World Poker Tour Changes Tournament Formats, Goes To “Shot Clock” For Events
After experimenting with it during its closer of season event for the past two years, the World Poker Tour became the first tournament circuit to shift its tournaments to run on a “shot clock.”...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour Announces Creation of WPT Japan
The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced Wednesday that for the first time, the Tour will be making a trip to Japan. Partnering with the Japan Poker Union Corporation, the World Poker Tour will launch the...
View ArticleWPT Choctaw Day 2: Michael Stashin Looms Large
The World Series of Poker is over, so it is time for other poker tournaments to return to the spotlight. Up now: World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw. The WPT Choctaw Main Event moves on to its third day...
View ArticleJosh Kay Gives WPT Choctaw Day 3 Field the Business
I will admit, I was a little surprised to wake up this morning and not see Michael Stashin’s name at the top of the chip counts for the final table of the 2017 World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Main...
View ArticleJay Lee Wins 2017 WPT Choctaw Main Event
After Day 2 of the 2017 World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Main Event, Michael Stashin was lapping the field. After Day 3, Josh Kay was head and shoulders above everyone else. And because this is poker,...
View Article2017 WPT Legends of Poker Day 1A: Thomas Zanot Takes Lead in Opening Action...
The first of three-Day Ones is in the books in Los Angeles as action opened for the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker Main Event began. One of the stalwarts of the WPT schedule – it is one of three...
View Article2017 WPT Legends of Poker Day 1B: Valentin Vornicu Makes Most of Second...
After coming up dry on Day 1A of the event, Valentin Vornicu got the most out of his second shot at the tournament on Saturday, emerging as the overall leader of the 2017 World Poker Tour Legends of...
View Article2017 WPT Legends of Poker Day 1C: Cody Slaubaugh Takes Overall Lead
The final of the three starting flights of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event went down on Sunday, as 383 more entries were paid for, bringing the total Day 1 field to 715. Keep in...
View Article2017 WPT Legends of Poker Day 2: Oddie Dardon Out in Front as Money Bubble Nears
No more separate flights at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event, as Monday was Day 2, when the survivors of each of the three Day 1’s came together in a single, unified field to try...
View Article2017 WPT Legends of Poker Day 4: J. C. Tran Leads Stacked Final Table That...
After 12 hours of battle, the final table of the 2017 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker Main Event has been determined. It is one of the stronger final tables in recent memory, with poker professional...
View ArticleArt Papazyan Denies Trio of Pros History in Winning 2017 WPT Legends of Poker
Despite facing one of the most stacked final tables in recent memory – with two top flight professional poker players looking for their third titles and one legend of the game looking to etch his name...
View Article2017 WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event Day 1A – Trung Pham Rockets to Front
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back in action this week with a stop in Atlantic City with the WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event (I’ll be honest – I actually double-checked to see if it was the Borgata...
View ArticleLate Entrant David Gerassi Soars to WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 2 Lead
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Main Event is only through Day 2, but there are only 117 players remaining of the original 1,132 entrants. Granted, that’s “entrants” and not “players,” as...
View Article2017 WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 3: Money Bubble Pops as Cliff Josephy Takes...
The World Poker Tour has pulled into the Borgata in Atlantic City for their latest event, the Borgata Poker Open, and it has once again shown to be one of their bigger events of this Season XVI...
View Article2017 WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 4: Matt Parry Takes Over Lead at Final Table,...
The penultimate day of the latest World Poker Tour event is at hand as the final table has been determined for the 2017 WPT Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, NJ. Coming to the six-handed table, Matt...
View ArticleGuo Liang Chen Battles from Short Stack, Wins 2017 WPT Borgata Poker Open
Coming from the second lowest stack to start the final table, Guo Liang Chen battled through a difficult final table to capture his largest tournament score of his career, the championship of the 2017...
View ArticleWPT Maryland Live! Championship Event Kicks Off Today
For the third consecutive year, the World Poker Tour has backed up the production trucks at Maryland Live! in Hanover for an event on their Season XVI schedule. Starting at noon today, the $3500 buy in...
View Article2017 WPT Maryland Live! Main Event Day 1A: Over 200 Entries for Day 1A,...
The World Poker Tour carnival has pulled into its latest stop, Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, and the crowds have come for the show. The $3500 WPT Maryland Live! Main Event has Day 1A in the books...
View Article2017 WPT Maryland Live! Main Event Day 1B: Joseph Cashen Takes Overall Lead
We’re on to Day 2 of the 2017 World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland Live! Main Event, as the second of two starting flights concluded last night at the Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover. Day 1B drew...
View Article2017 WPT Maryland Live! Main Event Day 2: Grigoriy Shvarts Leads, Matt Glantz...
Day 2 has come and gone at the 2017 World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland Live! Main Event with just 29 players remaining from the original field of 561. Brooklyn’s Grigoriy Shvarts leads the way with 1.562...
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