World Poker Tour news
The 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open guaranteed a $3,000,000 prize pool and thanks to an active Day 1B, it just made it past that threshold. After 360 players entered on Day 1A, another 629 registered on Monday, bringing the total field to 989. With the $3,300 buy-in (another $200 fee went… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back in action for 2015 and kicking off the latter portion of Season XIII is the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City (you thought I was going to say “at the Borgata,” didn’t you?). The first of two starting flights ran yesterday; 360 players registered for Day… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Alpha8 tournament series does not get a lot of attention and to an extent, that is understandable. The high roller series, despite being broadcast on Fox Sports , is not heavily marketed and features tiny fields. Since the players involved have to pony up $100,000 to play, though, those fields… Read more »
The World Poker Tour wrapped up their 2014 tournament poker schedule on Saturday night at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, with Mohsin Charania joining the ranks of multiple WPT winners in taking down the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic and Andrew Lichtenberger emerging victorious in a heated battle in the Alpha8. WPT Five Diamond… Read more »
Into their Season XIII schedule, the World Poker Tour has announced the list of the fortunate individuals that comprise their “Ones to Watch” over the next several months. This year’s list is comprised of several players who have made a significant mark in the poker community but just haven’t been able to take that “big… Read more »
One of the final “big” tournaments of 2014 is coming closer to a conclusion. The World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic is down to 33 players with Yi Fang at the head of the field and past WPT champions Jared Jaffee and Keven Stammen in pursuit. 78 players came back on Thursday for… Read more »
After coming into the day with one of the shorter stacks in the room, Jason Mercier surged through Day Two to take down the championship of the World Poker Tour Alpha8 St. Kitts. Nine players came back to the felt on Sunday to resume the festivities with Olivier Busquet holding court over the table. With… Read more »
As the tournament poker year winds down to just a few top tier events remaining, the World Poker Tour has taken its cameras to the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. The WPT Alpha8 St. Kitts completed its first day on Friday with Olivier Busquet leading a strong (and deep-pocketed) field that is vying… Read more »
Last night saw the end of the festivities at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Canada, prior to the start of the Thanksgiving holiday as poker pro Jonathan Jaffee earned the championship of the World Poker Tour partypoker.net WPT Montreal. Jaffee, who had dominated the three days of play leading up to this final table,… Read more »
With the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow in the United States, six people, in particular, have a lot for which to be thankful. At least 90,000 things, that is (I’m so witty). The final table of the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event was determined Tuesday and today, the six remaining players will battle it… Read more »
It was a quick day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event Monday – an unusual occurrence in a major tournament – as the field was whittled down to just 18 players from the 49 that began Day 3. Jonathan Jaffe emerged as the chip leader with 2.5 million chips, one of four… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has an up and down schedule. Parts of it are slow, with wide gaps between events. Those would be the down parts of the schedule (see how this works?). Right now, we’re in an upswing, with events coming back-to-back and overlapping. While the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event was… Read more »
The remaining players in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event can see the prize. There are just 49 players left after Sunday’s Day 2, so a final table appearance and possible title is clearly possible for most of them. Maduka Meragal will enter Monday’s action at the Playground Poker Club with the chip… Read more »
After coming close twice this year, poker professional Dylan Wilkerson broke through in Johannesburg, South Africa, this afternoon in taking down the World Poker Tour Emperors Palace Poker Classic. The 166 player field had been whittled down to 17 players by the start of action on Sunday afternoon (early morning in the U. S.) with… Read more »
Overcoming daunting odds, Darren Elias made World Poker Tour history in coming from behind to win the WPT Caribbean in St. Maarten Friday evening. At the start of action on Friday, Elias was in second place but that wasn’t much consolation. With his 495K in chips, Elias was almost four times behind chip leader Christophe… Read more »
We said yesterday that the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event was a small tournament and perhaps surprisingly, the second starting flight was not much bigger than the first. On Tuesday, just 61 players paid the $3,500 to try to earn a WPT title, almost exactly the same as the 57 that played… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is back in action this week as the 2014 WPT Caribbean Main Event has gotten underway at Casino Royale in St. Maarten. This is a very small WPT event, as just 57 players registered for Day 1A with 25 advancing to Day 2. It won’t set any records and won’t move… Read more »
There has been a bit of a lull in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Season XIII schedule since the WPT Borgata Poker Open, but never fear, the WPT National Events have come to fill the void. On Monday, the WPT National Philippines Main Event wrapped up, as Japan’s Tetsuya Tsuchikawa triumphed over a solid field… Read more »
In what turned out to be a two-man battle, Darren Elias derailed a powerful run by Kane Kalas to take down the 2014 World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open on Friday night. The two men were sitting atop the standings as the final table started on Friday afternoon, with Kalas holding more than a six… Read more »
After a grueling 15 hour day, the six men have been determined for the 2014 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open final table. Heading to today’s action, Kane Kalas – who has already earned his best ever cash in a poker tournament regardless of where he finishes today – will hold a sizeable lead over… Read more »
Day 3 of the World Poker Tour stop at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, NJ, is in the books and one man is running away with it all. Longtime California poker professional Jean “Prince” Gaspard will start today’s action with a huge lead over the other 30 players who are still vying for… Read more »
The starting flights were sorted out Sunday and Monday, so it was on to Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open on Tuesday. 606 players began the day staring at the long grind to Day 3, but only 150 players made it that far. On the same day the Trump Plaza… Read more »
For a Day 1A, 400 entries was a strong opening act. Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open, though, put the first starting flight to shame. Monday’s field was more than double Sunday’s, an impressive 826 players shelled out the $3,500 to participate. At 1,226 total entries, this is the fourth… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back in the United States this week, setting up shop in one of Atlantic City’s few remaining casinos for the WPT Borgata Poker Open. Yesterday’s Day 1A saw an even 400 players pay the $3,500 to go for the gold with just 172 making it to Day 2. Leading… Read more »
Early Thursday morning (Wednesday evening U. S. time), Alexander Lakhov defeated a surprisingly strong final table that included Toby Lewis, Nicolas Chouity and eventual runner-up Dmitry Gromov to capture the title of the partypoker World Poker Tour Merit Classic North Cyprus. The first international event of the Season XIII schedule for the WPT drew in… Read more »
