by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Poker News, WPT
North Cyprus is going to be the site of the first Event of Season XII of the World Poker Tour, and to celebrate the WPT are rolling the welcome wagon out with $3,000,000 worth of guarantees over the 35 events scheduled. The Festival is due to run between the 12th and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2013 | Poker News, WPT
The WPT have announced their plans for the rest of 2013, and it really is going to be global six months. With events covering North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, the World Poker Tour is really living up to it’s name. The first of these will be in Europe,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 25, 2013 | Poker News, WPT
In the early hours of Saturday Morning, the 2013 $25,000 WPT Championship came to an end, with one of poker’s more controversial stars taking the title. Controversy has followed Chino throughout his career, but he wasn’t the only one at the final table who...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2013 | Poker News, WPT
Given the global reach of the industry, these day’s it’s pretty unusual for a sponsored major poker event to have a final table of local players. However, that’s exactly what happened last weekend at the $3,300 CAD WPT Canadian Sprint Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 21, 2012 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News, WPT
In June Max Steinberg became the first FTR member to win a WSOP bracelet. Besting a massive field of 2,795 to take down over $440,000 and the coveted trophy obtained by so few. On the 30th of August, he followed that up with a 2nd place finish at the WPT Legends of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 7, 2012 | Poker News, WPT
When the WPT LA Poker Classic was down to the final two, the host’s PR department must have been pumping their fists in excitement. The chip leader, David “Doc” Sands, was a WPT Ones to Watch player, and his opponent, Sean Jazayeri, was a 3-time WPT...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
Just one month after his $2 million win at the Aussie Millions High Roller event, Phil Ivey has continued his roll with his shrewd play at the WPT LA Classic. Thanks to a late surge, at the conclusion of day 1 he is sitting in 5th place with 116,300 chips. The chip...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2012 | Poker News, WPT
World Poker Tour (WPT) has shown the philanthropic side of poker by announcing the launch of the WPT Foundation, a charitable organization that will support non-profit programs on world issues such as the environment, human rights, hunger and poverty. The initiative...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2012 | Online Tournaments, Poker Law, Poker News, WPT
After 9 hours and 300 hands of final table action, Matt Juttelstad defeated Gigi Gagne heads-up to become the champion of the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Gagne, who started the evening as the chip...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2012 | Poker Law, Poker News, WPT
Continuing FTR’s coverage of the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, the second chance rebuy period has ended and the final field size has been finalized at 295 buyins for a total prize pool of just over...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2012 | Poker Law, Poker News, WPT
The first day of the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open has ended at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. A total of 125 entrants were on the player’s list at the start of the non-televised tournament buying in with $3500, with more expected...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 10, 2012 | Poker Law, Poker News, WPT
The World Poker Tour makes its return to the Sunshine State with the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a non-televised Season X Main Event to take place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The brand-new tournament starts today and runs till...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 26, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
The first ever WPT event in Jacksonville, Florida took place last week and Anthony “Boston” Ruberto emerged victorious in the $3500 event for $325,928. There were 393 total players and a prize pool of over $1.25 million. Anthony had a commanding chip...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 17, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
The World Poker Tour has recently announced its final nine tour stops of its incredible tenth season. Continuing the WPT’s efforts to expand globally, three of the events will be held in Europe. The WPT will be stopping in Dublin, Ireland in January, in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 6, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WPT
Qualify for the WPT Prague starting today at bwin Poker. WPT Prague is scheduled to take place December 1-5 at the stunning Corinthia Hotel in Prague. Win your 3200€ + 300€ buy-in at bwin from now until November 20th! The World Poker Tour is one of the biggest poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WPT
You haven’t lived until you’ve been to France and once you go you’ll always be trying to go back! The WPT keeps moving along! After exciting stops in France and Slovenia, the WPT came to Los Angeles last week for an amazing main event where Will...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 31, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
Exciting, outgoing, brash, old school… these are all words used to describe 2011 WPT Legends of Poker champion Will “The Thrill” Failla, who took the championship and $758,085! The tournament, held at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 31, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoAsYMqhavs[/youtube] Skip to 8:20 of this video! Dwyte Pilgrim made a dramatic entrance into the elite poker ranks in 2010 by winning the WPT Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, one of the world’s largest and most...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
The four day WPT Legends of Poker event has just wrapped up Day 2. Taking place at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, this year’s tournament offered a $3,500 buy-in on day 1A, last Thursday, with an optional re-buy on day 1B, last Friday. This was the first WPT...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 25, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WPT
I don’t know everything about your life, but I do know a few things. First off, I know that you like poker. In fact you like it so much that you actually seek out extra news coverage of poker, and incidentally you’ve found a great site for that! I also...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 10, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WPT
Atlantic City is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. While it is known for offering fantastic shopping and fine dining, it is most famous as the “Las Vegas of the East” thanks to its large collection of casinos and gambling...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 25, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
