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After what was an expected short Day Three, former World Poker Tour champion Joe Tehan has amassed a tremendous lead at the Epic Poker League‘s $20,000 “Mix-Max” Main Event after one of the most controversial hands seen in a poker tournament in some time. Day Three began innocently enough, with 25 players remaining in pursuit… Read more »
In a press release that was released Friday afternoon, the number one online poker site in the industry, PokerStars, and one of its most recognizable faces have decided to part ways. In that press release from the London offices of PokerStars, 2005 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner Joe Hachem and the poker site… Read more »
One of the final major events of the 2011 tournament poker season is underway at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, as the Epic Poker League’s third of five scheduled events began yesterday afternoon. As with the EPL tournaments, every Main Event has a different format. Originally, the scheduled event for this third tournament… Read more »
If it seems like the World Poker Tour (WPT) has an event every week, it’s because it does. At least this month. During the first week of December, we had WPT Prague, won by Andrey Pateychuk. This weekend, James Dempsey won the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las… Read more »
The Epic Poker League, about to start the third tournament series of its first season, has decided to grant the legendary Doyle Brunson its first lifetime player card, which will grant him eligibility for every Epic Poker League event, regardless of whether or not he met the entry requirements. “It’s unnecessary but I guess it’s… Read more »
If you are going to win a World Poker Tour (WPT) event, you might as well do it on a whim. Such was essentially the case for James “Flushy” Dempsey Sunday night, as he won the 2011 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. The Brit was not in Las Vegas specifically to play… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic has reached its penultimate moment, determining the six handed final table during play Saturday night. Thirteen players came back on Saturday afternoon to the Bellagio, prepared to work their way down to the traditional six handed WPT final table. 2010 World Series of Poker… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is down to its next to last day, with a former November Niner at the helm and the defending champion still in the hunt for a historic repeat. 49 players started the action on Friday and, with the final table playing on Sunday, were… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic chugged along at the Bellagio in Las Vegas Thursday, eliminating almost two thirds of the remaining field during its Day Three action. Starting the day, 149 players came back to the felt from the original 413 players and, in contrast to Wednesday’s play, they all knew… Read more »
The final tournament of the 2011 calendar year for the World Poker Tour, the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, will move on to Day Three play with Grant Lang atop the leaderboard of the 149 players still alive in the tournament. Action kicked off in the poker… Read more »
The traditional tenth anniversary gift is tin or aluminum. We don’t know about you, but when talking about the tenth anniversary of the first World Poker Tour (WPT) event, referring to it as a recyclable doesn’t sound quite right. Good thing there are “modern” anniversary gifts. Therefore, this week’s running of the Doyle Brunson Five… Read more »
Andrey Pateychuk probably felt extremely lucky to even be at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague final table. This year’s European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event champ found himself all-in with A-K late on Day 3, only to see his opponent flop a set of 9’s. The poker gods were with him, though,… Read more »
Day 3 has come and gone at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague and we are down to the final table. Entering the day, 62 of the 571 original players still remained, and while it took until the wee hours of the morning, the field was narrowed all the way to just the six players… Read more »
The money bubble has popped in the historic city of Prague, the Czech Republic, as the World Poker Tour grinds its way along to its final table Monday afternoon. 218 players came back to the felt on Saturday at the Kings Casino in the Corinthian Hotel in Prague and, from appearances, it would be a… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is putting the “world” back in its moniker lately, and its latest stop at the Kings Casino at the Corinthian Hotel in Prague, the Czech Republic, has proven to be a huge success. Two Day Ones played out over Thursday and Friday and, by the end of registration on Day 1B… Read more »
As they prepare for their third event in their inaugural season, the Epic Poker League announced yesterday two new partnership deals that will expand its footprint in the highly competitive tournament poker circuit community. Federated Sports & Gaming, the ownership behind the EPL, announced the two deals, one which will see their innovative Global Poker… Read more »
Rumors were abuzz yesterday about the possibility of the social networking behemoth Facebook entering into the online poker arena, but it may be that was the extent of the issue…simply rumors. According to the popular blog “Friending Facebook” written by Emil Protalinski on ZDNet.com, Facebook has been rumored to be in discussions with several outlets… Read more »
The rumors had been swirling for a few days and today they have finally been confirmed: Martin Staszko is the newest member of Team Pokerstars Pro. The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up will begin playing as a PokerStars sponsored player at Monday’s European Poker Tour (EPT) stop, which just so happens to… Read more »
Online poker’s top ally in the halls of Congress, Representative Barney Frank (D – Mass.) announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2012. He has served the people of the Massachusetts 4th Congressional District since 1981 and was the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee from 2007 through 2011, a committee on… Read more »
The final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Marrakech stop concluded Sunday as Mohamed Ali Houssam triumphed over fellow Moroccan Toufik Ourini at the Casino De Marrakech. It was both Houssam’s first WPT cash and victory, though he had already found success at this very casino, winning the Marrakech Poker Open for $53,518 back… Read more »
The World Poker Tour stop in Marrakech, Morocco, has proven to be highly popular with the European community. As the event enters into its final day of action, three players known throughout the world have made their mark by making the final table. 274 players stepped to the felt, having put up their €3000 to… Read more »
After an exciting year of tournament poker, several of the Player of the Year ranking systems are too close to call, making the final month of 2011 the determining factor in who will win those accolades. Bluff Magazine’s ratings only look at the top ten finishes for each player in a calendar year and awards… Read more »
It wasn’t exactly a wire-to-wire victory for Anthony Ruberto, but the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville stop was about as comfortable as a final table can be for a champion. The man from Everett, Massachusetts was never in any real danger of being eliminated, starting with the top stack at the… Read more »
Like two trains on a collision course on the same stretch of track, the end of the casino day and the 7th place elimination were charging towards each other Tuesday morning at the Jacksonville Poker Room, host of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Jacksonville stop. The goal for Day 3 was to whittle the field… Read more »
The field of 336 may have been on the small side compared to other Main Events on major live poker tours, but the week long competition at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Loutraki stop was fierce. Sunday’s eight-handed final table lasted 13 hours; the three-handed portion alone spanned five hours. Emerging victorious from the grueling… Read more »
