Chance Kornuth fought back from the brink multiple times Thursday night to win the WPT Choctaw Championship for $486,600 at the HyperX Arena Las Vegas at the Luxor. Kornuth faced multiple all ins for his tournament life during heads up play against Steven Buckner, but Kornuth ultimately prevailed to secure the first WPT title of…
Los Angeles, CA (March 8, 2022) – In recognition of International Women’s Day, World Poker Tour® is shining a spotlight on four organizations that advocate for inclusivity for women throughout the poker industry; Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS), Poker League of Nations (PLoN), Poker Power, and the Women’s Poker Association (WPA). The Ladies International Poker Series is…
Serendipity. There might not be a better way to describe the Steve Aoki Playhouse event. Too many things just fell into place the right way for it to seem real. Everything from a couple being randomly selected to attend the event, to two poker pros meeting one of their biggest idols in Phil Ivey. And…
By Sean Chaffin The name at the top of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Day 1 leaderboard may not have been familiar to most poker fans. Businessman and poker player John Flynt has less than $20,000 in live tournament winnings, but had a massive run on Wednesday where he just seemed to hit…
Jake Daniels talks poker, golf, and life in Las Vegas. (Joe Giron photo) By Sean Chaffin Jake Daniels is ready for the holidays and some hold’em. The businessman and poker player entered the tournament area at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic ready to spread a little cheer. Daniels boasted not one, but two…
By Sean Chaffin Winning a trip to play in the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic was certainly the biggest score of Chipp Xiong’s poker career. The ClubWPT player’s previous biggest win had been $250 and he’d also won a set of golf clubs. A trip now to this historic WPT event, which…
By Sean Chaffin Daniel Negreanu brings plenty of history to the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic. The Poker Hall of Famer captured the title in Season III for $1.8 million, the second of his two WPT championships. In Season V, he finished third in this same event for another $592,000. Negreanu was among the…
By Sean Chaffin Returning to a tournament after winning the previous event usually brings a certain amount of hype and energy. Can the champ make a big run at back-to-back titles? Can he relive the glory and add his name to the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup for a second time? Those kinds of thoughts…
The final day at the WPTDeepStacks Championship saw the final 27 players return for a long march down to a champion. Cards got in the air at 12:00 noon, and play progressed quickly from three tables down to two. That was when we lost the last woman standing, Tracie Osborn, who finished in 20th place.…
After starting the day in the middle of the pack with six players remaining, Gediminas Uselis eliminated the final two players of the final table to etch his name onto the WPT Mike Sexton Champions Cup and take home the first-place prize of $778,490. “I came here, and this was the first tournament I sat…
Fresh off of a very successful World Poker Tour World Online Championships last month, partypoker is hosting a WPTDeepStacks series from October 7 – 25. The highlight of the nine-event schedule is the $1,100 buy-in WPTDeepStacks Main Event which comes with a $1 million guarantee. The first three starting flights each run on the next…
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