WPT Slovenia just finished, with local Miha Travnik taking the first place title and $144,399! Travnik will also be receiving a $25,500 entry into the WPT World Championship held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, later this year. WPT Slovenia featured 141 entrants and a...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 22, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
The World Poker Tour championship main event can be summed up with one picture, Scott Seiver, sitting in front of a table covered in money, $1,618,344 to be exact. Seiver’s arms are outstretched throwing four morbidly obese money stacks high up into the air....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
The Bellagio in Las Vegas is currently hosting the WPT World Championship $25,00 buy-in. This year’s turnout was excellent with 220 players versus 195 last year. The total prize pool for the event comes to $5,309,500. After six days of play the final table is...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
This week saw massive amounts of controversy erupt in the live poker tournament scene, as one of the players taking part in the World Poker Tour Championship event was identified to be none other than Ali Tekintamgac. The german poker player was invited to play in the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
The World Poker Tour has announced a contract extension with the Bellagio Resort and Casino, ensuring their collaboration through the next two seasons. According to a recent press release, “The deal ensures Bellagio will continue to be the exclusive home of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 14, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
A local poker player becomes a hometown hero when he bests the Erik Seidel heads-up at the WPT Hollywood Poker Open in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The final table included other heavy hitters such as William Reynolds, Ali Eslami, and Tom Marchese. Mike Scarborough endured...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 12, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
Tomorrow will be the final table of the 2011 WPT Hollywood Casino. The tournament began at The Hollywood Casino, located in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Saturday on April 9th. After three days of play only six players remain. The big three names remaining include Erik...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News, WPT
Roberto Romanello, a Full Tilt Red Pro, took down WPT Bratislava on April 3rd. Romanello, who hails from Wales, captured an EPT title in Prague, collecting €640,000. The WPT Bratislava Main Event attracted 211 players. The tournament was held in the Slovakian capital...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2011 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
Sam Trickett, sitting second place at the final table, owned the spotlight. In 2011, Trickett has already earned $2,892,889 and was the clear favorite to win in the World Poker Tour National Series in Paris. That is until he quickly doubled up three opposing players,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 10, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT
Alessio Isaia became the first Italian to win a World Poker tour event when he took down WPT Venice on February 9th. Isaia bested a field of 523 to take the crown on home soil. Isaia’s foray into poker began in 2005. A year and half later he turned pro. In 2008,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 20, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
The World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational is coming to the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles February 19th. Chrysalis will be the official charity. It’s a two day tournament, with the final table played on March 2nd. Dozens of high profile celebrities are...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 20, 2011 | Poker News, WPT
Chrysalis, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding employment for economically disadvantaged individuals, has been chosen as the WPT Celebrity Invitational’s charity partner for the second year in a row. The World Poker tour celebrity Invitational Event...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 3, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
On Friday, December 2, 2010, the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic begins. This tournament series is hosted at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada and is the last WPT event of 2010. This year’s buy-in is $10000+300, down from a $15000 buy-in in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 25, 2010 | Poker News, PokerStars, WPT
Poker fans around the globe will get to see a poker tournament with a bit of a rock and roll twist, thanks to the World Poker Tour Regional Series event that came to a close this week. The WPT kicked off the Series with the $5,000 Seminole Hard Rock Fall Open, which...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 24, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
Hot off the renewal of their Legends of Poker contract with Bicycle Casino, the World Poker Tour has added three stops onto their ever-expanding schedule. Headlining the announcement are a pair of televised tournaments, to be held in Venice and Vienna. Presented by...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 23, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
The World Poker Tour and Bell Garden, CA’s Bicycle Casino have recently announced a contract extension, which will carry their partnership through the year 2015. Specifically, this means that the annual Legends of Poker event will maintain its place as one of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 5, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
WPT Barcelona winner, Ali Tekintamgak, has been disqualified from the Partouche Poker Tour final table for cheating. The final table is set to start play tomorrow. Details are not yet known, but the Partouche Poker Tour reportedly has turned over video evidence and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 4, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
The final table of the World Poker Tour World Poker Finals at Foxwoods was loaded with its share of bad beats. The record number of suckouts pushed the final table passed midnight and into Wednesday. After it was all said and done, though, Jeff Forrest emerged as the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 2, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
The final table has been set at WPT Foxwoods with Tom Marchese leading the way. Marchese, a high stakes online player known as “Kingsofcards”, is looking to add to his final table success after having won the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 21, 2010 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
