World Poker Tour news
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 »
In recent years, the World Poker Tour has put the “world” back in their moniker with several high profile stops around the globe. Their Season XI schedule already featured several official Season XI and regional tournaments outside of the U. S., but that hasn’t stopped the WPT from adding on two more international events, including… Read more »
Utilizing his huge chip lead at the start of final table play, Marvin Rettenmaier emerged as the victor at the World Poker Tour Championship late Saturday night, albeit not without some drama along the way. The six men who would vie for one of the most prestigious championships on the WPT schedule started action right… Read more »
In an epic battle for one of the biggest prizes so far this tournament poker season, Tom Marchese was able to outlast his other five opponents to take down the World Poker Tour’s $100,000 Super High Roller late last night at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Although the six men who came to the table… Read more »
While the WPT Championship final table was being determined on Thursday, the WPT continued on with Day Two of their second annual $100,000 Super High Roller tournament at the Bellagio, featuring some of the biggest names – and deepest pockets – in the poker world on the felt. The carnage from Day One was evident… Read more »
It was a short Day Six for the World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas on Thursday as the nine remaining men worked their way down to the official WPT six-handed final table in expedient fashion. At High Noon yesterday, the competitors gathered for the showdown, with Marvin Rettenmaier holding a slight… Read more »
The final days of the World Poker Tour’s Season Ten schedule are upon us as the WPT Championship heads into its penultimate final two days with Germany’s Marvin Rettenmaier and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi leading the unofficial nine handed final table. In a situation that was hotly debated among the players, the Bellagio staff and… Read more »
There were likely several poker players at the Bellagio who didn’t get much sleep Tuesday night after Day 4 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship came to a close with just 19 players remaining. Since 18 players will get paid, those still in the mix got to dream restless dreams about the money… Read more »
Three days and thirteen levels and there is still so much more poker to be played. The WPT World Championship isn’t even halfway to the finish, but with just 44 players remaining, it already feels like it’s getting down to the nitty gritty. Leading the way is Curt Kohlberg with 918,300 chips, a full 150,000… Read more »
At first blush, it looks like only three players were eliminated on Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship Sunday. Because of the rather generous late registration rules, however, 32 more players bought-in to the tournament on Day 2, increasing the total field to 135 from Saturday’s 103. With 95 players remaining… Read more »
The tsunami of poker that is descending on Las Vegas for the next three months has kicked off with the start of the World Poker Tour’s World Championship event at the Bellagio on Saturday. The WPT Championship features an extremely deep stacked format and late registration that kept the first day numbers down but, even… Read more »
The penultimate event of the Season Ten schedule of the World Poker Tour, the WPT Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, kicks off this Saturday, with the additional thrills of a Super High Roller tournament joining it next week. The WPT Championship, the $25,000 buy in event that has traditionally closed each year of… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) released the 2012 portion of next season’s schedule Wednesday, touting its expanded international selection of tournaments. Season XI will begin in August after taking a break following the Season X-ending WPT World Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, which starts this weekend. The first two events on the schedule… Read more »
On Shawn Cunix’s website, he writes that he is committed to the core purpose of “inspiring happiness.” We think that $400,600 could be quite the inspiration. This is what Cunix won Wednesday for his triumph in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville BestBet Open, along with a $25,500 into the season-ending WPT Championship and a… Read more »
The final table has been set at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville BestBet Open as the field was narrowed from 16 to just 6 players on Tuesday. Shawn Cunix will start the final table with a solid chip lead over the rest of the field, holding 2.77 million. That’s more than 600,000 more than… Read more »
The survivors from Days 1A and 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville BestBet Open combined into a single field Sunday, with half of the original 320 players sitting down for the start of Day 2. The field was trimmed almost exactly in half again, with 55 players making the cut for today’s Day… Read more »
Players turned out in droves for the second of two Day Ones at the World Poker Tour’s Jacksonville BestBet Open in Florida, pushing the overall entries over the 300 entries mark. With only 125 players on Friday stepping into the brand new BestBet Jacksonville poker room, there was a chance that the overall numbers for… Read more »
The World Poker Tour continues its swing through the state of Florida during the month of April, landing in Jacksonville for the WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open, which kicked off yesterday with the first of two Day Ones. WPT officials decided to make the $5000 buy in tournament a re-entry event, meaning that anyone knocked out… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has reached its next to last event of their Season Ten schedule, heading just up the coast of Florida from their last stop to land in Jacksonville, FL, tomorrow. Starting at noon tomorrow, the inaugural WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open will begin play in their $5000 Main Event. The tournament will be… Read more »
The game of poker, especially tournament poker, requires a lot of patience. As much as one might want action, a player can’t just throw out bets willy-nilly and hope to win. It often requires orbit after orbit of waiting for the right moment and the ability to take advantage of that moment to win a… Read more »
It was a relatively short day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Showdown on Sunday, as it took less than seven hours to determine the composition of the final table. Sure, seven hours to eliminate nine players may seem like an awful high average time between knockouts, but at this stage of… Read more »
One of the most popular ways for poker players to improve their skills is through the variety of “poker camps” that are available. Many times, however, these courses can be priced out of a player’s bank account, leading many to bypass the training camps. One of the venerable institutions of the “poker camp” community is… Read more »
