Poker Tournament News
The second of two starting days in the PokerStars North American Poker Tour’s (NAPT) Los Angeles stop is in the books and Kim Fredericksen leads the survivors of Day 1B with a stack of 237,000. The final field size was 701 players, meaning that a top prize of $725,000 will be awarded. One of the… Read more »
The first of two Day 1s played out on Friday in the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) stop in Los Angeles at the Bicycle Casino. A field of 330 players turned out and even more are expected to descend upon the California card room when Day 1B begins this afternoon at 1:00pm PT. Online… Read more »
Festivities at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour’s (NAPT) Los Angeles stop may have already begun, but that doesn’t mean that the schedule is set in stone. Tournament organizers announced this week that a new event – a $5,250 Bounty Shootout (BSO) – has been added to the docket and will be inserted into the… Read more »
Taking time away from his punishment of the online tournament world, PokerStars online qualifier Michael “mae9690” Eiler vanquished an accomplished final table that included Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu to capture his first major championship at the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Vienna, Austria on Sunday. The six-day tournament began last Tuesday with a… Read more »
Recently, the Canterbury Park Racetrack and Card Casino announced a new partnership with the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) and PokerStars, the tour’s headline sponsor. What makes the partnership interesting is that there are no NAPT events held at the Shakopee, Minnesota poker room. With the freshly inked deal, Canterbury Park will host four super… Read more »
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) legend Randy Couture will host the third annual “Operation All In” charity poker tournament and auction fundraiser at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas on Saturday, October 30th. The tournament and auction will benefit the Xtreme Couture G.I. Foundation, which honors the veterans of America’s armed forces. The event is open… Read more »
The normally cutthroat world of poker once again will show its heart at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles by stepping up for a charity event later this month. On October 23rd, the Commerce will play host to the Second Annual Children’s Institute Poker For A Cause. The event will start at 11:30AM with the… Read more »
On Tuesday, PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, released the schedule for its 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which will once again play out at the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Over 50 tournaments will take place, with $25 million expected to be on the line. The 2011 PokerStars Caribbean… Read more »
Chalk up another victory for the young guns of Poker. On Monday night, 23 year-old David Vamplew took down the European Poker Tour’s (EPT) London Main Event for £900,000. Heads-up, he defeated Full Tilt Poker pro John Juanda, who cashed for the second straight year in the British tournament. Juanda entered heads-up play against Vamplew… Read more »
A payday of ₤900,000 is on the line for the winner of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) London Main Event, which is currently taking place in the British city. Sixteen runners remain at the time of writing, led by online poker pro Kyle “kwob20” Bowker, who owns a stack of 3.8 million. Who is… Read more »
Inside sources at World Team Poker tell Poker News Daily that Team Spain, which did not participate in the first tournament back in May, has filed its roster. The captain of the squad will be former World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Carlos Mortensen, who has banded together a team that brings great… Read more »
Nine cities will play hosts to tournaments as part of Season 2 of the PokerStars U.K. and Ireland Poker Tour, more commonly called the UKIPT. The first cycle of the tour is wrapping up now in London in conjunction with the European Poker Tour’s (EPT) stop in the British capital. Newly minted PokerStars pro Liv… Read more »
On October 12th, poker pro Beth Shak will be hosting a fundraising event in conjunction with AOL at the Luxe Lounge at Lucky Strike in Manhattan. The gala will benefit the charity of the winner’s choice and several affordable ticket options are available. Billiards, a hip DJ, a one-hour open bar featuring ZYR Vodka, numerous… Read more »
The largest live poker tournament ever held on British soil is taking place in London. The European Poker Tour’s (EPT) London Main Event clocked in at 848 players earlier today and a prize pool of over £4 million is up for grabs. Text found on the PokerStars Blog accurately assesses, “That will be a large… Read more »
While most of the poker world’s attention is on the action in London, the European Masters of Poker (EMOP) Circuit crowned its latest champion at its stop in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday. The €1,000 (plus €100 juice) tournament took place over the weekend at the Gran Casino Barcelona, drawing the largest field in the history… Read more »
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room and sponsor of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), has announced the return of a stop in Cebu, Philippines for its fourth season. The series will take place at Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa for a five-day Main Event from November 12 to 16, along with a string… Read more »
Continuing what has been the best year of his poker career, British poker pro Richard “CHUFTY” Ashby is one of the latest winners during the run of the 2010 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) schedule. Event #54, the $2,000 Six-Handed Pot Limit Omaha tournament, proved just how popular the discipline of Omaha is… Read more »
Poker players will have a chance to take part in a very worthy cause when the European Poker Tour (EPT) makes its next stop on London September 28 to October 5. PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, will host a two-day £100,000 guaranteed charity event for Cancer Research UK, an organization that supports researchers,… Read more »
Continuing to deliver in the live and online poker tournament worlds, Team PokerStars pro Jason Mercier outlasted a monster field in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Event #42, $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em, to win the title and its $435,000 payout. The two-day tournament drew an outstanding crowd of 3,122 players, which cracked… Read more »
Chalk up one for the young guns of poker. Twenty-four year-old Sam Trickett of the United Kingdom took down the sixth PartyPoker World Open, banking $200,000. The tournament played out last week from the Palm Beach Casino in London. Trickett has been on a tear in 2010. In June, he was the runner-up to Jason… Read more »
On Wednesday, the fifth heat of the PartyPoker World Open VI panned out and featured Unabomber Poker front man Phil Laak defending his title. Last year, Laak banked $250,000 and took down the fifth PartyPoker World Open. However, he came up short this time around and bowed out of the match in fifth place. Dale… Read more »
Starting on Monday from the Palm Beach Casino in London is the sixth incarnation of the PartyPoker World Open. Last October, Phil Laak took down the title of PartyPoker World Open V champ after defeating a final table that included Luke “FullFlush” Schwartz, Laak’s girlfriend Jennifer Tilly, and World Poker Tour (WPT) host and Poker… Read more »
On Wednesday, September 8th, the Borgata Poker Open will kick off from Atlantic City. A total of 21 poker tournaments are on tap, including the $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event. Day 1A of the WPT Borgata Poker Open begins on September 18th and the tournament will crown a winner five days later.… Read more »
In preparation for its forthcoming Championship Event, World Team Poker has added 19 countries to its lineup, including Canada, Pakistan, and Spain. World Team Poker will even receive face time on Fox Sports Net when its tournaments begin debuting in January on Sunday nights for 13 weeks. Team Canada promises to be among the fiercest… Read more »
Twenty year-old Toby Lewis triumphed over the field in the European Poker Tour’s (EPT) stop in Vilamoura, Portugal. Lewis banked a hearty €467,000 for his efforts in the €5,350 buy-in tournament, the largest ever held in the European nation. The final pot of the night was a dramatic one. Facing off against fellow young gun… Read more »
