Payouts pending We have our first big controversy of the 2025 World Series of Poker and it is quite the doozy. On Thursday, the WSOP announced that it has launched an investigation into the conclusion of the big $1,500 Millionaire Maker event and has withheld the top two payouts and the bracelet. Though the WSOP… Read more »
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 »
There’s something to be said for saving the best for last. The World Poker Tour has brought the end of their 2022 tournament season to the Wynn Las Vegas and simultaneously brought back a classic event (it was last officially held in 2017). The 2022 WPT World Championship has been revived and, whether it was… Read more »
Competitive battle at the top The World Poker Tour (WPT) Venetian moves into its third day on Monday with just 32 players remaining. Leading the charge into the home stretch is James Carroll with 2.690 million chips. It is tight race at the top of the leaderboard, as no one person, or even a group… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s successful return in 2021 has been further demonstrated by their current stop at The Venetian in Las Vegas. The WPT Venetian had nearly 1000 entries for their $5000 Main Event and, beginning on Sunday’s Day 2, more than 200 players were still alive for the title. By the end of the… Read more »
In what turned out to be a rather quick Wednesday for the survivors of the World Poker Tour’s stop at the L. A. Poker Classic, the final table of six has been determined. There are some familiar names on the board, but they’ll be looking up at Balakrishna Patur and his 6.32 million stack. Instead… Read more »
The World Poker Tour, if you didn’t know it, is running their Tournament of Champions this weekend at the HyperX eSports Arena in Las Vegas. It also has concluded the final three events of their Season XVII schedule – the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, the WPT Choctaw and the WPT ARIA Summer Championship… Read more »
