World Poker Tour news
Swift justice GGPoker has made a quick decision on how it will handle the players involved in a real-time assistance cheating incident during the final table of the $10,000 GGMillion$. On Wednesday, a week after the situation occurred, GGPoker announced that “RealOA,” the player who won the tournament, is permanently banned from GGPoker, the World… Read more »
Probably not the right person to threaten Poker pro Jordan Cristos has one title and over $900,000 on the World Poker Tour (WPT), but his chances of ever playing in a Tour event look dubious. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the 38-year-old Cristos has been in jail since June for threatening a judge and… Read more »
In a very short time, the World Poker Tour’s World Championship has become a “must-attend” event on the poker tournament calendar. Not only is it the conclusion of the season for the venerable touring circuit, but it is also the “last chance” for many players to potentially right their season after some travails. The WPT… Read more »
Year-end spectacular The World Poker Tour (WPT) has announced the dates for its most anticipated and final event of the season, the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. The entire festival will run December 2-22, while the WPT World Championship Event itself will be December 13-21. The $10,400 buy-in title event will have three… Read more »
It is a question that has puzzled some of the greatest minds in tournament poker. Just how much is TOO much? How many buy-ins should be allowed, how many chips should be used, and how to deal the cards (yes, the “slide” has now taken over from the “pitch” method). But the biggest one is… Read more »
While the 2025 World Series of Poker was in full swing, the World Poker Tour wanted to try to steal a bit of thunder from poker’s biggest tournament. For the WPT, that meant wrapping up two tournaments over the weekend that were subjected to delays so they could be filmed in Las Vegas for future… Read more »
There was a time when the World Series of Poker was sacrosanct on the tournament poker schedule. In the 21st century, however, that thought has gone out the window as several entities are looking to get a boost from poker’s longest-running tournament. Count the World Poker Tour into that mix as they will journey to… Read more »
It is one of the most controversial things in the poker world – the delayed final table that the World Poker Tour employs for broadcasting purposes. These tables, which feature tournaments that, in some cases, had a final table determined more than a month prior, have become a staple of the WPT roster of events.… Read more »
Despite efforts, the tournament poker world has been impacted by the “high roller” events on the various 2025 Player of the Year races. Since the creation of the PokerGO Tour in 2021 and the addition of other events like the Triton Super High Roller Series, players don’t have to wait for major tournaments on the… Read more »
It may not seem like it, but the 2025 season of the World Poker Tour has been traversing the world. They did make it back to the States this week for their first event, the WPT Rolling Thunder at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in California. That tournament is in the books and, after a deal… Read more »
After several years away from the spotlight, one of poker’s most iconic tournaments is making its highly anticipated comeback. The Bay 101 Shooting Star, the tournament that pioneered the bounty format craze, will return to the World Poker Tour (WPT) schedule this October with a $5,000 Main Event and the signature bounty system that made… Read more »
Lost amid the start of the 2024 World Series of Poker (seriously, World Poker Tour…have you not learned by now to NOT hold these things right before the WSOP?) was the fact that the WPT finished off some of their delayed final tables from earlier this year. One of those final tables was the Seminole… Read more »
Just three weeks before it was set to begin, WPT Macau has been canceled. In a short statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), the World Poker Tour said, in part, “WPT, Wynn Macau, and Allied Gaming and Entertainment regret any inconvenience or disappointment for players from around the world who were planning to travel to… Read more »
In what was one of the stranger final tables in the history of the World Poker Tour, Dongwoo Ko didn’t let anything affect him. Despite a pause in the middle of the tournament (more on that in a moment), Ko dominated from the start of the 2024 WPT Montreal final table to the end, capturing… Read more »
The televised final table has been set at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event as just six players remain at the Playground Club de Poker. Right now, it looks like a two-man race, with Dongwoo Ko entering Wednesday’s action as the chip leader, holding 15.100 million chips, and Tommy Nguyen in second with… Read more »
It was not until the start of Day Two of the 2024 World Poker Tour Montreal at the Playground Poker Club that the players learned what they were playing for. Because late registration/reentry for the tournament was extended until the start of the action on Sunday, nobody was sure how high the figures would go.… Read more »
Two-thirds of the way through the three-Day Ones of the World Poker Tour stop at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal and the $2 million (Canadian) guarantee is safely within the sights. Day 1B of the 2024 WPT Montreal saw 278 entries registered in the Playground cages, bringing the overall total north of 400 players.… Read more »
For the past week, the World Poker Tour has ensconced itself in the pleasant climes of the Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Canada. But it has not been a pleasure trip, at least for the WPT and its staff, and the tournament players participating in their events also have been working hard. Day 1A of… Read more »
Well, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Main Event final table is certainly something. On Monday, the field was whittled from 35 down to the six players who will vie for the $361,600 first prize. Everyone remaining is guaranteed at least $75,000. And what a final table it will be. Half of the players have… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s visit to Oklahoma continued through Sunday as the money bubble popped in their $3500 Main Event. After the Day 1B players were counted, the $2 million guaranteed prize pool was topped, by a healthy margin, and the money started flowing. After Day Two, a former champion of this event, James Mackey,… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is doing double duty this weekend, with one of their events taking place in Osaka, Japan. The ‘other’ event, however, is the one that is going to be drawing much of the attention. The 2024 WPT Choctaw is underway in Durant, OK, with Day 1A in the books and veteran pro… Read more »
The 2024 World Poker Tour Season 22 schedule has traversed the world. In the next month, Asia and North America are on the schedule, with one tournament in Osaka, Japan, and another (arguably more notable) stop by the circuit in one of their familiar stomping grounds. On Friday, the WPT Choctaw will kick off action… Read more »
The 2024 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship is down to just six players. Leading the final table is Dylan Smith, who bagged up 28.400 million chips at the end of Tuesday night. The chip leader going into the past two days, Josh Reichard, is second with 20.575 million chips. There is quite a… Read more »
Josh Reichard has a gigantic chip lead after Day 3 of the 2024 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship, as just 16 players remain. On Tuesday, the tournament will play down to the six-handed televised final table. Going into Day 4, despite Reichard’s lead, it looks like it could be a… Read more »
Two starting flights and Day 2 are all in the books at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship in Hollywood, Florida and just 101 players remain out of the original 1,869 entries. Leading the way heading into Day 3 is Josh Reichard, who holds 3.1 million chips. Though Reichard is… Read more »
