It’s getting down to it now at the World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic. Day 3 started with 54 players remaining, all already in the money, and after a relatively snug 9 hours, just 18 players still had chips in front of them. Two tables left. And leading the quest for the final table [...] [...]
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WPT L.A. Poker Classic Day 4: Noah Schwartz, Dan Kelly Jockey for Lead

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Mickey Petersen Wins EPT Copenhagen

The European Poker Tour (EPT) Copenhagen Main Event wrapped up over the weekend with the 22-year old Dane Mickey Petersen taking the crown to the tune of 2,515,000 kroner or $444,595. Petersen bested the 70+ year-old Pierre Neuville during the heads-up portion of the final table. Neuville, nicknamed [...]
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WPT L.A. Poker Classic Day 3 – Tuan Phan Reaches Million Chip Mark, Takes Lead

The World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic hit the halfway point last night and with three days down and three to go, Virginia’s Tuan Phan leads the remaining field of 54 players. Phan was the first player to eclipse the million chip mark and with 1.14 million bagged and tagged, he is still the [...]
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EPT Copenhagen Day Four: Aage Floenes Ravn Takes The Final Table Lead, Pierre Neuville, Steve O’Dwyer In The Hunt

In what would prove to be a short day at the Casino Copenhagen, the European Poker Tour’s Main Event has determined its final table. 24 men came back on Friday to decide who would be the eight contenders who would vie for the most recent title on the EPT. Leading the way was veteran Team [...] [...]
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EPT Copenhagen Day Three: Pierre Neuville Surges To Lead With 24 Players Remaining

The European Poker Tour’s stop in Copenhagen, Denmark is entering into the homestretch, with a well-respected Belgian at the top of the leaderboard. 72 players came back on Thursday to whittle the field down to the final 24 contenders. Heading the field at the start of the day was Team LockPro Eli [...]
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EPT Copenhagen Day 1B: Mads Wissing Atop Survivors, Steve O’Dwyer in Overall Lead

Things certainly picked up Tuesday at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Copenhagen Main Event. Monday’s Day 1A, with just 83 players showing up, looked like your local casino’s Thursday nooner. Fortunately, Day 1B resembled the EPT tournament that it should be, as 216 runners sat down at the tables [...]
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EPT Copenhagen Day 1A: Steve O’Dwyer Off and Running

The poker room at the Casino Copenhagen would not have been mistaken for Grand Central Station Monday, but that doesn’t mean things won’t eventually get hopping. Just 83 players paid the 35,000 + 2,250 Danish kroner (approximately $6,200 + $400 U.S. dollars) to play in Day 1A of the European Pok [...]
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Daniele Nestola Wins LAPT Grand Final

If you were in the poker room at the Sheraton WTC São Paulo on Monday and stepped out for a few moments, you might have missed the entire final table of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final. In one of the shortest final tables one will ever see in a major event, Germany’s [...] [...]
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LAPT Grand Final Day 3: Daniele Nestola Leads Final Table, Daniel Negreanu Fifth

The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final narrowed its field down to the final table Sunday as just eight players remain out of the original 367. With a buy-in of R$3,700 or about USD $2,155, the total prize pool amounts to USD $1,343,100, with R$324,600 going to the winner. Leading the final [...]
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PokerStars To Host Two Benefit Tournaments For Legendary Thor Hansen

While he continues what is the biggest battle of his life, the poker community will come together once again this Sunday for two benefit tournaments to raise money to benefit legendary Scandinavian poker professional Thor Hansen. Hansen, considered by many in his native Norway to be the “Godfather [...]
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Jason Mercier Retakes Global Poker Index Lead, Jonathan Duhamel Leads New GPI POY

After a hectic first six weeks of 2012, the Global Poker Index has seen a change in the lead while introducing a new ranking system that will crown a GPI Player of the Year. On the overall GPI, which ranks the top 300 tournament poker players, Jason Mercier has been able to overtake former leader [. [...]
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Matt Juttelstad Wins 2012 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open

The story going into the final day of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open yesterday was the possibility of history in the making, as the chip leader, Gigi Gagne, was in position to become the first female ever to win an open WPT Main Event. In the end, though, [...] [...]
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WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Day 3: Gigi Gagne Gunning for Poker Immortality

