May 6, 2016
US poker pro Seth Davies (27) is Cdn$226,893 wealthier today after besting 416 other contestants to take down the Cdn$3,500 buy-in PartyPoker World Poker Tour Canadian Spring Championship – his first WPT title. Davies worked his way methodically through the competitive field in the NLHE event to enter the final table stage second in the […]
April 25, 2016
It’s been a great – and profitable – weekend for Leuuwarden, Holland professional poker player Farid Yachou, who took down the inaugural Monster World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions Sunday, claiming a brand new Corvette Stingray and the main prize money of $381,600. He also took home a Hublot King Power Unico Titanium watch, an […]
April 22, 2016
Poker professional Chino Rheem has claimed his third World Poker Tour title, and a handsome reward of $705,885 after besting a tough field in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock championship. There are only three other players who can boast triple championship title wins in WPT events – Anthony Zinno, Carlos Mortensen and Gus Hansen. Rheem […]
April 15, 2016
Ourgame International Holdings Ltd., the Asia-based group which acquired the World Poker Tour for $35 million around the middle of last year (see previous report) has announced that the WPT brand will be made available to Indian online poker operator Adda52.com. The agreement covers exclusive product licensing and services, and will enable Adda52 to qualify […]
March 5, 2016
After besting a field of 514 talented players, German poker pro Dietrich Fast has been declared the winner of the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic. His reward includes the main prize of $1,000,800, and a $15,000 seat into the WPT Tournament of Champions. The WSOP bracelet holder faced WPT title-holder Mike Shariati […]
February 29, 2016
The second edition of the American Poker Awards took place in the appropriately swish area of Beverley Hills in California last week, with a range of industry criteria applied to the 15 winner categories. TDA Founder and WPT Executive Director Matt Savage’s selection as Industry Person of the Year received general approbation, as did the […]
February 19, 2016
Beijing-based Ourgames International, which bought the World Poker Tour brand from Bwin.Party for $35 million in cash last year (see previous reports), has announced that it has plans for increased activity in the eSports field, opening the first of several compact international arenas custom designed for the vertical in Beijing this month. With plans that […]
January 5, 2016
Fedor Holz, a 22-year-old German poker pro, has scored his second major High Roller win in the last two weeks, topping his $1,589,219 Alpha 8 victory during the Christmas break with a $3,463,500 triumph in the $200,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Triton Super High Roller Series Cali Cup in Manila, Philippines. At $200,000, the buy-in […]
December 8, 2015
Spanish poker pro Javier Gomez is the winner of this years’ World Poker Tour Prague Main Event title, claiming Euro175,000 and a $15,400 seat into the WPT Tournament of Champions after a torrid four-hour heads up battle over 138 hands with Moldova’s Pavel Plesuv. Fahredin Mustafov of Bulgaria, who has started the final day’s action […]
November 23, 2015
Jared Mahoney has won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal title defeating three-time WPT finalist Darryll Fish after almost 10 hours in heads-up play. The event attracted a field of 697 hopefuls, creating a prize pool of CAD$2.3 million which played down to a final 6-seat table over seven days. Mahoney bested the final table […]