Lady Chess Stars Dominate WPT Invitational
While Minnesota lawyer and model Damon Schramm grabbed the lead heading into the Mar. 2 final six, stars of the Chess world Almira Skripchenko and Dinara Khaziyeva both retain a shot at the $74,500 in cash and $25,500 WPT Championship Seat that await the winner
WPT Southern Championship Draws Small But Tough Field
Officially 214 players dropped the $9,700+$300 buy-in creating a $1,986,100 prize pool that will pay the top 27. First place is worth $584,481 while a minimum cash will net players $18,593. Drawing easily the smallest WPT field so far this season, the dip in numbers can be attributed to big-time tournaments simultaneously running in Melbourne, Australia at the Aussie Millions, Deuaville, France on the European Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker Circuit event in Choctaw, Oklahoma
Perelman Captures Heartland Las Vegas Title
The 32-year-old Perelman, a regular fixture on the poker circuit having worked on productions including Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker, took home $158,755 from Red Rock Casino Resort pushing past a 558-player field. He won his way into the event through a $250 satellite. Among the bigger names in the tournament were Annie Duke, Scotty Nguyen, Jennifer Harman, Tiffany Michelle, and Darvin Moon, who cashed 37th for $1,487 after raffling off half of his action to benefit the non profit organization Poker Gives
Ivey Among Leaders as WPT Five Diamond Kicks Off
A total of 391 players entered the $10k event throughout the first day’s five 90-minute levels and more are expected with registration open until the end of the event’s eighth level at close to 5 p.m. PT Saturday. Many of poker’s biggest names were among the Day 1 starters, including Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Chau Giang, Vanessa Rousso, Jason Mercier, Scotty Nguyen, Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein and Freddy Deeb.
WPT Five Diamond Satellites Begin
PartyPoker satellites begin Monday Oct.
Vamplew Beats Juanda for EPT London Crown
Vamplew, whose previous best cash was just $6,000, grabbed the £900,000 first-place prize while the four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner took £545,000 for second.“It’s going to take a while to sink in,” Vamplew said. “I had to get lucky to win