World Poker Tour news
A total of 22 players remain in the L.A. Poker Classic, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT). 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Carlos Mortensen leads the way with 1.67 million chips. Read more »
During Season 5 of the World Poker Tour (WPT), Mark Newhouse took down the Borgata Poker Open to the tune of $1.5 million. Entering Day 4 of the L.A. Poker Classic, Newhouse is the chip leader and poised to make a run at his second WPT title. Read more »
Online poker player Taylor "tramp$d0pray" Paur and Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu lead the World Poker Tour's (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic after two days of play. The $10,000 buy-in tournament wraps up on Thursday. Read more »
Absolute Poker pro Mark Seif and online gamer Ben "xthesteinx" Zamani are among the leaders after one day of play in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic. Day 2 takes place today at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Read more »
The six-handed final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Celebrity Invitational was determined on Sunday and Sean Urban leads the pack. The tournament won't play down to a winner until March 3rd. Read more »
The busy weekend of poker includes the World Poker Tour (WPT) Celebrity Invitational, which is emanating from the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Day 1 of the invite-only event took place on Saturday. Read more »
Poker News Daily can confirm that World Poker Tour (WPT) Hostess Amanda Leatherman is parting ways with the brand. Unconfirmed reports have her joining the PokerStars-backed North American Poker Tour (NAPT). Read more »
Celebrities and poker pros alike will square off at the poker tables this weekend when the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Celebrity invitational kicks off at the famed Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Read more »
The conclusion of Season 8 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) on Fox Sports Net will feature the WPT Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The episode will be the WPT's 178th, putting it among the longest running television shows in U.S. history. Read more »
With his win in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Southern Poker Championship, "The Alabama Cowboy" Hoyt Corkins claimed his second WPT title. The DoylesRoom pro banked $739,000 for his efforts at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi. Read more »
DoylesRoom pro Hoyt Corkins will take a commanding chip lead into the final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Southern Poker Championship. The tournament marks Corkins' sixth WPT final table. Read more »
Twenty-seven players remain in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Southern Poker Championship. Jared Jaffee leads the way entering the play down day on Tuesday, with Tyler Smith hot on his heels. Read more »
Two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event ring holder Dwyte Pilgrim leads the field of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Southern Poker Championship after Day 1. A total of 106 players remain of the 208 who bought in on Sunday afternoon. Read more »
From May 8th to 13th, the World Poker Tour (WPT) will return to the Aviation Club for the Grand Prix de Paris. The €10,000 buy-in tournament will be filmed for television and beamed around the world. Read more »
There was certainly a lot of excitement at Saturday's fast-paced final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, but there were plenty of interesting stories taking place on the rail as well. Read more »
Poker pro Daniel Alaei took down the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic on Saturday night, earning $1.4 million and a $25,000 seat into the end-of-season WPT Championship. Read more »
Poker pros Scotty Nguyen and Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka lead the final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic playing out from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The six-handed finale will begin at 4:00pm PT today. Read more »
The final six players in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic will be determined today from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Leading the way with 16 to go are Curt Kohlberg and Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka. Read more »
Two days of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic are in the books. As it stands entering Day 3 on Wednesday, Steve Landfish leads the way with a chip stack of 385,900, while tournament namesake Brunson is in 15th with 283,000. Read more »
After a month-long hiatus, the World Poker Tour (WPT) returned to action on Monday with the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. A total of 292 players entered, with registration still open on Day 2, and all but 57 survived the day. Read more »
For the World Poker Tour (WPT), 2009 was a year of incredible highs, but the organization was also faced with issues away from the felt that had to be overcome for the company to remain viable in other arenas. Read more »
The 2009 installment of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic will kick off on Monday from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The tournament's namesake told UB.com's "Poker2Nite" that a field of 400 players is expected. Read more »
Recently, PartyGaming, the parent company of PartyPoker, completed the acquisition of the World Poker Tour. Despite a last-minute proposal from Mandalay Media, a mobile gaming company, WPT shareholders rubber-stamped the sale for $12.3 million plus a percentage of future gaming revenues. Read more »
Taking place concurrently with the conclusion of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas was the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals. Cornel Andrew Cimpan took down his second WPT title. Read more »
After three days of play at Foxwoods, poker professionals Soheil Shamseddin and Lee Markholt sit atop the 27 players remaining in the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Poker Finals. Read more »
