Poker Tournament News
For some, the Easter holiday weekend is a time of reflection. But for those players who will be descending on Dublin, Ireland, this weekend, it is the time for the renewal of one of the classic events in the world of poker. The 2012 Irish Poker Open begins play tomorrow from the Burlington Hotel in… Read more »
The most expensive poker tournament of all-time just became a little bit more accessible. World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials announced Wednesday that casinos around the country will be holding satellites for The Big One for One Drop, the $1 million buy-in event to be held at this summer’s WSOP. Fourteen casinos are already onboard,… Read more »
One of the most anticipated mini-events of the year, the PartyPoker Premiere League V, is upon us this week. There is still one more qualifier to determine, but the lineup of those buying in directly has been set and the cards are ready to fly in a couple days at the Montesino Casino in Vienna.… Read more »
In what proved to be one of the best final tables of its Season Eight schedule, Denmark’s Jannick Wrang was able to vanquish the United States’ Olivier Busquet to capture the championship of the European Poker Tour Campione in Italy early Sunday morning. The eight men in contention for the championship came to the tables… Read more »
After an intense two days of battle, the final table is set for the inaugural European Poker Tour stop in Campione, Italy, with two prominent names heading the field of eight who will vie for the title. 99 players returned on Thursday and quickly were able to work their way down to the 88 players… Read more »
It seems that the European Poker Tour loves to make stops in Italy. For the third time in the past year alone, the EPT has journeyed to Italy, this time making its first ever stop in Campione, where Hungary’s Balazs Botond has emerged as the leader after Day Two. 325 of the original 570 players… Read more »
In yesterday’s write-up of Day 1A of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Campione Main Event, we said, “Unless something beyond the realm of comprehension happens [with regards to the Day 1B turnout], EPT Campione will not come close to the size of EPT San Remo.” Seeing as this season’s EPT San Remo drew a field… Read more »
We’re in a good stretch right now in the European Poker Tour (EPT). March and April are the only consecutive months during Season 8 that both feature two tour stops, so there is pretty action to be had this spring. A couple weeks ago, Frederik Jensen grabbed his first ever major title at EPT Madrid;… Read more »
Season 5 of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) kicked off last week with the LAPT Chile National Poker Championship, the third time the LAPT has made a stop in Chile. Held at the Vina del Mar Casino and Resort, the $1,000 + $100 Main Event wrapped up Sunday with Aliro Diaz winning the final… Read more »
The Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) stop in Sydney came to a close in the wee hours of Monday morning and after a long, 14-hour day, it was Scotland’s Gordon Huntly who emerged victorious. Huntly bested a field of 461 players, making this year’s ANZPT Sydney the second largest of the four that have… Read more »
Working his way through experienced professionals from the tour and several PokerStars qualifiers, Denmark’s Frederik Jensen earned his first major professional poker championship by winning the European Poker Tour’s most recent stop at the Casino Gran Madrid on Saturday. The final table was set Friday evening when Mike McDonald’s run at a historic second EPT… Read more »
While most of the United States was succumbing to the NCAA’s March Madness, European poker fans were much more concerned with the activities of the European Poker Tour event in Madrid, Spain, which completed its third day on Thursday. The 112 players remaining from the 477 player starting field were ready for action in the… Read more »
Wednesday was a much shorter day than the previous two at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Madrid Main Event. Whereas those who made it through Days 1A and 1B had to make it through eight levels, those who went on to finish Day 2 with chips got call it a relatively early night, needing to… Read more »
They said that the second starting day of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Madrid Main Event would be much bigger than the first starting flight, and they were right. With 352 players paying €5,000 + €300 on Tuesday, Day 1B turned out to be almost three times as large as Day 1A, which had just… Read more »
The European Poker Tour (EPT) is back in Spain this week for its second stop of the season in the Iberian nation. This time, it is at the Casino Gran Madrid where a few hundred poker players will converge for EPT Madrid. In September, 811 players participated in EPT Barcelona, creating a total prize pool… Read more »
Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star wrapped up late Tuesday night with another 222 players stepping up to the plate and only 96 surviving to fight on Day 2. Leading the way as the proud owner of the both the largest chip stack and the $10,000 bonus that goes… Read more »
The next big World Poker Tour event got underway Monday, staying in California this week at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star. Held at the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California, the tournament is one of the most fun on the Tour, as a number of well-known poker players are designated as “Shooting Stars,”… Read more »
In an apparent effort to spice up the event, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced Monday that up to 100 more players, including many name pros, will be participating in the 2012 WSOP National Championship. Last year, just 100 players were eligible in total; now as many as 200 will compete for a share… Read more »
The final table is upon us at the World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic, as the field was trimmed from 18 to the final six at the Commerce Casino on Tuesday. Yesterday’s starting chip leader, Noah Schwartz is still alive, and while his 3.835 million chips puts him in a great spot, the chip… Read more »
It’s getting down to it now at the World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic. Day 3 started with 54 players remaining, all already in the money, and after a relatively snug 9 hours, just 18 players still had chips in front of them. Two tables left. And leading the quest for the final table… Read more »
The European Poker Tour (EPT) Copenhagen Main Event wrapped up over the weekend with the 22-year old Dane Mickey Petersen taking the crown to the tune of 2,515,000 kroner or $444,595. Petersen bested the 70+ year-old Pierre Neuville during the heads-up portion of the final table. Neuville, nicknamed “Serial EPT Qualifier,” as this was his… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic hit the halfway point last night and with three days down and three to go, Virginia’s Tuan Phan leads the remaining field of 54 players. Phan was the first player to eclipse the million chip mark and with 1.14 million bagged and tagged, he is still the… Read more »
In what would prove to be a short day at the Casino Copenhagen, the European Poker Tour’s Main Event has determined its final table. 24 men came back on Friday to decide who would be the eight contenders who would vie for the most recent title on the EPT. Leading the way was veteran Team… Read more »
The European Poker Tour’s stop in Copenhagen, Denmark is entering into the homestretch, with a well-respected Belgian at the top of the leaderboard. 72 players came back on Thursday to whittle the field down to the final 24 contenders. Heading the field at the start of the day was Team LockPro Elite member Melanie Weisner,… Read more »
Things certainly picked up Tuesday at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Copenhagen Main Event. Monday’s Day 1A, with just 83 players showing up, looked like your local casino’s Thursday nooner. Fortunately, Day 1B resembled the EPT tournament that it should be, as 216 runners sat down at the tables at the SAS Radisson Hotel to… Read more »
