While it is always a good feeling to make the final table of a World Poker Tour (WPT) event, it had to be a little tough for Ravi Raghavan to feel too overjoyed entering play Saturday at the 2012 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. After all, he was the short stack and… Read more »
If you’re going to notch the first live tournament win of your career, you might as well go big. That’s exactly what Poland’s Marcin Wydrowski did over the weekend, as he won the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague Main Event and over $400,000. Along with the prize money, a windfall compared to the $3,538… Read more »
Like its compatriot in Europe, the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is also working its way to a final table, with an impressive run once again by Antonio Esfandiari dominating the storyline. Esfandiari came into Friday’s Day Four play with a sizeable chip lead over Freddy Deeb, but 60 others… Read more »
The World Poker Tour stop at the Kings Casino in Prague, the Czech Republic, is headed into its home stretch after Day Three action yesterday. Sitting atop the leaderboard as the next to last day is set to begin this morning in Europe is Tony Chang, but a host of players are looking to take… Read more »
While their compatriots in Europe slumbered after their Day Two battles, the World Poker Tour’s second leg of its international “two step,” the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, continued its fight. By the end of Thursday’s play, a familiar name in former champion Antonio Esfandiari was atop… Read more »
Earlier this evening, I had the honor of appearing on one of my old haunts, Hold’em Radio, but not for an occasion that I really wanted to be there for. It was a special edition of “Keep Flopping Aces,” the show that the recently departed Lou Krieger hosted for many years and which, for quite… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has its engines in full throat, with two tournaments in action in the United States and the Czech Republic. For the European version of the WPT’s “two-step,” Day Two has come to a close in Prague with Marco Lang at the helm of the field. Three Day Ones built a formidable… Read more »
For years, online poker players have joked about wanting the ability to multi-table at a live casino. Joke no more, my friends, that ability is now yours. The Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas launched a new form of poker Wednesday called Multi Action Poker, giving players the ability to participate in two games… Read more »
The second starting flight of three wrapped up last night at the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague Main Event with 179 more players ponying up €3,300 to participate. The total for entries now sits at 294, still a ways off from the 571 that entered the inaugural WPT Prague last year. 90 players made… Read more »
The poker world lost a great friend Monday. Lou Krieger, renowned poker author and ambassador, passed away after a long battle with cancer. His family posted a brief message on his Facebook page: It is my deepest regret to inform you that early this morning Lou’s fight against cancer ended. He fought courageously to the… Read more »
The second-ever running of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague Main Event began Monday as 115 players put up €3,300 for the first of three starting flights. Finland’s Pasi Heinanen finished Day 1A as the chip leader, just 2,000 ahead of Shannon Shorr. WPT Prague debuted on the tour at this same time last year… Read more »
The first Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) since the former online poker giant’s rebirth got underway this weekend and it’s so far, so good for the poker room trying to rebuild both its reputation and player base. The kickoff event was the traditional $200 + $16 No-Limit Hold’em tourney (though this one, as well… Read more »
Danish news magazine Ekstra Bladet (ekstrabladet.dk) has reported that popular Danish poker pro Theo Jorgensen was shot in a home robbery Sunday night. He is in stable condition in the hospital, fortunately only shot in the leg. The attack occurred at about 10:00pm Sunday, December 2nd, as three men forced their way into Jorgensen’s home… Read more »
In a stunning surprise over larger stacked opponents, Italy’s Giacomo Fundaro came from the middle of the six player final table to take down the championship of the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Mazagan Beach and Golf Resort in Casablanca, Morocco, last night. This particular final table had something for everyone. If you wanted… Read more »
The final table is set for the World Poker Tour’s latest stop at the Mazagan Beach and Golf Resort in Casablanca, Morocco, with poker Triple Crown winner Davidi Kitai sitting atop the final six for today’s action. 25 players returned from the original 146 player field for Friday’s Day Three play with an impressive array… Read more »
