October 20, 2016
Florida poker pro Sam Panzica showcased remarkable skill and resilience in coming back from a weak position to take the honours in the World Poker Tour-bestbet Bounty Scramble this week, besting a talented field of 379 to claim the impressive main prize of $354,335, taking his live tournament career earnings north of $1.8 million. The […]
October 3, 2016
The PMU.fr World Poker Tour National Marrakech main event played out to both live and Twitch railbirds over the weekend as local pro player Rachid Rami outlasted a field of 396 to claim the $97,586 first prize. On the third and last day of the event, which was held in the stunning Es Saadi Resort, […]
September 15, 2016
World Poker Tour tournaments in Cambodia and France are likely to flow from two recent agreements signed by the poker provider with Education Investment and Barrière Group respectively. The Education Investment deal involves two new WPT National Series tournaments to be held at the Holiday Palace Casino & Resort in Poipet, Cambodia and at the […]
September 3, 2016
California professional poker player Pat Lyons has scored the biggest win of his career to date in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker tournament, taking home $615,346 after besting a tough field at the Bicycle Hotel & Casino in the Los Angeles. The win comes following a $241,700 win for the pro in August […]
September 2, 2016
The World Poker Tour has announced the launch of a new app titled PlayWPT, which the company hopes will enable it to open up new market opportunities. The app features both poker and progressive slot action branded Time Slots. PlayWPT is a free-to-play social casino platform with support for desktop and Facebook, and plans for […]
August 18, 2016
World Poker Tour (WPT) inked a 5-year contract with FOX Sports this week for the broadcast of the WPT through Season XIX. In addition, each season, WPT will produce and air an additional 13 hours of original programming, FOX Sports Regional Networks will air at least two World Poker Tour marathons and WPT broadcasts will […]
August 3, 2016
James “Mig.com” Mackey, a thirty-year-old online and live poker professional player from Missouri, has claimed victory in the $3,700 buy-in World Poker Tour Choctaw NLHE competition after besting a field of 1,066 in the re-entry event. The win brought Mackey a bank account boosting $681,758 in prize money, bringing his career earnings to well over […]
July 8, 2016
UK poker pro Andreas Olympios has emerged the winner in the Party Poker – World Poker Tour 500 tournament at the Aria in Las Vegas, besting a field of 3,956 to claim the main prize of $260,000…his largest live tourney pay day yet. His victory was all the more remarkable for the fact that he […]
June 25, 2016
Indian online poker operator Adda52.com is making the most out of the promotional opportunities inherent in its partnership deal with the World Poker Tour, reporting that its next promo will be titled “Your Ticket to World Poker Tour – Rozvadoz edition.” The Rozvadov exercise will again involve offering players the chance to play in satellites […]
May 18, 2016
The World Poker Tour (WPT) has released details of the full WPT Main Tour schedule for Season XV. This season introduces the partypoker WPT Passport, partypoker WPT Caribbean in Punta Cana, and the WPT Festival Championship. World Poker Tour and partypoker have joined forces to launch the WPT Passport in Season XV, allowing online qualifiers […]