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WPT Season X Debuts on FSN February 12th

Posted by on January 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

The WPT Season X Team (Photo courtesy of the WPT Blog) The television debut of the tenth season of the World Poker Tour is just a couple of weeks away. Wednesday the organization announced a premiere date of February 12th

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WPT: David Shallow Wins WPT Ireland with Dominating Performance

Posted by on January 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Winner Photo courtesy of the World Poker Tour While he didn’t quite go wire to wire, David Shallow put on an emphatically dominating performance in the first-ever World Poker Tour Ireland Main Event that resulted in his first WPT title and a $289,031 payday. Shallow took the chip lead midway through Day 2 action and

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WPT: Shallow Takes Massive Lead to Five-Handed Final Table

Posted by on January 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

If World Poker Tour Ireland chip leader David Shallow gets his way, Sunday’s final table could be a relatively short one.  The Brit, better known by his online moniker, ‘CrabMaki,’ will be taking a massive stack to the final table after knocking out two players in one big pot on the final hand of Day

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WPT: Andy Black Starts Strong at New Ireland Stop

Posted by on January 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Black is the biggest name in the top ten chip counts The World Poker Tour (WPT) kicked off the new year with a trip to a new destination: Ireland.

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7 Questions with World Poker Tour CEO Steve Heller

Posted by on January 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

A seven-year veteran of the WPT’s parent company, PartyGaming, Heller is making sure the tour lives up to its name by adding new events in new locations. He’s also making sure all are considered legitimate main events equal to those on American soil.

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WPT: Rettenmaier Rolling with 15 Left in Venice

Posted by on December 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Rettenmaier has over 20 cashes in 2011 The crowd is thinning at World Poker Tour Venice and Marvin Rettenmaier is one day closer to ending his phenomenal 2011 with a bang.  He leads the final 15 players who survived Day 3 of the event with 817,000. Rettenmaier had a productive day at the tables and

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WPT: Marianela Pereyra to Fill In for Kimberly Lansing

Posted by on December 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Pereyra will start filming in February (Photo by Michael Polizzi) If you are a fan of former “Poker After Dark Hostess Marianela Pereyra and long for the day she will return to televised poker, you are in luck.  Today, the World Poker Tour announced that Pereyra will be filling in for the show’s current anchor,

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WPT: Romanello Near Top of Day 1B Field in Venice

Posted by on December 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

After drawing a small crowd on Day 1A, the World Poker Tour Venice event saw the turnout increase nearly threefold as 213 players, including 18 re-entries from Day 1A took to the felt for Day 1B action at the Casino di Venezia. The Day 1B field drew more players and even more big names than

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WPT: O’Dwyer Near Top of Small Day 1A Field in Venice

Posted by on December 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

O’Dwyer is making a last minute push for BLUFF POY If you think the 2011 tournament calendar is wrapping up, you’re getting ahead of yourself. Yes, Christmas is less than two weeks away, but there are still several events to go before the poker calendar wraps up for the year

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By The Numbers: Prague Poker Festival

Posted by on December 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

The poker world is full of facts, figures, stats and records. With so many numbers being crunched day in and day out, sometimes it is tough to see what they all add up to. That is why BLUFF brings you some of the more interesting numbers related to the big tournaments, big stories, and big

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