World Poker Tour news
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 »
Day Three of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) World Poker Finals at the Foxwoods Casino and Resort in Connecticut will start back up Saturday afternoon, with poker professional Steven Merrifield leading the pack. Read more »
A total of 353 players entered the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals, a drop of 14% from the 412 who took to the felts last year. At the end of Day 1, Todd Terry leads the way. Read more »
Season 8 of the WPT makes its next stop in Mashantucket, Connecticut on Thursday as the World Poker Finals kicks off at the at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event will attract many of the tournament players around the world and its prize pool has eclipsed $5 million in past years. Read more »
The World Poker Tour's (WPT) $15,000 buy-in Festa al Lago wrapped up on Monday with Tommy Vedes mounting a furious comeback heads-up against Jason "StatusUp" Lavallee. Vedes earned $1.2 million from the Bellagio poker tournament. Read more »
Anyone in the world of poker knows the difficulty of not only the game, but also making a living at it. On his blog at Full Contact Poker, professional player Daniel Negreanu demonstrated this reality with a thorough breakdown of statistics culled from the World Poker Tour's (WPT) website. Read more »
History may be in the works at the final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Fiesta al Lago, as Freddy Deeb vies for his record-tying third WPT title. Deeb holds a slight chip lead over Shawn Cunix entering the six-handed televised table. Read more »
In a unique experiment, World Poker Tour tournament staff decided to forgo multiple starting days for the Festa al Lago and instead allowed players to register any time during the first eight levels. Read more »
The 2009 installment of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Festa al Lago began on Wednesday and ultimately sported a field of 275 runners after an extended registration period. Now, just 11 remain, led by Jason "StatusUp" Lavallee, who boasts a stack of nearly 4.1 million. Read more »
Day 4 of the 2009 World Poker Tour (WPT) Festa al Lago will play out on Saturday. Heading into play today, Corwin Cole leads the pack with 996,000 chips, one of two players to own more than 900,000. Read more »
Two days are in the books at the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Festa al Lago event. A total of 275 players registered, a drop of 25% compared to 2008, and entering Day 3 on Friday, Jason "JCarver" Somerville leads the way with a stack of 557,000. Read more »
Despite players having an unprecedented eight levels to register for the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Festa al Lago, attendance dropped 25% year over year. In 2008, 368 players took to the felt, while this time around, the field numbered 275. Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) kicked into action once again on Wednesday with the first five rounds of play in the 2009 Festa al Lago Championship Event, a $15,000 buy-in tournament at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Read more »
The World Poker Tour's (WPT) first ever trip to Marrakech ended with Christophe Savary defeating a field of 416 runners en route to a €377,000 payday. The French poker player bested Eoghan O'Dea heads-up in the non-televised event. Read more »
Down 20:1 in chips heads-up, Olivier Busquet mounted the comeback of the century and won the 2009 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open. Busquet entered the six-handed televised final table as the chip leader. Read more »
The six-handed final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Borgata Poker Open is set. Leading the way is Olivier Busquet, who holds 10.3 million chips. His stack is double that of the next closest competitor, Yanick Brodeur. Read more »
The play down day is upon us at the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Borgata Poker Open. A total of 27 players remain, led by Yanick Brodeur, who holds 3.0 million chips, well ahead of Frank Calo's second place stack of 2.1 million. Read more »
A total of 167 players remain in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open. However, many of the tournament's big names, including Gavin Smith and 2007 Borgata Poker Open Champion Roy Winston, were sent packing. Read more »
A total of 1,018 runners turned out for the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Borgata Poker Open. Now, 555 players remain, led by New York's Gabriel Aminov. The winner of the $3,500 buy-in tournament will pocket $925,000. Read more »
A $3,500 buy-in attracted over 1,000 players to the Borgata Poker Open, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT) circuit. As of Noon ET on Sunday, 1,003 players had entered, which included the 326 player field from Day 1A. Read more »
French pro Thomas Bichon outlasted a field of 181 players to win the inaugural World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cypus Classic on Sunday. Bichon collected his first WPT title and a prize of $579,165 after six days of grueling play. The event, held at the luxurious travel destination in the Mediterranean, attracted many of the… Read more »
When the World Poker Tour ( WPT ) first announced it would be adding a stop in Slovakia for its eighth season, it was unclear how many big name pros would be willing to travel to Bratislava to participate in the event. Read more »
