Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A total of 1,181 entries were recorded for the 2012 Worlds Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open (some individuals registered more than once thanks to the reentry/rebuy format the tournament is using) swelling the total prize-pool to nearly $3.9 million and putting the first-place prize-money at a healthyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 28, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic saw the field shrink from 54 players at the beginning of Day 4 down to 18 players by the end of the day. The remaining players will be back at the Commerce Casino on Tuesday to play-down to the televised WPTRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 26, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With late registration open until the start of Day 2 on Saturday the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic saw the total number of entrants jump from the 523 players who registered on Friday to 549 by the time the tournament recommenced on Saturday. At the end ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With just 13 players remaining in the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Championship –the 10th Anniversary of the tournament—some of poker’s biggest names are looking to win the historic tournament, including 2010 WT Five Diamond champion Antonio Esfandiari, looking to pull off the rare “repeatRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 09, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After three full days of play the World poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic is down to just 49 players (after starting with 411 players) and there is no shortage of poker superstars in the hunt for the prestigious title. Amongst the remaining field of 49Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As a new stop on the World Poker Tour –not to mention having the dubious honor of being the first WPT Main Event in the US that will not air on TV—the WPT treated the Jacksonville Championship with very low expectations, pinning a mere $500k guarantee to theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 19, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

You can be forgiven if you were unaware that the World Poker Tour was currently in Jacksonville, Florida for a Main Event Championship, as this will be the first-ever WPT Championship in the US that will not be televised (which obviously has a dramatic impact on the overallRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Despite facing a very tough final table that included the likes of Vitaly Lunkin, Eric Cajelais, Dan Kelly, and David “The Dragon” Pham, 23 year-old Andrew Badecker proved to be the best on this day after winning the $1,500 No Limit Holdem Shootout tournament. Badecker picked up hisRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Now that the $1,500 No Limit Holdem Shootout tournament is down to 16 players –after two rounds of play—the format will switch to what amounts to a 16 player tournament, with each player beginning with the same chip-stack (450,000). Amongst the remaining players who managed to win theirRead Full Article