The World Poker Tour’s visit to Oklahoma continued through Sunday as the money bubble popped in their $3500 Main Event. After the Day 1B players were counted, the $2 million guaranteed prize pool was topped, by a healthy margin, and the money started flowing. After Day Two, a former champion of this event, James Mackey,… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is doing double duty this weekend, with one of their events taking place in Osaka, Japan. The ‘other’ event, however, is the one that is going to be drawing much of the attention. The 2024 WPT Choctaw is underway in Durant, OK, with Day 1A in the books and veteran pro… Read more »
Surprising accusation Poker scandal time. This is an unexpected one (though are any scandals “expected”?) and nothing has been confirmed 100%, but it has legs, so let’s talk about it. Poker pro Anthony Zinno, one of the most successful tournament players of the last decade, has been accused of stealing a backpack, and most of… Read more »
The PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas have been abuzz this week with the second running of the PokerGO Tour Mixed Games schedule. Earlier this week, a trio of champions were crowned in several different formats and disciplines. As they enter the final few tournaments on the schedule, David ‘Chino’ Rheem is atop the standings in… Read more »
It may only be through the first two events, but the 2023 PGT Mixed Games II tournament series is already bringing surprises to the fore. In Event #1, David Funkhouser was able to top some bigger “name” players as he came from the middle of the pack for the win on Friday. Today, in Event… Read more »
Coming off the success of their inaugural event earlier this year, the PokerGO Tour figured it was time to run a successful series again. The PokerGO Tour Mixed Games II series of non-Texas Hold’em tournaments started on Thursday with its first event, the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. battle. After a throng of players flooded the PokerGO Studios… Read more »
The first event of the 2023 Poker Masters is in the books and it turned out to be a bit of a surprise. While there were plenty of familiar faces around the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas for the first $10,000 of this year’s series, the final table was dominated by a list of newcomers… Read more »
The first weekend of the 2023 World Series of Poker is upon us, and the folks at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas aren’t letting the players rest at all. In the two major tournaments, a longtime “High Roller” pro picked up his second piece of jewelry, while 64 men have battled down to the… Read more »
Yesterday in our preview of the 2023 World Poker Tour stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, we mentioned how the players ALWAYS flock to the Florida properties. Day 1A of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown demonstrated this fact, busting the guarantee in only one day in setting a… Read more »
For an inaugural tournament, it is going to go down in history. Marking their return to the tournament poker arena, the Borgata’s “The Return” series has turned out to be a phenomenally successful way to kick off the 2023 tournament poker season. The guarantee was crushed as the final total came to over $5 million… Read more »
The first weekend of the 2022 World Series of Poker is ready to go on Friday, with two tournaments down to their final day of action. The first “big” preliminary tournament will also take to action, while the “big” high roller event will work down to its final four. It sets up for a busy… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is back in action with their Season XX schedule, and it is a big one. The WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open is underway at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL, and the players have flooded the floor for the first of two-Day Ones. One player who will… Read more »
If there is one thing that has been a constant at the 2021 World Series of Poker, it has been the predominance of veteran poker professionals who have been able to capture bracelets. The top of that list would start with Phil Hellmuth winning his 16th bracelet, but other players such as Anthony Zinno, Chance… Read more »
The time has been zipping by when it comes to the 2021 World Series of Poker. The third weekend of action is in full swing, and some trends are beginning to be established. One of those is that poker professional Anthony Zinno is fairly good at this game, winning his second bracelet of 2021 (and… Read more »
As my colleague and friend Dan Katz pointed out earlier this week, the 2021 World Series of Poker has been relatively uneventful to this point. Yes, the numbers have been a bit lower, as the MILLIONAIRE MAKER tournament showed (down from its 2019 level of 8809 entries to this year’s 5326). More than likely the… Read more »
The setup We are still very early in the 2021 World Series of Poker, but Phil Hellmuth is already making a strong Player of the Year case (in the official points standings, he is third behind Jason Koon and Ari Engel). The all-time WSOP bracelet leader with an insane 15 pieces of jewelry, Hellmuth has… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s stop at The Venetian in Las Vegas has drawn the poker world out in droves. After setting a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool for the WPT DeepStacks Venetian, the players stormed the felt over two-Day Ones. The result? More than doubling the prize pool that will see 147 players come back on… Read more »
Much like they did during their most recent stop in Florida, the World Poker Tour has dipped their toes back into the live tournament waters. They have ventured to The Venetian in Las Vegas for the WPT DeepStacks Venetian, a $500,000 guaranteed tournament that has already blown away their guarantee in just the Day 1A… Read more »
If you thought Day 1A was big at the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, Day 1B said “hold my beer.” An even bigger throng of entries emerged on Saturday for action, driving the final entry numbers over the 1500 mark and… Read more »
Now well into its second week, the 2020 online WSOP has been consistent with its field sizes and prize pools. As they prepare to start up the “international” leg of the 2020 online WSOP on GGPoker, WSOP.com will continue to have tournaments up until the end of July. Getting ready to start the second weekend… Read more »
While many may be lamenting that, for the first time in 16 years, there is nothing going on in the Bahamas, the tournament poker world is going on. It may have slipped under the radar, but the World Poker Tour has gotten back into its Season XVIII swing with a stop at the Gardens Casino… Read more »
In an interesting and unfortunate case, former World Poker Tour L. A. Poker Classic champion Dennis Blieden has pled guilty to several charges of embezzlement of millions of dollars. While he hasn’t been sentenced yet, it is highly likely the poker champion will not see the outside world for some time. Charges Include Identity Theft,… Read more »
In one of the most colossal mistakes in the history of the World Series of Poker, a tabulation error in the race for the WSOP Player of the Year has resulted in a change atop the standings. Instead of Daniel Negreanu winning his third POY title (no one else has won more than one), Australia’s… Read more »
Daniel Negreanu clinched the 2019 World Series of Poker Player of the Year title on Monday after Shaun Deeb was eliminated from the €550 Colossus No-Limit Hold’em at WSOP Europe. This is the third time Negreanu has won the POY award. He previously won in 2004 and 2013; the first was before the WSOP Europe… Read more »
It has all come down to one dramatic final day at the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe. 11 men will return to the King’s Casino in Rozvadov on Monday to determine the champion of the Colossus. Also important is the race for the WSOP Player of the Year, with one contender left with a… Read more »
