Deal-making has been around for almost as long as the game of poker has existed. Skilled players in big tournament fields know that their earnings can be massively impacted by variance. Striking a deal to flatten the payouts once they reach the final few players helps stabilise earnings and limit the potency of chance. Everyone […]
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World Poker Tour confirms 8 events for Asia Pacific Season 18
The globally renowned World Poker Tour is getting ready for a very busy Asia Pacific Season 18. The brand confirmed 8 events in the region with two new destinations, WPT Australia and WPT Taiwan. The season will also see the much-awaited return to the Philippines after a three-year absence. Talking about the upcoming Asia Pacific […]
WPT and partypoker LIVE sign a 4-year deal to bring events to Canada and Europe
Two of the world’s major poker brands, the World Poker Tour and partypoker LIVE, have entered into a four-year partnership that will see seven events across Canada and Europe. Each of these events come packed with hefty prize pools of up to $3 Million in guarantees. “I’m so pleased to announce our new partnership with […]
Simon Lam wins WPT Gardens Poker Festival; Controversial Men “The Master” Nguyen takes 3rd
The World Poker Tour have been bringing their exceptional brand of poker tournament to far flung corners of the globe for many years now, and this time around, it was Hawaiian Gardens that played host. The Gardens Casino saw hundreds of players arrive to be involved in this event, with 584 people paying US$5,000 for […]
WPT schedules an “Asia Swing” with events added in Vietnam and India
While the World Poker Tour is already one of the most recognisable poker brands in the world, reaching more people in Asia and hosting events there is always an important goal for poker tours who want to see their brand grow. The tour may already be a regular visitor to Asia, but operations there have […]
Nauv Kashyap wins the inaugural record-breaking WPT New Zealand Main Event
As the WPT Main Tour Season XVI came to a close in Las Vegas with Matthew Waxman winning the Tournament of Champions, in another part of the globe, one event getting ready to fire up was the inaugural WPT New Zealand at SkyCity in Auckland. WPT New Zealand is part of the brand’s WPTDeepstacks Season […]
WPT Korea Schedule
The WPT Korea 2018 will be held from September 18th to the 24th, 2018, at the Paradise City Hotel & Casino, Incheon, Korea. Schedule DATE DAY TIME EVENT BUY-IN 18/9/18 TUESDAY 2:00 PM KICKOFF NLH DAY 1A 1 RE-ENTRY ₩400,000 5:00 PM SATELLITE TO ₩150,000 WPT KOREA MAIN EVENT 7:00 PM KICKOFF NLH DAY 1B 1 RE-ENTRY […]
WPT closes out Season XVI with Matthew Waxman winning the Tournament of Champions
What started out in China on April 2017 has just ended in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tonight, the World Poker Tour closed out another successful season of events that were held in various parts of the globe such as as Beijing, Amsterdam, Montreal, and the USA. Along the way, 18 champions added their names to the […]
WPT Tournament of Champions: Darren Elias knocking on the door of history again
Will a new record be made once again? With Darren Elias in the driver’s seat of the WPT Tournament of Champions, it may very well be so. Two days ago, Elias was all over the headlines for becoming the first quadruple WPT title-holder. He won the WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic, the last open event of […]
WPT Tournament of Champions draws in 80 of the best to ARIA Las Vegas
It was an electrifying scene today in Las Vegas with World Poker Tour champions converging at ARIA Resort & Casino for the ultimate battle of the season, the WPT Tournament of Champions. This exclusive event saw 80 WPT past champions take to the felt eager to test their skills against fellow pros and hopefully close […]