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Like its compatriot in Europe, the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is also working its way to a final table, with an impressive run once again by Antonio Esfandiari dominating the storyline. Esfandiari came into Friday’s Day Four play with a sizeable chip lead over Freddy Deeb, but 60 others… Read more »
While their compatriots in Europe slumbered after their Day Two battles, the World Poker Tour’s second leg of its international “two step,” the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, continued its fight. By the end of Thursday’s play, a familiar name in former champion Antonio Esfandiari was atop… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has its engines in full throat, with two tournaments in action in the United States and the Czech Republic. For the European version of the WPT’s “two-step,” Day Two has come to a close in Prague with Marco Lang at the helm of the field. Three Day Ones built a formidable… Read more »
The poker world lost a great friend Monday. Lou Krieger, renowned poker author and ambassador, passed away after a long battle with cancer. His family posted a brief message on his Facebook page: It is my deepest regret to inform you that early this morning Lou’s fight against cancer ended. He fought courageously to the… Read more »
Danish news magazine Ekstra Bladet (ekstrabladet.dk) has reported that popular Danish poker pro Theo Jorgensen was shot in a home robbery Sunday night. He is in stable condition in the hospital, fortunately only shot in the leg. The attack occurred at about 10:00pm Sunday, December 2nd, as three men forced their way into Jorgensen’s home… Read more »
In a stunning surprise over larger stacked opponents, Italy’s Giacomo Fundaro came from the middle of the six player final table to take down the championship of the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Mazagan Beach and Golf Resort in Casablanca, Morocco, last night. This particular final table had something for everyone. If you wanted… Read more »
The final table is set for the World Poker Tour’s latest stop at the Mazagan Beach and Golf Resort in Casablanca, Morocco, with poker Triple Crown winner Davidi Kitai sitting atop the final six for today’s action. 25 players returned from the original 146 player field for Friday’s Day Three play with an impressive array… Read more »
In what may be the beginning of the endgame regarding the actions of “Black Friday,” poker professional Rafe Furst has settled his civil complaint with the U. S. Department of Justice’s Southern District of New York offices. In documents filed yesterday by the Department of Justice, the announced settlement came through a company that Furst… Read more »
With so many World Poker Tour (WPT) events played in the United States and Europe, it only seems right that a Canadian should win WPT Montreal. And that’s exactly what happened Tuesday night as Quebec’s Jonathan Roy leapfrogged the two chip leaders during the course of the final table to take his first major title… Read more »
Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event began with just 45 players – five tables-worth – remaining and when the night was wrapped, the final six players had been determined. It looks like it is going to be a tight race to the finish, as the two chip leaders, Sylvain Siebert… Read more »
After both starting flights of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event ended with 360 players still in the running, we said that “the money bubble may burst” Sunday. Apparently, there was no need for that “may” hedge. Eliminations were fast and furious on Day 2 at the Playground Poker Club as more than… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has made its triumphant return to Canada with its stop at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal and the players have certainly made the stop noteworthy, even in the WPT’s eleventh year. The 478 players who flooded the floor of the Playground Poker Club on Friday for Day 1A all but… Read more »
As they head into their final few events on the 2012 calendar, the World Poker Tour has landed in Montreal, Quebec, and the Playground Poker Club to battle it out for the latest WPT championship. Making its first visit back to Canada since 2008, the WPT looks to have chosen the right venue and the… Read more »
In a now six-year old case, the South Carolina Supreme Court determined by the slimmest margin that poker in the Palmetto State is illegal, even if it is in a private home. The five justices sitting on the South Carolina Supreme Court – Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal and Associate Justices Costa Pleicones, Donald Beatty,… Read more »
The repayment of former Full Tilt Poker customers in the United States is not imminent by any means, but at the very least, it looks like a baby step has been taken in the right direction. On Tuesday, the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Southern District of New York provided an update on… Read more »
Though the World Poker Tour (WPT) is an international tour, the events in the United States seem to get more attention than their ‘round-the-world brethren. Case in point: while Noah Schwartz drew the eyes of the tournament poker world last week in winning the 2012 WPT bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble, WPT Copenhagen across the… Read more »
With only six weeks left in the 2012 tournament poker calendar – and the reality that there is only about four weeks left, as players will take a break for the end of year holidays – Dan Smith is facing a severe challenge from 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner Greg Merson as… Read more »
The poker community has been waiting with bated breath for the passage of online poker legislation in the halls of Congress. As the clock ticks down to the end of the latest incarnation of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the leaders of said legislation are not only downplaying their expectations regarding passage but… Read more »
Although the “new” Full Tilt Poker is back on line and servicing the rest of the international online poker community, the news continues to be disappointing for American players who still have their funds tied up on the beleaguered site. On Tuesday, the Poker Players Alliance, led by Executive Director John Pappas and the PPA… Read more »
If it seemed like an inevitability going into the final table that Noah Schwartz would win the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble Main Event, it’s because it was. Schwartz entered final table play Tuesday with close to half the chips in play and cruised into the heads-up portion of the match.… Read more »
Despite only needing 22 eliminations to get through the day, Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble Main Event was a long one, lasting over 14 hours. The six-handed final table was determined, though, and Noah Schwartz will take a gigantic chip lead into Tuesday’s play. With 6.255 million… Read more »
It was a big day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble Main Event, as 81 percent of the field that started the day on Sunday was sent packing. In the meantime, the money bubble burst when the 46th and 47th place finishers busted just as the tournament was about to… Read more »
The latest stop for the World Poker Tour brings the circuit to Jacksonville, FL, for the BestBet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble and the players have turned out in droves for the two Day Ones completed yesterday and Friday. On Friday, the tournament kicked off with its unique entry format. The $3500 tournament featured a same… Read more »
As expected after the dissolution of the California Online Poker Association last month, the free to play online poker site run by the organization, CalShark.com, closed its doors earlier this week. On Wednesday, an e-mail was sent to players who participated in play on the site to announce the closure of the online poker room.… Read more »
Poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson announced Tuesday via Twitter that he has been diagnosed with cancer. Brunson has expressed confidence that everything will be just fine. Early yesterday afternoon, the ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner relayed the news to his friends and fans via his oft-used Twitter account, writing: “It was malignant.… Read more »
