WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic: The Magician & LuckyChewy
At the final table of WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, which airs Sunday night on FSN at 8pm or 11pm local time, two of the most recognizable names at the table couldn’t be more different in demeanor. Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari is an outgoing gregarious person at the poker table, while Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger [...]
WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic: Playing for $1.2 Million
Playing at the final table of a major poker tournament isn’t something that happens regularly, even for the biggest names on the World Poker Tour (unless you’re Matt Salsberg this season). So, what is it like when you know you’re heading to a televised WPT final table with a $1.2 million first-place prize on the [...]
Big Names Headed to Bellagio for WPT Champions Week
World Poker Tour’s Champions Week kicks off Saturday with the start of the $25,000 WPT World Championships at Bellagio. As Season XI’s last official tour stop, Bellagio always draws an impressive roster of players who come out for the chance to win WPT’s most prestigious title and to add their name to the towering WPT [...]
Don’t Miss the Cut at Tiger’s Poker Night Presented by WPT
Fresh off his amazing 300th career victory at The Players Championship, Tiger Woods is already gearing up for his next big event – the 15th annual Tiger Jam taking place this weekend at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. If you want to meet – and play poker with – the #1 golfer in the world [...]
POY Update: Salsberg Holds Slim Lead Heading to Bellagio
In what’s become a very rare occurrence on tour this season, Matt Salsberg failed to finish in the money at the recently concluded PartyPoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship and, as a result, was unable to stretch his lead over Paul Volpe in the WPT Player of the Year race. Heading into the season’s final tournament [...]
Amir Babakhani Wins PartyPoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship
Six players entered the ring at the PartyPoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship, but only one walked out a champion as Amir Babakhani dodged and weaved his way through the final table to claim more than $442,000 in first-place money and add his name to the illustrious WPT Champions Cup. The day’s action got off to [...]
WPT Borgata Poker Open: Matthew Burnitz vs. Tyler Patterson
This Sunday at 8pm or 11pm on FSN, another WPT Champion will be crowned when WPT Borgata Poker Open – Part 3 airs and wraps up the tournament in Atlantic City. But, before we get to that moment, there’s still quite a bit of poker to show you, including the above showdown between Matthew Burnitz [...]
The Final Table is Set
After four long days, just six players will return to the play out the final table at the PartyPoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship. Amir Babakhani will start with the big stack when play resumes at 3pm ET on Thursday. Barry Kruger, Jason Duval, and Tao Liang all sit on comfortable stacks ranging from 4.8 million [...]
Tiger’s Poker Night Presented by World Poker Tour to Benefit Tiger Woods Foundation
Exclusive Tournament Will Welcome Poker Legends Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Mike Sexton and many more to Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Friday, May 17 The 2013 Tiger Jam will kick off Friday, May 17 with Tiger’s Poker Night presented by the World Poker Tour® (WPT®), an exclusive tournament emceed by poker legend Phil Hellmuth and [...]