Randal Flowers, who plays online as “RandALLin”, has already made a name for himself in the online poker world. The 22 year old has already amassed 2 million in online tournament earnings. On Wednesday, he made a name for himself in live tournaments when...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 4, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
High Stakes Player Wins National Talent Search To Be Newest Member of WPT® On-Air Team FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES – (Oct. 4, 2010) – Fresh off a history making, record-setting field at the Borgata Open, the World Poker Tour® continues making...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 24, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
Record Entries Mark Third Straight WPT® Tournament Increase Atlantic City, NJ (Friday, Sept. 24, 2010) – And the hits just keep on comin’ for the World Poker Tour. World Poker Tour congratulates Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa for hosting the largest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 5, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
London is the place to be this month for serious poker players, with the EPT, WPT, WSOPE and British Poker Festival all visiting the city throughout the course of September. The World Poker Tour London Event has just come to a close, and while it was a fantastic...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 27, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
ANDY FRANKENBERGER TAKES HOME HIS FIRST WPT® TITLE AND HIS SHARE OF A $2.15 MILLION PRIZE POOL LOS ANGELES – The slate of recent changes to the World Poker Tour® (WPT) continues to have a positive impact as 462 players bought in for Legends of Poker at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 27, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
It was an exciting time in Los Angeles this week as poker greats settled on the felt to battle it out at the World Poker Tour’s 2010 Legends of Poker. While a great time was surely had by all, the big winner on the day was Andy Frankenberger who walked away with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 30, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
World Poker Tour® Announces Open Casting For New On-Air Role LOS ANGELES — You wouldn’t lay down that hand. You can’t believe that rank amateur or pompous pro made that call. Your family wants you to stop screaming at the TV. Heck, even your...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 16, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
It was the ride of a lifetime this week for Moritz Kranich as the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup VI came to a close in Las Vegas. Kranich outlasted a final table of exceptional players, including world-renowned Phil Ivey, to take down the tournament and the WPT title....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 13, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
Matt Savage Officially Introduced As Executive Tour Director LAS VEGAS (JULY 10, 2010) — At a press conference earlier today at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, site of the WPT Bellagio Cup VI, World Poker Tour® (WPT) CEO Steve Heller and WPT President Adam Pliska...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
Bodog Poker pro David Williams has won the Season VIII World Poker Tour World Championship, taking home $1.5 million. Williams, 29, rocketed to poker fame in 2004 at the World Series in Las Vegas. He made it to the final table of the Main Event and finished in second...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 29, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
PartyPoker may have taken over the reigns at the World Poker Tour, but the prestigious tournament series keeps rolling just like it always has. The latest stop on Season 8 was the Southern Poker Championships at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. This is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 17, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
The World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is a traditional end-of-year high-stakes event which draws in all the big name pros from Las Vegas and beyond. This year’s WPTDBFDWPC, as it is not known for short, was as star-studded as ever, with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 21, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
The once ailing World Poker Tour has been undergoing something of a resurgence in the past few weeks. As I reported a fortnight ago, the tour’s parents company WPT Enterprises Inc. had agreed to sell the majority of their assets to mysterious investment company...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 15, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
Amidst recent turmoil the World Poker Tour was sold this past week to Gamynia Limited for just over $9,000,000 and a percentage of future sales. The Tour, owned and operated by World Poker Tour Enterprises, was the brainchild of TV Producer and CEO of WPTE Steven...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 5, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
Since its heyday in the pre-UIGEA poker boom, the World Poker Tour has been on a deep dark downward spiral. Viewing figures have waned, tournament attendance has suffered, and profits have dried up. The last 12 months have been extremely testing for the former...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 22, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
Across the road from the World Series, the modern home of Las Vegas poker was hosting the WPT Bellagio Cup V. The event is traditionally timed to overlap with the end of the Main Event, in order to tempt in pros and big-money amateurs before they head back home after...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 15, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
Rumors are circulating that European online gambling company bwin is lining up a bid for the World Poker Tour. The ailing TV show has seen its stock plummet over the last few years thanks to the passing of the UIGEA. bwin is an Austrian based firm with gambling...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 25, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
Poker’s most well known tele-visual spectacle has announced its return. The World Poker Tour has unveiled their U.S. schedule for Season VIII. A host of favourite venues make a return to the schedule this year, with one brand new addition. There will be 12 stops in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
Texas Hold ‘em may be the world’s most popular version of poker, but many consider the game of H.O.R.S.E. to be the ultimate test of skill. Combining Hold ‘em, Omaha, Razz, and Stud into one event provides the top pros with the perfect chance to test their skills...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
The WPT is set to return to screens across the U.S. for an eighth season, as announced yesterday by the Fox Sports Network. Positive ratings for Season I reruns and the currently airing Season VII have convinced Fox executives to commit to a new series of 26 hour-long...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 20, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
