70-year-old Dave Hughes won a $250 event during the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown for $5,555. That’s great, right? Unfortunately, it’s really not. The tournament was the Ladies No-Limit Hold’em event and Mr. Hughes is certainly no lady. Fortunately, it feels like men entering women’s events does not happen as often… Read more »
After two Day Ones that stretched the limits of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s tournament floor, the World Poker Tour’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown played through Day Two on Sunday in Hollywood, FL. They were able to get the money bubble popped from the 287 players who were fortunate enough to earn… 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 »
Darren Elias is in the driver’s seat to capture his record-extending fifth World Poker Tour title, as he is the chip leader going into the final table of the 2022 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. With 38.825 million chips, he is well ahead of Mark Davis, who has 26.550 million and was the chip… Read more »
Just as we predicted there would be, there are just 16 players remaining in the 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown heading into Day 4 (disclaimer: the fact that the WPT specifically said that Day 3 would end with 16 players greatly informed our prediction). And for the second day in… Read more »
The 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown looks to be an entertaining race down the stretch, as several players are within striking distance of the top spot with just 99 entrants remaining. And manning that top spot going into Day 3 is Mark Davis with 3.740 million chips. Immediately behind Davis… Read more »
The ribbon has been placed on what has been the longest season in the history of the World Poker Tour. Brek Schutten earned the championship of the delayed final table of the 2021 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, taking home a million-dollar plus payday. In the same event, Brian Altman finished off an outstanding… Read more »
It seems like it has gone on forever, but Season XVIII of the World Poker Tour will finally come to a close over the next week. The WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown will begin tomorrow, the final event on what has been a season like no other. The WPT Seminole Hard Rock will also… Read more »
Day 1B at the World Poker Tour’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was everything that it was billed to be. The players once again came out to utterly crush the $3 million guaranteed prize pool as 648 entries hit the tables. By the time the final hands were dealt on Saturday night, Shawn Nguyen had… Read more »
Only three events are left in the World Poker Tour’s Season XVII schedule and their stop in Florida is so far a big one. The WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, FL, kicked off the first of two-Day Ones with a monstrous field that saw Davian Santana come out on top by the… Read more »
The opening salvos have been fired in the 2018 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and the shots have been spectacular. The numbers for the two-Day Ones have set a record for the tournament and, while former WPT champion Eric Afriat took the Day 1B chip lead honors, it is Day 1A leader… Read more »
On Friday in the cavernous tournament arena at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, Day 1A of the World Poker Tour’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown took place. The massive outpouring of players for the first day of action promises that there will be a huge field for the tournament and… Read more »
