Poker Tournament News
The second-ever running of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague Main Event began Monday as 115 players put up €3,300 for the first of three starting flights. Finland’s Pasi Heinanen finished Day 1A as the chip leader, just 2,000 ahead of Shannon Shorr. WPT Prague debuted on the tour at this same time last year… Read more »
The second starting flight of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Mazagan Main Event is in the books and with 166,800 chips, France’s Clement Beauvois stood alone not just as the day’s chip leader, but also as the overall chip leader heading into Day 2. Some stops on the World Poker Tour, despite being genuine, full-fledged… Read more »
With so many World Poker Tour (WPT) events played in the United States and Europe, it only seems right that a Canadian should win WPT Montreal. And that’s exactly what happened Tuesday night as Quebec’s Jonathan Roy leapfrogged the two chip leaders during the course of the final table to take his first major title… Read more »
The stops on the World Poker Tour (WPT) are coming fast and furious nowadays. As WPT Montreal is concluding in North America, WPT Mazagan is starting up across the ocean in Africa. The coastal city of El Jadida, Morocco (formerly known as Mazagan) is serving as host to this event, held at the Mazagan Beach… Read more »
Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event began with just 45 players – five tables-worth – remaining and when the night was wrapped, the final six players had been determined. It looks like it is going to be a tight race to the finish, as the two chip leaders, Sylvain Siebert… Read more »
After both starting flights of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event ended with 360 players still in the running, we said that “the money bubble may burst” Sunday. Apparently, there was no need for that “may” hedge. Eliminations were fast and furious on Day 2 at the Playground Poker Club as more than… Read more »
Greg Raymer is not exactly one to seek the spotlight. He tweets, but never anything controversial. He speaks out on occasion, but typically on behalf of poker and the Poker Players Alliance when trying to get online poker legalized and regulated in the U.S. Sometimes, though, it’s tough to not to step the fore. Winning… Read more »
Though the World Poker Tour (WPT) is an international tour, the events in the United States seem to get more attention than their ‘round-the-world brethren. Case in point: while Noah Schwartz drew the eyes of the tournament poker world last week in winning the 2012 WPT bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble, WPT Copenhagen across the… Read more »
With only six weeks left in the 2012 tournament poker calendar – and the reality that there is only about four weeks left, as players will take a break for the end of year holidays – Dan Smith is facing a severe challenge from 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner Greg Merson as… Read more »
With the scent of the most famous poker tournament in the world still fresh in the air, Caesars Interactive Entertainment has announced the dates for the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP). As it stands now, it looks like the schedule will be virtually identical to this year’s poker festival. The fun will kick off… Read more »
If it seemed like an inevitability going into the final table that Noah Schwartz would win the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble Main Event, it’s because it was. Schwartz entered final table play Tuesday with close to half the chips in play and cruised into the heads-up portion of the match.… Read more »
Despite only needing 22 eliminations to get through the day, Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble Main Event was a long one, lasting over 14 hours. The six-handed final table was determined, though, and Noah Schwartz will take a gigantic chip lead into Tuesday’s play. With 6.255 million… Read more »
It was a big day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble Main Event, as 81 percent of the field that started the day on Sunday was sent packing. In the meantime, the money bubble burst when the 46th and 47th place finishers busted just as the tournament was about to… Read more »
Although the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event was one of the more exciting final tables in quite some time, there is a new debate raging across the internet regarding one aspect of poker that, some believe, has become a problem…the “tanking” by players as they make a decision. This discussion has brought out… Read more »
Although the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event is now in the books, crowning a worthy World Champion in Greg Merson, the conclusion of that tournament by no means is spelling the end to the 2012 tournament poker calendar. The World Poker Tour will be continuing its Season XI schedule next week with a… Read more »
In sports, fans of west coast teams often complain about the media’s “east coast bias.” That is, it seems like teams in eastern markets get a disproportionate amount of attention and coverage compared to those in western markets. That perception is often true, with much of the problem simply being the difference in time zones.… Read more »
The Giants won the World Series this weekend; this week one man at the World Series of Poker is going to become a poker giant. The final table of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event got underway last night at the Rio in Las Vegas as nine players looked to become the… Read more »
During the first level of the ESPN telecast of 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event final table Monday night, floor reporter Kara Scott kept hyping some sort of huge announcement that would be made soon, an announcement that would excite the poker world. Perhaps to the disappointment of some, it had nothing to do… Read more »
In its short existence, the International Federation of Poker has arguably done more for the game of poker than any other organization in the same time frame. Founded in 2009, the IFP has been able to unite over 40 different national poker organizations under one umbrella, bringing a level of respectability to making poker more… Read more »
Finishing off a battle that had been brewing throughout the tournament, France’s Ludovic Lacay emerged as the champion of the European Poker Tour stop in San Remo, Italy on Thursday night, defeating Canada’s Jason Lavallee in the process. The eight men who would determine the champion in this event came to the felt on Thursday… Read more »
Today is the final day of the European Poker Tour stop at the Casino San Remo in Italy, and the final eight men lined up to vie for the title today should provide for an exciting climax to the second stop of the EPT’s Season Nine schedule. On Wednesday, the final 24 players stepped to… Read more »
It was a relatively short day Tuesday at the 2012 European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event as it took just over five levels to weed out 42 players to narrow the field to the final three tables. Leading the remaining 24 players is Ireland’s Jason Tompkins with 2.423 million chips. He and the… Read more »
Well, that’s something you don’t see every day. Inge Forsmo, the chip leader at the end of Day 2 at the 2012 European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event, was also the chip leader at the end of Day 3. And he didn’t just barely hang on to the lead or anything; he moved… Read more »
Day 2 of the 2012 European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event has come and gone and of the 430 players who began the first day of the tournament with a combined field, just 152 made it to Monday. Breaking away from the pack late in the day was Norway’s Inge Forsmo who finished… Read more »
Day 1B of the European Poker Tour stop in San Remo, Italy, is in the books with several familiar faces atop the leaderboard. After 320 players crowded into the Casino San Remo for the Day 1A proceedings, it was natural to expect that there would be an even bigger influx on Saturday. That proved to… Read more »
