World Poker Tour news
A total of 279 players turned out for the 2009 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker. Now, Steven Begleiter, a member of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine, leads the pack after Day 1. Read more »
Saturday marked the lone Day 1 of the 2009 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker, which emanates from the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. This year, 279 runners turned out for the $10,000 buy-in tournament, a 25% decline in attendance. Read more »
Kicking off today from the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California is the annual World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker. The $10,000 buy-in tournament will crown a champion on Wednesday. Read more »
As part of an agreement forged between World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) and Gamynia Limited earlier this month, WPTE officials may be subject to a $1 million penalty should the company call off the sale. Read more »
In breaking news from Wall Street, it was revealed that World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) has received an "alternative acquisition proposal." On August 3rd, it entered into an agreement with Gamynia Limited in a deal that was to be finalized during the fourth quarter. Read more »
In breaking news from the World Poker Tour (WPT), its parent company has sold the roving tournament series for $9.075 million plus a percentage of future revenues to Gamynia Limited. Recently, the WPT recorded its second straight month of profitability. Read more »
It was announced last Wednesday that World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE), which owns the popular World Poker Tour (WPT) and the up-and-coming subscription online poker site ClubWPT.com, enjoyed its second consecutive profitable quarter with the close of Q2 2009. Read more »
Coming from the short stack at the final table, Brazilian online poker pro Alexandre "allingomes" Gomes stunned all in attendance at the Fontana Lounge in the Bellagio by winning the championship of the Bellagio Cup V over many strong competitors. Read more »
A brief hour and a half of play in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bellagio Cup V occurred on Saturday. In the end, the six-handed final table was determined. Online poker pro Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka, who holds a stack of five million chips, leads the way. Read more »
Ten players remain in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bellagio Cup V. At the top of the pack after four days of play are Day 3 chip leader Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka and Full Tilt Poker pro Erik Seidel. Read more »
Three days are in the books at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup V. Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka holds a commanding lead over the rest of the field. His stack of 3.2 million, or 20% of the chips in play, is nearly three times larger than the second place tally. Read more »
With the final days of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) playing out and the eighth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) starting this week, poker has taken center stage in Las Vegas. Even with this activity, however, there are rumblings in one of the financial world's top publications. Read more »
A cozy field of 79 players turned out for Day 1A of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup V. In the end, 61 reached Day 2 on Wednesday, led by Alec "traheho" Torelli. WPT officials are expecting 175 players to compete on Day 1B. Read more »
Recently, World Poker Tour (WPT) officials released the schedule for Season 8. The action kicks off on July 13th with the Bellagio Cup V. In addition, a brand new tournament debuts at the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Poker News Daily sat down with WPT President, Founder, and CEO Steve Lipscomb to learn more. Read more »
The dream of many poker players is to play on the famous final table stage of the World Poker Tour. ClubWPT, the subscription based online poker room operated by the WPT, will be offering its members that very chance through a special series of tournaments at the online poker room. Read more »
With the Bellagio Cup V only three weeks away, officials from the World Poker Tour (WPT) released the schedule for Season VIII. A dozen tournaments will be held, including the brand new Hollywood Poker Open, which will debut from the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Read more »
Continuing in its expansion and promotion of poker around the globe, it was announced yesterday that the World Poker Tour has joined forces with the Slovak Poker Sport Federation to create the WPT Slovakia, a tournament that will be held in August in the nation's capital of Bratislava. Read more »
With news that the voting for the Poker Hall of Fame is open until July 2nd, PartyPoker has begun lobbying for its ambassador, World Poker Tour Host Mike Sexton, to be among those considered. Read more »
WPT Enterprises, creator of the World Poker Tour, announced Friday that PokerStars will be the official international television sponsor for WPT Season VII. Read more »
The final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship played out on Saturday and, in the end, Yevgeniy "atimos" Timoshenko took home the $2.1 million first place prize, besting Ran Azor heads-up. Read more »
The final six players have been determined in the Season VII World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship. The Bellagio in Las Vegas will play host to the featured table today at 4:00pm Pacific Time, with Yevgeniy "atimos" Timoshenko holding a commanding chip lead. Read more »
Friday marks the all-important play down day in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship. Tenth place will pocket $98,000, while the winner of the finale of Season VII will see their bank account rise by $2.1 million. In the chip lead entering the critical day of play is Scotty Nguyen. Read more »
Sitting with the sixth largest chip stack entering Day 5 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship on Thursday is none other than the winner of the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 HORSE Championship, Scotty Nguyen. Read more »
On Monday, the second day of play in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship played out at the Bellagio. Sitting with the second largest chip stack when the action concluded was a familiar name in the live poker world: Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier. Read more »
The second of two starting days in the seventh annual World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship played out on Sunday. When the smoke cleared, just 337 players had entered, a drop of 38% from last year's tally of 545. Read more »
