The World Poker Tour is back in Queensland, Australia with the WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast 2021 in full swing at host venue The Star Gold Coast. Games opened on May 21 with WPT Anchor Lynn Gilmartin welcoming in the players. The festival will run through May 31. Just before kick off day, good news shined down […]
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2021 WPT Japan gets go signal for this September
The World Poker Tour is back stronger than ever as it prepares for an exciting line-up of events for the year ahead. Coming from a record-breaking series last 2020 despite the multitude of setbacks the live poker arena has seen, the major brand is committed to making its return once again to the Land of […]
WPTDeepstacks Hanoi: Nguyễn Quang Huy and Nguyễn Chiến Hữu win events; Main Event starts today
Last night, two players joined the winners club, Nguyễn Quang Huy for his victory at the All Bankrolls and Nguyễn Chiến Hữu who bulldozed through the competition at the Bounty Event. Taking a look at the Player of the Series race, Warm Up Event champion Phạm Ngọc Quốc Bảo maintained the top spot. With five […]
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi begins today
After a year and a half long wait, the World Poker Tour is finally back in Vietnam! Starting today, host venue Crown Poker Club will welcome in players to the tour’s premier mid-major WPTDeepStacks festival. While this is the brand’s fourth visit to the country, it will be its first festival in the capital city […]
Online News: WPT launches NFTs; The Venom PKO on WPN and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. WPT launches NFTs We did recently report about Tony G being the first known poker person to launch NFTS, but now the World Poker Tour has announced a much bigger project around this. […]
Interview: Out of Quarantine with Danny McDonagh
After a long hiatus, the World Poker Tour is back in Asia-Pacific. This month, Ha Noi will host its first ever WPT Deepstacks event. Somuchpoker takes time to discuss with WPT Live Events Specialist – Danny McDonagh who will also act as Tournament Director during this festival. Somuchpoker: After a long hiatus, it seems that […]
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi Warm Up Weekend: Lê Đình Hải bests Macaron Tran for the Micro Main Event title; Đoàn Văn Chúc & Nguyễn Văn Chiến win side events
Three weeks ago, the World Poker Tour revealed its return to Vietnam for its first live event in the country since 2019. The much awaited event is the tour’s premier mid major WPTDeepStacks festival, slated to run in mid April 2021 at the capital city of Hanoi. To give players a taste of what’s to […]
Bracelet winner Sung Joo Hyun on fire with over half a million dollars earned in 2021
Off to a fantastic start this year, South Korean player Sung Joo “Arte” Hyun has been running red hot in Las Vegas with two live events shipped and well over half a million dollars in winnings earned. In February, Hyun won the WPTDeepStacks Venetian US$ 1,600 No Limit Hold’em event for US$ 208,335, then just […]
Online News: Bally’s might buy WPT for $100 Million, IPoker overtakes partypoker, Upoker launches 6+ Omaha and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Bally’s might buy WPT for $100 Million For a while it looked like Element Partners would purchase the WPT brand, but Bally’s Corporation swooped in at the last minute to place the winning […]
WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast finalizes schedule for this coming May
The return of World Poker Tour to Australia isn’t a surprise to many with its 2019 debut in the country well met with success. Held in The Star Gold Coast, the inaugural WPT Australia exceeded expectations having garnered more than 3,000 entries across its 10-day event schedule. Over AUD 3.1 million (~USD 2.09 million) in […]