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 »
When the outbreak of COVID-19 was first discovered in 2020, many didn’t think much of it, that there wouldn’t be any impact on “normal” life. As we know now, in the early stages of 2021, that wasn’t the case. Many things were shut down last year, including much of the tournament poker world. Now, 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 »
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 »
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 »
‘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 »
In what turned out to be a marathon session, Vinicius Lima came off the start of day short stack to defeat the start of day chip leader Dave Farah, capturing the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open championship in the process. Farah’s Tournament to Lose Coming to Las Vegas for the last final table… Read more »
This last weekend, the World Poker Tour was playing in one of its venerable abodes, the Borgata in Atlantic City. The WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event has become one of the preeminent poker stops on the tournament poker schedule, routinely drawing over 1000 entries in each of the last three years. But instead… Read more »
