December 18, 2021 Jon Sofen Following three grueling days of intense action at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, the $10,400 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic is down to its final table of six. One of those lucky and skilled individuals will walk away from theContinue Reading
December 06, 2021 Matthew Pitt The 2021 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) enjoyed something of a renaissance with every stop seeing incredible attendance figures. That trend continued in the GUKPT Grand Final Main Event with 607 entrants creating a £1,092,600 prize pool, the largest ever Grand Final in the tour’sContinue Reading
Pink Lloyd winning the Bold Venture under Rafael Hernandez. Already a Canadian icon, Pink Lloyd showed why in his final start, taking the Grade 2 Kennedy Road in a driving finish at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Midpack early, the 9-year-old gelding surged to the lead in the race’s finalContinue Reading
Say the Word races past Acclimate (rail) to give trainer Phil D’Amato a 1-2 finish in the Hollywood Turf Cup Agave Racing Stable and Sam-Son Farm’s Say the Word swung clear at the top of the stretch and scampered down the lane to capture the $251,000 Hollywood Turf Cup atContinue Reading
November 23, 2021 Jason Glatzer The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is winding down with Day 54 on Nov. 23 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino featuring the final two bracelet events on the penultimate day of the festival. Michael Addamo is in the driver’s seat to winContinue Reading
21:1516 Nov Image courtesy of PokerNews.com It’s final table time at the Rio Convention Center. After a gruelling 12 days of poker, the World Series of Poker Main Event has been whittled down to the final nine players. A starting field of 6,650 entrants qualifies as the 10th largest inContinue Reading
The final table is set in the 2021 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The field of 6,650 total entries has been narrowed, over the course of 12 consecutive days of action, down to just nine contenders for the championship bracelet and the first-place prize ofContinue Reading
Very soon, it will be Dec. 11 and the Downtown Athletic Club will be handing out the 2021 Heisman Trophy to the best player in college football. Who will get the honor of entering the Heisman House? Quarterbacks typically are the front-runners to win the award, but there is aContinue Reading
November 15, 2021 WSOP News Three dozen poker players are within striking distance of the WSOP Main Event Championship bracelet and $8 million in first-place prize money. Nine of them will become millionaires today. Hye Park is looking to take his chip lead to the WSOP Main Event final tableContinue Reading
T he Nebraska Racing & Gaming Commission announced last Wednesday a final draft of casino regulations is set to be released this week, on November 12. The news came a year after voters in the state approved casino gambling at Nebraska’s horse racing tracks. Tom Sage, executive director at theContinue Reading