World Poker Tour news
Coming into the home stretch of the 2017 Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event in Atlantic City, NJ, Charles Coates has been able to build a nice lead over the 34 players remaining. When one of those players is Olivier Busquet – who won this tournament in 2009 for his largest non-“High Roller” payday ever… Read more »
The 2017 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open has achieved the largest field in its history as 192 additional entries were made on Day 2 to bring the total to 1,312. That number makes this tournament the fourth-largest in World Poker Tour history, as well. There are now just 168 players remaining heading into… Read more »
The World Poker Tour got back in action over the weekend as the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event saw its two starting days contested on Sunday and Monday. Players are still allowed to register through the first break on Day 2, so we won’t know the official tournament figures for a little while… Read more »
After coming into the final table action, James Romero didn’t let much slow him down as he rode his chip lead to his first major championship, the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic in Las Vegas Saturday night. Romero had a dominant lead to start the action on Saturday afternoon. With 9.855 million… Read more »
The final table has been determined for the 2016 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event and it is shaping up to be an impressive battle. While James Romero has been able to pull away from the pack a bit, players such as Ryan Tosoc and Justin Bonomo (just to name a… Read more »
After another six levels of play on Thursday, the final 19 contenders have been determined for the World Poker Tour’s Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Atop the standings is an unknown commodity, Ryan Tosoc, who has a host of known pros and a former NFL defensive lineman in hot… Read more »
Day 3 and its seven levels are in the books for the 2016 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and, although they didn’t pop the money bubble on Wednesday, Ryan Hughes was able to lead the tournament for the second consecutive day. 277 players came back to… Read more »
Day 2 of the largest-ever World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event closed shop on Tuesday evening, still quite some distance from the money but with a notable young pro and a “blast from the past” taking up residence atop the standings. The WPT Five Diamond has already etched its name in… Read more »
As the one World Poker Tour event got underway at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, another ended across the pond in the Czech Republic (I know I started another article same way today, but I enjoy the symmetry). The Ukraine’s Oleg Vasylchenko captured the first major live tournament title of his career Monday, defeating Russia’s… Read more »
While one World Poker Tour event was wrapping up in the Czech Republic, one of the most popular WPT events of the year was starting at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event saw 519 entries for Day 1 on Monday with 385 players advancing to Tuesday’s Day… Read more »
The Ukraine’s Oleg Vasylchenko led wire-to-wire on Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague Main Event to take the chip lead into the six-handed final table on Tuesday. With 1.595 million chips and a big blind of 20,000, he has an ample advantage on his closest competitor, Tonio Roder, who has 1.150 million.… Read more »
It is the traditional finisher for the calendar year for the World Poker Tour. Beginning tomorrow, the WPT will make their stop at the Bellagio in Las Vegas for the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, a tournament that is steeped in the tradition of the WPT and has provided some outstanding performances in the… Read more »
In what was a relatively quick final table, Scotland’s Niall Farrell emerged as the champion of the 2016 partypoker World Poker Tour Caribbean stop in Punta Cana on Wednesday night, defeating Troy Quenneville in heads up play. It wasn’t your typical “final day” of action on the WPT as 11 players remained at the start… Read more »
The field of the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event was pared from 75 to just 10 on Tuesday as the remaining players are on the brink of the televised final table heading into Day 4. Keven Stammen is the chip leader with 1.764 million chips. From the looks of the chip counts,… Read more »
Troy Quenneville leads the remaining 75 players at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event after Day 2; with 302,000 chips, he is the only player to finish Monday’s action above the 300,000 mark. Alexander Denisov is not far behind with 280,500 chips. After Day 1A’s miniscule turnout, about another 210 entries were paid… Read more »
Fortunately for tournament organizers, Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event was much larger than Day 1A, though the total Day 1 field of 270 still left WPT Caribbean as one of the smaller stops of the Tour. Jean-Luc Adam emerged as the Day 1B chip leader, finishing with a stack… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has become the epitome of the axiom “There’s no rest for the wicked.” Less than 48 hours after WPT announcer Mike Sexton achieved his personal goal of winning a WPT event (the WPT Montreal at the Playground Poker Club in Quebec), the entirety of the tour shifted WAY south to the… Read more »
After starting the day as the chip leader – and then finding himself in a 10-1 hole during heads up competition – Poker Hall of Famer and World Poker Tour announcer Mike Sexton earned the championship of the partypoker WPT Montreal Main Event early this morning in Quebec. From the start of the day’s action… Read more »
There is a chance at history in Canada this afternoon. After a battle through a 648-entry field, Poker Hall of Famer and World Poker Tour announcer Mike Sexton will come to the final table of the partypoker.com WPT Montreal at the Playground Poker Club with the chip lead. Of the remaining five players, only Ema… Read more »
Yesterday, I irrationally yelled in ALL CAPS about how players get knocked out of major tournaments so quickly on Day 2, only to have eliminations slow to a crawl after that. We’ll see how slow things go today, as just 17 players remain in the partypoker.net World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event. There will… Read more »
For some reason, the second day of a major, week-long poker tournament always amuses me. You have hundreds of players who made it through their starting flight, a significant accomplishment for many, and then, just like that, most of them drop by the wayside when they return for Day 2. DOESN’T ANYONE CARE ABOUT THEIR… Read more »
Before last week’s U.S. Presidential Election, there were some people in the States who said they would move to Canada if Donald Trump won. From the sounds of it, it seems that Trump himself kind of wants to run away, too, now that he realizes what the job entails. If some of those people who… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced today that it helped raised more than three-quarters of a million dollars for the Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) via the “All In” for Kids Poker Tournament held about two weeks ago. The event, which took place on October 27th at the Mandarin Oriental New York… Read more »
Luis Cruz had a heck of an uphill climb at the final table, but he defied the odds and chip stacks to beat Christopher Yong heads-up and claim the partypoker World Poker Tour (WPT) Nottingham Main Event title this weekend, along with a £200,000 first prize. Cruz began the six-handed final table with the second-smallest… Read more »
It took more than 12 hours to do it, but the final table was determined at the Dusk ‘til Dawn Casino for the World Poker Tour’s stop in Nottingham, the United Kingdom. When the six players come to that patch of felt today, Nabil Cardoso will head the pack of contenders. 61 players came back… Read more »
