May 12, 2015
US online and live poker pro Jason “jdpc27” Wheeler, a former financial consultant, cleaned up this week at the World Poker Tour Amsterdam, taking down the Euro 6,000 buy-in High Roller event against a total of 76 entries (52 players and 24 re-entries). Following a lively heads up against Jack Salter, Wheeler claimed a main […]
April 30, 2015
The Borgata in Atlantic City was again the venue for the $15,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Championship this week, which saw young Brooklyn poker pro Asher Connif take home the main prize of $973,683 after outlasting a challenging field of 238 other hopefuls. On the final day former WPT Cyprus champion Alexander Lakhov led the […]
April 24, 2015
The unaugural event in a World Poker Tour – Holland Casino tournament partnership signed earlier this year (see previous report) will take place in Amsterdam and feature 14 events, the partnership has announced. The WPT Amsterdam, which will run from May 8 to 16, is part of a four year agreement between the two companies. […]
April 23, 2015
22-year-old California poker pro Griffin Paul scored his biggest ever win this week, becoming an instant dollar millionaire after winning the $3,500 buy-in 2015 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open against some stiff opposition. The tournament attracted a field of 1,476, lured by a guaranteed $5 million prize pool and the prospect of […]
March 20, 2015
Californian software engineer and enthusiastic poker fan, Ravee Mathi Sundar, is having a great week, competing on two major tournament final tables and finishing fifth on one and top dog on the other. Sundar started out on his winning way last week with a $168,260 sixth placing in the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting […]
March 18, 2015
There was a point in the World Poker Tour Vienna main event this week at which a win for Vladimir Krastev looked to be almost certain; he had demolished every opponent at the final table and looked unstoppable….but then he came up against Greek pro Konstantinos Nanos. The duo had survived a 50-hand final table […]
March 18, 2015
World Poker Tour annual national and main tour land events will be held in Amsterdam for the next four years following a partnership agreement between WPT and the state-owned Holland Casino group signed this week. Announcing the partnership, WPT chief Adam Pliska said, “The Dutch have a rich history in poker, including various final table […]
March 15, 2015
Anthony Zinno (33) has gone on something of a heater in the first quarter of the year and is now a member of an elite stratum of players who can claim to hold three World Poker Tour titles and have achieved more than $3 million in career earnings. His latest success this week in the […]
February 17, 2015
Rhode Island poker pro Anthony Zinno (33) is Cdn$ 399,579 richer after taking down the Cdn$5,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Fallsview Poker Classic this week. The NLHE competition attracted a field of 419 players, with Zinno commencing final table action with a significant chip lead which he never really relinquished, obliterating his opponents in just […]
February 13, 2015
This week’s finale in the World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open attracted 1,027 entries and generated a prize pool of over $3.2 million, the lion’s share of which was taken home by winner Brian Altman (26) of Massachusetts. After several days of hard-nosed poker the field was diluted to a final table that comprised […]