by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2014 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Poker News
Poker pro, Jason Mercier, recently visited FlopTurnRiver.com to answer questions about Open Face Chinese Poker and POFC strategy and his personal life. Mercier mentioned his love for playing basketball and taking his boat out in FL. As funny as it is meaningful, his AMA summary is a must read!
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2014 | Press Releases
Jason Mercier will answer questions from FlopTurnRiver.com's many forum users that will range from inquiries about Open Face Chinese poker and POFC strategy to whether or not he's single during his upcoming Ask Me Anything event. Be sure to tune in for Mercier's AMA with Flop Turn River!
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2014 | Press Releases
Matt Salsberg, poker phenom and television writer, director and producer, visits FlopTurnRiver.com's forums to answer questions from his legions of fans. From poker strategy tips to career advice for aspiring authors, Salsberg's answers are both funny and equally meaningful to his followers!
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 23, 2012 | Poker News
Founded in 2005, the World Poker Tour Boot Camp is now making it easier for prospective students to attend its training camps. Beginning with camps scheduled to be held toward the end of May, 2012, people will be able to pay the fees to attend Boot Camps included in...
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 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 | 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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoAsYMqhavs 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 prestigious tournaments....
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 12, 2011 | Online Poker News, Party Poker, Poker News
Atlantic City is the place to be for world class East Coast poker action, and now at Party Poker you can qualify for a chance to play in the WPT 2011. Main event prize packages are valued at over $7,000. This is your chance to experience Atlantic City in style. Win...
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.
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2011 | Poker News
For the first time ever, the WPT is stopping in Vienna, Austria and bwin is giving players two ways to qualify for packages to this brand new event. The prize package to WPT Vienna is a $7,500 value and consists of the $4,600 Main Event Buy-in, $2,200 for hotel...
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 | 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.
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 23, 2010 | Poker News, WPT
The World Poker Tour and Bell Garden, CA's Bicycle Casino have recently announced 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 the most popular stops on the WPT tour.
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 | 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
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 | Aug 25, 2010 | Poker News
If you love poker and you’re in the United Kingdom then you should definitely head to London this September. Even if you’re further abroad, the trip is probably worth your while with the massive range of poker events taking place during the course of the...
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....
