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The beginning of the end has begun. Monday marked Day 1A of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship, the final tournament of WPT Season XII, one of the most prestigious events on the poker calendar. With a buy-in of $15,000 + $400, it won’t be the largest tournament on the tour, but it… Read more »
It was bound to happen sooner or later. On the verge of the close of their Season Ten schedule, the European Poker Tour – wrapping up their Sanremo Main Event on Sunday – has finally crowned its first two-time champion in the personage of 2006 EPT London Main Event champion Vicky Coren-Mitchell. It was an… Read more »
After a long Day Four that saw the field whittled from 39 to 16, it only took six hours on Day Five to determine the European Poker Tour Sanremo Main Event’s eight-player final table. Starting Day Four with a huge lead, Jordan Westmorland will still be in the lead for tomorrow’s final table, but his… Read more »
In what turned out to be a rather quick day (considering the number of players that were involved), Day Four of the European Poker Tour’s stop in Sanremo, Italy is in the books with Jordan Westmorland holding court over the final two tables in the event. Day Four kicked off on Thursday afternoon (early morning… Read more »
While strolling through my local Barnes & Nobles over last weekend, I did what I usually do when I find myself there. I strolled over to the Poker section of the bookstore, but wasn’t able to find the placard that said “Poker” peeking out over the shelf. I asked for some help from a clerk,… Read more »
After more than six hours of competition, the third shortest stack to start the day, Eric Afriat, completed an unlikely comeback to outduel World Poker Tour Player of the Year leader Mukul Pahuja and take down the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown late last night. Afriat came to the final table with only 6.76… Read more »
The Borgata announced Monday the resolution to the counterfeit chip scandal that plagued the first event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open in January. The resolution was initially ordered by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) and will be enacted by the casino. To review, Event #1 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open… Read more »
It was a surprisingly long day at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event on Tuesday, as it took over ten hours to narrow the field from only eighteen to six. But Day 4 did end and the final table has been set with Mukul Pahuja presiding over his… Read more »
The plan for Monday at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event was to play down to 27 runners, but if time allowed the option to slice off another nine players was an option. It was the latter situation that presented itself last night, so nearly 100 of the… Read more »
Following an exciting three starting flights in which the largest-ever field was seen for a World Poker Tour (WPT) event, Day 2 of the 2014 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event took place on Sunday. 673 Day 1 survivors took their seats knowing that it was still going to be a long, hard… Read more »
With a massive outpouring of entries over Friday and Saturday’s action, the World Poker Tour stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for the 2014 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown has become the largest ever event (by number) in the history of the WPT. As the 673 survivors ready for Day 2… Read more »
The next to last stop for the Season XII schedule on the World Poker Tour kicked off yesterday in the sunny climes of Florida. Day 1A of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, is in the books with two notable names sitting atop… Read more »
The current battle over online gaming and poker in the United States is bringing out important political figures on both sides of the issue. What happens, however, if a person wanted to be with one side and was either turned down or better suitors were found? This is the question that must be asked of… Read more »
In development since 2012, PokerStars’ new software, dubbed PokerStars 7, is still in the alpha testing phase. But now, anyone who wants a peek into the future of the world’s largest online poker room can give it a try. About a week ago (the last day of March, to be exact), PokerStars opened up PokerStars… Read more »
As the latest battle for online poker heats up on Capitol Hill and in the change purse of Sheldon Adelson, the pro-online poker side has earned more supporters. Recently, both the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) penned letters to federal lawmakers expressing their… Read more »
Although they have previously decided against passing legislation, the Mississippi House Gaming Committee has decided to take a closer look at entering into the online gaming world with a study that will examine online gaming and sports betting. According to the Biloxi-Gulfport Sun Herald’s Mary Perez, the chairman of that committee, Richard Bennett (R-Long Beach)… Read more »
With the end-of-season tournaments on the European Poker Tour and the World Poker Tour lurking on the horizon, there has been a complete reshuffle of the major Player of the Year races in the poker world. That reshuffle has brought out new contenders for the major awards and perhaps offer some insight into who could… Read more »
Almost one year into its existence, the online poker industry in Nevada has finally released their first financial figures. Nevada Gaming Control Board regulations stated that such numbers would not be released until three outlets were underway and, with the opening of the South Point Casino’s Real Gaming recently, that goal was met. Those numbers… Read more »
The final table of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Canadian Spring Championship wrapped up Tuesday and to the great thrill of the crowd in attendance, Quebec local Jason Comtois won the $160,999 first prize. Comtois began final table play as the second shortest stack with 4,700,000 chips, though that said, he was not at… Read more »
Just 33 eliminations were needed on Monday to narrow the field of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Canadian Spring Championship to the six-handed final table, but it wasn’t the play a few hands and go home affair that many expected. On the contrary, Day 3 lasted nearly nine and a half hours as blinds… Read more »
Three times was the charm this weekend at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Canadian Spring Championship as the third and final starting flight took place Saturday followed by Day 2 on Sunday. Pierre Guenette emerged as the chip leader of both Day 1C and the overall Day 1 field, one of just three players… Read more »
Although there was a throng of players that came out for Friday’s Day 1B action at the World Poker Tour’s stop in Montreal’s Playground Poker Club, the numbers are potentially coming up a bit short for the stop to make its $1 million guaranteed prize pool. Disregarding that, Simon Quintal ensured that he would take… Read more »
It’s not like they haven’t been busy lately but, since a weekend is approaching, the World Poker Tour has decided it has to have a tournament running! The action this weekend is in Montreal, Canada, at the Playground Poker Club as the WPT National Canadian Spring Poker Championship completed its first of three Day Ones… Read more »
It is coming down to the wire in Vienna, Austria, as the European Poker Tour looks to crown its latest champion on its Season Ten schedule. As the remaining 17 players head off for some rest, Timo Pfutzenreuter holds a slim lead over Pablo Gordillo as Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden lurks down the leaderboard.… Read more »
Nabil Hirezi, a Jacksonville local, won the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event yesterday, leading nearly wire-to-wire at the final table. For his efforts, Hirezi takes home a first prize worth $206,041, which includes a $15,400 seat in the WPT World Championship. Hirezi had a sizeable lead going into the final… Read more »
