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Award-Winning Executive Tournament Director Matt Savage on WPT World Championship ‘Elevating the Brand’
Over the past fortnight, the poker world has been absorbed by the World Poker Tour’s thrilling World Championship. Initially set with a $15 million guarantee, the eventual prizepool of...
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Record-Breaking WPT World Championship Won by Eliot Hudon for $4.1 million
After a frantic, pressured final day at the felt, Eliot Hudon triumphed in the World Poker Tour’s record-breaking World Championship in Las Vegas, beating Benny Glaser to the top...
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Winning at the Wynn - How the WPT World Championship Is Great for Poker
The start of any new poker tournament is fraught with a sense of trepidation mixed in with excitement. So when the World Poker Tour announced the $15 million guaranteed...
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15 Bigs – Andrew Neeme
One of poker’s most popular players in the live arena is Andrew Neeme. The recent news that Neeme has been added to the World Poker Tour as an ambassador...
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Dan Smith on Poker Players Making Investments
In an age where the perception of poker players has changed markedly, how players look at their own future is changing. There was a time when poker players would...
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Jean-Robert Bellande Calls the Cards but Who's Done It Better?
Every player from Joe Public to Daniel Negreanu has attempted to call poker cards before they are revealed, but it so difficult that to do so consistently invites ridicule....
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The Hand That Changed My Life: Darren Elias
In the first of a new feature series on Pocket Fives, we look back at a pivotal poker hand during the career of some of the best players on...
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World Poker Tour Announces WPT Prime with Three Stops In Asia
The World Poker Tour is making some changes. Season XX of the WPT marks the end of their longtime WPTDeepStacks brand and the launch of WPT Prime, the tour’s new...
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Global Poker Award Winners: Doug Polk, Masato Yokosawa Score Fans Choice Awards, Ali Imsirovic Grabs Two Trophies
After nearly two years away, the Global Poker Awards returned on Friday night, celebrating the people and events who made headlines in the poker industry in 2021. Hosted by Jeff...
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Alexander Yen Wins WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event for $975K
Alexander Yen is the newest member of the World Poker Tour Champions Club after he bested the 1,928-entry field of the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole...