Poker Tournament News
One of the most prestigious stops on the European Poker Tour, their annual trek to London, the United Kingdom, is currently underway, with several top professionals on the felt yesterday and for Day 1B action today. The £5000 buy in event started on Friday, drawing the crème of the poker world from both sides of… Read more »
The 10th annual PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) concluded this week and after two days of play and 1,626 eliminations, Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen emerged victorious in the $5,200 Main Event, banking $1,260,018.50. The Dane entered final table play as far and away the largest stack remaining. His 11.2 million chips was more than… Read more »
In what is quickly becoming a potential new gaming Mecca, former World Champion Chris Moneymaker will be the host of a large tournament in the new poker room of a Pennsylvania casino. Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner, will be at the Presque Isle Downs and Casino on October 15, hosting… Read more »
The first two tournaments of the Epic Poker League, the professional tournament circuit modeled on professional golf’s PGA Tour, are ready for broadcast beginning next weekend. A “sneak peek” of what will happen on the EPL will make its debut on the new cable network Velocity on September 30. This new network, which currently is… Read more »
Day 2 of the 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open is in the books and with just 170 players of the original 1,313 remaining, the money bubble is starting to appear on the horizon. The top 100 finishers in the $3,300 + $200 will be paid at least $8,386, with the winner receiving… Read more »
We said yesterday that there was a chance that the 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open could break last year’s mark for the largest WPT event in history. “Reasonable shot” was the phrase we used. It looks like we didn’t have to sweat it at all, as the 1,313 total entries handily beat… Read more »
The 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open got underway Sunday with the first of two Day 1 flights and it looks like there is a chance that the tournament could be a record breaker. Last year’s event was the largest in WPT history, as 1,042 players combined to create a prize pool of… Read more »
With each tournament held by the fledgling Epic Poker League, it seems that there is a corresponding dispute that comes along with said event. The latest fracas that has erupted could lead to the courtroom. In an interview with QuadJacks Radio, poker player Michael DiVita recounted his run in the EPL’s Pro/Am tournament on September… Read more »
On Saturday, Parkland, Florida’s Matt Waxman accomplished something no American had ever been able to do before: he became the first American to win the World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris. One of just two Yanks to reach the final table and one of just five to cash at the venerable Aviation Club… Read more »
Battling from the short stack at the final table, Mike McDonald emerged as the champion of the second Epic Poker League tournament Friday night at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. At the start of the final table of the Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em event, Australia’s David Steicke held a slim, 28,000 chip… Read more »
The final table for the second-ever Epic Poker League Main Event is set, with a newcomer to the EPL tournaments leading the way and a familiar face trying to chase him down. Action began on Thursday with 23 men left standing from the original 97 runners who came to the line. There was plenty of… Read more »
After Day Two of the Epic Poker League’s second Main Event at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, 2011 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Fabrice Soulier has surged to the lead with 23 players remaining. The fifty players who returned for action on Wednesday were looking at a short day of play, with… Read more »
The second Epic Poker League Main Event kicked off Tuesday at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas as almost 100 poker pros squared off for both money and bragging rights. Leading the way, separated by just three big blinds and ahead of the rest of the field by 90 big blinds, are Jaime Kaplan… Read more »
With the second Main Event of the Epic Poker League (EPL) set to get underway on Tuesday, there was the still some unfinished business left over the weekend, as nine free seats were to be handed out at the Pro/Am lead-up tournament. Greg “FBT” Mueller emerged as the eventual winner of the event, though because… Read more »
Heading into the final day of the Epic Poker League Pro/Am, poker professional Greg “FBT” Mueller holds the chip lead with twenty players vying for the nine $20,000 seats into the second EPL tournament, which begins on Tuesday. The $1500 Pro/Am featured two Day Ones, drawing in a cozy 97 players total for the tournament.… Read more »
Battling through the largest ever tournament field in Spanish history, Germany’s Martin Schleich overcame a difficult final table to take home the title at the European Poker Tour stop at the Casino de Barcelona last night. The eight players who came to the final table on Thursday spanned the globe, but were heavily weighted with… Read more »
We poker players know that poker is a game of skill. But we also know that to win a big tournament, Lady Luck needs to be on your side from time to time, as well. Such was the case for Will “The Thrill” Failla, who came into the 2011 World Poker Tour (WTP) Legends of… Read more »
Today is the day that every player on the World Poker Tour (WPT) wants to reach: the televised final table. Just six players were able to hit that goal when play stopped early Tuesday morning at the WPT Legends of Poker at the legendary Bicycle Casino, having outlasted 751 other players since Thursday. Going into… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Legends of Poker is rounding the final turn, about to hit the home stretch. After Day 3 of competition at The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, just 21 players remain out of the 757 that began play. With $758,085 on the line for first place and the current payout… Read more »
This wasn’t quite the start the Epic Poker League (EPL) wanted. Just a week after the conclusion of the new professional poker league’s first $20,000 buy-in Main Event, it disciplined its first champion in a move that is quite unusual in the sport of poker. Chino Rheem, who won the $1,000,000 first prize as the… Read more »
With just 137 of the 254 eligible players competing in last week’s inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event, there were obviously a lot of people who decided to pass on the new tournament. There are any number of reasons someone might not have wanted to play: prior commitment, didn’t want to pony up the $20,000… Read more »
David “Chino” Rheem bested one of the toughest tournament fields of the year by winning the inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event at the Palms Resort in Las Vegas Friday. Rheem collected $1,000,000 after defeating arguably the two hottest players on the planet, Erik Seidel and Jason Mercier, at the final table. The score is… Read more »
Surprise, surprise. The final table of the inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event is stacked with poker superstars. The invite-only event featuring the many of game’s most accomplished tournament players is down to the final six, five of which boast a million-dollar-plus score in their career. Another million is up for grabs Friday at the… Read more »
The inaugural $20,000 Epic Poker League Main Event is down to three six-handed tables as the loaded field of 137 has been trimmed down to 18. Each remaining member of the star-studded field is guaranteed a minimum payday of $43,190 with the winner receiving a cool $1 million in the first of four “epic” Main… Read more »
The first day of the inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event kicked off on Tuesday and when the players bagged up their chips, it was New York’s Eugene Katchalov that sat in the lead. With 356,300 chips, Katchalov has almost a 70,000 chip lead over his closest opponent. With blinds and antes about to be… Read more »
