The World Poker Tour has reached an agreement with Fox Sports Net that will see FSN televise the popular poker tour over the next three years: Seasons 9, 10, and 11 of the WPT. The new episodes of the WPT will air on Sunday nights at 8PM and 11PM, with reruns airing throughout the week. WPT President Adam Pliska said this about the new deal, “As a leader in sports programming, FSN has been a great champion of the WPTRead Full Article

The friend of online Texas Holdem superstar, Prahlad Friedman has won the 2010 WPT Legends of Poker tournament at the Bicycle Casino, California for a cool $750,000. Andy Frankenberger won his first WPT title in only his second-ever WPT event, taking his career winnings close to $1,000,000. This year’s WPT Legends of Poker attracted 462 entrants after the entry fee was lowered from $10,000 to $5,000 after a disappointing 279 players took part in 2009. Of the 462 players whoRead Full Article

The Bicycle Casino hosts one of the longest running and most popular WPT tournaments of all-time, but the Legends of Poker tournament has seen some changes for 2010. After a disappointing turnout of just 279 poker players in 2009, the 2010 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker tournament dropped its buy-in for the Championship Event from $10,000 down to $5,000. The reduced buy-in attracted a healthy 462 entrants, but the overall prize-pool for the tournament dipped to $2.15 million, downRead Full Article

It didn’t take long after the cap on the buy-in for poker tournaments and cash games was lifted on July 1st for Florida to become a prime destination for major poker tournaments. The World Poker Tour recently announced a stop in the Sunshine State from April 27 – May 3, 2011. The initial tournament will be held at the Hard Rock Seminole Hotel and Casino and will feature a $10,000 buy-in Championship Event. The contract is for 5 years, withRead Full Article

In a recent press release the World Poker Tour has announced its search for an “Average Joe” type personality to host a new segment on the broadcast known as ‘The Raw Deal’. The job description is as follows: “If you’re opinionated, fearless, watch and play hours of poker, and find yourself offering brilliant insight from the comfort of your couch, it’s time for you to take a new seat – right next to WPT stars Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten,Read Full Article

Phil Ivey’s 2010 Bellagio Cup VI Championship tournament will likely go down as the only 3rd place performance from a WPT tournament that will forever be talked about. Ivey registered for the tournament on the third day of play and proceeded to take his 20BB starting stack right to the final table! Perhaps Phil has been playing those 300 chip super-turbos on Full Tilt Poker lately. Ivey ended up in a 3-way battle with Justin “Boosted J” Smith and eventualRead Full Article

How sick is Phil Ivey? Ivey registered for the World Poker Tour’s Bellagio Cup VI two days after the event kicked-off –The WPT allowed registration through the first level of Day 3, which many people took advantage of—with a 20BB stack, and is now sitting in 2nd place with 15 players remaining! Ivey’s stack of 1.8 million chips trails only chip-leader Eric Panayiotou’s 2.4 million chips. Although this is total conjecture on my part, my guess is that Ivey hasRead Full Article

The first tournament on the Season 9 schedule for the WPT has had some very promising results for the new owners of the poker tour, Party Gaming. For the past few years WPT tournaments have seen dwindling attendance, but the Bellagio Cup VI has seen a sizable increase in attendance over last year, and registration is still not closed! 310 players have registered for the tournament thus far, and registration will remain open through the end of the first levelRead Full Article

Germany’s Ali Tekintamgac told Card Player magazine that he has been playing poker for 20 years, but only recently decided to go for it and enter major poker tournaments. Well, it appears Tekintamgac made a pretty solid decision, since he recently got his first major cash under his belt –finishing 125th at the EPT Championship in Monte Carlo—and now has his first win to go with it. Tekintamgac outlasted 325 other players to capture the World Poker Tour’s Spanish ChampionshipRead Full Article

Before I get into Freddy Deeb’s win I have to mention Sorel Mizzi’s performances in recent events; fresh off a 6th place in Monte Carlo two weeks ago, worth €143,000, Mizzi finished 2nd to Freddy Deeb in Paris adding another €120,000. This is in addition to capturing the East Coast Championship title at the Borgata in Atlantic City about a month ago, worth $170,000. Mizzi also finished 3rd in the 2010 Aussie Millions in January, and already has close toRead Full Article