Poker Tournament News
This week, the largest online poker site in the world announced it was invading the Russian market with the first ever Russian Poker Tour. PokerStars is banking on the popularity of World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event runner-up and Russian sensation Ivan Demidov. Read more »
Despite the tournament no longer being a sanctioned World Poker Tour (WPT) event, the Borgata Winter Poker Open will nevertheless host a $3,200 buy-in Main Event with a $2 million guaranteed prize pool in 2009, casino officials announced this week. Read more »
Recently, Harvard's and Yale's football teams squared off against each other on Harvard's campus. The day before the game, representatives from the Harvard chapter of the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) battled against their Yale counterparts on the poker felts. Read more »
The Aussie Millions, which is held every January at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, recently released its schedule of events for 2009. The festivities kick off in a little over one month and will feature a Main Event that guarantees at least AUD $2 million to its winner. Read more »
J.C. Tran outdueled an impressive lineup at the Party Poker Premier League III final table to pick up the crown in London and take home $300,000. Read more »
The long-awaited final table of the third Party Poker Premier League is set and, needless to say, the lineup will not disappoint fans of the spectacle. It features six of the world's top poker players, including 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Peter Eastgate. Read more »
In a recent poker tournament held at the Fort McDowell Casino in Scottsdale, Arizona, the TASER Foundation held its fourth annual Hold'em for Heroes charity poker tournament. The event raised over $500,000 for federal law enforcement officers lost in the line of duty. Read more »
The hunt for a new L.A. Poker Classic tournament director has come to a close with the announcement that world famous event manager Matt Savage will take the reins at Commerce Casino come January. Read more »
The PokerStars-sponsored European Poker Tour (EPT) just wrapped up its event in Warsaw last night. There were 217 entrants into the 21,000 PLN (approximately €5,200) event and when the smoke cleared, João Barbosa received the best birthday present imaginable, emerging as the champion and pocketing a €367,140 first place prize. Read more »
The Party Poker Premier League season 3 will kick off next week and there won't be any shortage of big names on the roster. Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Phil Hellmuth and World Series of Poker Main Event champion Peter Eastgate are the latest to sign on for the event, which will take place in London between the 24th and 30th of November. Read more »
Last week, poker personalities Dan and Beth Shak hosted the All In for Kids charity poker tournament benefiting the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In attendance were three of the most recognizable names in poker: Phil Ivey, Annie Duke, and Phil Hellmuth. Read more »
In the longest final table in Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) history, Australian poker player Van Marcus defeated Korean Noh Tae Jun to take home his first APPT title. Marcus has lodged three cashes over the course of his APPT career; all three have been final table appearances. Read more »
A revolutionary concept sweeping the industry is the concept of "team poker." The first Dream Team Gaming event was held last week at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas and, at the end of the day, Team Bluff was crowned champions of the tournament. Read more »
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel New York will play host to the All In For Kids charity poker tournament on Wednesday night. A bevy of celebrities are expected, including some of the top names from the world of poker. Read more »
In San Jose, Costa Rica, 20 year-old American Ryan Fee emerged victorious from a pack of 219 players to win the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) San Jose event. Players made the pilgrimage to San Jose from five continents and 33 countries around the world. Read more »
There were 531 players who took the field in the European Poker Tour's Hungarian Open tournament, held in Las Vegas Casino Sofitel Hotel in the Budapest. In the end, UK native Will Fry captured victory in the tournament as well as its €595,839 first place prize. Read more »
In the week leading up to the National Football League's biggest event, poker will take center stage. The Joyner-Walker Foundation has announced that the Tampa Bay Downs' Silks Poker Room will host its celebrity poker tournament. Read more »
Qualifying satellites have already begun for the €1,650 buy-in Belgium Poker Championship, which kicks off on November 15th from the Casino de Namur. Organizers of the event have capped the field at 1,000 entrants, but the tournament promises to sport some of the world's top pros, including WSOP bracelet winner Davidi Kitai. Read more »
Red Rock Harley-Davidson is set to unveil its brand new Las Vegas store by celebrating with a three-day festival from November 7-9. The event, called "Rock Hard, Ride Harder", will raise funds for the Nevada Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Read more »
After starting the day with the chip lead, 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event final table participant Hevad "Rain" Khan had to survive a significant deficit during heads-up action at the final table before emerging as the champion of the 2008 Caesars Palace Classic early Friday morning. Read more »
The 2008 Caesars Palace Classic steamed full speed ahead on Wednesday and, by the end of the night, a familiar face was sitting atop the leader board. When play begins at 2:00pm Pacific Time this afternoon, the remaining 19 players will play down to the champion. Read more »
After a successful debut in 2007, the Second Annual Caesars Palace Classic, which started on Tuesday, surprised everyone by drawing a huge field which surpassed expectations. The poker tournament drew in 311 players, an increase of 24, or 8%, from last year. Read more »
The second running of the Winter Bayou Poker Challenge at Harrah's New Orleans is shaping up to be bigger than ever. This time around, the tournament series boasts 15 events in total, up from 10 during the 2007 installment. Read more »
For the first time ever in its five year history, the European Poker Tour (EPT) is entering into Budapest, Hungary, for a slate of tournaments starting on Tuesday. Read more »
On Tuesday night, The Real Deal, Las Vegas' newest Strip show, debuted at The Venetian. The extravaganza pits audience members against two of the world's top poker pros using electronic hand-held devices with a chance at $1 million on the line. Read more »
