Lou Garza Comes Into WPT Choctaw Main Event Day 2 as Overall Chip Leader

Lou Garza Comes Into WPT Choctaw Main Event Day 2 as Overall Chip Leader

by August 5, 2018

The second starting flight of the WPT Choctaw Main Event was played on Saturday at the host casino. Day 1B of the tournament drew 476 entries to bring the total field to 755 participants. Lou Garza ended that second starting flight as the chip leader and was one of the 137 player ...

Viet Vo Leads after WPT Choctaw Main Event Day 1A

Viet Vo Leads after WPT Choctaw Main Event Day 1A

by August 4, 2018

Viet Vo from Texas is leading after the first starting flight of the WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event. The event began Friday at Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma with twelve levels of play.As many as 279 entries registered into the tournament on Day 1A, but only ...

Bruno Fitoussi Becomes Latest partypoker Brand Ambassador

Bruno Fitoussi Becomes Latest partypoker Brand Ambassador

by August 3, 2018

Frenchman Bruno Fitoussi has joined the cluster of partypoker brand ambassadors to promote the poker operator’s live events across Europe. News about his new role arrive just a few months after his fellow countryman, Bertrand Elky Grospellier, was assigned a similar promotional t ...

PokerStars Brings Innovation into 2018 WCOOP Schedule, Awards over $116 Million in Prizes

PokerStars Brings Innovation into 2018 WCOOP Schedule, Awards over $116 Million in Prizes

by August 2, 2018

Online poker room PokerStars has finally announced this year’s schedule for the World Championship of Online Poker and it can officially be said that there will be a little something for players of all levels of skill and for every bankroll during the major online festival.T ...

Mikita Badziakouski Wins Back-to-Back Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Main Event Title

Mikita Badziakouski Wins Back-to-Back Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Main Event Title

by August 1, 2018

Mikita Badziakouski topped the elite field of the Triton Poker Jeju Super High Roller Series Main Event for a back-to-back win and his largest live tournament cash of more than $5.2 million.His latest poker triumph arrives just three months after the poker pro from Belarus o ...

Brian Soja Claims 2018 MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship Title

Brian Soja Claims 2018 MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship Title

by July 31, 2018

Brian Soja finally topped the field of the MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship at Meskwaki Casino in Tama after a couple of near-misses. The player outlasted a field of 455 entrants late last week to collect a top prize of $94,568 and the champion’s trophy.The tournament took ...

Poker Buddies Antonio Esfandiari and Kevin Hart to Meet in the Boxing Ring

Poker Buddies Antonio Esfandiari and Kevin Hart to Meet in the Boxing Ring

by July 30, 2018

After some clashes at the poker table, poker pro Antonio Esfandiari and popular comedian turned avid poker player Kevin Hart are set to storm the boxing ring, Esfandiari himself told a TMZ Sports reporter over the weekend.Delighted to be recognized by paps and asked about “s ...

Simon Lam Takes Down Inaugural WPT Gardens $5,000 Main Event

Simon Lam Takes Down Inaugural WPT Gardens $5,000 Main Event

by July 27, 2018

Simon Lam is the brand new member of WPT’s club of Main Tour Main Event champs. The player outlasted the 584-strong field of the inaugural edition of the WPT Gardens Poker Festival $5,000 Main Event for his first title from the popular poker series.He collected a payout of $ ...

Simon Lam Leads WPT Gardens Main Event Final Table

Simon Lam Leads WPT Gardens Main Event Final Table

by July 26, 2018

The WPT Gardens $5,000 Main Event final table was set early today after a long Day 4 of the tournament. Six players are set to return later today at the host venue, the Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens, Southern California, to play down to a champion.The winner will take h ...

Saya Ono Leads 46 Players Into WPT Gardens Main Event Day 4

Saya Ono Leads 46 Players Into WPT Gardens Main Event Day 4

by July 25, 2018

Tuesday was an important day at the Gardens Casino in Southern California as it saw the money bubble of the inaugural WPT Gardens Poker Festival $5,000 Main Event burst to secure the top 73 finishers with a payout.Besides that, the overall 584-strong field of the tournament ...

Paul Höfer Bags the Lead after WPT Gardens Main Event Day 2

Paul Höfer Bags the Lead after WPT Gardens Main Event Day 2

by July 24, 2018

German poker pro Paul Höfer is eying his first WPT Main Event title in the inaugural WPT Gardens Poker Festival. The player finished Day 2 of the festival’s $5,000 Main Event as the overnight chip leader with 597,000 to place himself in a good position to conquer the tournament’s ...

Yumi Bui Enters WPT Gardens Poker Festival Main Event Day 2 as Overall Chip Leader

Yumi Bui Enters WPT Gardens Poker Festival Main Event Day 2 as Overall Chip Leader

by July 23, 2018

Yumi Bui, a player from San Diego, California, is the overall leader from Days 1A and 1B of the WPT Gardens Poker Festival $5,000 Main Event. She bagged the largest stack last night after Day 1B of the tournament to cement her top spot for a chance to win her first major poker ti ...

Brandon Lai Leads after Day 1A of WPT Gardens Poker Festival Main Event

Brandon Lai Leads after Day 1A of WPT Gardens Poker Festival Main Event

by July 22, 2018

Season XVII of the World Poker Tour has kicked off in style with a summer festival at the Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens, California. And Day 1A of the festival’s $5,000 buy-in Main Event is already in the books.Played yesterday at the host casino, the first starti ...

Anthony Zinno Wins CPPT $5,000 Main Event at The Venetian after Hot WSOP Run

Anthony Zinno Wins CPPT $5,000 Main Event at The Venetian after Hot WSOP Run

by July 20, 2018

Anthony Zinno, one of the notable members of global poker’s elite and one of the few three-time WPT Main Event winners, topped the field of another prestigious tournament after a nice run at the WSOP.Zinno took part in another popular summer series annually taking place in L ...

Poker Pro Pleads Guilty in $6-Million Super Bowl/World Cup Ticket Scam Case

Poker Pro Pleads Guilty in $6-Million Super Bowl/World Cup Ticket Scam Case

by July 19, 2018

Poker pro Seyed Reza Ali Fazeli pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges after being indicted in March for allegedly soliciting investors from three states to wire him more than $6 million to start a ticket-resale business.Fazeli admitted in a Santa Ana, California court on Tues ...