Poker Tournament News
The field was slashed Monday at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final Main Event as more than 300 players were reduced to just 114 on Day 2. It is an extremely close race for the pole position as Germans Ole Schemion and Christopher Frank are one-two with 477,700 chips and 465,200 chips, respectively. Jose… Read more »
My fellow Poker News Daily writer, Earl Burton, hit on this yesterday, but man, it is really strange that Season XIV of the World Poker Tour (WPT) has started already considering Season XIII just ended on Friday. Poker is certainly different than other sports with more traditional seasons, so for most poker players, the WPT… Read more »
Just as the World Poker Tour’s season came to an end last week, so does the eleventh season of the European Poker Tour (EPT) this week with the EPT Grand Final Main Event in glitzy Monte Carlo, Monaco. The €10,000 + €600 tournament has a guaranteed first prize of €1 million. Leading the event after… Read more »
There is one more day remaining in Season XIII of the World Poker Tour (WPT) as the WPT World Championship final table has been set. It is a very strong final table, as three of its six members have won World Poker Tour titles previously. Alexander Lakhov leads the way with 4.11 million chips, almost… Read more »
The money bubble burst late in the day Monday as just 23 players remain in the Season XIII World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship. Today’s goal is to make it all the way down to the final six players. Asher Conniff appears to have the best chance to reach the final table, as he is… Read more »
The much-anticipated 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship kicked off this weekend, marking the beginning of the end of WPT Season XIII. High Roller events aside, the WPT Championship is the most expensive tournament of the season with a $15,000 + $400 buy-in. 234 players signed up on Saturday with another five registering late… Read more »
It was a relatively quick day at the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event as the remaining field of eighteen was trimmed to just six. Action still lasted nearly seven hours, but for a major tournament, that’s not bad at all. Thus, the final table has been set and… Read more »
The 2015 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Nanjing Millions event in Nanjing, China was shut down by local law enforcement officials on Friday, leaving players and poker fans searching for reasons why. World Global Magazine originally broke the news of the raid, which had police officers blocking the entrance to the tournament’s venue, the Wutaishan… Read more »
Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event is in the books and just two tables of nine players each remain from an original starting field of 1,476. A cool million dollars is the ultimate goal as today is the day we will find out who makes the… Read more »
It was carnage on Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown as the field of 554 that entered the day was slashed to just 92 players as the tournament got another day closer to the final table. Raj Vohra emerged as the chip leader, bagging 1.675 million chips Sunday… Read more »
I love me a good controversy. But better than a good controversy is a stupid controversy. And this past weekend, there was one heck of a stupid controversy surrounding a poker tournament that took place at Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, Minnesota. The tournament was organized by Check Shove Poker, a training site that… Read more »
They came into the final table 1-2 in the standings, so it was only natural that they would vie for the title. After what would prove to be a draining heads-up battle, Jean Montury outlasted his countryman, France’s Valentin Messina, to capture the inaugural championship at the European Poker Tour Malta Main Event early Sunday… Read more »
The inaugural stop by the European Poker Tour on the island of Malta has reached the final table. Of the six players remaining in the event, online poker pro and poker coach Valentin Messina has eked out a slim lead over Jean Montury, but lurking in the pack is former EPT champion Dominik Panka, who… Read more »
Tuesday was the first day of the inaugural European Poker Tour (EPT) Malta Main Event in which the entire remaining field was unified, as 512 players returned from the two starting flights (plus a handful of late entrants) to compete on Day 2. Six 75-minute levels were contested with Samuel Chartier heading the 186 survivors… Read more »
Day 1B of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Malta Main Event is now in the books and boy, was it ever a celebration of Malta’s first appearance on the Tour. After 260 players participated in the opening starting flight on Sunday, over 400 more – 629 to be exact – registered for Monday’s action, requiring… Read more »
The first European Poker Tour Main Event to be held in the tiny nation of Malta kicked off Sunday, as Day 1A of EPT Malta got underway at Portomaso Casino at the Hilton Hotel. It was a solid first day for the new event, with 260 players registering for the first flight. Nearly half were… Read more »
Carrying over their strong play from Day 1 of the event, Team Italy stunned the crowd in attendance in Malta in taking down the inaugural Global Poker Masters championship. With Team USA on the sidelines holding a bye to the semi-finals and Team United Kingdom sitting on the rail following their less-than stellar showing in… Read more »
After a day of play that saw different squads sit atop the leaderboard, Team USA used a late rush to capture the first-place slot during Saturday’s Day 1 of the Global Poker Masters. On the other side of the equation, Team UK couldn’t bring anything together throughout the action on Saturday and will not be… Read more »
As the European Poker Tour prepares for its inaugural Main Event tournament in Malta, professional poker’s biggest names are also in preparation for another reason. Beginning tomorrow, the Global Poker Index’s Global Poker Masters will also take to the stage. Billed as poker’s version of football’s (soccer’s) World Cup, the Global Poker Masters is bringing… Read more »
It wasn’t quite the historic moment we were waiting for, but the final table of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event was pretty great, nonetheless. After nearly 150 hands and about eight hours, Ravee Mathi Sundar had his name engraved on the WPT Champions Cup as the latest WPT winner. For… Read more »
Just one more day remains in the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event, as the original field of 379 players has been cut to just six. Harrison Gimbel is the chip leader going into Wednesday with 3.135 million chips in what should be an extremely competitive final table. This final table is… Read more »
It was carnage on Monday as the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event was narrowed from 151 players* to just 18. The money bubble clearly burst – the top 45 players were paid – and Taylor Paur emerged as the top dog with 1,400,000 chips. If Paur can keep this going, he… Read more »
The third leg of the World Poker Tour’s California Swing was in full…swing…this weekend with the 2015 WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event at the Thunder Valley Casino in the Sacramento, California area. A total of 379 players have entered the tournament – 181 on Saturday and 198 on Sunday – making it easily the smallest… Read more »
Both starting flights of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event are in the books as Day 1B wrapped up last night. Haixia Zhang ended up bagging the most chips at the end of the day, collecting 281,000. 389 players entered Tuesday’s action, making it an even 700 for the… Read more »
One of the most popular events on the World Poker Tour (WPT), the Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event, kicked off on Monday as 311 players bought-in to Day 1A of the tournament hoping to become the next member of the Champion’s Club. Just 106 made it to Day 2 with Bay 101 defending champ,… Read more »
