Poker Tournament News
Nabil Hirezi, a Jacksonville local, won the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event yesterday, leading nearly wire-to-wire at the final table. For his efforts, Hirezi takes home a first prize worth $206,041, which includes a $15,400 seat in the WPT World Championship. Hirezi had a sizeable lead going into the final… Read more »
The 2014 European Poker Tour (EPT) Vienna Main Event rolled along on Tuesday as nearly 500 players of the original 910 took their seats together on Day 2 of the tournament. After six 75-minute levels, Sebastian Trisch ended the day as the chip leader with 568,000, more than 100,000 more than the second place player,… Read more »
After nearly two months, the European Poker Tour (EPT) is back in action, moving from France to Austria with the 2014 EPT Vienna Main Event. Both starting flights are already in the books as Day 2 gets going today. As usual, Day 1B was larger than Day 1A, as 560 players paid the €5,300 entry… Read more »
The six-handed final table is set at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event and with 2,792,000 chips, Nabil Hirezi is in the driver’s seat. As expected, Day 3 was short, lasting only about five and a half hours, as only 13 eliminations were needed to get down to the final… Read more »
It was a long day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event on Sunday as it took nearly thirteen hours to narrow the Day 2 field from 101 to just 19 before calling it a night. The money bubble burst with the 28th place elimination; thereafter everyone was guaranteed at least… Read more »
The 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event is down to its last day with just six players remaining from the original 465 who plunked down $3,500 to chase a Champions Cup dream. Two players – Quoc Pham and Preston Harwell – lord over the proceedings with chip stacks that may make them… Read more »
It has been a quick tournament at Sacramento’s Thunder Valley Casino Resort, as the inaugural World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event saw its field trimmed from 191 all the way down to just 24 on Monday. Bryan Campanello leads the charge to the six-handed final table with 1,436,000 chips, one of just three… Read more »
It has been one heck of a busy month for the World Poker Tour (WPT) and it just keeps going. The first week of March saw the Commerce Casino host the L.A. Poker Classic. The following week, two tour stops ran simultaneously: the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star in San Jose, California, and the Gioco… Read more »
We said yesterday that the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event is one of the most popular tournaments of the year; it’s popularity continues to grow. When added to the 312 players from Day 1A, the 401 players who signed up to play on Tuesday’s Day 1B created a total field… Read more »
As is typically the case in a multiple starting flight tournament, Day 1B of the Gioco Digitale World Poker Tour (WPT) Venice Carnival Main Event saw a larger field than did Day 1A. It is still one of the smallest major tournaments in the world, though, as the 92 players who signed up yesterday brought… Read more »
One of the most fun World Poker Tour events of the year kicked off Monday as the 2014 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star held its Day 1A at the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California. Now in its twelfth year, the tournament features the excitement of $2,500 bounties on as many as 25 “shooting… Read more »
Monday marked the start of two World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Events, with the Gioco Digitale WPT Venice Carnival the first to get underway in Italy. The world’s oldest casino, the Casino di Venezia, is serving as host for this, the final European World Poker Tour event of Season XII. If you are looking to… Read more »
As we work our way into the second quarter of 2014, the amount of poker on television has been dwindling. Other than the new broadcasts of the World Poker Tour (and their upcoming Alpha8 series), there isn’t any new poker material hitting the airwaves. As they prepare to tape their fourth episode, one of the… Read more »
Just two days remain in the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event and the money is starting to get serious. With 18 players left standing (well…sitting), everybody is guaranteed at least $54,850. That price tag will double once eight players are knocked out during today’s Day 5. Leading the charge to… Read more »
It is very unusual to see the chip leader after Day 1 of a major live poker tournament retain his spot atop the leaderboard at the end of Day 2. Scott Blackman did that, leading the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event after each of the first two days. It must… Read more »
It was on to Day 2 Sunday at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event as about 400 players returned to continue the grind towards the money. Scott Blackman, the chip leader after Day 1, pulled off the rare feat of remaining in the top spot when Day 2 came to… Read more »
The National Heads Up Poker Championship, one of the more prestigious events on the tournament poker calendar – and one that has been fraught with the fluctuating conditions of the poker world – will not be held in 2014. According to Chad Holloway of PokerNews, the news came down late last week as to the… Read more »
Justice has come swiftly in the case of a poker player who allegedly pilfered a tournament chip from his event at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop in Florida last week, with said justice being forceful, heavy and a warning to any player who might think about doing it themselves. Last week Chan Pelton,… Read more »
Matthew Lapossie was mired deep in the middle of the pack to start the final table of the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event on Monday, but he quickly leapt into contention thanks to a spectacular hand and from there, Lapossie went on to win it all. For his efforts, he won CAD $363,197 (USD… Read more »
If you were looking for a quick World Poker Tour (WPT) event, you are in luck. The 2014 WPT Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event started on Saturday and is already down to its final ten players. Jason James is the chip leader going into Monday’s Day 3 with 2,606,000 chips, a significant advantage over his… Read more »
As several top international tournaments – and major High Roller events – have been concluded over the first six weeks of 2014, Mike ‘Timex’ McDonald has emerged as the early leader in the top Player of the Year races in poker. The early part of 2014 has seen major tournaments such as the PokerStars Caribbean… Read more »
The 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event wrapped up Tuesday as the six players at the final table competed to see who would take the crown of the year’s first WPT event in Florida. Fittingly, it was Floridian James Calderaro who ended up on top, beating Shannon Shorr heads up… Read more »
The 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event’s penultimate day is in the books as the six-handed final table has been determined. 33 players entered Monday’s Day 3, all at least comforted by the fact that they had cash, but it was only six who made it to Day 4. It… Read more »
The survivors from the two starting flights of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event combined for Day 2 on Sunday looking to be rewarded for their hard work with a pay day. Day 2 began with 167 players and just 54 were going to make the money, so Sunday… Read more »
The 2014 Aussie Millions is beginning to come to its conclusion as, on Sunday, the Main Event champion was determined and, back on Saturday night, the $100,000 Challenge came to a conclusion. Aussie Millions Main Event A strong group of contenders came to the final table on Sunday afternoon at the Crown Casino in Melbourne,… Read more »
