Poker Tournament News
The second of the two starting flights of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic is now in the books, so it’s time to marry the survivors into a single, combined field for Monday’s Day 2. A total of 164 players took to the felts Sunday at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and… Read more »
After a well-deserved break through most of the summer, the World Poker Tour surged back into action with its Merit Cyprus Classic yesterday. Held at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in Cyprus, poker pros from around the world have descended on the Mediterranean island looking to take down the first championship of the… Read more »
What’s On The Cards? With poker hitting a slower pace as things go quiet after the WSOP and players take a moment to enjoy the summer, we look at what’s on the tournament cards during August. After all, if the online poker sites Stars and Full Tilt do indeed do a deal, you might find yourself flushed… Read more »
Having arguably one of its best seasons ever, the Heartland Poker Tour has been rolling along in 2012 and delivering some great poker to fans across the United States. Their most recent stop, which concluded yesterday at the Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque, NM, kept that performance up with former World Champion Greg Raymer… Read more »
The world of poker sometimes presents mind-boggling conundrums that even the most brilliant astrophysicist would have trouble wrapping his or her big brain around. The World Series of Poker is one of the arenas where that can come into play and, in particular, the biggest ever buy in poker tournament, the “Big One For One… Read more »
While they have yet to hold their first tournament, the International Stadiums Poker Tour is making moves outside of the playing arena with two announcements recently. The ISPT is a grandiose ambition of the French financing company Groupe Bernard Tapie, who failed in their attempt at the purchase of the now-defunct Full Tilt Poker. Undaunted,… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced the 2012-2013 WSOP Circuit schedule Monday, revealing the largest tour of all-time, complete with an impressive 20 stops. The new season is just around the corner, beginning August 9 at the IP Casino Resort & Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi and culminating with the WSOP Circuit National Championship May… Read more »
As usual, the tournament poker world has entered its post-World Series of Poker slumber, allowing the players to recharge their batteries after the seven week grind in Las Vegas this summer. That will be changing soon, however, as several tournament circuits will get their new seasons underway in the month of August. The World Poker… Read more »
The 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) October Nine was determined early this morning and boy, is the poker community disappointed. It’s nothing against the nine skilled and fortunate men who made the final table of the Main Event. Not at all. The disappointment stems from the two eliminations that occurred before play ended Tuesday… Read more »
f there is a lesson to be learned tonight, it’s “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” Monday’s Day 7 of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is final table cut down day, the day that the field is narrowed from 27 to the November Nine (well, the October Nine, but we’re… Read more »
Are we having fun yet? Just shy of 6,600 players entered the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Now there are just 27 – three tables – remaining. Each survivor to this point is guaranteed almost $300,000, but they all have their hearts set on much more. Leading the charge to the final… Read more »
As expected, the summertime running of the 2012 World Series of Poker has shuffled up the various Player of the Year races compiled by many of the top outlets in the poker industry. After leading the top three POY races for much of the first half of 2012, former World Champion Jonathan Duhamel has fallen… Read more »
After battling through the 99 World Series of Poker Circuit All-Stars who had qualified for the event – and 57 more WSOP Player of the Year contenders who bought in for $10,000 to the million dollar freeroll – Ryan Eriquezzo emerged as the victor of the WSOP National Championship last night at the Rio in… Read more »
Day 2 of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is a bit of an odd bird. During the last few years, there have been four Day 1 flights which transitioned quite naturally into two Day 2 flights. The survivors from two of the Day 1’s combined for one Day 2 and the… Read more »
The butterflies have dissipated and the players have settled in. Now it’s time to play some poker. The final starting flight of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is complete and while the money bubble is barely a blip on the radar, players can stop worrying about surviving the first day and… Read more »
To the casual observer, each starting day of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event looks the same. Loads of tables crowded with poker players, the constant rattle of chips throughout the room, the initial buzz of excitement that eventually gives way to resolute grinding. It’s all there each day. But those who… Read more »
With nearly all the preliminary events completed on its schedule, the $10,000 Championship Event took center stage at the 2012 World Series of Poker. The first of three Day Ones would turn out to have some surprises in store for the railbirds arranged around the Rio while the final preliminary event, the WSOP National Championship,… Read more »
For the final tables that had been suspended early that morning due to the late hour, a journey back into the Amazon Room was required on Friday to determine a champion in two events. While one wrapped up stunningly quickly, the second would provide a bit more drama for the railbirds at the 2012 World… Read more »
Although you might expect a “calm before the storm” that will be today’s start of the $10,000 Championship Event at the 2012 World Series of Poker, there are still three tournaments that will hand out bracelets over this weekend. The final $1000 NLHE event is in action, the WSOP National Championship is looking to crown… Read more »
As anticipation for the beginning of the $10,000 Championship Event this weekend builds, there are still a few bracelets out there for the masses in the Amazon Room. Three tournaments were in different stages of their play through Wednesday as players look to pick up some last minute cash to make their way into the… Read more »
Another tournament, another extra day. Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em at the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was the latest tourney this summer to go into overtime, extending into a fourth day to determine a winner. Day 3 ended with just two players – Neil Willerson and Vladimir Mefodichev – remaining because tournament officials… Read more »
Maybe there is something to the whole positive thinking thing. Maybe visualizing success can work. Or maybe Antonio Esfandiari is simply a clairvoyant. Before any cards had even been dealt in the 2012 World Series of Poker $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop event, Antonio Esfandiari told our friends at PokerNews, “I wasn’t… Read more »
The 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop tournament started with 48 well-to-do players. Today, the final eight can relax a little. They have all made the money. Though who knows, the nerves might start going even more now that the $18 million first prize is within arm’s… Read more »
“I wonder how long is it until people start asking, ‘Who do you think the best male tournament player is?’” Those apt words were posted on Twitter by professional poker player Phil Galfond shortly after Vanessa Selbst won the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #52: $2,500 10-Game Mix Six-Handed Sunday night, the second… Read more »
The history making Big One for One Drop tournament kicked off Sunday at the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) with 48 deep-pocketed players each putting up a record $1 million buy-in for their chance at immortality. The event was the brainchild of Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté, with $111,111 of each buy-in going… Read more »