Well, well, it seems we already have a can’t-miss event on our hands. If you heard a part of the entrants list of the 2009 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic, you’d know what Jizzy is talking about. Already scheduled to play in the event are Allen...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 20, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
Well, well, it seems we already have a can’t-miss event on our hands. If you heard a part of the entrants list of the 2009 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic, you’d know what Jizzy is talking about. Already scheduled to play in the event are Allen...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 20, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
If the name Chino Rheem sounds familiar to you, it’s for good reason. He was one of the “November Nine” – the final table of this year’s World Series of Poker. Rheem finished seventh in the main event but wanted to be sure people...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 12, 2008 | Online Tournaments, Poker News, WPT
Although it hasn’t gotten the same publicity as the World Series of Poker, there was another major live tournament that just wrapped up. The World Poker Tour held their World Poker Finals this year at the Foxwood Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. This...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 29, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Earlier this week, the sixth event of the WPT’s seventh season concluded with a resounding win for Bertrand Grospellier, known online as “ElkY.” The WPT Festa al Lago was held at the famous Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas. The buy-in was steep...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 18, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
The World Poker Tour’s North American Poker Championship took place October 10th through the 16th. Four hundred fifty-four hopefuls gathered at the Fallsview Casino in Niagra Falls to enter the tournament. This brought the prize pool of the $10,000 + $300...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 29, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
After nearly three and a half hours of grueling and exciting heads-up play, John “The Razor” Phan was able to overcome Amit Makhija for the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker title. The poker pro, Phan, was awarded $1,116,428 and the WPT...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 29, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
After nearly three and a half hours of grueling and exciting heads-up play, John “The Razor” Phan was able to overcome Amit Makhija for the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker title. The poker pro, Phan, was awarded $1,116,428 and the WPT...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
This afternoon at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, the final table of the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker got underway. Six players remain, with the young Amit Makhija leading the way, holding almost 30% of the chips in play. He has held the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
This afternoon at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, the final table of the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker got underway. Six players remain, with the young Amit Makhija leading the way, holding almost 30% of the chips in play. He has held the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 21, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Following on from a dire second quarter report published earlier this month, the WPT have run into another financial hurdle – the threat of being delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange. Falling revenues were put down to lower licensing fees after their switch...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 7, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
WPT Enterprises, stalwarts of televised poker, have reported gloomy figures for the second quarter of 2008. Revenues from almost all areas of the company are down on this time last year, with only online gaming recording modest growth. Even that ray of light may be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 7, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
WPT Enterprises, stalwarts of televised poker, have reported gloomy figures for the second quarter of 2008. Revenues from almost all areas of the company are down on this time last year, with only online gaming recording modest growth. Even that ray of light may be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 30, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
After a month which began with fears that Season VII of the now legendary World Poker Tour might be without a network, news of a deal to bring the WPT to India bring an end to a striking turnaround. WPT Enterprises have agreed a deal with the privately run Zee...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 25, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
The summer is halfway over, and as often happens this time of the year, live tournaments are in a bit of a lull. The 2008 World Series of Poker is all over, except for the final table of the Main Event, which won’t be going down until November. The next seasons of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2008 | WPT
So you’re watching a poker tournament on television and there are five minutes left. Say Phil Ivey has a 9 to 1 chip lead over Phil Hellmuth. Who do you think is going to win? World Poker Tour founder Steve Lipscomb realized a flaw in the presentation of his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 18, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Yesterday saw one of the very toughest WPT final tables ever, if not the toughest final table ever, period. Everyone at the table was more than capable of holding their own; each player world class in their own right. Last year’s final table was no slouch either, with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Sometimes in poker, it seems as if destiny plays a part. Not everyone believes in destiny, but sometimes it just seems irrefutable. Take Gus Hansen, for example. Gus Hansen is quite obviously an extremely talented tournament player, with constantly ruthless...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 25, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
Five days have passed since the championship started, and we are now down to the TV final table which is, of course, six players. For an introduction to the tournament, please click here. My article will cover the last three days of the tournament to get us up-to-date...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 22, 2008 | Poker News, WPT
For those who’ve been following the traditionally star-studded World Poker Tour all season long, your payoff is finally here with the Season 6 WPT World Championships. And what a payoff it has been so far! In all, 545 players paid the hefty $25,000 entry fee...
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