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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.

  • LAPC Main Event Day 2: Esfandiari, Farkye Head Pack

    February 23, 2009,

    More than 400 players returned to the Commerce Casino for Day 2 of the 2009 LA Poker Classic Main Event. While WPT front man Antonio Esfandiari built a massive stack, big-name pros Phil Hellmuth, Erik Seidel, Gavin Griffin...

     
  • LA Poker Classic Day 1: Nam, Negreanu Lead

    February 22, 2009,

    While cycling's Tour de California was rolling through nearby Pasadena, the Commerce Casino's gigantic poker tournament attracted 696 players seeking their own form of gold as the LA Poker Classic main event kicked off...

     
  • Jens Kyllönen Wins Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen

    February 22, 2009,

    Saturday's final table of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour stop in Copenhagen, Denmark, looked as though it would be a duel between leaders Norway's Anders Langset and Denmark's Rasmus Hede Nielsen, who had dominated...

     
  • PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen Day 3: Langsat, Nielsen Lead Final

    February 21, 2009,

    Forty players returned on Friday for Day 3 action in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour stop in Copenhagen, Denmark. Norwegian Anders Langsat led all players as the first cards were dealt, and parlayed...

     
  • PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen, Day 2: Anders Langset Heads Final 40

    February 20, 2009,

    Action resumed on Thursday at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour stop in Copenhagen, Denmark, with 184 survivors from twin opening sessions returning to battle down to the money. After only seven levels of play...

     
  • PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen Day 1b: Benelli Takes Overall Lead

    February 19, 2009,

    Action resumed in Copenhagen, Denmark on Wednesday with the second of two starting sessions in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Copenhagen main event. 236 players were on hand for the Day 1b session, creating...

     
  • Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen Day 1a: Thor Hansen Tops Opening Session

    February 18, 2009,

    Copenhagen, Denmark, is the site of the latest PokerStars.com European Poker Tour stop, with many of the world's best poker players gathering to battle for the title. The Day 1a opening session drew 225 players...

     
  • Romanello Wins PartyPoker European Open V

    February 17, 2009,

    After a week of hotly-contested prelimary rounds, Welsh pro Roberto Romanello claimed his first major title last Friday by taking first at the PartyPoker.com European Open V in London. Romanello outlasted 71 competitors...

     
  • Krautschneider Captures ANZPT Adelaide Honors

    February 07, 2009,

    The PokerStars.net-sponsored Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) debuted with a stop at the famed SKYCITY Casino in Adelaide, Australia. Three days of action concluded on Saturday with Melbourne's Karl...

     
  • WSOP Circuit Tunica Main Event, Day 3: Kai Landry Claims Ring

    February 05, 2009,

    After three days of poker and a tough final table Kai Landry of Biloxi, MS captured his first World Series of Poker Circuit championship at Harrah's Tunica. The southern Mississippi native rode north to Tunica...

     
  • WSOP Circuit Tunica Day 2: Matt Stout Leads Final

    February 04, 2009,

    The 27 players that returned to Harrah's Tunica for the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event wasted no time in working their way down to a final table, with Day 2 lasting barely three hours before the final 18 players...

     
  • WSOP Circuit Tunica, Day 1: Dao, Stout Lead

    February 03, 2009,

    The recently rebranded Harrah's Tunica played host to Day 1 of the first World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event of 2009 yesterday. 154 players took to the felt at the former Grand Casino for their shot at the $183,974...

     
  • Oleg Suntsov Wins Russian Poker Tour Debut

    February 02, 2009,

    A worst-to-first run by Russia's Oleg Suntsov marked the debut of the PokerStars.com-sponsored Russian Poker Tour in its St. Petersburg debut. Sunday's final table began with Russians occupying seven of the nine spots...

     
  • Neil Arce Takes 2009 APT Philippines Main Event

    February 01, 2009,

    It took local favorite Neil Arce a little less than three hours to claim all of the chips at Sunday's Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event final table, and take home the $185,000 first prize. After two long days of play...

     
  • APT Philippines Final Table Set, Yea Still In Front

    January 31, 2009,

    The final table has been set for Sunday's Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event final table, with Full Tilt pro Steven 'joonhee' Yea, leader at the start of play on Saturday, still enjoying a sizable chip...

     
  • Cheers for APT Philippines Leader Yea Entering Day 2

    January 31, 2009,

    Day 1b of the APT Philippines Main Event saw 187 poker players competing in the $2,700 buy-in tourney, more than twice the number who played Thursday. The impressive Day 1b showing brought the overall number...

     
  • Arce, Suzuki Top APT Philippines Day 1a Standings

    January 30, 2009,

    Nearly twelve hours after it began, Day 1a of the Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event concluded a short while before midnight on Thursday, with local pro Neil Arce ending the day atop the leaderboard, just ahead...

     
  • The 2009 Asian Poker Tour Kicks Off!

    January 28, 2009,

    The 2009 Asian Poker Tour is back in Manila, Philippines and promises to be even bigger and better than the last...

     
  • Moritz Kranich Takes PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

    January 25, 2009,

    Germany's Moritz Kranich claimed top honors at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France on Saturday, winning a crucial pot during three-handed play to assume command on his way to the €851,400 winner's...

     
  • PokerStars.com EPT Deauville Day 3: Final Set, Clemencon Leads

    January 23, 2009,

    French players dominated the action during Day 3 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville stop on Friday. 47 players returned to the Casino Barriere in Deauville, France, led early on by Germany's...

     
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