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 »
For many casinos, especially in Las Vegas, there is at least one marquee poker event that they hang their hat on. In the case of Wynn Las Vegas, that tournament is the season-ender for the World Poker Tour, the WPT Championship, which brings the players in droves to the popular casino. Now, Wynn Las Vegas… Read more »
The 2023 World Poker Tour World Championship festivities are coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been a great deal of action around Wynn Las Vegas. The $1 million buy-in Big One for OneDrop concluded on Wednesday night, with four men extremely happy to have stuck around for it. While that… Read more »
It was a rather audacious target to set, but they darn near hit it. The World Poker Tour’s WPT World Championship held its Day 1D action on Friday and, despite the best efforts of the WPT, Wynn Las Vegas, and the players, they came up short of their $40 million guarantee. Unlike some other entities,… Read more »
The World Poker Tour held its penultimate stop of the 2023 tournament poker season last night, the final table of the 2023 WPT Seminole Rock n’ Roll Poker Open Main Event in Hollywood, FL. In what was a brisk 100-plus hands, Istvan Briski emerged victorious over Rayan Chamas to claim his first major championship. In… Read more »
In today’s poker world, it is not unusual for players to have to make decisions regarding what tournaments they want to take part in. Rare is it, however, that the tournaments in question are of such luminous status that people will make note of who is going where. That’s what we’re looking at when it… Read more »
Quite some time ago – in fact, it was one of the first articles I ever wrote as a poker journalist – I talked about how the current tournament poker world was beginning to encroach on itself. At that time, the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker were beginning to square off… Read more »
Live poker is still steaming along quite well, thank you, even without the help of a major tournament circuit to back it up. Last night at the Wynn in Las Vegas, poker professional Michael Rossitto was able to outlast a tough final table to capture the Main Event championship of the Wynn Millions. In taking… Read more »
It was every family’s nightmare: a loved one is away from home and suffers a health emergency. That is exactly what happened to Florida attorney David Jagolinzer on April 6, 2022 while staying at the Wynn Las Vegas, and it resulted in his death. His family believes the tragedy did not have to happen and… Read more »
It would have been a tremendous feat if they could have done it, but the players came up short. Thursday’s Day Two action at the 2022 World Poker Tour World Championship came up just short of the money bubble on Thursday night. This means that there are going to be some unhappy campers who will… 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 »
Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or whichever holiday celebration you follow) is just around the corner, but poker isn’t taking any breaks. On both sides of the Atlantic, major tournament schedules are underway. The play in these events should capture the attention of poker’s fandom and keep them entertained up to Santa’s drop down the… Read more »
It might be a bit far off in the future for some, but it looks like Las Vegas will be the place to be for tournament poker just before Christmas. The World Poker Tour has announced the schedule of events for the 2022 WPT World Championship, which will run from December 1-19. More importantly for… Read more »
It was certainly an audacious statement. Whether you want to call it a bold commentary on their belief in poker or a risky chance that could blow up in their faces, the Wynn Las Vegas Resort threw down the gauntlet with their latest tournament. The Wynn Millions started last week with its $10,000 buy in… Read more »
Late spring and the first half(ish) of the summer is always the domain of the World Series of Poker. Though the Series is the center of the poker world while it is on and gives the Rio in Las Vegas serious gravity, people sometimes forget there are other casinos with poker rooms in the city.… Read more »
As many areas around the world reopen after the COVID pandemic, there are some difficult decisions that still must be made. In hard hit Las Vegas, these decisions are magnified because of the economy being based on the tourism industry. Thus, the decision by Wynn Las Vegas regarding the numerous COVID vaccinations in use currently… Read more »
