The World Poker Tour has announced a contract extension with the Bellagio Resort and Casino, ensuring their collaboration through the next two seasons.

A local poker player becomes a hometown hero when he bests the Erik Seidel heads-up at the WPT Hollywood Poker Open in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The final table included other heavy hitters such as William Reynolds, Ali Eslami, and Tom Marchese. Mike Scarborough endured the tough final table and won the top prize only forty minutes [...]

Tomorrow will be the final table of the 2011 WPT Hollywood Casino. The tournament began at The Hollywood Casino, located in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Saturday on April 9th. After three days of play only six players remain. The big three names remaining include Erik Seidel, William Reynolds, and Tom Marchese. Final table action will begin tomorrow, [...]

Roberto Romanello, a Full Tilt Red Pro, took down WPT Bratislava on April 3rd. Romanello, who hails from Wales, captured an EPT title in Prague, collecting €640,000. The WPT Bratislava Main Event attracted 211 players. The tournament was held in the Slovakian capital at the Golden Vegas Casino. Each runner ponied up €2,500+€220 to form [...]

Sam Trickett, sitting second place at the final table, owned the spotlight. In 2011, Trickett has already earned $2,892,889 and was the clear favorite to win in the World Poker Tour National Series in Paris. That is until he quickly doubled up three opposing players, and by the beginning of Tuesday’s final play, Trickett sat [...]

Alessio Isaia became the first Italian to win a World Poker tour event when he took down WPT Venice on February 9th. Isaia bested a field of 523 to take the crown on home soil. Isaia’s foray into poker began in 2005. A year and half later he turned pro. In 2008, Isaia went on [...]

The World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational is coming to the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles February 19th. Chrysalis will be the official charity. It’s a two day tournament, with the final table played on March 2nd. Dozens of high profile celebrities are expected to attend, including Jason Alexander, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Tilly, Kathy Griffin, Ray [...]

Chrysalis, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding employment for economically disadvantaged individuals, has been chosen as the WPT Celebrity Invitational’s charity partner for the second year in a row. The World Poker tour celebrity Invitational Event is slated to take place on February 19 at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Chrysalis is on the front [...]

On Friday, December 2, 2010, the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic begins. This tournament series is hosted at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada and is the last WPT event of 2010. This year’s buy-in is $10000+300, down from a $15000 buy-in in some previous years, so hopefully the lower buy-in will [...]

Poker fans around the globe will get to see a poker tournament with a bit of a rock and roll twist, thanks to the World Poker Tour Regional Series event that came to a close this week. The WPT kicked off the Series with the $5,000 Seminole Hard Rock Fall Open, which was hosted at [...]