Poker Tournament News
A decade ago, heck, even just a few years ago, did anyone ever think that the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida would at any point be the center of the poker world? Not Las Vegas, not Atlantic City, not even Hollywood, California, but Hollywood, Florida? That’s not to say that the… Read more »
After two weeks of action in the Global Poker League, the GPL Americas and the GPL Eurasia both have surprise leaders atop the tables. In the Americas, the Montreal Nationals have seized the lead from the preseason pick to win the conference in the New York Rounders, while the Eurasia’s still have the intriguing battle… Read more »
In what will certainly prove to be a fruitless effort, a petition has been started on the website change.org to try to get World Series of Poker officials to make substantive changes to the WSOP Main Event in order to reward players with more spoils. The petition, posted by David Bass, creator of Any Two… Read more »
Week 2 of the 2016 Global Poker League begins today with another four six-handed Sit-and-Go’s on tap. As will be the case every week of the regular season, the Eurasia Conference will go first with tourneys at noon ET and 1:40pm ET, followed by the Americas Conference at 3:30pm ET and 5:10pm ET. The New… Read more »
As the two major tournament circuits in the world prepare for their season finales ahead of the start of the World Series of Poker at the end of May, Aussie Millions champion Ari Engel is continuing to hold the lead over the field in the CardPlayer Magazine Player of the Year race. While he has… Read more »
After the inaugural week of action on the Global Poker League, one conference has it preseason favorite not unexpectedly sitting atop its standings with a couple of surprises in pursuit. In the other conference, a team that wasn’t heavily favored to do much in this inaugural season of the GPL has stunned many by jumping… Read more »
The first day of action is in the books for the Global Poker League and, for the most part, the day has to be viewed as a solid start for the burgeoning poker-as-sports organization. While there were some very good things that came out of the day’s proceedings, there were definitely some things that needed… Read more »
In preparation for the fifteenth annual awards ceremonies, the powers that be with the Global Poker Index have announced the nominees for the 2016 GPI European Poker Awards. Much like their counterpart in the United States that honors the best in the Americas, the European Poker Awards looks to honor the best in European poker… Read more »
As they prepare for Opening Day of their inaugural season, several of the managers of the Global Poker League franchises have decided to announce the players who will be their “wild cards” for the upcoming season. In some cases, the managers have decided to call their own number (AKA put their own name in as… Read more »
Beginning next Tuesday, the brainchild of one of the most powerful men in the poker industry will actually come to fruition. On Tuesday evening, the Global Poker League will begin its inaugural season with its first live matches streamed to fans and later broadcast across the Poker Central channel. The creator of the GPL, Alexandre… Read more »
For the first time in their history, the World Poker Tour won’t be concluding the season by crowning their version of a World Champion. With two events left on the schedule – oddly enough, both at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, with the traditional Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown ($3500… Read more »
More than two months before it is set to take to the felt, the 24/7 streaming network Poker Central and the Aria Resort & Casino’s Super High Roller Bowl tournament – which proved to be such a success in 2015 that it was expanded for this year – has sold out of seats for the… Read more »
The 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event reached its final table last night; just six players remain from the original field of 409. Russell Garrett goes into the final table as the chip leader with 3.686 million chips, followed closely by Harrison Gimbel, who has 3.315 million. The leader going into both… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event is moving right along – Day 2 of the tournament was completed Monday night and there are just two days left to go. Once again, Ankush Mandavia has the chip lead and is set up to threaten the final table once again, just days after finishing… Read more »
Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event is in the books at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort, as another 175 players bellied up to the tables to try to make a run to become a member of the WPT Champion’s Club. Ankush Mandavia, who just finished 23rd at the WPT… Read more »
The second starting flight of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event was held Tuesday as 422 more players gave the tournament a whirl. The resulting overall field of 753 is the largest in the tournament’s history. A total of 292 players remaining from both starting flights, led by Ari Engel… Read more »
It was a long Day 1A at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star Monday, as those who made it all the way through had to slog through eleven 60-minute levels. With two hours for dinner and short breaks, that’s thirteen hours centered around poker, not counting however early the players got to… Read more »
There are just two days left for the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event, as the field has gone from a stout 515 to just 14 players. Today should be a relatively short day; action will conclude when the six-handed final table is concluded, though at this point in major tournaments,… Read more »
Another day is in the books at the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event, as the field was whittled from 111 players to just 43 heading into Tuesday’s Day 4. Germany’s Dietrich Fast is perched at the head of the class with 1.07 million chips, the only player to crack the… Read more »
Day 2 of the 2016 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic Main Event saw significant chip movement as two-thirds of the field that remained after Day 1 was eliminated, leaving just 111 players to continue the trudge toward the final table on Monday. Sam Soverel is the chip leader with 466,400 chips, followed closely by… Read more »
In what may become an iconic moment in poker history (depending on where we are with it, say, five years from now), the inaugural player draft for the Global Poker League is now history. Twelve teams gathered in front of Commissioner Kara Scott on Thursday and, after a four-plus hour ceremony, left the conference room… Read more »
It was a short day as expected at the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event Tuesday, as it took less than four hours to eliminate six players and get the tournament down to the six-handed final table. Robert Forbes defied history; it is not often you see the chip leader after… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event has simply been racing along. It started with 423 players on Sunday and nearly 300 were eliminated that first day. Yesterday, the field was narrowed from the 132 Day 1 survivors to just a dozen by the end of Day 2. From 423 to 12… Read more »
The World Poker Tour got back in action this week as the action headed north of the (U.S.) border to the Fallsview Casino Resort, overlooking Niagara Falls, for the WPT Fallsview Main Event. This is the one of the increasingly rare major tournaments with just one starting day; 423 players turned out for the CAD… Read more »
The creators of the popular syndicated poker show Poker Night in America, Rush Street Productions, have received kudos for the work they have done. In an era in which there has been little to no “new” television programming dedicated to poker, Rush Street Productions came out and provided that content for a rabid audience. Now… Read more »
