the Poker Union, Circa 2020
It is always a good time to take stock in the health of anything involved in your life. From your finances to your health to your future plans, individuals do a yearly review to try to improve their situations. Businesses do the same thing, with intricate reviews across all facets of their operations. Governments even… Read more »
Alex Foxen Captures WPT Five Diamond in Drive to Repeat As Player of the Year
The final championship for the World Poker Tour in 2019 has been determined. After a seven-hour final table battle, defending Global Poker Index Player of the Year Alex Foxen was able to capture one of the most prestigious titles on the WPT circuit, the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic. In addition to winning the… Read more »
2019 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Day 4: 22 Players Remain as Seth Davies Takes Over Lead
The World Poker Tour is pulling into the home stretch of its final event on the Main Tour for the 2019 calendar year. The WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas is down to its final 22 players, with each table filled with tough competition and newcomers looking to make… 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 »
2019 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic – T.K. Miles Leads After Day 2
T.K. Miles is the pace setter at the 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic after Day 2, finishing Tuesday with 688,500 chips. Two other players – Mike Vanier and Alex Papazian – have over 600,000, while another four players eclipsed the half-million chip mark. After registration closed at the end of… Read more »
WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Day 1: Toby Boas Takes Early Lead
The final World Poker Tour Main Event of 2019 got underway Monday with Day 1 of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. That’s right, Day 1. Not Day 1A. One of the longest standing events of the poker calendar does not have multiple flights, as we see in… Read more »
Bulgaria’s Milen Stefanov Earns First Major Title in Winning WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Riding the chip lead that he came to the final table with, Bulgaria’s Milen Stefanov earned a few firsts at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Wednesday night. First, he earned his first major championship in winning the World Poker Tour’s Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open. Second, Stefanov gave his home country… Read more »
2019 WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event Final Table Set
The 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event final table is all set, with Milen Stefanov holding the chip lead going into six-handed action on Wednesday. Stefanov has 8.925 million chips to set the pace. It is one of the closest WPT final tables in recent memory, though, as… Read more »
WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event Day 3: Fabian Gumz Opens Wide Gap on Field
The 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event (I’ll admit, having to type that out bothers me, for some reason) heads into Day 4 today with Fabian Gumz leading the 17 remaining players. This is Gumz’s first trip to Florida and so far, it’s going swimmingly; Gumz takes 6.620… Read more »
WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event: Total Field Tops Last Year’s Record, Audrius Stakelis Overall Leader
Two massive days of poker at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, have created what looks to be an outstanding tournament for the World Poker Tour. Although it is only in its second year of existence, the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open smashed its inaugural year record, bringing in… Read more »
Former LAPC Champion Dennis Blieden Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
In an interesting and unfortunate case, former World Poker Tour L. A. Poker Classic champion Dennis Blieden has pled guilty to several charges of embezzlement of millions of dollars. While he hasn’t been sentenced yet, it is highly likely the poker champion will not see the outside world for some time. Charges Include Identity Theft,… Read more »