Poker Tournament News
History repeated itself at the Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Classic. In the event's $10,000 Heads-Up tournament, Vivek "Psyduck" Rajkumar and Chris Moore found themselves playing heads-up for the championship for a second consecutive year. Read more »
Poker pro Ashton Griffin edged out DoylesRoom personality Hoyt Corkins heads-up to win the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) High-Roller Bounty Shootout at the Venetian. The $25,000 buy-in tournament awarded a top prize of $460,000. Read more »
The inaugural North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event has crowned a champion. Tom Marchese, a 22 year-old from New Jersey, took down the first NAPT event on U.S. soil and earned $827,000. Read more »
Scott Seiver stormed through the competition on Day 1 of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) $25,000 High-Roller Bounty Shootout at the Venetian. Seiver ousted all six opponents at his starting table to move on to Day 2. Read more »
Sam Stein will bring a commanding chip lead to the final table of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event. The eight-handed feature table will play down to a winner today from Las Vegas and air on ESPN2. Read more »
What started as a mammoth field of 872 players in the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event has now shrunk to just 24. Eric Blair leads the pack with a mountain of 3.7 million chips; two days remain. Read more »
Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger, an accomplished live and online poker pro, will come armed to Day 3 of the $5,000 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event on Monday with the top stack in the room. Read more »
A total of 872 players entered the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event on Saturday and, when the smoke cleared, 476 remained in the hunt for the $827,000 top prize. Read more »
The inaugural PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Main Event on U.S. soil kicked off on Saturday at the Venetian, drawing a field of 872 players, according to PokerStars officials. The tournament had a cap of 890 entrants. Read more »
According to a source close to Full Tilt Poker, the site's pros are able to play in any competitor's open event. The squad's ability to enter this weekend's PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Main Event appeared to be in doubt. Read more »
Frenchman David Benyamine took down the fourth PartyPoker Premier League title, defeating embattled pro Luke "Full_Flush" Schwartz heads-up. Benyamine earned $476,000 for his efforts. Read more »
The first four spots at the final table of the PartyPoker Premier League are set, with Unabomber Poker front man Phil Laak leading the way. The top four players after six matches automatically qualified for the finale and best of three heads-up events will determine the rest of the table. Read more »
Joeri Zandvliet won the first ever UK event on the new PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour. By winning the tournament played in Manchester, Zandvliet took home £63,200 and also receives a free entry into the £5,250 EPT London event. Read more »
On Friday, the launch party for the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) stop at the Venetian will feature a headlining performance by T-Pain. The artist helped popularize the hit song "I'm on a Boat." Read more »
Heat 5 of the ongoing PartyPoker Premier League played out from the M Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Ian Frazer, a member of Team PartyPoker, outlasted Luke "Full_Flush" Schwartz heads-up. Read more »
2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Joe Cada and seventh place finisher Phil Ivey will headline the 2010 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship field. Play gets underway on March 5th at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Read more »
Phil Laak defeated defending champion J.C. Tran in heads-up play to win the opening heat of the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV Friday evening. Laak earned 16 league points as he trounced a strong field that included Tran, Daniel Negreanu, Ian Frazer, Roland De Wolfe, Luke "Full_Flush" Schwartz, Vanessa Rousso, and Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko. Read more »
This week, the World Series of Poker Circuit Championship Event in Tunica came to a close with a familiar name outlasting an outstanding final table. The tournament began on Monday with 96 players putting $5000 on the line to take down a WSOP Circuit championship, a diamond and gold championship ring and, perhaps more importantly, their buy-in for the 2010 WSOP Main Event this summer. Read more »
Unconfirmed reports have actress Jennifer Tilly and "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander playing in the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which will air on NBC. Officials from Poker PROductions have not released an official cast list. Read more »
Anticipation is growing for the PartyPoker Premier League IV, which is set to be played from February 12th to 18th. Today came the announcement of where the tournament will be held and who will be replacing poker legend Doyle Brunson. Read more »
The inaugural North American Poker Tour (NAPT) event on U.S. soil will include a special $25,000 buy-in High Roller Bounty Shootout, according to the PokerStars Blog. The world's largest online poker site serves as the sponsor of the NAPT series. Read more »
The name Trash Talk Championship may lead you to believe that poker at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas was down and dirt Saturday afternoon, but in reality it was all smiles, fun, and money for a good cause as celebrities and poker pros alike took part in the charity poker event. Read more »
The Borgata Winter Poker Open, a $3,500 buy-in tournament that was formerly a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT), began back on January 31st with 766 players. In the end, poker pro Jeff Madsen walked away with the title and $625,000 top prize on Friday. Read more »
Australian native Tyron Krost has taken home the title in the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event, which emanated from the Crown Casino in Melbourne. Krost defeated a field of 746 players and earned AUD $2 million for his efforts. Read more »
Poker tournament participation has recently been holding steady or, in some cases, even showing a decline in many American casinos. The opening event of this year's L. A. Poker Classic has bucked this trend. Read more »
