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Poker Pro Gavin Smith

Final Table Set For WPT North American Poker Championships

by Ace Rothstein | October 16th, 2008 | Add a comment
The WPT North American Poker Championships is down to its last six players and when they convene on the TV set for the filming of the final table there will be a few story lines worth keeping an eye on. … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
WPT North American Poker Championships are being held at the Fallsview Casino

Vivek Rajkumar Atop Field at WPT North American Poker Championships

by Ace Rothstein | October 15th, 2008 | Add a comment
As is not always the case with poker tournaments, although it definitely should be, the cream has risen to the top at the WPT North American Poker Championships. With 27 players remaining there are several well-known tournament vets and a … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
Poker Pro Gavin Smith

Gavin Smith Leads WPT North American Poker Champs Into Day 3

by Ace Rothstein | October 14th, 2008 | Add a comment
The World Poker Tour has taken its dog and pony show north of the border to the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls for the WPT North American Poker Championships, which enters Day 3 of the tournament today after three flights … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Heimiller

Final Table Set For WPT Borgata Poker Open

by Ace Rothstein | September 18th, 2008 | Add a comment
Four days of grinding tournament poker have wrapped up at the WPT Borgata Poker Open and the six players who will make up the televised final table are now set. Among them are a noted online poker pro, an infamous … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Heimiller

Dan Heimiller Leads WPT Borgata Poker Open With 27 Left

by Ace Rothstein | September 17th, 2008 | Add a comment
As we predicted yesterday, mainly because we are excellent prognosticators and also because the WPT page said that this was the plan, the field at the WPT Borgata Poker Open played down to the final 27 during its third day … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
Thayer Rasmussen

Thayer Rasmussen Leads WPT Borgata Poker Open Into Day 2

by Ace Rothstein | September 16th, 2008 | Add a comment
The World Poker Tour has returned to the forefront of the poker tournament world this week with the $10,000 buy-in WPT championship event of the Borgata Poker Open. One of the older events of the tour, the WPT Borgata Poker … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
John Phan

Poker Pro John Phan Wins WPT Legends of Poker

by Ace Rothstein | August 29th, 2008 | Add a comment
The WPT Legends of Poker event wrapped up last night at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles and John “The Razor” Phan proved to everyone (again) that he’s pretty good at this whole poker thing. Phan started the final table … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
John Phan

Amit Makhija Leads WPT Legends of Poker Final Table

by Ace Rothstein | August 28th, 2008 | Add a comment
Look, we apologized for jinxing the WPT Legends of Poker by saying that there were a bunch of big name pros in the field. Apparently, that wasn’t enough as the final table is a head-scratchingly unknown collection of “Who?” Except … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
Poker pro Layne Flack

Three Tables Remain at WPT Legends of Poker Event

by Ace Rothstein | August 27th, 2008 | Add a comment
The WPT Legends of Poker event is getting nearer and nearer its goal of doling out a $1.1 million first-place prize to a new champion as the 79 players who began Day 3 of the tournament are now down to … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
Poker pro Erick Lindgren at the 2008 WSOP

Erick Lindgren Among Leaders at WPT Legends of Poker

by Ace Rothstein | August 26th, 2008 | Add a comment
After two preliminary days of poker at the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker event, the remaining 248 players combined in the ballrooms and hallways of the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles to get one step closer to the $1.6 … Read More Read More