April 18, 2014
Canadian Eric Afriat has survived an entry field of 1,795 to claim the honours and the $1.09 million top prize in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. Afriat was around the middle of the pack when the final table kicked off, but with skilled and disciplined play he fought through to a heads up […]
April 14, 2014
The $560 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Reentry event at the World Poker Tour Borgata Spring Open live tournament has been won by New York grinder Carlos Alvarado, who bested a massive field of 2,500 to take home $127,652 following a four-way chop in the final stages of the game. The event carried a $1 million guaranteed […]
April 3, 2014
Quebec local Jason Comtois has taken the PartyPoker.net WPT National Canadian Spring Championship title at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal. Comtois packed the WPT crystal trophy, the Playground Poker Champion’s belt and a cool CAN$160 999, while an enthusiastic rail cheered him on. “I’m happy to keep the WPT title in Quebec,” said 27-year-old […]
March 20, 2014
The respected international poker pro and live tournament veteran J.C. Tran scored another memorable victory this week in taking down the inaugural 2014 World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder, a $3,500 buy-in, NLHE main event. On the way through a field of 455 other hopefuls, many of them top names in the global game, Tran displayed […]
March 16, 2014
After besting a stellar field of 717 other players US online and live poker pro James Carroll scored his biggest career win yet Saturday, becoming an instant millionaire in the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament in San Jose, California. At $1,256,550 it was Carroll’s biggest career win so far; he also secured […]
February 25, 2014
Canadian poker pro Matthew LaPossie scored his biggest payday yet over the weekend when he took down the World Poker Tour Fallsview Poker Classic at Niagara Falls. The young Canadian took home the CAD $363,197 first prize after surviving a field of 382 other hopefuls and starting the final table as low-stack man, facing Spiro […]
February 16, 2014
The fourth $100,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Alpha 8 High Roller was held in Johannesburg, South Africa this week and, despite the long travelling times, attracted some of the top international players in the industry. Among those who ponied up the massive buy-in was Phil Ivey, Daniel “jungleman” Cates, Dan Harrington, Antonio Esfandiari, Jason Mercier, […]
February 15, 2014
The World Poker Tour blog has released more detail on the recent poker tournament partnership agreement between the major French gambling group PMU and WPT. The two year exclusive partnership with the National Tour will visit three major cities in 2014; Paris 17-20 April, Cannes 29 May-1 June and Marrakech 9-12 October. The hosting venues […]
November 25, 2013
Live and internet poker pro and tournament commentator Tony “Bond18” Dunst displayed his usual class and talent over the weekend in taking down the $3,500 buy-in NLHE main event at the World Poker Tour Caribbean, held this year at the Casino Royale on St. Maarten island. Battling his way through an entry field of 190 […]
November 20, 2013
Jared Jaffee, a two times WPT final tabler, bested a field of 358 players to take the WPT Bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble for $252 749. Going into heads-up play Jaffee and Blake Purvis were on even ground on chip count but Jaffee emerged victorious following 41 hands of play. Final table finished up: 1 […]