Well, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Main Event final table is certainly something. On Monday, the field was whittled from 35 down to the six players who will vie for the $361,600 first prize. Everyone remaining is guaranteed at least $75,000. And what a final table it will be. Half of the players have… Read more »
The world has not been wanting for poker action in the leadup to the 2023 World Series of Poker. The World Poker Tour, as they have for the past few years, has been holding three of its more recent events at the HyperX Arena at Luxor in Las Vegas ahead of the WSOP, and the… Read more »
As we move through life, we have good days and bad days, good weeks and bad weeks. For me, a good week is usually one in which I get my work done quickly every day, have a chance to relax a bit, and my wife and kids have happy, healthy, life-work balances (the school year… Read more »
Brandon Guzman leads the World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Main Event heading into Monday’s Day 3, as just 28 players remain. Holding 3.600 million chips, he is just one of two players with over 3 million; the other is Alex Foxen, who has 3.380 million. Just behind the two chip leaders is Bing Weng with… Read more »
With everyone in town for the start of the 2022 World Series of Poker next week, the World Poker Tour thought it would be a clever idea to finish some leftover events from earlier in 2022. Those two events, the 2022 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and the 2022 WPT Choctaw, were completed this… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Main Event final table shapes up to be a great one, as the chip counts of the six remaining players are as even as you will ever see. Leading the way is Ray Qartomy with 9.400 million chips. And while first place is where you want to be, regardless… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) got back in action this weekend in Oklahoma with the WPT Choctaw stop at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant. After a pair of Day 1 starting flights and Sunday’s Day 2, Chance Kornuth is the chip leader – barely – with 2.845 million chips. With just 36 players… Read more »
Dapo Ajayi had come painfully close to winning multiple big tourneys in his poker career, but always fell short. That all changed on Tuesday when he won the World Poker Tour Choctaw Main Event for his first WPT title, collecting $558,610 for his efforts. “It’s difficult to articulate. It’s been a really interesting week. I… Read more »
The World Poker Tour, if you didn’t know it, is running their Tournament of Champions this weekend at the HyperX eSports Arena in Las Vegas. It also has concluded the final three events of their Season XVII schedule – the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, the WPT Choctaw and the WPT ARIA Summer Championship… Read more »
