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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 »
In a thrilling heads up battle, Spain’s Raul Mestre defeated the United Kingdom’s Victoria Coren to take down “The Table,” the International Federation of Poker’s first ever World Championship. After eleven hours of play on Saturday, the 135 invited players were whittled down to the nine player final table. Through outstanding performances, three women –… Read more »
Day Four play at the European Poker Tour stop at the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki, Greece, has come to a close with a host of German and Greek players in pursuit of a lone Brit. Coming into Day Four play, Greece’s Charalampos Kapernopoulos was at the head of the 38 players remaining in the event… Read more »
The long and winding road that has been the discussion of the sale of the embattled online poker site Full Tilt Poker to the French investment firm Groupe Bernard Tapie has apparently reached its endgame, pending agreement by U. S. authorities. Yesterday afternoon, CNN Money quickly reported that the sale had been finalized for Groupe… Read more »
The first ever stop by the European Poker Tour in the coastal city of Loutraki, Greece, is proving to be a popular one – at least for some players – as the second day of play wraps up at the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki. Day Two play began this afternoon (Greek time) with 232 players… Read more »
The European Poker Tour (EPT) is in the stretch run of its first-ever trip to Greece with a stop in the east coast resort city of Loutraki, formerly the ancient city of Thermae. The Main Event kicked off this week, with the second of two starting days concluding Wednesday. The €4,400 tournament saw 336 runners… Read more »
On Monday, poker pro Chris “Jesus” Ferguson filed four claims to seized Full Tilt Poker funds with the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. In the filings, Ferguson, representing the various companies that comprise Full Tilt, claims that the companies have a “right, title, or interest” in the assets in… Read more »
After years of fighting the masses, the Cake Poker network has finally decided to allow its players to use hand tracking software while at the tables. The new policy went into place on November 9th and the major players in the poker analysis software category immediately jumped right in. Hand analysis software has been the… Read more »
