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

Party Poker will be invading two of their main rivals turf when they make their first ever stop in London, England from August 29th-September 5th. London already plays host to the World Series of Poker Europe, as well as one of the most popular destinations on the European Poker Tour. The tournament will feature a £5,000 (over $10,000 USD) buy-in Main Event Championship and will be capped at 400 players. With a full contingent of 400 players the prize-pool wouldRead Full Article

After Season 8 of the World Poker Tour concluded with David Williams capturing the $25,000 buy-in championship at Bellagio, Season 9 of the popular poker tour is set to get underway in Paris, France on May 8th. So far the tournament series has announced four stops for their 2010-2011 schedule. All four stops are scheduled in Europe with the usual break in the action surrounding the World Series of Poker which will take place from late May to early July:Read Full Article

The perennial #2 man, David Williams finally broke through and captured his first major championship –Williams did capture a WSOP bracelet in 7-Card-Stud in 2006. Williams finished 2nd in the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event, 2nd in the 2004 Borgata Poker Open, as well as two 4th place finishes in WPT events in 2006. Williams has had numerous big cashes

With a smaller than expected turnout –only 195 players registered for the poker tournament–the World Poker Tour Championship event, a $25,000 buy-in tournament taking place at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, is already down to 35 players, with 4 days still to be played. The remaining 35 hopefuls are a veritable who’s who of the poker world including last year’s winner Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Broadening its reach into Europe the World Poker Tour (WPT) has added a new tournament series that will be held in Amneville France, from October 30th through November 6th. The week-long series will culminate with a €3,500 Main Event Championship that will begin on November 2nd. The tour has also recommitted to holding an event at the Aviation Club in Paris France, one of the first, and most popular stops on the WPT. Amneville is located in the northwest regionRead Full Article

One of the poker highlights each year has been the World Poker Tour’s $25,000 buy-in championship event that takes place at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. The hefty price-tag brings out the best of the best in the poker world, as they battle it out for one of the richest prizes in poker. Day 1 of the event saw 161 players take to the felt (registration will remain open until 5PM on Day 2 of the event) and ofRead Full Article