Poker Tournament News
Almost two months into 2016, the battle is already brewing in the different Player of the Year races that are in the tournament poker world…or at least there is for one of them. The champion of the Aussie Millions Main Event, Ari Engel, has been able to move to the top of the CardPlayer Magazine… Read more »
After dominating Day 5 in seizing the chip lead, Poland’s Dzmitry Urbanovich solidified his position as a player to potentially watch for at this year’s World Series of Poker in dominating the final table on his way to the European Poker Tour Dublin Main Event championship earlier on Saturday. The 20-year old Urbanovich’s lead wasn’t… Read more »
Earlier this week, the Global Poker League inched ever closer to reality. In a ceremony broadcast from their studios in Malta, the GPL’s Alexandre Dreyfus and Laura Cornelius hosted the first-ever Draft Lottery for the inaugural season of the league. After the ceremonies were complete, the 12 teams – and poker fans who watched the… Read more »
It might have been thought that Day 3 of the European Poker Tour stop in Dublin, Ireland would have been a leisurely walk in the park on Thursday. If a player thought that, they wouldn’t have been prepared for the level of carnage that saw the 45 remaining players cut down to only 16 in… Read more »
The 341 survivors from the two starting flights met in a unified field Tuesday at the Royal Dublin Society to continue the track toward the final table in the 2016 European Poker Tour (EPT) Dublin Main Event. Croatia’s Ivan Banic takes the lead into Day 3, topping the remaining field of 127 players with 381,200… Read more »
We knew this was going to happen, but it is pretty impressive nonetheless. In a major (or minor, for that matter) live poker tournament with two starting days, the second is ALWAYS bigger – and usually significantly bigger – than the first. Yesterday was no exception. Day 1A of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Dublin… Read more »
The second European Poker Tour Main Event of the year got going Sunday, as Day 1A of the EPT Dublin Main Event kicked off with 147 poker players spending their Valentine’s Day hoping to end up flush with hearts (Do you see what I did there? Valentine’s Day? Hearts? Flush? That’s why they pay me… Read more »
For the first time in over eight years, the European Poker Tour has set their anchor down in the beautiful city of Dublin, Ireland and the Royal Dublin Society for their most recent festival of poker. As their €5000 Main Event kicked off its Day 1A action today, the frenetic play in the €25,000 High… Read more »
After a sign up period in which players could either opt-in to participation in the organization or choose to stay out of the group, the Global Poker League announced earlier today (got to love Europe!) 203 professionals from the 1000 qualified players that will make up the inaugural draft for the GPL’s first season. In… Read more »
It has often been mentioned as one of poker’s “major” tournament events. Much like tennis has the Australian, French and U. S. Opens along with Wimbledon as its majors, poker’s “majors” have often been listed as the World Series of Poker Championship Event, the World Poker Tour World Championship (it was discontinued this year), the… Read more »
The 542 survivors from the two opening flights came together in Atlantic City Tuesday – along with a bunch of late entrants – for Day 2 of the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event. After another eight levels, it was Cong Pham who finished the night with a fairly substantial… Read more »
It is on to the meat of the tournament today as both starting flights of the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open are in the books and the survivors from Sunday and Monday will come together to compete on Tuesday’s Day 2. Norman Michalek came out on top of Day 1B, bagging… Read more »
As the Aussie Millions came to a close, the World Poker Tour (WPT) got its first Main Event of 2016 going as the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event kicked off in Atlantic City Sunday. It was fantastic timing, too, as just a week after a ridiculous, historic blizzard, the city broke its high… Read more »
After riding his start of day chip lead to heads up action, Ari Engel had to endure an epic battle against Tony Dunst to emerge as the champion of the Aussie Millions Main Event. As that mano y mano war played out, guys with plenty of money to toss around were taking part in Day… Read more »
In a rapid four-hour final table – after a four-day layoff for the Aussie Millions Main Event – Germany’s Fabian Quoss defeated the start of day chip leader Ben Tollerene to capture the championship of the $100,000 Challenge at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne on Saturday. Tollerene was the massive leader coming into play, being… Read more »
The final table is set for Aussie Millions Main Event and it looks like it will be a battle between two men. Chip leader Ari Engel and Day 3 chip leader Tony Dunst will head to the final table on Sunday 1-2 in the counts, with Samantha Abernathy and Kitty Kuo among those in the… Read more »
After a flurry of activity on Day 3 in Melbourne, Australia, Tony ‘Bond_18’ Dunst is at the helm of the Aussie Millions Main Event. As Dunst holds a sizeable lead in one of poker’s unofficial “majors,” Ben Tollerene will have a couple of days to ponder his position as the chip leader of the $100,000… Read more »
Day 2 of the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event has come and gone with just 154 players remaining to advance to Day 3. After late registrations were counted, the total field for the three starting flights plus those few last minute entries on Day 2 amounted to 732 players. Australian James Obst led the 376… Read more »
All three starting flights of the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event are in the bag (as are the chips), so it is finally on to Day 2, where all of the survivors of the day one flights come together in a unified field. 337 players registered for Tuesday’s Day 1C at the Crown Casino in… Read more »
The 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event got underway over the weekend as championship hopefuls turned out at the Crown Casino in Melbourne Australia to start their journey to a title in one of the most popular events on the worldwide tournament calendar. Two of the three starting days are in the books (with the tourney… Read more »
In what was a frantic Day Two, Chance Kornuth came from the middle of the pack to take down the championship of the $25,000 Challenge at the Aussie Millions as the Main Event prepares to take center stage at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Kornuth was smack in the middle of the 26 players… Read more »
While it might not draw as much attention as it has in years past, the Aussie Millions still can draw a crowd to the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Perhaps because it is summertime “Down Under,” the weather and the heat of the poker tables always seem to bring the international poker community to the… Read more »
They came into the final table as the top two players, so it was only natural that they would be the ones who would decide the championship. After all was said and done, Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson emerged as champion of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure European Poker Tour Main Event over Anthony Gregg, who was denied… Read more »
It was a day of history at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure European Poker Tour Main Event on Wednesday as the final table for the event was determined. When the final six men come back to the felt this afternoon, Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson will be at the helm of the ship but he will face the… Read more »
We’ve heard about it. We have been promised the glory of “sportified” poker for some time now. And now it’s here. Well, no it’s not actually here yet, but it’s almost here! And the Global Poker League has even given us some more information about what’s on tap in the form of the official team… Read more »
