Poker Tournament News
The second starting day of the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open was anticipated to be a big one and a big one it was. 645 players shelled out the $3,500 to test their skills in the first WPT Main Event of the year, a sizeable jump from the 397 who showed… Read more »
Super high buy-in poker tournaments have been getting more and more popular over the last couple years as poker festival organizers look for ways to make the fields dense with the world’s strongest players. One of the first and most popular of the mega buy-ins was the Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge. The 2013 version of… Read more »
The first World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event of 2013 got underway Sunday in Atlantic City, as the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open saw 397 players pay $3,500 to enter the first of two starting days. Leading the remaining field of 209 runners is Luis Vazquez, who will begin Tuesday’s Day 2 with 182,075 chips.… Read more »
It is kind of strange to think of poker players who are in their 40’s as “old timers” or players whose peak of poker fame was just a few years ago as “old school,” but that’s probably would Mike “The Mouth” Matusow and Phil Hellmuth are. Hellmuth has remained relevant since the peak of the… Read more »
After two days of battle amongst the 64 players chosen for the event, the “Elite Eight” have been determined at the 2013 National Heads Up Poker Championship at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The first-ever winner of the tournament in 2005, Phil Hellmuth, is still in contention to once again make poker history as the… Read more »
The first round of the 2013 National Heads Up Poker Championship is in the books, with the field being whittled down from its original 64 combatants through a long day of action to the 32 players who will come back today. Spades Bracket The contestants in the Spades bracket drew the short straw (depending on… Read more »
After a rollicking party on the grounds of Caesars Palace, the brackets are set for today’s start of the 2013 National Heads Up Poker Championship, with a champion set to be crowned on Saturday. After a year’s hiatus, the 2013 NHUPC will feature 64 poker players battling it out in a NCAA “March Madness” style… Read more »
Wednesday morning, ahead of the drawing of first round match-ups for the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship (NHUPC), poker pro Daniel Negreanu announced that he was withdrawing from the event. The announcement came via Negreanu’s “@RealKidPoker” twitter account with the promise of a further explanation later. That explanation was given via a video posted on YouTube.… Read more »
Officials from Caesars Entertainment and the organizing committee for the event have named the final 32 players for the 2013 National Heads Up Poker Championship, with some outstanding players among those selected as well as some left outside looking in. Leading the list of the 32 remaining players who have been invited and confirmed their… Read more »
Vanessa Selbst made history Monday, becoming the winningest female in live poker tournament history after taking the crown at the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $25,000 High Roller Event. Selbst, clearly the best female tournament player in the world right now and one of the elite players of either gender, won $1,424,420 for the victory,… Read more »
The first major event of 2013 wrapped up yesterday and just like the “warm-up” $100,000 Super High Roller Event, a player came from way behind, overcoming a sizeable chip deficit to win the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event. That man was Bulgarian Dimitar Danchev, who became the first player from his country to… Read more »
After arguably one of their best seasons of poker in their history, the Heartland Poker Tour isn’t sitting back on their laurels as they head into 2013. As they prepare to embark on their Season Nine schedule, the HPT is unveiling a host of changes that should only make one of the premiere “minor league”… Read more »
We have reached the penultimate day at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas as the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event has determined its final table. Jerry Wong will head the field as the final eight men step to the felt this afternoon to determine the champion of the event. 21 men came back on… Read more »
It was a short Friday of play at the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event as the field took only six hours to whittle its way down to 21 players with Bulgaria’s Dimitar Danchev atop the table. 59 players came back yesterday, expecting to have a short day on the felt. PCA officials had decided… Read more »
The 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event is working its way closer to its champion with a host of popular professionals all in pursuit of Patrick Kelly, who bagged up a neat 1.75 million chips by the end of action on Thursday. 166 players returned for action yesterday at the Atlantis Resort at Paradise Island… Read more »
The “Battle in the Bahamas” raged onward yesterday as the Main Event of the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure moved into its Day Two action on Wednesday. For the first time, the field came together as one, a full 500 strong from the original 987 player field, with Ashton Griffin heading the pack. By the end… Read more »
Scott Seiver made an improbable final table run in the 2013 European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller Event Monday, advancing from a deep chip deficit to win the whole thing and over $2 million. David “Doc” Sands began the eight-handed final table with a gigantic chip lead, holding over… Read more »
The first major event of the 2013 live poker tournament season got underway this week with the 2013 European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event. Both starting flights have been completed and it’s a close race for the top spot, with Ashton Griffin coming out of Day 1B as the chip leader… Read more »
If you are going to pick a tournament at which to go on a gigantic surge and reach the final table as an overwhelming chip leader, a year-opening near-record setting high roller tournament is a great way to go. That is what David “Doc” Sands did Sunday, going from tenth place to first as the… Read more »
The 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is off and running at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas and they have chosen to start the tournament in style. The first day of the $100,000 Super High Roller is in the books, smashing last year’s attendance numbers. Of course, with such a high buy in,… Read more »
Although we are only a few days into 2013 (and maybe some hangovers haven’t worn off yet), the tournament poker world doesn’t rest as there are a plethora of tournaments around the world for players of every ilk. While the bulk of the poker community is heading for (or already at) the Atlantis Resort in… Read more »
After a respite from the game for the holiday season, poker’s top players and ambitious amateurs will be escaping whatever winter climes they find themselves in to journey to the Bahamas for the first major tournament poker event of 2013. The Tenth Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure kicks off tomorrow at the Atlantis Resort in Paradise… Read more »
After seeing one player or another dominate the major Player of the Year races in the poker world over the last twelve months, the final few tournaments of 2012 shook up the standings. Approximately a month ago, Dan Smith was atop the ladder in two of the three POY races, but late season charges have… Read more »
After nearly a week of battle on the tables in Prague, the Czech Republic, Sweden’s Ramzi Jelassi emerged as the champion of the European Poker Tour Main Event, while Germany’s Marvin Rettenmaier wrapped up a stunning 2012 by winning the €10,000 High Roller event. Jelassi came to the final table after an awesome run to… Read more »
The final major tournament of the year, the European Poker Tour’s stop in Prague, the Czech Republic, has reached its penultimate day with two final table events going on that will crown champions. In the Main Event, 21 men returned to the felt to quickly work their way down to the final eight competitors. Ben… Read more »
