Hansen misses out on World Poker Tour win
May 1, 2008
Gus Hansen’s aggressive style usually leads to him experiencing extreme highs and lows during a poker tournament. But things got out of control, even for Hansen, at the recent World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Coast to Coast Poker Championships
April 28, 2008
Coast to Coast Poker Championships
A major new big buy-in land poker tournament for Canada is shaping up in the World Poker Tour’s just announced Coast to Coast Poker Championship, which will feature high stakes poker action in an East vs. West competition at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, B.C, on May 5-13.
Featuring Brad ‘Yukon’ Booth & Gavin Smith ~ May 5th – 13th, 2008
Registration opens Saturday March 15th, 2008 at 12:00PM. Space is limited, so register early. Don’t miss out on your chance to be a part of a Canadian 1st!
The Coast to Coast Poker Championships will feature seven (7) poker tournaments over nine (9) days, including a massive Super Satellite, No Limit Texas Hold’em, Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha and Special Mother’s Day Team Play No Limit Hold’em tournament.
Event #1 – May 5th, 2008
- $500 ($460+$40) No Limit Texas Hold’em
- 550 player max – Single Day Event
Event #2 – May 6th, 2008
- $220 ($200+$20) C2C Super Satellite
- Awards one (1) $4,000 C2C package for every 20 entries
- Each package consists of entry to Events 3 & 4
Event #3 – May 7th, 8th: Final Table May 11th, 2008
- $1,000 ($920+$80) No Limit Texas Hold’em with Bounties
- Receive $50 for every player you eliminate and $1,000 for special guest players
- 500 player maximum – 3 Day Event
Event #4 – MAIN EVENT
- May 9th, 10th, 11th, 2008 Final Table May 11th, 2008
- $3,000 ($2,800+$200) No Limit Texas Hold’em
- 3 Day Event – Limited Field
Event #5 – May 11th, 2008
- $200 ($125+$15+$60) Mother’s Day No Limit Texas Hold’em and Brunch
Team Play event - Mothers play odd levels and partners play even levels
- All registered teams will receive 2 Special Mother’s Day Brunch tickets
- 200 team maximum – Single Day Event
Event #6 – May 12th, 2008
- $300 ($270+$30) Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha
- 300 player max – Single Day Event
Event #7 – May 13th, 2008
- $300 ($270+$30) No Limit Texas Hold’em
- 300 player max – Single Day event
*Please note: 2% of prize pools withheld for tournament staff (excluding May 6th Super Satellite)*
Foxwoods Poker Classic
April 10, 2008
Yesterday was the last day for the Foxwoods Poker Classic. The final table was a very exciting one with Erik Seidel. He entered this final table as the chipleader and they played a total of 229 hands which lasted more than 11 hours. For his victory Erik Seidel won $992,890. The final table pay outs were:
1st: Erik Seidel - $992,890
2nd: Robert Richardson - $558,792
3rd: Andrew Barta - $281,011
4th: Frank Cieri - $200,261
5th: Adam Katz - $151,811
6th: Ted Forrest - $103,360
WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star
March 17, 2008
The Bay 101 Shooting Star is over now, and the tournament not only was a great success but it was very exciting as well. The final table was filled with great pros and amateurs. Read more
WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Update
March 14, 2008
With only 6 left and one day to go in this exciting WPT tournament, today someone will be crowned the 2008 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star champion and collect one million dollars. The tournament started 4 day ago with a field of 376. The buy-in was $9,600 dollars and was filled with top pros and celebrities, some of whom had a $5,000 bounty on their head. The chip counts for the final six players remaining are:
1. Brandon Cantu 3,323,000
2. Mike Baker 1,964,000
3. Noah Jefferson 842,000
4. Jennifer Harman 541,000
5. Steve Sung 474,000
6. John Phan 374,000
Heads-up final a battle of brains
March 5, 2008
March 14, 2008
March 5, 2008
On the way to his second-place finish in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, Andy Bloch faced three consecutive World Series champions.
In the final round, Bloch’s opponent was Chris Ferguson, who won the main event of the 2000 World Series of Poker.
In the semifinals, Bloch faced Huck Seed, who won the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.
And in the quarterfinals, Bloch faced Orel Hershiser, who led the Los Angeles Dodgers to victory in the 1988 World Series … of baseball.
The World Poker Tour’s premiere stop in Los Angeles for the LA Poker Classic is nearing an end
February 29, 2008
The WPT LA Poker Classic in nearing an end. Day 5 of the Championship Event wrapped up on Wednesday and from the original 665 players, we are down to 6. A lot of pro players and many other wanna-bes shelled out the $10K buy-in, looking to become the WPT LA Poker Classic winner.
Poker fans can expect fireworks from this final table as it features pro players Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey and Nam Le. Both Ivey & Hellmuth are still searching for their first WPT title but Nam Le was already crowned a World Poker Tour champion back at the 2006 Bay-101 Shooting Star tournament.
Here are the official chip counts heading into the final table:
Seat 1. Quinn Do - 1,450,000
Seat 2. Nam Le - 1,180,000
Seat 3. Phil Hellmuth - 2,380,000
Seat 4. Phil Ivey - 4,100,000
Seat 5. Charles Moore - 1,510,000
Seat 6. Scott Montgomery - 2,680,000
LAPC - Fight for the Final 6
February 28, 2008
The final 18 players are set to begin play at 12:30 today to compete for the six seats at the WPT final table. Oh, and a little $1.6 mil is up for grabs, too.
Today’s action is going to be exciting. Seriously. Phil Ivey is the chip leader right now, though Blair Hinkle (who?) is a close second. Phil Hellmuth is third in chips, with Nam Le not far behind. On the lower end of the chip counts are Jennifer Tilly, Theo Tran, Quinn Do, and David Singer. Any of these players have the capability of chipping up or doubling up quickly to get back into contention.
