Harry Arutyunyan Defeats Mike Eskandari to Capture WPT Legends of Poker...
Local favorite Harry Arutyunyan, who calls the Bicycle Casino his home turf, fought off a difficult final table on his way to defeating Mike Eskandari to take home the World Poker Tour’s Legends of...
View Article2014 WPT Cyprus Day 1A: Andrey Pateychuk Ends Day as Leader, 172 Entries Kick...
The World Poker Tour has stepped overseas for their next event, landing in the sunny climes of the Mediterranean at the Merit Crystal Cove Casino for the partypoker WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus. For...
View ArticleWPT Cyprus Day 2: Antonio Buonanno Leads Record-Setting Field
With three days down and three to go, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event is half over. Well, it is actually two days down, with one of those days being split into two...
View Article2014 WPT Cyprus Day 3: Antonio Buonanno Continues to Lead
The money bubble burst at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event Monday as the field was reduced from 79 to just 30 with two days left to play. Leading the way once again was...
View Article2014 WPT Cyprus Main Event Final Table Set
There is just one day left in the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event as the field was whittled down to the six-handed final table during Tuesday’s Day 4. After two days...
View ArticleAlexander Lakhov Defeats Dmitry Gromov to Take WPT Cyprus Championship
Early Thursday morning (Wednesday evening U. S. time), Alexander Lakhov defeated a surprisingly strong final table that included Toby Lewis, Nicolas Chouity and eventual runner-up Dmitry Gromov to...
View Article2014 WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 1A: Ben Bianco Uses Late Rush to Take Giant...
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back in the United States this week, setting up shop in one of Atlantic City’s few remaining casinos for the WPT Borgata Poker Open. Yesterday’s Day 1A saw an even 400...
View Article2014 WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 1B: Darlene Lee Takes Second Flight
For a Day 1A, 400 entries was a strong opening act. Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open, though, put the first starting flight to shame. Monday’s field was more than double...
View Article2014 WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 2: Blake Bohn Surges to Front
The starting flights were sorted out Sunday and Monday, so it was on to Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open on Tuesday. 606 players began the day staring at the long grind to Day 3,...
View Article2014 WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 3: ‘Prince’ Gaspard Soars to Huge Lead, 31...
Day 3 of the World Poker Tour stop at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, NJ, is in the books and one man is running away with it all. Longtime California poker professional Jean “Prince” Gaspard...
View Article2014 WPT Borgata Poker Open Day 4: Final Table Set after Grueling Day of Play
After a grueling 15 hour day, the six men have been determined for the 2014 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open final table. Heading to today’s action, Kane Kalas – who has already earned his best ever...
View ArticleDarren Elias Derails Kane Kalas’ Run, Takes down WPT Borgata Poker Open
In what turned out to be a two-man battle, Darren Elias derailed a powerful run by Kane Kalas to take down the 2014 World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open on Friday night. The two men were sitting atop...
View ArticleTetsuya Tsuchikawa Wins WPT National Philippines Main Event
There has been a bit of a lull in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Season XIII schedule since the WPT Borgata Poker Open, but never fear, the WPT National Events have come to fill the void. On Monday, the...
View Article2014 WPT Caribbean Main Event Day 1A: Bruce Kramer Leads Tiny Field
The World Poker Tour is back in action this week as the 2014 WPT Caribbean Main Event has gotten underway at Casino Royale in St. Maarten. This is a very small WPT event, as just 57 players registered...
View Article2014 WPT Caribbean Main Event Day 1B: Jonathan Roy Takes Commanding Lead
We said yesterday that the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Caribbean Main Event was a small tournament and perhaps surprisingly, the second starting flight was not much bigger than the first. On Tuesday,...
View ArticleDarren Elias Makes History in Winning WPT Caribbean
Overcoming daunting odds, Darren Elias made World Poker Tour history in coming from behind to win the WPT Caribbean in St. Maarten Friday evening. At the start of action on Friday, Elias was in second...
View ArticleDylan Wilkerson Takes Down WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic
After coming close twice this year, poker professional Dylan Wilkerson broke through in Johannesburg, South Africa, this afternoon in taking down the World Poker Tour Emperors Palace Poker Classic. The...
View Article2014 WPT Montreal Main Event Day 2 – Maduka Meragal Leads as Money Bubble Bursts
The remaining players in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event can see the prize. There are just 49 players left after Sunday’s Day 2, so a final table appearance and possible title is clearly...
View ArticleMatas Cimbolas Wins 2014 WPT UK Main Event
The World Poker Tour has an up and down schedule. Parts of it are slow, with wide gaps between events. Those would be the down parts of the schedule (see how this works?). Right now, we’re in an...
View Article2014 WPT Montreal Main Event Day 3: Jonathan Jaffe Takes Lead as Final Table...
It was a quick day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event Monday – an unusual occurrence in a major tournament – as the field was whittled down to just 18 players from the 49 that began Day...
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