World Poker Tour
South Carolina Attorney General Appeals Poker Skill Game Ruling
The fight for five poker players in South Carolina is far from over. According to the Associated Press, the state’s Attorney General will appeal the October ruling that Texas Hold’em, the world’s premier poker genre, is a skill game.
Bellagio Releases Five-Star World Poker Classic Schedule
The schedule for the 2010 Five-Star World Poker Classic has been released by Bellagio and one thing that will jump out at players is the preliminary events schedule. Each one of the 18 preliminary events features a $1,000 buy-in with rebuys. Two of those events will be pot-limit Omaha while the rest will spread no-limit hold’em. Card Player spoke with the tournament director at Bellagio, Jack McClelland (pictured right), about the changes in the preliminary schedule. “We had some rebuy tournaments this time [2009 Five-Diamond World Poker Classic and we had a very good response to them. What it does is it gives the players options. The players that can’t afford to play in a $5,000 event or a $3,000 event, they can afford to play in a $1,000 event, and still take a shot at the big money. Now the players that can afford to and want to reload to super-size their stack, they can do that too. Now the guy with the silver bullet, the one $1,000 buy-in, he might not get there as often but when he does he might pick up a quarter of a million dollars on his thousand, as opposed to $50-60,000,” said McClelland
WPT Sets Sights on Romania
The World Poker Tour announced plans to host an event in yet another European location Wednesday, proving the new regime is dead serious about International expansion.
Daniel Alaei Wins Doyle Brunson Classic Championship
The final table at the World Poker Tour Five-Diamond Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic took place on Saturday at Bellagio and it was loaded with talent. Every player that made the final day of the tournament was a professional and two of them were former WPT champions. An enthusiastic crowd filled the audience and excitement hung in the air before the final table.
Faraz Jaka Leads Star-Studded Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Final Table
The final World Poker Tour event of 2009 might just qualify for the best final table of the year. Faraz Jaka will start play on Saturday with the chip lead but there are three WSOP bracelet holders, a former WPT event winner and an online superstar all chasing him down.
Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 4
Day 4 at the World Poker Tour Five-Diamond Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic saw a field of 36 players return and none of them were in a rush. The field meandered down to the money bubble, and then play continued forward slowly. By the end of the night 16 players still remained, and they will return at noon PST tomorrow to play down to the final television table of six.
Daniel Alaei Heads Final 36 at Doyle Brunson Five Diamond
It took only nine hours to go from 130 players to 36 at the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic at the Bellagio and when the dust settled Daniel Alaei, Steven Landfish and Josh Arieh were the only three players with over one million chips.
Toto Leonidas Leading Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Classic
Toto Leonidas made Tuesday his day at the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic at Bellagio. Leonidas finished Day 2 with 355,000 chips which puts him just ahead of the 340,000 of Sorel Mizzi.
L.A. Poker Classic 2010 Schedule Released
Commerce Casino has released the full schedule for the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic, and the tournament series will feature 51 events that will run from late January until the end of the World Poker Tour $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship on March 4. The LAPC will also once again host the WPT Celebrity Invitational, which begins on Feb. 20. The final table of the invitational will take place on March 3, which allows the final-table contestants in the championship event to rest for one day.
WPT – Doyle Brunson Classic Championship – Day 1
Roughly 200 players were on hand for the start of the 2009 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic Championship on Monday, but by the end of the day, the field size had grown to 292, 205 shy of 2008’s numbers. The difference this year is that registration will still be open through level 8, which will take place around 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
