The success series will begin to wrap up with its biggest events this weekend The World Poker Tour (WPT) Global Winter Festival began on Christmas Eve and runs through January 14, with three Main Events scheduled for players with different bankrolls on January 13. A total of $4 million in prizes will be awarded throughout
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Dan Sepiol is now a WPT World Champ
The win leads to a $5.2-million payday after cutting a deal with the runner-up Dan Sepiol secured his biggest career cash after winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship $10,400 main event, besting his second-best score by over $5 million. Sepiol and his backers will divide the $5,282,954 prize he won in the $40 million
Ren Lin finds success at the WPT World Championship
Lin takes down Jason Koon on his way to making poker history Ren Lin continued having success on Day 4 of the 2023 WPT World Championship on Monday, finishing third in chips at the end of the night and among the 45 players remaining as the final table approached, along with the $5.6 million prize
Bin Weng takes down the WPT World Championship High Roller event
The poker pro has scored three big WPT wins this year, as well as other victories Bin Weng has added another title to his stellar 2023 accomplishments. The 40-year-old Philadelphia pro began the year with his first $1 million cash at the $5,300 buy-in The Return at the Borgata and wrapped it up with another
Calvin Anderson ships the WPT Prime Championship for $1.3 million
Anderson took down Aaron Pinson in the final heads-up battle for the win Calvin Anderson became a millionaire on Tuesday at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship, beating Aaron Pinson heads-up for the win at the $5 million guaranteed $1,100 buy-in tournament. The 10,512 entries almost doubled last year’s count in the event won
World Poker Tour Prime Event down to final six players
The remaining players will take home at least $290,000 each The $1,100 World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime event at the WPT World Championship series is down to the final six players, who made it through a record-breaking 10,516 entrants to play for their cut of the $10,196,640 prize pool. These are the players that will
Lisa Costello takes down WPT Ladies Championship in Las Vegas
The long-time player rebounded from just five big blinds to win the tournament Las Vegas resident and retired poker pro Lisa Costello was the winner of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Ladies Championship that just ended at the Wynn, taking home $85,297 and the championship trophy. It was an improbable win after Costello found herself
WPT World Championship Festival produces more winners
Players continue to capture gold as the poker tournament series unfolds The World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship’s main event hasn’t started yet, but several winners have already taken home big prizes at the Wynn Las Vegas series. The $40-million guaranteed tournament series is the largest prize pool in poker history, kicking off on December
Poker Streamer Jonathan Van Fleet is now part of WPT Global
The man most poker players know as ‘apestyles’ has become a WPT Global ambassador WPT Global has announced the latest poker star to be signed as an ambassador. Twitch poker phenom Jonathan Van Fleet, aka “apestyles,” will join other stars such as Andrew Neeme, Ethan “Rampage” Yau, Brad Owen and Phil Ivey as part of
WPT World Championship gets rolling in Las Vegas on Wednesday
Poker players can finish the year strong with another big tournament December saw a very successful World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship in 2022, and with the WSOP launching a new series, plenty of poker activity is in store for the 2023 holiday season. Tournaments to fit all budgets are upcoming worldwide, giving players a
WPT Liechtenstein win paves the way for David Kozma to reach for the stars
The win gives Kozma access to the huge WPT World Championship event in Las Vegas David Kozma is the biggest winner so far in Season 21 of WPT Prime, beating 1,644 players to win WPT Prime Liechtenstein in September. The series has attracted significant turnouts during Season 21 while setting several records. The non-US record
More players added to the Big One For One Drop list
Jason Koon, Aleksejs Ponakovs and others are now getting ready for next month’s big poker tourney December’s $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop at the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas has confirmed five more players who will sit down at the high-stakes event. Jason Koon will again bring