Poker Tournament News
With the World Series of Poker – and its 64 event schedule – set to begin next week, the players have completed essentially the first half of the tournament poker “season.” As players prepare to descend on the “Oasis in the Desert” two men, Dzmitry Urbanovich and Anthony Zinno, will be at the top of… Read more »
Part of the beauty of poker is that on any given day, the most amateur of amateurs can beat the best professionals in the world. To those unfamiliar with the game, that may sound ridiculous; how can a “sport” be at all attractive when the least skilled players can win? Well, that is, in fact,… Read more »
Day 1B of the 2015 World Poker Tour Amsterdam Main Event, the first-ever WPT stop in the Dutch capital, saw 194 players belly-up to the tables, creating a total field of 324 when combined with the 130 who played on Monday. Just 97 ended the night with chips and will join the 54 who survived… Read more »
The World Series of Poker may be starting in a couple weeks, but that doesn’t bother the World Poker Tour, as it is stringing together tournament after tournament after tournament. Just days after the WPT World Championship brought Season XIII to a conclusion, the WPT Canadian Spring Championship kicked off Season XIV. And now, just… Read more »
Battling through a difficult final table, Spain’s Adrian Mateos – the reigning World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champion – added the second leg of poker’s “Triple Crown” in winning the European Poker Tour’s Grand Final in Monte Carlo yesterday. With only a six-handed final table (the other two official EPT final table spots,… Read more »
It was a short Day 3 at the 2015 World Poker Tour Canadian Spring Championship Main Event as the field was narrowed from 45 to just 15 before prime time television started. Three men have separated themselves from the pack: chip leader Samuel Tsehai, who has 1.522 million chips, Sheraz Nasir with 1.207 million, and… Read more »
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 »
