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The first event of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) came to a close Sunday at Hotel Majestic Barriere in Cannes, France with Imed Ben Mahmoud winning €147,099 in the €2,500 + €200 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em contest. While he hails from Tunisia, Mahmoud is currently as much of a local winner as there might… Read more »
The best poker players in the world have convened on the grounds of the Hotel Majestic Barriere and the Le Croisette Casino Barriere in Cannes, France, for the final World Series of Poker events of 2012. Seven events are awarding bracelets (along with a special “Super High Roller” event that isn’t a bracelet tournament) between… Read more »
Coming from the second shortest stack at the start of the final table, Ben Hamnett rallied against difficult opposition to take down the championship of the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Borgata Poker Open last night. At the start of the final table battle yesterday afternoon, Matthew Burnitz was atop the ladder with just… Read more »
The 2012 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open has reached its penultimate day with six men who will vie for the championship of the event later this afternoon. At the start of action on Thursday, there were 27 players remaining with Patrick Eskandar holding onto the chip lead over Matthew Burnitz. Making a strong run… Read more »
Day Three of the World Poker Tour stop at the Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ, is in the books, with Patrick Eskandar atop the ladder as the chip leader with 27 players remaining in the event. Play began yesterday with 174 players remaining from the monstrous 1,181 entrants that made up one of the largest… Read more »
Even though there were already two calendar days of play in the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Malta Main Event, Day 2, like all Day 2’s after dual starting flights, felt like a fresh start to a new tournament. It is like Days 1A and 1B were “play-in” days that were required to get into… Read more »
Day 1B of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open is in the books and Pennsylvania’s Brian Lemke bagged what turned out to be by far the most chips of anyone in either starting flight. With 272, 575 chips he outpaced fellow Day 1B players Kyle Bowker and James Poper by sizable 71,000… Read more »
While the Casino at Portomaso is fielding a small collection of players at World Poker Tour (WPT) Malta, the Borgata in Atlantic City is hosting a simultaneous WPT event of much more significant size. The WPT Borgata Poker Open enjoyed a field of 374 for Day 1A of its $3,300 + $200 Main Event Sunday,… Read more »
Perhaps it is fitting that a World Poker Tour (WPT) event in a tiny country had a tiny first day this weekend. Regardless of the numbers, though, it is still a World Poker Tour event and the winner still becomes a member of the Champions Club. That said, just 64 players paid the €3,000 +… Read more »
In a thrilling heads up showdown, Matthew Salsberg rallied from behind to deny Theo Jorgensen a place in the World Poker Tour history books in winning the 2012 Grand Prix de Paris last night. Coming to the final table at the Aviation Club along the Champs-Elysees, Salsberg was facing arguably one of the most accomplished… Read more »
Friday afternoon, the 24 survivors from the World Poker Tour stop at the Aviation Club for the Grand Prix de Paris convened to work their way down to the final table. Over the span of nine hours, the players fell away until the final six men were left standing in what is one of the… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has chosen the difficult task of playing in Paris, France, this weekend as the 2012 WPT Grand Prix de Paris is in full swing at the Aviation Club on the edges of the Champs-Elysees in the City of Light. After three days of play (two Day Ones got the action going… Read more »
Organizers of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris wanted to get the field 143 down to 72 in just four or five levels Wednesday. Mission accomplished. After just four levels on Day 2, there were just 63 players remaining, a full table fewer than the goal. Philipp “Philbort” Gruissem will be the… Read more »
It turned out to be a small field this year at the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris. Just 96 players put down the €7,500 buy-in on Day 1A and only another 132 followed suit on Day 1B, creating a total field of 228 players. That is well below last year’s mark… Read more »
Chris Ferguson has won a live tournament sponsored by PokerStars. That’s got to sound surprising, considering Ferguson was one of Full Tilt Poker’s founders and should be in hiding after his poker room’s scandal. Fortunately for poker fans who don’t want to see the long-haired card banana-slicer acquire another penny, it wasn’t “the” Chris Ferguson… Read more »
With the final four months of the 2012 tournament poker season revving up, poker pro Dan Smith has surged to the lead on all of the major Player of the Year races in the poker world. Smith, who has been lurking back in the pack for much of the 2012 tournament poker season, has used… Read more »
After a flurry of criticism from players, extensive coverage from the poker media and probably some consultation with their attorneys, the leadership of the Partouche Poker Tour has decided to honor the tournament guarantee made for its Main Event in Cannes, France. As the players came to the felt today to work down to the… Read more »
Amid a brewing uprising from players participating in its Main Event over the prize pool, the owner of the Partouche Poker Tour announced this afternoon in Cannes, France that this year’s tournament would be the last of the organization. According to the Winamax blog, PPT owner Patrick Partouche held a press conference at the Casino… Read more »
It is the Democrats’ turn to take the national stage this week as they attempt to rally their base at the National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. And, like the Republicans, the 2012 Democratic National Platform was published to coincide with the festivities. Unlike in the Republican National Platform, however, online poker was not attacked.… Read more »
According to a number of sources, including PocketFives.com and PokerFuse.com, Merge Gaming Network CEO Anthony Taylor has stepped down from his position at the helm of the company. No reasons have yet been given as to his departure and Merge has yet to issue a press release. Taylor joined Merge Gaming in April 2007 after… Read more »
The largest online poker tournament series in the world, PokerStars’ 2012 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), kicked off Sunday in style with tournaments repeatedly putting their guaranteed prize pools in the rear view mirror. The year’s most anticipated online poker series has a long way to – almost three more weeks – so if… Read more »
Most poker players would salivate at the notion of having nothing to do for a month than to play poker in some of the most stylish poker rooms in Europe. That opportunity exists for those that are in the United Kingdom as the 2012 London Poker Festival, sponsored by Bluff Europe, opened up shop yesterday… Read more »
The recently completed stop on the World Poker Tour, the Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, CA, brought a great deal of excitement for poker fans. With several notable names at the final table, including Jeff Madsen, Greg Mueller and Ali Eslami, Josh Hale was able to outlast the field to… Read more »
Coming to the felt with a massive chip lead, Josh Hale rode that stack (albeit with a little adversity) to defeat a difficult final table to take down the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker championship last night at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens (Los Angeles), CA. Hale had been a force on the… Read more »
The final table bubble burst right around midnight PT at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event in Bell Gardens, California, giving six players one more nervous night as they try to win the half million dollar first prize. Josh Hale is the overwhelming chip leader with 7.325 million chips – almost… Read more »
