After two Day 1 starting flights the World Poker Tour stop in Jacksonville attracted a total of 320 entries, which includes 63 re-entries by players who busted on Day 1a and put-up another $5,000 to play on Day 1b of the event. The Bestbet Jacksonville Open as theRead Full Article

Danish poker pro Morten Christensen picked-up his first major tournament victory this weekend by winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vienna Main Event. Christensen came out on top of the 396 player field, pocketing an impressive $410,519 as well as reserving a seat in the $25k WPT ChampionshipRead Full Article

The one thing Daniel Negreanu will never be accused of is keeping things bottled up. Negreanu spends most of his time trying to right the wrongs in the poker world, and taking certain people to task over their conduct; even his half-hearted defense of good friend Erick Lindgren’sRead Full Article

On Sunday US poker pro matt Waxman became the first American player to win a World Poker Tour tournament in Paris after outlasting a starting field of 312 players and defeating a final table that included European sensation Martin Jacobson. Waxman pocketed nearly $750k in prize-money for theRead Full Article

The final six players have been decided at the 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event taking place at the bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, and leading the way is a familiar name in the poker world, Will “The Thrilla” Failla. The final handRead Full Article

If you think that cheating in poker is limited to online poker, and elaborate schemes like the current “Girah”, “junglemna12”, “DogisHead” scandal unfolding on 2+2, think again; marked cards, collusion, chip-dumping, and all manner of nefarious dealings are still a problem on the live poker scene –just lookRead Full Article

While the €3,300 buy-in WPT Slovenia tournament was wondering where all of the poker players were, the Bellagio staff knew precisely where they were, and pulled off a major coup by scooping up most of the big name players who had busted out of the Main Event atRead Full Article

It’s hard to believe that we are entering the tenth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) as it seems like only a few years ago we were introduced to the tournament series that brought us Mike and Vince in the booth, created superstars like Gus Hansen andRead Full Article

It was a busy day at the Bellagio as the $25k World Poker Tour Championship went from 70 players down to just 15, with the money bubble bursting along the way. The remaining players will retake their seats later today and play down to the televised final tableRead Full Article

Even though the final table of the 2011 EPT Grand Finale lacks the star-power of a Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, or Patrik Antonius, the final eight players do possess impressive resumes in their own right, and if their play throughout the tournament is any indication you can expectRead Full Article