World Poker Tour news
Even though there were already two calendar days of play in the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Malta Main Event, Day 2, like all Day 2’s after dual starting flights, felt like a fresh start to a new tournament. It is like Days 1A and 1B were “play-in” days that were required to get into… Read more »
Day 1B of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open is in the books and Pennsylvania’s Brian Lemke bagged what turned out to be by far the most chips of anyone in either starting flight. With 272, 575 chips he outpaced fellow Day 1B players Kyle Bowker and James Poper by sizable 71,000… Read more »
Sunday’s field for the first starting flight of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Malta Main Event was small – just 64 players – and while the second starting flight was larger as expected, it still didn’t make the tournament any sort of grand spectacle. With 105 players registering Monday, the total field grew to… Read more »
While the Casino at Portomaso is fielding a small collection of players at World Poker Tour (WPT) Malta, the Borgata in Atlantic City is hosting a simultaneous WPT event of much more significant size. The WPT Borgata Poker Open enjoyed a field of 374 for Day 1A of its $3,300 + $200 Main Event Sunday,… Read more »
Perhaps it is fitting that a World Poker Tour (WPT) event in a tiny country had a tiny first day this weekend. Regardless of the numbers, though, it is still a World Poker Tour event and the winner still becomes a member of the Champions Club. That said, just 64 players paid the €3,000 +… Read more »
In a thrilling heads up showdown, Matthew Salsberg rallied from behind to deny Theo Jorgensen a place in the World Poker Tour history books in winning the 2012 Grand Prix de Paris last night. Coming to the final table at the Aviation Club along the Champs-Elysees, Salsberg was facing arguably one of the most accomplished… Read more »
Friday afternoon, the 24 survivors from the World Poker Tour stop at the Aviation Club for the Grand Prix de Paris convened to work their way down to the final table. Over the span of nine hours, the players fell away until the final six men were left standing in what is one of the… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has chosen the difficult task of playing in Paris, France, this weekend as the 2012 WPT Grand Prix de Paris is in full swing at the Aviation Club on the edges of the Champs-Elysees in the City of Light. After three days of play (two Day Ones got the action going… Read more »
Organizers of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris wanted to get the field 143 down to 72 in just four or five levels Wednesday. Mission accomplished. After just four levels on Day 2, there were just 63 players remaining, a full table fewer than the goal. Philipp “Philbort” Gruissem will be the… Read more »
It turned out to be a small field this year at the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris. Just 96 players put down the €7,500 buy-in on Day 1A and only another 132 followed suit on Day 1B, creating a total field of 228 players. That is well below last year’s mark… Read more »
The Main Event is now underway at one of the legendary stops on the World Poker Tour: the WPT Grand Prix de Paris at the famed Aviation Club de France in Paris. The Aviation Club was one of the original venues on the Tour when it hosted the seventh event, then called the Euro Finals… Read more »
Coming to the felt with a massive chip lead, Josh Hale rode that stack (albeit with a little adversity) to defeat a difficult final table to take down the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker championship last night at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens (Los Angeles), CA. Hale had been a force on the… Read more »
The final table bubble burst right around midnight PT at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event in Bell Gardens, California, giving six players one more nervous night as they try to win the half million dollar first prize. Josh Hale is the overwhelming chip leader with 7.325 million chips – almost… Read more »
The 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event is moving along briskly at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, as just 84 players remain after Day 2. Sunday’s play was the first with a combined field, with 303 survivors from the two Day 1 flights beginning the day. Only one player… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has reached the sunny climes of Los Angeles, CA, for its latest event, the Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino, and the players have responded. Over the span of two Day Ones, the $3500 re-entry (if you bust on Day 1A, you can come back on Day 1B) brought out… Read more »
The first tournament on American soil for the World Poker Tour’s Season XI schedule is now in the books with Anthony Gregg walking off with the championship of the WPT Parx Open Poker Classic in Bensalem, PA. The 500 entry field had been worked down to the final six by Wednesday and saw Stephen Reynolds… Read more »
The final table of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Parx Open Poker Classic was determined Tuesday as the first U.S.-based event in Season XI saw its field narrowed to six from the original 500. It was a relatively short day as far as WPT events are concerned, with the competition starting at noon and… Read more »
Three days down, two to go at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Parx Open Poker Classic. Just 16 players remain. The $416,127 first prize can be seen on the horizon, but there is still a ways to go to even see the big bucks. The next seven players eliminated won’t even cash for $20,000 (a… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Parx Open Poker Classic at the Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania is moving right along, as after Day 2, the field has already been narrowed from 500 players down to just 47. 196 runners began Sunday’s Day 2, all at least eyeing the money, which would go to the top… Read more »
The World Poker Tour continued its first stop on American soil for its Season XI schedule yesterday in Pennsylvania with the second of two Day Ones at the Parx Casino in Bensalem. The stunning surprise of the opening of Day 1B was the appearance of defending WPT World Champion Marvin Rettenmaier on the ground at… Read more »
Fresh off the opening tournament of their Season XI schedule on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the World Poker Tour is wasting little time in getting back to action with their inaugural Season XI tournament on American soil. The entirety of the WPT staff arrived at the Parx Casino in Bensalem, PA, for the first… Read more »
Germany’s Marvin Rettenmaier is continuing what has been an outstanding 2012 tournament poker season for him to this point, emerging last night as the champion of the World Poker Tour’s Season XI debut at the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic. In winning the tournament, Rettenmaier also etched his name into the WPT record books for an… Read more »
The money bubble burst in the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic Tuesday as the tournament drew one day closer to the final table. 53 players began Day 3, 36 made the money, and just 19 emerged at the end of the night to live to see Day 4. Erik Cajelais, who started… Read more »
The survivors of the two starting flights combined into a single, 132 player field Monday at the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic, allowing the competitors the chance to take a good look at everyone who stands in between them and a WPT title. With just 53 players remaining after Day 2, Switzerland’s… Read more »
The second of the two starting flights of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic is now in the books, so it’s time to marry the survivors into a single, combined field for Monday’s Day 2. A total of 164 players took to the felts Sunday at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and… Read more »
