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The final table is set for the World Poker Tour stop at the Emperors Palace Poker Classic on Monday, with the overall Day One leader back atop the leaderboard and the defending champion (and Day Two chip leader) still in the hunt for a historic repeat. 27 players came to the tables in Johannesburg, South… Read more »
Day Two of the World Poker Tour’s Emperors Palace Poker Classic in Johannesburg, South Africa, is in the books with the potential for history looming on the horizon. When we left the Day Two action earlier today, Eugene du Plessis was holding a slim lead over Bartolome Gomila Romero, but that changed soon afterwards. On… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has taken a trek to South Africa this weekend, wrapping up two Day Ones of action in the WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic in Johannesburg on Thursday and yesterday. As the action heads into Day Two, the crème of the South African poker community is atop the leaderboard, but a contingent… Read more »
In late breaking news on Thursday night, PokerStars will be temporarily denied a license for online gaming in New Jersey. According to Poker Player Newspaper, “three insiders” with direct knowledge of the ongoing procedures in the Garden State – and at least one of those insiders being from “the other side of the pond” –… Read more »
After 90 hands of battle on Tuesday night – and another 171 of combat on Monday against the other members of the 2013 “November Nine” – Michigan’s Ryan Riess defeated Nevada’s Jay Farber for the World Series of Poker Championship Event crown and the $8.3 million payday. While it might be thought that the poker… Read more »
Ryan Riess crouched in front of his rail after three and a half hours of play Tuesday, tears welling up in his eyes. One card to come. His dreams were right in front of him, but then again, they were right in front of him an hour earlier, too. One card to come. As he… Read more »
Last night was the night the poker world had been eagerly anticipating for three months. The final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event began last night as the nine remaining players in the tournament, known as the “November Nine,” reconvened to battle it out for poker immortality. And what was nine… Read more »
After a four month hiatus to build the anticipation, the poker world has once again descended on Las Vegas and, in particular, the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, for the final act of the 2013 World Series of Poker. Throughout the past week, poker professionals, industry insiders and fans have been drifting back to… Read more »
Heading into the homestretch for the various Player of the Year races around the poker world, Canadian poker professional Daniel Negreanu is in a strong position to maintain his lead in all the races after what has arguably been the finest year of tournament poker in his career. On the Bluff Magazine POY rankings, Negreanu… Read more »
In a stunning comeback, Mohsin Charania overcame a gigantic chip deficit throughout the final table to win the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris Main Event. For his efforts, the Illinois resident known as “chicagocards1” online received $469,477. One of poker’s oldest clichés is “a chip and a chair” and rarely has… Read more »
This is it. We have reached the final table of the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris Main Event at the famed Aviation Club de France. Just six players remain of the original 187 and leading the way is the same player who topped the chip counts going into Day 4, Vasili… Read more »
Just 24 players remain in the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris Main Event as the tournament heads into Day 4 on Tuesday. Leading the very top heavy field in the race to the €340,000 first prize is Belarus’ Vasili Firsau with 756,000 chips. Just how top heavy is the leader board?… Read more »
After coming into the day with the chip lead, Spain’s Adrian Mateos rode that stack to victory in the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe Championship Event. Holding a 1.4 million chip lead over Dominik Nitsche, Mateos was on a roll as the table convened on Friday. Lurking behind Mateos and Nitsche was France’s hope… Read more »
In what has been an outstanding year of play for him, poker professional Daniel Negreanu put a cap on his 2013 World Series of Poker efforts by winning the €25,000 High Roller event at the WSOP Europe and sealing his second WSOP Player of the Year award. 80 entries were officially in the books after… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker Europe has come down to its penultimate day after a rapid Day 4 that saw the field cut to the final six men, rather than the eight that had been planned. 24 players came to the tables in France on Wednesday to determine those lucky souls who would be… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event started with 375 players and now it is down to just 24. Three tables of players remain in the tournament heading into Wednesday’s Day 4 and two – Adrian Mateos Diaz and Daniel Steinberg – stand above the crowd. Neck and neck at the top… Read more »
Down to 70 players, the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event heads into Day 3 Tuesday. Taking control late was Germany’s Dominik Nitsche, who ended the night with 504,800 chips, the only player over the half-million mark. Ludovic Lacay, the chip leader going into Day 2, had another successful day, finishing in… Read more »
The best shake off frustration and forge ahead. They take a hit, wipe off the dirt, and come back swinging. Such was the case with Ludovic Lacay Sunday as he came back from the disappointment of a runner-up finish in the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe €3,000 Mixed-Max Pot Limit Omaha Event to… Read more »
After a week of excitement from its preliminary events, the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe kicked off its €10,000 Championship Event on Saturday, drawing in a decent starting field for what should be a highly competitive tournament. Players began drifting into the Casino Barriere in Enghien-les-Bains, France, around noon on Saturday (early morning U.… Read more »
At the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe the past two days, history was denied in one event while two popular pros battled it out for the right to claim their first ever WSOP bracelet. €2000 No Limit Hold’em Entering the play yesterday in Cannes, Erik Seidel was on the precipice of history. Already the… Read more »
After an eight hour battle on the tables, former “Octo-Niner” Jeremy Ausmus emerged as the champion of the €1500 Pot Limit Omaha event at the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe last night, while another champion is looking to add to his illustrious career in another No Limit Hold’em tournament. Ausmus came to the six-handed… Read more »
Event #3 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe, the €5000 Mixed Max tournament, came to a conclusion early this morning with Darko Stojanovic stunning Dan O’Brien in taking down the bracelet. The 140 players who originally came to the felt on Sunday had been whittled down to the Final Four by Wednesday afternoon,… Read more »
One of the great things about poker tournaments is that you don’t have to be some sort of seasoned pro to win. You just have to be a good poker player. Sure, experience helps, but if you can play poker well and catch a little luck here and there, you can take down a title… Read more »
If we could take today’s poker players and drop them into 2006 or thereabouts, Jackie Glazer would be well on her way to becoming a household name. But with the decline of televised poker and the rise of faceless internet poker players, those who might have otherwise become poker celebs have not garnered the attention… Read more »
Garden City Group (GCG), the Full Tilt Poker Claims Administrator authorized by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on its website Friday that former Full Tilt affiliates will be eligible to submit Petitions for Remission. Affiliates were previously excluded from the reimbursement process. In September, a list of ineligible… Read more »
