Roger Teska Earns First Major Championship, Wins 2019 WPT Gardens Poker Festival
Battling through a 373-player field and the start of final table chip leader, veteran pro Roger Teska earned his first major championship and a brand-new BMW in taking down the first event of the...
View Article2019 WPT Legends of Poker Main Event Day 2: Leaderboard Logjam
Apologies if we missed this while focusing on other things, but did you know that the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event has been underway for a few days? Seriously. It’s actually...
View Article2019 WPT Legends of Poker Final Table Set
Three days down, one to go. The six-handed final table has been set at the 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event. The chip leader going into Wednesday is Gueorgui Gantchev with 5.560...
View ArticleFirst Time’s the Charm? Aaron Van Blarcum Wins WPT Legends of Poker in First...
If you had One shot Or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted In one moment Would you capture it Or just let it slip? Eminem, “Lose Yourself” The lyrical poetry of Eminem is appropriate...
View Article2019 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event – Day 1A Chip Leaders
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Main Event kicked off on Sunday with the first of two starting flights. 271 entries were tallied on the day, though expect loads more on Monday. Leading...
View Article2019 WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event Approaching 1,000 Entries
Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Main is in the books and, as expected, the field for the second starting flight dwarfed that of the first. A total of 707 entries were booked on...
View Article2019 WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 2: Jonathan Jaffe, Victor Ramdin Eclipse 1...
The 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Main Event is into Day 3 as the survivors from the first two starting flights came together for Day 2 on Tuesday. Leading the remaining 145 players...
View Article2019 WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 3: Kevin Albers Leads, “Retired” Vanessa...
If the World Poker Tour has a tournament with a monstrous field, you can usually figure that it is the Borgata in Atlantic City that is responsible (the other is the Seminole Hard Rock in Florida)....
View ArticleDonald Maloney Wins WPT Borgata Poker Open After Three-Way Deal, Farcical...
The World Poker Tour’s stop at the Borgata Poker Open came to an end late Friday night, but to call it an ending that was deserving of one of the marquee events on the tour’s schedule would be a...
View ArticleWPT Maryland Live! Main Event Begins Today
Season XVIII of the World Poker Tour rolls along (after the fiasco at the Borgata) with a stop that has slowly become one of the favorites of the tournament pros. The WPT will set up shop beginning...
View ArticleWPT Maryland Live! Main Event Day 1A: WPT Champions’ Club Member Brian Altman...
The first of two-Day Ones is in the books for the World Poker Tour’s Maryland Live! Main Event and it looks like it is going to be a good one. At the end of Day 1A, a WPT Champions’ Club member, Brian...
View Article2019 WPT Maryland at Live! Casino Main Event Day 1B: Altman Stays on Top
The two starting flights of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland at Live! Casino Main Event are in the books and Brian Altman, the Day 1A leader, is still in the pole position (and as I have commented...
View Article2019 WPT Maryland at Live! Casino Main Event Day 2: Money Bubble Bursts,...
Just 51 players remain in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland at Live! Casino Main Event after Day 2 with Brian Altman, the chip leader going into the day, still in the number one spot. It’s shaping...
View ArticleWPT Maryland at Live! Casino Main Event Final Table Set
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland at Live! Casino Main Event final table has been set and for the first time all tournament, Brian Altman is not the chip leader at the end of a day. That’s not to...
View ArticleNitis Udornpim Denies Altman, Zinno Shots at History, Wins WPT Maryland Live!
In what turned out to be a rapid final table, the chances at World Poker Tour history for pros Brian Altman and Anthony Zinno were denied. Instead of seeing a name etched again on the WPT Champions’...
View Article2019 WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble Day 1A: Smallish Opening to Bounty...
The World Poker Tour has moved to the sunny climes of Jacksonville, FL, and the bestbet Jacksonville card room for their WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble. Now the only bounty tournament on the WPT schedule...
View Article2019 WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble Day 1B: Nick Raio Finishes as Day 1B Leader,...
A smaller than expected field came out for the second of two-Day Ones on Saturday at the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble at bestbet Jacksonville. Perhaps because of the start of the World Series of Poker...
View ArticleFinal Table Set at WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble
After three tournament days of play (four calendar days), the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Bounty Scramble has gotten down to its six-handed final table. Leading the way going into Tuesday’s action...
View ArticleJosh Adkins Wins WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble
Josh Adkins won the World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Bounty Scramble on Tuesday, the first WPT victory of his poker career. For the win, Adkins banked $331,480. What was perhaps the most amazing thing...
View ArticleGeoffrey Hum Wins WPT Montreal Main Event
Geoffrey Hum won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event this week, the first WPT title of his career. For his victory, hum won $380,648 or CAD $500,000. Winners of major poker tournaments are...
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