World Poker Tour
Swedish Player Wins World Poker Tour Venice
Last week, 397 players participated in the first ever World Poker Tour event in Italy – WPT Venice™, powered by bwin. The €4000 tournament kicked off May 6 at Casino di Venezia, with a diverse international playing field, including poker pros Carlos Mortensen, Vanessa Rousso, Chad Brown, Surinder Sunar.
PokerStars Welcomes Gavin Griffin & Chad Brown
PokerStars.net, the world’s largest online poker site, announced two additions to Team PokerStars Pro by signing pro poker players Gavin Griffin and Chad Brown.
Poker Hits the Big Screen
The World Poker Tour will get its first Hollywood close-up with a starring role in the upcoming “Deal,” filming this month in New Orleans. WPT hosts Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Courtney Friel will all be playing themselves, alongside the film’s stars Burt Reynolds and Bret Harrison.
New Face for the World Poker Tour
Courtney Friel has been announced the new face of the World Poker Tour after previous hostess Shana Hiatt decided to step down.
“The grinder” wins Borgata Winter Poker Open
Day Four and the final table of the inaugural Borgata Winter Poker Open came and went Wednesday with more than just a big bang as three of the game’s top players took on three unknowns in a massive chip battle that will go down in the record books of Borgata’s growing poker legend
Rising Stars
Steve Paul Ambrose, only 22 years old, scooped a grand prize of $1.3 million in a tournament at the Atlantis Casino Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
World Poker Tour in Dispute with the Travel Channel
The parent company of the “World Poker Tour” has sued its outlet, the Travel Channel, for allegedly interfering with plans to develop a new poker series on ESPN.
World Poker Tour Expands Licenses
WPTE has announced the global expansion of its World Poker Tour(R) (WPT) with the signing of two licensing agreements to stage regional versions in Canada and the Philippines.
Christian Grundtvig wins 712,500 EUROS at the 2006 Paris World Poker Tour
Poker Plex is proud to congratulate player Christian Grundtvig, the winner of this year’s Paris WPT No Limit Hold’em Championship which was held in Aviation Club de France on Friday June 16th!