2016 WPT Montreal Day 2: Michael Gathy Leads Remaining 50 Players
For some reason, the second day of a major, week-long poker tournament always amuses me. You have hundreds of players who made it through their starting flight, a significant accomplishment for many,...
View Article2016 WPT Montreal Day 3: Samuel Gagnon Holds Large Lead, Mike Sexton Still Going
Yesterday, I irrationally yelled in ALL CAPS about how players get knocked out of major tournaments so quickly on Day 2, only to have eliminations slow to a crawl after that. We’ll see how slow things...
View Article2016 WPT Montreal Day 4: Final Table Determined with Mike Sexton in the Lead
There is a chance at history in Canada this afternoon. After a battle through a 648-entry field, Poker Hall of Famer and World Poker Tour announcer Mike Sexton will come to the final table of the...
View ArticleMike Sexton Rides Rollercoaster to Earn Championship at partypoker WPT...
After starting the day as the chip leader – and then finding himself in a 10-1 hole during heads up competition – Poker Hall of Famer and World Poker Tour announcer Mike Sexton earned the championship...
View Article2016 partypoker WPT Caribbean Day 1A: Cozy Field Settles in For Week of...
The World Poker Tour has become the epitome of the axiom “There’s no rest for the wicked.” Less than 48 hours after WPT announcer Mike Sexton achieved his personal goal of winning a WPT event (the WPT...
View Article2016 WPT Caribbean Day 1B: People Actually Showed Up
Fortunately for tournament organizers, Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event was much larger than Day 1A, though the total Day 1 field of 270 still left WPT Caribbean as one of the...
View Article2016 WPT Caribbean Main Event Day 2: Troy Quenneville Surges to Lead Late
Troy Quenneville leads the remaining 75 players at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event after Day 2; with 302,000 chips, he is the only player to finish Monday’s action above the 300,000...
View Article2016 WPT Caribbean Down to Ten Players
The field of the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event was pared from 75 to just 10 on Tuesday as the remaining players are on the brink of the televised final table heading into Day 4....
View ArticleNiall Farrell Emerges as Champion of 2016 partypoker WPT Caribbean
In what was a relatively quick final table, Scotland’s Niall Farrell emerged as the champion of the 2016 partypoker World Poker Tour Caribbean stop in Punta Cana on Wednesday night, defeating Troy...
View ArticleWPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Begins Monday
It is the traditional finisher for the calendar year for the World Poker Tour. Beginning tomorrow, the WPT will make their stop at the Bellagio in Las Vegas for the WPT Five Diamond World Poker...
View Article2016 WPT Prague Main Event Final Table Set
The Ukraine’s Oleg Vasylchenko led wire-to-wire on Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague Main Event to take the chip lead into the six-handed final table on Tuesday. With 1.595 million chips and a...
View Article2016 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event Day 1: Robin Hegele...
While one World Poker Tour event was wrapping up in the Czech Republic, one of the most popular WPT events of the year was starting at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The WPT Five Diamond World Poker...
View ArticleOleg Vasylchenko Wins 2016 WPT Prague Main Event
As the one World Poker Tour event got underway at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, another ended across the pond in the Czech Republic (I know I started another article same way today, but I enjoy the...
View Article2016 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Day 2: Ryan Hughes Pulls to Lead,...
Day 2 of the largest-ever World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event closed shop on Tuesday evening, still quite some distance from the money but with a notable young pro and a “blast...
View Article2016 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Day 3: Money Bubble Not Popped,...
Day 3 and its seven levels are in the books for the 2016 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and, although they didn’t pop the money bubble on Wednesday, Ryan...
View Article2016 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Day 4: 19 Remain with Plenty of...
After another six levels of play on Thursday, the final 19 contenders have been determined for the World Poker Tour’s Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Atop the standings...
View Article2016 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Day 5: Final Table Determined with...
The final table has been determined for the 2016 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event and it is shaping up to be an impressive battle. While James Romero has been able to pull...
View ArticleJames Romero Rides Chip Lead to Championship at WPT Five Diamond World Poker...
After coming into the final table action, James Romero didn’t let much slow him down as he rode his chip lead to his first major championship, the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic in...
View Article2017 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event: Day 1 Flights in the Books
The World Poker Tour got back in action over the weekend as the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event saw its two starting days contested on Sunday and Monday. Players are still allowed to register...
View Article2017 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 2: Tournament Field Sets Record
The 2017 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open has achieved the largest field in its history as 192 additional entries were made on Day 2 to bring the total to 1,312. That number makes this...
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