World Poker Tour news
The World Poker Tour’s final event of 2022 began Monday, as the WPT World Championship kicked off with the first of three starting flights. It promises to be a big one, as Day 1A already saw 615 $10,400 entries. It makes sense, too, as the guaranteed prize pool is $15 million, the largest ever for… Read more »
Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or whichever holiday celebration you follow) is just around the corner, but poker isn’t taking any breaks. On both sides of the Atlantic, major tournament schedules are underway. The play in these events should capture the attention of poker’s fandom and keep them entertained up to Santa’s drop down the… Read more »
Fun idea gone wrong Poker controversy time! This one won’t have the legs that the “was her pocket vibrating or did she misread her cards” scandal had, but it is interesting, nonetheless. Hell, my wife thought it was interesting, so that’s something. Last week, 22-year-old chess woman grandmaster Qiyu “akaNemsko” Zhou won a WPT World… Read more »
In the last matchup before the World Poker Tour World Championship in mid-December, the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open title was determined last night. In the end, Andrew Wilson rode a monster start-of-day chip lead to the title. On the way to that championship, Wilson was also able to deny two attempts at… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) is down to its final six players, each hoping to grab the $785,800 first prize. Holding an overwhelming lead heading into Wednesday’s final table is Andrew Wilson, who, with 33.425 million chips, has over 43% of the chips in play. Despite the gap… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) The World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) Championship event is into its penultimate day, as just 16 players remain from the original 1,541 entries. Andrew Wilson is the chip leader heading into Tuesday’s action with 12.875 million chips. Just one other player has an eight-figure… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) Championship event is into Day 3 and it is Kyle Merron leading the final 80 players with 2.415 million chips. The tournament will play down to 16 players on Monday. There were a total of 1,541 entries across the two starting flights, generating… Read more »
Phil Ivey has never been known as the talkative one at the poker table. His public persona throughout his legendary poker career has been one of relative stoicism. Thus, it may have been surprising to hear last week that the World Poker Tour signed Ivey as its newest ambassador, one of the public faces of… Read more »
Chad Eveslage rose from the bottom half of the chip stacks to begin final table play at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic to claim his second WPT title. The $1 million+ first prize took Eveslage’s lifetime live tournament earnings to $6.725 million. “Bunch of emotions, very tired, happy,” Eveslage told… Read more »
The final table is set at the Bellagio for this afternoon’s resumption of the 2022 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classis – well, the “not-quite” final table, at least. Seven men are left in the running for the more than $1 million prize, with the first knockout on Sunday officially setting the six-handed… Read more »
They wasted little time after getting the cards in the air on Wednesday for the 2022 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event. The field of 569 entries blasted past the $5 million guarantee for the tournament and, on Friday, the money bubble popped. As Day 3 concluded Friday evening, only 30… Read more »
Like death, taxes, and a Phil Hellmuth meltdown at the poker table, the World Poker Tour’s traditional trek to the Bellagio is upon us. The 2022 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic has Day 1 in the books and, from appearances, it looks like it will be a big one. The field size has not… Read more »
I was listening to a podcast while making dinner last night about my all-time favorite movie, Field of Dreams (if you like sports and sports movies, check out the Big Screen Sports podcast – it’s fun!). Naturally, they talked about James Earl Jones’ big monologue near the end, part of which goes, “America has rolled… Read more »
Becoming a World Poker Tour (WPT) champion is a wonderful accomplishment. Having the specific feat be a first in poker history is even cooler. On Tuesday, David Tang won the WPT Australia Main Event, the first main tour stop in Australia in the WPT’s illustrious history. The total field was 710 players, generating a prize… Read more »
Season 19 episodes coming soon Continuing its dive into the world of NFTs, the World Poker Tour (WPT) announced that it will work with Theta Labs to create a Web3-based season pass for WPT broadcasts, billed as the first such product of its kind. The 12-month WPT Season Pass will exist on the Theta blockchain.… Read more »
In a six handed final table that lasted well over 260 hands and almost eight hours, Corey Wade was the last player standing from the 1165 entry field in Tampa, FL. At the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the “City of Champions,” Wade was able to come… Read more »
The field of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event was trimmed from 16 to just six on Tuesday as the final table is now ready to go. The remaining players will gather on Wednesday afternoon to battle it out for the $615,500 first prize and their name on the WPT… Read more »
According to the tournament structure sheet, the 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event was supposed to play down to 24 players on Monday. I suppose the competitors were just having too much fun, though, Day 3 finished with just 16 players as the tournament heads into its penultimate day. Leading… Read more »
Just 99 players remain in the 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event, down from the 414 that began Day 2. Corey Wade is the chip leader going into Monday’s Day 3, holding 1.945 million chips. With 1,165 total entries (which, as noted over the weekend, was the exact same number… Read more »
Not resting on its laurels from the stop at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles for the Legends of Poker, the World Poker Tour has jumped back on the horse immediately. Traipsing from one side of the country to the other, the WPT has landed at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa,… Read more »
It started quickly, but it would become an extremely long battle. In the end, it was poker player Joshua Pollock who was able to defeat Ray Quartomy to capture the title of the World Poker Tour’s most recent stop at the Legends of Poker in Los Angeles. In taking down his first major championship, Pollack… Read more »
Note: This article was originally published 8/30/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. The World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event is through its three starting flights and, as was the case after Day 1B, Michael Dyer is the chip leader, and it’s not even close. With 739,000 chips, he is… Read more »
Note: This article was originally published 8/29/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. The $5,250 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event is currently in the last of three starting flights at The Bike, as the prize pool continues to build toward the $2.5 million guarantee. After Days 1A and… Read more »
It might be a bit far off in the future for some, but it looks like Las Vegas will be the place to be for tournament poker just before Christmas. The World Poker Tour has announced the schedule of events for the 2022 WPT World Championship, which will run from December 1-19. More importantly for… Read more »
The World Poker Tour season paused during the World Series of Poker, but it did not wait a single minute to get started again. On Sunday, Robert Mizrachi won the WPT Venetian Las Vegas Main Event, the first WPT title of his already-successful live tournament career. The $5,000 buy-in event drew 1,178 entrants, pumping the… Read more »
