Poker Tournament News
After the sigh of relief from many of the players after the money bubble burst at the end of Day 2 of the WPT World Championship, it was on to Sunday’s Day 3 to begin focusing on driving deeper into the payouts. The day began with 480 players and ended with 132; Naj Ajez is… Read more »
Just 59 players remain in the inaugural WSOP Paradise Main Event as the Day 3 players look to make Thursday’s final table. It’s a good race at the top of the leaderboard as Henrique Lessa is in the pole position with 8.640 million chips, followed closely by 2023 WSOP Main Event third-place finisher Adam Walton… Read more »
The most anticipated poker tournament of the year outside of the World Series of Poker Main Event is upon us. The WPT World Championship began Tuesday with the first of four Day 1 flights and after Day 1A, Jeff Hakim is the chip leader with 998,000 chips. Two players are close behind: Adekunle Olonoh with… Read more »
Can’t we all just get along? There are places in life where you have a lot of people in close proximity to each other. There are also places were people have a lot of money on the line. A live poker tournament is at the intersection of the Venn diagram, which can sometimes lead to… Read more »
Former EPT Prague champ Jordan Saccucci, a prime suspect in an Ontario burglary spree, somehow thought it was as good idea to show up to WSOP Paradise over the weekend. He played in Day 1B of the Main Event. Saccucci did not make it through to Day 2, not because he was knocked out by… Read more »
Just six players remain in the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event, with the winner to be determined Wednesday afternoon. Enjoying a substantial chip lead is Istvan Briski, whose 23.975 million chips are more than double those of his closest competitor. But while Briski has the chips, a few other players have… Read more »
In today’s poker world, it is not unusual for players to have to make decisions regarding what tournaments they want to take part in. Rare is it, however, that the tournaments in question are of such luminous status that people will make note of who is going where. That’s what we’re looking at when it… Read more »
In breaking down the Player of the Year race for both the CardPlayer Magazine and the Global Poker Index, it did cross our minds – how is the race for women in poker? There is only one “official” Ladies’ Player of the Year race, and it is a doozy as plenty of notable names are… Read more »
There’s an old saying, “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying,” so maybe I have to give Brazilian poker pro Rafael Caiaffa some credit for trying. But I probably won’t. This week, Caiaffa was banned from the Latin American Poker Tour’s (LAPT) BSOP Millions for trying to sneak chips onto his stack that were not… Read more »
The European Poker Tour has released the full schedule for its 2024 season. As expected, it’s a short slate of tour stops, but the EPT always goes for quality over quantity. Both Paris and Cyprus are back for their second seasons on the tour, while Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, and Prague return as perennial favorites. The 2024… Read more »
We may not have 2023 done yet, but the tournament poker calendar is shaping up for 2024 already. The Borgata in Atlantic City is the first one in for the New Year, announcing this weekend the resumption of their popular Borgata Winter Poker Open. The schedule of events will have something for every player of… Read more »
We’re down to the final six weeks of 2023 and the two Player of the Year races in tournament poker look to have come down to two men. Both men have been among the Top Five for most of the year if not the Top Two, so it isn’t a surprise that they are vying… Read more »
Frederic Normand parlayed a $580 satellite win into a World Poker Tour title as he won the WPT bestbet Scramble in Jacksonville, Florida on Tuesday for what was easily the biggest cash of his career. The $351,650 first prize was about double his previous career best. That previous best came in what was a bittersweet… Read more »
As the poker world gears up for the upcoming WPT World Championship to finish out the year, there are still a couple stops on the World Poker Tour schedule to finish. The first, WPT bestbet Scramble, wraps up today at bestbet Jacksonville. The six-handed final table is just getting underway as the players compete for… Read more »
He came to the final table with the chip lead, and he finished the night with all the chips in the tournament. Fittingly, it took about twelve hours for Sami Bechahed to use his large chip stack to seize the championship of the first North American Poker Tour event in twelve years on Saturday night.… Read more »
Here’s a phrase we haven’t been able to use in about a dozen years. Saturday will mark the true return of the North American Poker Tour to the tournament scene as the final table of their stop at Resorts World Las Vegas takes place. The final seven men from the 1095-entry field have been determined… Read more »
Daniel Geeng went into the 2023 PokerGO Tour PLO Series II with just five lifetime live tournament cashes on his resume. He nearly doubled that in a week and a half, cashing four times, winning the final event, and being crowned the PGT PLO Series II champion. If there was someone who was going to… Read more »
The PokerGO Tour’s PLO Series II is down to its final events, but not until some dominant performances were capped on Saturday and Sunday. In both Event #7, a $10,000 PLO tournament, and Event #8, the $10,000 PLO Hi/Lo tournament, the player who entered the final table with the chip lead was able to win… Read more »
With much of the European poker world occupied with the start of the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, there has been a handful of players that have peeled off to Las Vegas for the second running of the PokerGO Tour PLO Series II. Two men, Bryce Yockey and Joao… Read more »
15 more bracelets up for grabs The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe is underway at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, setting off on a three week festival during which 15 gold bracelets will be awarded. The Main event for the 14th running of WSOP Europe is slated to begin November 10. When the… Read more »
Over the weekend, the PokerGO Tour PLO Series II has proven to be more popular than any other tournament series that the PGT has put on. After their first event had 172 entries, the next two events – with larger buy-ins – have sustained their player numbers. Along the way, Eelis Parssinen dominated on his… Read more »
The first tournament for the PokerGO Tour’s PLO Series II is in the books and it was certainly a stunner. First, the players turned out in droves for a non-Texas Hold’em event, something rarely heard of. Second, the eventual champion of the tournament, Matthew Wantman, had to fight from the final table basement to capture… Read more »
With the second running of its Mixed Game tournament series in the rearview mirror, the PokerGO Tour set its sights on another overlooked (at least here in the States) version of poker. Pot Limit Omaha will take to the stage of the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas as the PLO Series II begins its ten-event… Read more »
Even though I work in the poker industry, I have to admit that I have only played in a handful of live poker tournaments. That’s what living in a state without casinos will do for you. Plus, perhaps ironically, I’m not much of a gambler. I’ve played in a few in Las Vegas, maybe for… Read more »
The $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl Pot-Limit Omaha is down to its seven-handed final table. Leading the way in the debut of this nosebleed stakes event is Isaac Haxton with 4.495 million chips. And by leading the way, we mean so far ahead that he can’t even see the Peloton. Haxton’s closest competitor entering Wednesday’s… Read more »
