Poker Tournament News
It is a two horse race in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event as Day 4 has come to the close and the final table has been set. James Carroll is the chip leader with 18.525 million chips, followed closely by Maria Ho – fresh off of her “Broadcaster… Read more »
Maurice Hawkins has done it again. On Monday, he won the $600 No-Limit Hold’em ring event at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee stop, giving him a dozen WSOP Circuit ring wins in his career. This pulls him into a tie with Valentin Vornicu for the most rings in the history of the… Read more »
As we mentioned yesterday, there are no guarantees in tournament poker, no matter how many chips you have at any given point. But knowing that, it sure feels good to have the bulk of the chips with only eighteen people left in a World Poker Tour event. That is the situation Chad Eveslage finds himself… Read more »
Keith Ferrera advanced to the top of the leaderboard on Sunday at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown as the popular tournament completed Day 2 after two opening day flights. Just 90 players remain from the original field of 1,360, the third-largest SHRPS ever and the fourth-largest tournament in World Poker… Read more »
There are two recognized Player of the Year races in the tournament poker world, the CardPlayer Magazine rankings and the Global Poker Index standings. In these two leaderboards, the effect of “High Roller” tournaments – events with a buy in north of $10,000 – have been thoroughly felt. Now, those style of tournaments will get… Read more »
The first quarter of the tournament poker season is in the books and, if there is one thing that can be shown, it is that the High Roller tournaments are meaning more than any other event. Bryn Kenney, a High Roller regular, is atop the standings in one Player of the Year race and recent… Read more »
Perhaps because of the remoteness of the location, perhaps because of the time of year (winter), perhaps because of the plethora of tournament poker in the States of America right now, the European Poker Tour’s stop in Sochi, Russia, didn’t get that much attention. The EPT did crown two new champions, however, in a High… Read more »
Ben Palmer emerged as the champion of the World Poker Tour (WPT) at Venetian Main event on Tuesday, earning himself a tidy $431,655, a sum which includes a $15,000 seat in the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Palmer was the chip leader of the nine remaining players going into Tuesday’s action with 5.460 million chips.… Read more »
The field of the World Poker Tour (WPT) at Venetian Main Event has been whittled to just nine players as the tournament heads into its final day. Everyone will be seated at one table, but as is custom on the World Poker Tour, the official final table does not begin until six players remain. Leading… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) at Venetian Main Event (yes, it’s actually called “WPT at Venetian,” not just “WPT Venetian”) is in full swing and after a pair of Day 1 flights and Day 2, it is a close race at the top of the leader board. Ami Alibay is the chip leader going into… Read more »
With all the focus on the World Poker Tour delayed final tables that were held at the HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas last week, other events tended to be ignored. But lest we forget, the WPT had another tour stop happening halfway around the world in Spain. And it was there… Read more »
It was World Poker Tour final table Tuesday as not only did Erkut Yilmaz win the WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event in the Sacramento, California area, but down in Las Vegas, Frank Stepuchin won the WPT Gardens Poker Championship Main Event. The Gardens Casino, the host venue for the tournament, is actually in California, but… Read more »
With the World Series of Poker coming up, talk at some point will inevitably turn to the meaning of a gold bracelet. There are dozens upon dozens of events now, leading some people to consider the value of a bracelet to be watered down. Many of the younger generation of players are more concerned with… Read more »
If you are going to make a final table on the World Poker Tour (WPT), you might as well get there with more chips than all of the other players combined. That is exactly what is happening at the WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event final table, as Jim Collopy heads into Tuesday’s six-handed final table… Read more »
As a few World Poker Tour final tables are contested in Las Vegas, the WPT Rolling Thunder – a Tour event that always makes me think of the 1980’s arcade game – marches on in California. Heading into Day 3, it is Anthony Zinno with the chip lead, holding 612,000 chips entering Monday’s action. Zinno… Read more »
I think it is safe to say that David ODB Baker is having a good week. On Monday, he took the chip lead at the World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic and on Tuesday, he stayed on top, ending Day 4 as the largest stack in the tournament for the second day in a… Read more »
Fortunes can change quickly in a poker tournament. “A chip and a chair” feels like a cliché, but it feels that way because it’s true. As long as you have chips – or a chip – you have a chance. Such was the case for David ODB Baker on Monday as he was able to… Read more »
Russia’s Andrey Zaichenko leads the 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event with 949,500 chips as the tournament heads into its third day on Monday. Though it will never garner the four-figure crowds of some of the east coast WPT events because of the nature of its $10,000 freezeout structure, it is… Read more »
After a couple close calls, Demo Kiriopoulos finally nabbed his first major live tournament title on Monday, winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event at the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It must have been especially sweet for Kiriopoulos, as Fallsview is right in the Torontonian’s backyard, just… Read more »
After eight events that has seen the United Kingdom’s Stephen Chidwick win two tournaments and Sean Winter attempt to keep pace with the Brit for the overall Player of the Series honors (and an extra $100,000), the second ever U. S. Poker Open will close this weekend. Wrapping up the festivities will be the conclusion… Read more »
Although it may not seem like much since it has only been around a couple years, history was made this weekend at the “made for streaming” U. S. Poker Open on PokerGO. In one event, Lauren Roberts became the first woman to win an event at the USPO (yes, only its tenth tournament, but still… Read more »
Back for its second run despite less than stellar numbers from 2018, the “made for streaming” event known as the U. S. Poker Open has opened up play. Streaming over PokerGO, the first two events are in the books, with the numbers showing improvement as Stephen Chidwick and Jordan Cristos walked away with the gold.… Read more »
We are only about six weeks into 2019 and the two major Player of the Year races are underway. While one is celebrating a player, Ramon Colillas, who had a tremendous start to the tournament poker season, the other is rewarding a player, Rainer Kempe, who has built up several top finishes towards earning the… Read more »
Coming to the final table as the short stack, Bryn Kenney wasn’t expected to make much noise during the Aussie Millions Main Event. Instead of heading into the Australian night with a nice payday, Kenney fought his way to the final three players and negotiated a three-way deal that left him crowned the event’s champion.… Read more »
They’re coming down to the final days of the 2019 Aussie Millions at the Crown Casino in Melbourne and it is delivering on the promised excitement. Day 3 is in the books, with 38 players remaining and one of last year’s final table players, Mike Del Vecchio, holding the lead and making another run for… Read more »
