Poker Tournaments

No matter where on the globe its happening, this is where you will find stories about poker tournaments. Reports on current tournaments, announcements about upcoming poker tournaments, and stories from the poker tournament circuit.

• European Poker Tour Vilamoura, Day 3: Down to 24

  November 20, 2009,

  Day 3 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Vilamoura has come and gone in a flash with two-thirds of the remaining field eliminated in less than four levels. Just after noon local time, the final 69 players sat down at the table for the push...

   

• Latin American Poker Tour Playa Conchal, Day 1

  November 20, 2009,

  Living the “pura vida” (pure life in English), is how they do things down in Costa Rica, and the 259 players who showed up yesterday afternoon to play the PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal stop will get a small taste of the laid-back Tican...

   

• European Poker Tour Vilamoura, Day 2: Jeff Sarwer Leads the Way to Day 3

  November 19, 2009,

  As Day 1a and Day 1b survivors combined in a single Day 2 field, 177 players trudged back from the beach to the bunkeresque confines of the Casino Vilamoura today when play began to get serious at the inaugural PokerStars.com...

   

• The Hard Rock Casino is Set to Host the All In for CP 2 Charity Tournament

  November 19, 2009,

  Poker is full of philanthropists who use their love of the game to help others when they have the chance, so it should surprise no one that a number of players and people within the industry are getting together for the second annual All In for CP...

   

• European Poker Tour Vilamoura, Day 1b: Chess Prodigy Jeff Sarwer Leads the Way

  November 18, 2009,

  Perhaps it was the weather that was more gray today compared to yesterday, perhaps it was because of the super-satellite last night. Whatever the reason, today's Day 1b at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Vilamoura attracted 186 runners, a...

   

• European Poker Tour Vilamoura, Day 1a: Ljubomir Josipovic Jumps Out of the Gate

  November 17, 2009,

  Middle of November it may be, but the weather was glorious at the beaches and on the picturesque streets of Vilamoura for Day 1a of the Pokerstars.com European Poker Tour Vilamoura, the first EPT ever held in Portugal. Lounging on the beach was not on...

   

• The PokerNews Jet Set: Vilamoura

  November 16, 2009,

  Reflecting the continuing growth of poker in Europe, the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour added three new stops for its sixth season. After introducing poker aficionados to one of the stops, the Ukranian capital of Kiev in September, the EPT...

   

• Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu, Day 4: Han Bullies His Way to Title

  November 15, 2009,

  Day 4 of the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu Main Event started with a boxing match between Miguel Cotto and hometown Filipino favorite Manny Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight championship of the world. It ended with a poker match between Dong-bin...

   

• Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu, Day 3: Final Table Set

  November 14, 2009,

  Day 3 at the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu got underway with 40 players – all of them in the money. Some of the name players to take part in day three included Nam Le, Tommy Le, Phillip Willcocks, Bryan Huang’s father Jack Ng...

   

• Bad Beat on Cancer Challenge Helps Raise Breast Cancer Awareness

  November 14, 2009,

  We are pleased to report that the PokerNews-sponsored Bad Beat on Cancer Poker Challenge found an audience as 173 players took to the virtual felt to help raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit group whose mission is to help with...

   

• Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu, Day 2: Han, Willcocks Pull Away from the Field

  November 13, 2009,

  It was a third day in paradise for the 153 players who started in the Day 2 field for the 2009 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour, Cebu, Main Event. Bright sunshine, cooling sea breezes and luscious, over-ripe mangoes were the only rewards for the...

   

• Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu, Day 1b: Record-Setting Field in the Philippines

  November 12, 2009,

  The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour made history today as the biggest poker tournament held in the Philippines. In all, 319 players entered the two Day 1 flights, creating a juicy prize pool of about $600,000 U.S. Originally, the event was...

   

• Help Fight Breast Cancer. Play in the Bad Beat Poker Challenge, Thurs., Nov. 12

  November 11, 2009,

  As announced recently on PokerNews.com, the poker community is coming together to help raise awareness for breast cancer with the Bad Beat on Cancer Challenge. Featuring over $24,000 worth of prizes, this $10 buy-in tournament (rebuys allowed...

   

• Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu Day 1a: Fan Ends on Top

  November 11, 2009,

  The luscious Shangri-La Mactan Resort and Spa, with its rolling maritime setting and mangoes so delicious as to be otherworldly, was the setting for the latest leg of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. Day 1a produced few surprises. By the time the chips...

   

• Televised Poker to Return to Atlantic City During Taj's U.S. Poker Championship

  November 03, 2009,

  In what may be a good sign for tournament poker, televised tournament action will return to Atlantic City thanks a deal brokered between the Trump Taj Mahal and the Spike Network. After a year hiatus without television coverage, the Taj's...

   

• The Bad Beat on Cancer Poker Challenge Set for Nov. 12

  October 30, 2009,

  In honor of breast cancer awareness month, PokerNews.com is proud to partner with Bad Beat on Cancer and the Prevent Cancer Foundation for the Bad Beat on Cancer Challenge. This charity tournament is being held in Nicole Rowe's honor. All of the...

   

• Dan Livingston Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Chicago Main Event

  October 26, 2009,

  The World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Chicago Main Event came to a conclusion that saw Dan Livingston of Oak Forest, Ill., snag the first place prize of $291,749. Despite facing a field of 248, which grew in attendance by 12% from the...

   

• PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Warsaw Day 5: Christophe Benzimra Takes the Title

  October 25, 2009,

  A respectable field of 203 runners braved the cold, gray rain outside the Casinos Poland this week, coming from all corners of the world to do battle at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Warsaw. After nearly a week of serious tournament poker...

   

• PokerStars European Poker Tour Warsaw Day 4: Luca Pagano Highlights Sunday's Final Table

  October 24, 2009,

  The final table was reached on Saturday at the 2009 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Warsaw after the elimination of Alexander Debus in ninth place. Leading the way into the fifth and final day of action will be Oleksandr Vaserfirer holding 1.854...

   

• PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Warsaw Day 3: A Pair of Canadians in Command

  October 24, 2009,

  Fifty-five players returned to the Casinos Poland at the Hyatt Hotel on Friday for Day 3 of the PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw. Within about eight hours, that number had been whittled down to the final 24 who are now guaranteed to walk away with a...

   

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