WPT Announces WPTDeepStacks partypoker Series for Spain and France
The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced on Tuesday that it is taking WPTDeepStacks events to the Spanish and French iterations of partypoker for the first time. The festivities begin this coming weekend...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour Able to Handle COVID-19 Shutdown with Shift to Online, More...
The COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent shutdown of pretty much all activity has come as a surprise to many businesses. Although the World Poker Tour has seen their live tournaments around the world shut...
View ArticleWPT, partypoker Launch WPT Online Poker Open in New Jersey
The World Poker Tour (WPT) and partypoker have announced yet another team-up for an online poker tournament offering, this time with a one-off tourney instead of an expanded tournament series. The new...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour Teams with partypoker for WPT World Online Championships
While the live poker world takes its first tenuous steps towards trying to return to some semblance of normal, the World Poker Tour is trying to keep their people busy over the summer. Joining up with...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour Names WPT Champions Cup After Mike Sexton
Sexton Was the WPT I highly doubt I am ever going to be honored by any of my places of employment. I mean, Dan Katz’s Poker News Daily sounds incredible and, frankly, better than the current, boring...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour Announces WPT Online India
On Wednesday, the World Poker Tour announced the creation of WPT Online India Powered by Adda52.com. The tournament series will run November 5-22 and will feature 154 events and INR 135 million...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour Takes WPT Montreal Stop Online with partypoker
The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has completely thrown the live poker world, not to mention the tournament poker world, into total chaos. That was somewhat soothed by the World Series of...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour Announces WPT Online Poker Open Main Event in New Jersey
The march of major live poker tournaments going online continues, this time, with the World Poker Tour. This one is a bit different, though, as the WPT has created both a new online-only event, not...
View ArticleSeminole Hard Rock Hollywood Ready for First Live WPT Event of 2021
When the outbreak of COVID-19 was first discovered in 2020, many didn’t think much of it, that there wouldn’t be any impact on “normal” life. As we know now, in the early stages of 2021, that wasn’t...
View ArticleElement Partners Acquires the World Poker Tour from Allied Esports in $78.25...
Building cash for future opportunities The World Poker Tour has its fifth home. On Tuesday, Allied Esports Entertainment announced that it has agreed to sell the WPT and its related assets to Element...
View ArticleArt Peacock Holds Day 1A Lead at WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open
After more than ten months of inactivity, the World Poker Tour has emerged from its cocoon and is back in action! From the appearances at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL,...
View ArticleMassive Day 1B Makes For Huge Field at WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open
If you thought Day 1A was big at the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, Day 1B said “hold my beer.” An even bigger throng of...
View ArticleMoney Bubble Bursts at the 2021 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open
The field of the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open was slashed by 500 on Sunday, as just 69 players made it through Day 2 from the 567 that began action. Orlando’s Richard Pyne emerged as the chip leader at...
View ArticleIlyas Muradi Wins 2021 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open
He wasn’t even supposed to be here today In movies, a common trope is a missed opportunity that turns into an even better opportunity gained. When one window closes, another opens and all that. The...
View ArticleWPT DeepStacks Venetian Crashes Guarantee, Henry Liang Day 1A Leader
Much like they did during their most recent stop in Florida, the World Poker Tour has dipped their toes back into the live tournament waters. They have ventured to The Venetian in Las Vegas for the...
View ArticleWPT DeepStacks Venetian Shatters $1 Million Prize Pool, 147 Players Remaining
The World Poker Tour’s stop at The Venetian in Las Vegas has drawn the poker world out in droves. After setting a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool for the WPT DeepStacks Venetian, the players stormed...
View ArticleSung Joo Hyun Wins 2021 WPTDeepStacks Venetian Main Event
Sung Joo Hyun came from the bottom half of the final table to win the WPTDeepStacks Venetian Main Event Monday and the $208,335 first prize. The South Korean with the refreshingly non-poker Hendon Mob...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour Launches Free “For The Player” Poker Training Program
LearnWPT, the World Poker Tour’s paid subscription poker training site, has announced the launch of a new educational program for the partypoker US Network called “For The Player.” Unlike the standard...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour Active in International Settings
While their activities may be a bit limited in the States of America (the next live action for the tour isn’t until March), the World Poker Tour is charging forward with their business around the...
View ArticleMaksim Sekretarev Wins WPT Russia Main Event
WPT Russia is only three years old, but there is still something cool about achieving a superlative in a World Poker Tour event. On Sunday, 19-year-old Maksim Sekretarev won the Main Event, becoming...
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