2019 WPT Russia Main Even Day 4: Denys Shafikov Holds Final Table Lead, Oleg...
It has all come down to this. After what proved to be a longer Day 4 than expected, the final table has been determined at the Casino Sochi in the World Poker Tour’s stop in Russia. When the cards fly...
View Article2019 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 1A – Daniel Wellborn Takes First Chip...
One of the most popular events on the World Poker Tour (WPT) kicked off on Sunday, as Day 1A of the 2019 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open got off to a great start. There were 424 entries on the first of...
View ArticleDenys Shafikov Wins WPT Russia Main Event
He didn’t eliminate everyone at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Russia Main Event final table – he missed the first knockout – but Denys Shafikov began with the chip lead and cruised all the way to heads-up...
View Article2019 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event Day 2: Money Bubble Bursts
There were 177 poker players who went to bed happy last night, as they made it through Day 2 of the 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open, surviving the money bubble which burst on the...
View ArticleEditorial: Didn’t the World Poker Tour Learn Anything from the WSOP “November...
This last weekend, the World Poker Tour was playing in one of its venerable abodes, the Borgata in Atlantic City. The WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event has become one of the preeminent poker...
View ArticleWPTDeepStacks Teams with 888poker, Adds Two More Stops
On Monday, the World Poker Tour (WPT) announced a new partnership with 888poker which will result in two more events being added to this year’s WPTDeepStacks Europe schedule. The three year deal will...
View ArticleWPT to Air Old Episodes on New BitMovio Streaming Platform
The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced on Tuesday that it has entered into a partnership with BitMovio to have the video streaming service broadcast WPT Seasons XII and XIII. Those are not the current...
View ArticleDemo Kiriopoulos Wins WPT Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event
After a couple close calls, Demo Kiriopoulos finally nabbed his first major live tournament title on Monday, winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event at the Fallsview...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour’s L. A. Poker Classic Begins Today
There are a few things that you can count on in life – death, taxes, some segment of the New England Patriots pissing you off. You can perhaps add the yearly stop by the World Poker Tour at the...
View ArticleWPT L. A. Poker Classic Main Event Day 1: Hyung Kim, Blake Bohn Atop the...
The World Poker Tour has landed in Los Angeles, CA (actually Commerce, CA, if you want to be exact), for the latest incarnation of the only tournament that has been a part of each of their 17 seasons...
View ArticleWPT L. A. Poker Classic Main Event Day 2: Andrey Zaichenko Takes Control
Russia’s Andrey Zaichenko leads the 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event with 949,500 chips as the tournament heads into its third day on Monday. Though it will never garner the...
View ArticleWPT L. A. Poker Classic Main Event Day 3: David ODB Baker Makes a Run
Fortunes can change quickly in a poker tournament. “A chip and a chair” feels like a cliché, but it feels that way because it’s true. As long as you have chips – or a chip – you have a chance. Such was...
View ArticleWPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event Day 4: David ODB Baker Leads Yet Again
I think it is safe to say that David ODB Baker is having a good week. On Monday, he took the chip lead at the World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic and on Tuesday, he stayed on top, ending Day 4 as...
View ArticleWPT Rolling Thunder Main Event: Two Day Ones in the Books, Roughly 245...
While the World Poker Tour gets ready to stage three final tables beginning next week (more on this in a bit), the regular tour is going on at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Northern California....
View ArticleWPT Rolling Thunder Main Event Day 2: Anthony Zinno Surges Ahead
As a few World Poker Tour final tables are contested in Las Vegas, the WPT Rolling Thunder – a Tour event that always makes me think of the 1980’s arcade game – marches on in California. Heading into...
View ArticleWPT Rolling Thunder Final Table Set, Jim Collopy Destroying
If you are going to make a final table on the World Poker Tour (WPT), you might as well get there with more chips than all of the other players combined. That is exactly what is happening at the WPT...
View ArticleDavid ODB Baker Wins WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event
With the World Series of Poker coming up, talk at some point will inevitably turn to the meaning of a gold bracelet. There are dozens upon dozens of events now, leading some people to consider the...
View ArticleFrank Stepuchin Wins WPT Gardens Poker Championship Main Event
It was World Poker Tour final table Tuesday as not only did Erkut Yilmaz win the WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event in the Sacramento, California area, but down in Las Vegas, Frank Stepuchin won the WPT...
View ArticleVinicius Lima Outlasts Start of Day Chip Leader Dave Farah to Win WPT Borgata...
In what turned out to be a marathon session, Vinicius Lima came off the start of day short stack to defeat the start of day chip leader Dave Farah, capturing the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker...
View ArticleVitalijs Zavorotnijs Wins WPT Barcelona Main Event
With all the focus on the World Poker Tour delayed final tables that were held at the HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas last week, other events tended to be ignored. But lest we forget,...
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