Gigi Gagne will attempt to make poker history Tuesday as she aims to become the first woman to win an open Main Event on the World Poker Tour (WPT). Gagne is currently the chip leader heading into the six-handed final table of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open, lording over an impre [...]
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WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Day 2: Matt Juttelstad Maintains Lead

Most of the United States has been going through a bit of a cold snap the last few days. Hollywood, Florida is one of the few exceptions, with the daytime high Sunday still a wonderful 61 degrees. It was similarly toasty inside the Seminole Hard Rock Casino and Hotel as the field of the World [...] [...]
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2012 WPT Venice Grand Prix Day 3: Simon Ravnsbaek Leads Tight Final Nine

It is going to be a short day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Venice Grand Prix on Thursday. If this wasn’t the World Poker Tour, the nine players remaining might be going to bed mentally preparing for Day 4’s final table action. But this is, in fact, the WPT, and final tables here are [...] [...]
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WPT Venice Grand Prix Day 2: Marcel Bjerkmann Surges Ahead

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is visiting Venice in this week, its second stop in the beautiful Italian city in less than two months. This time, it’s for the WPT Venice Grand Prix, held at Casino di Venezia Ca Vendramin Calergi, the same venue as December’s WPT Venice. After two days, 27 players re [...]
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Vadzim Kursevich Wins 2012 EPT Deauville

Paul Guichard and Vadzim Kursevich began final table play in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville Main Event very close in chips – Guichard had a 5.955 million to 5.670 million chip lead – and fittingly, it was these same two players who ended up battling it out at the end. After a short but [...]
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EPT Deauville Day 5: Paul Guichard Enters Final Table with Chip Lead

Just three tables were filled with players as the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville Main Event headed into its fifth day Sunday. While all 24 players seated were guaranteed at least €23,000, much more was just a few hours away, if they could survive that long. Those three tables had been trimmed [...]
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EPT Deauville Day Four: Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano Leads With 24 Players Remaining

After four days of play at the Casino Barriere, Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano surged to the lead of the European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France, with 24 players remaining. 54 players came to the felt on Saturday, looking to whittle the field down to the final three tables. Leading the pack w [...]
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EPT Deauville Day Two: Martins Adeniya Leads The Pack, Ludovic Lacay & Chris Karagulleyan In Top Ten

Day Two at the European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France, has come to a close with one of the brighter emerging stars in the poker world, Martins Adeniya, seizing the lead at the end of play on Thursday. After two Day Ones, the field numbered 889 players, of which 546 came back on Thursday [...] [...]
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Annie Duke Teams Up With NASCAR Foundation To Host Charity Poker Tournament

As they prepare to open their 2012 season on the high banks of the Daytona International Speedway, stock car racing’s biggest names, as well as one of poker’s biggest stars, will come together for a charity poker event later this month. On February 22 (four days before the 2012 Daytona 500), a c [...]
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2012 WSOP Schedule Released

Caesars Entertainment Corporation released the official schedule for the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) today, proudly listing a lineup of 61 bracelet events across 50 days. The festival kicks off Sunday, May 27th with the traditional opening tournament, the $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’ [...]
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EPT Deauville Day 1A: Andrulis, Ma in Dead Heat

From one beach to another. The Bahamas to the “Parisian Riviera.” It has been over two weeks since the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure adjourned, but now it is time for the European Poker Tour’s (EPT) Deauville stop. The Casino Barriere at The Deauville International Centre is the destination t [...]
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EPT Deauville Kicks Off Tuesday

After a more than two week break following the fun, sun, and hours upon hours in the poker room at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), the European Poker Tour (EPT) will resume Tuesday in Deauville, France. EPT Deauville will be a €5,000 + €300 event with a 1,000 runner cap, slated to run [...]
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Oliver Speidel Wins 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event; Phil Ivey Wins Super High Roller

After a dominant performance over seven hours of final table play, hometown favorite Oliver Speidel crushed the opposition to take down the championship of the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event. When the seven man final table reported for work on Sunday afternoon in the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Aust [...]

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