PartyGaming was always known as one of the biggest gambling leagues in the world, bringing Online Poker Rooms, online casino gaming, and even sports gambling to American residents, in the form of a great collection of games. However with the passing of time and with the UIGEA being introduced, Party Poker had to pull away from the American market, which obviously damaged their overall worth and main source of revenue.

This sudden drawback however has not stopped PartyGaming from being one of the largest gambling ventures in the world, as they have recently also taken a major step by acquiring the World Poker Tour which is the second most prominent series of poker tournaments in the world.

Now for a relatively skimpy $12.3 million dollars, as well as a minimum of $3 million dollars revenue sharing over the next three years, PartyGaming will become the new supplier of the World Poker Tour tournaments in the USA and Europe. This takeover has given a chance to PartyGaming to return to the American market, and perhaps a huge increase on the overall worth of PartyGaming.

During the whole scandal Mandalay Media had attempted to push PartyGaming’s bid out of the scene, though their $36 million dollar proposal was rejected, giving PartyGaming the rights to the World Poker Tour. This unparalleled purchase has surely helped with the return of PartyGaming’s online platforms to the United States, despite fines imposed by the government against PartyGaming’s operating in the USA.

The entire deal had caused PartyGaming’s share to rise to 236.7p a piece, up 5.6p from the day’s opening which was also good for its image. Ironically however, this purchase is seen to have been finalized not even two months after Anurag Dikshit, one of the original owners of PartyGaming, sold most of his shares.

Claim up to $500 bonus at Party Poker!

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News, WPT | No Comments » November 13th, 2009

This time the mega world poker finals are to take place in Connecticut on the 19th of October. This grand event is hosted at the nation’s largest casino, the beautiful Foxwoods Hotel and Resort. The World Poker Finals denote one of the largest events in the World Poker Tour and thus are truly thrilling. The dedicated poker fans will have an action packed event as will also be treated to not only the WPT, but also the showdown during November Nine.

So basically from 19th of October there will be over twenty days of poker tournaments being held in Foxwoods. Being a mega event, with the world watching the players compete The World Poker Tour is truly one of the largest series of poker in the world. During the series, many professionals and amateurs will undoubtedly meet in Connecticut to gather around the tables for enjoyment, competition and money. The tournaments will be featuring various buy-ins, ranging from $300 dollar shoot-outs to the $10,000 dollar main event.

Among some of the events in this tournament are the senior’s tournaments, ladies tournaments, mixed games and normal events that make up a fabulous poker treat. Apart from that the structures, buy-ins, and starting chips have already been listed through Foxwoods’ website, helping players to see exactly what fun they are getting into. Just like most of the World Poker Tour, this should be a televised event and this time with Foxwoods the event should already be very popular.

The Main Event of the series will not set to start until November Fifth. The Texas Hold ‘em WPT World Championship will require a $10,000 dollar buy-in. Since this is expensive, many of the Most Trusted USA Online Poker Rooms are offering satellites and steps to allow players cheaper entry to these tournaments.

Only a few lucky players will win the grand prize, but anyone is can enter this to put down the cash and have a shot at fame and fortune packed with glory, and recognition amongst other poker players and fans alike.

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News, WPT | No Comments » October 23rd, 2009

WPT Foxwoods has been winning the hearts of poker players in various cities. First, they brought the classic challenge to Vegas then later to Aruba for the ultimate conquest in paradise.

Now, the WPT Foxwoods is moving to Connecticut to spread the magic of online poker gaming in its finest form. Ultimate Bet is bringing its magnificent battle to WPT Foxwoods from November 5th through 10th and the WPT is making it easy for the entire UltimateBet.com community to group together for five days of poker camaraderie in Connecticut.

WPT Foxwoods Super Sunday Satellites

The WPT Foxwoods is featuring a Super Satellite on every Sunday at 8:30pm ET with a buy-in of $500 plus 30. This Satellite has a prize winning amount of at least one $12,000 WPT Foxwoods prize package that includes the $10,000 buy-in and $2,000 for travel and accommodations is guaranteed.

The daily Satellites will last from October 4th to November 1st and will have a buy-in from just $3 or 750 Ultimate Points. This prize for this is that the player win’s his spot in one of the Sunday Super Satellites. Read more!

The WPT also has a few STEP Tourneys with a buy-in of just 10 cents and a prize of conquering all 10 STEPS for a $12,000 WPT Foxwoods prize package. Then there is the Sidestep to Foxwoods featuring again a buy-in from just 10 cents and a chance to score a spot in the Sunday Super Satellite.

Like most tournaments these Satellites have massive prizes with players who win a WPT Foxwoods Super Satellite will receive $12,000 cash. The ones who win multiple entries will be awarded $12,000 for each subsequent entry. There are no formalities meant to be attained as players do not need to provide transfer details before giving their prize to another player and all winners will receive $12,000 cash.

Play now at Ultimate Bet for your chance to Win $12,000!

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News, Poker Tournaments, WPT | 1 Comment » October 21st, 2009

The mega event, namely the World Poker Tour Fox woods Poker Finals is about to shower its magic on the players as it is beginning soon. In due course online poker room Absolute Poker is offering a number of ways for players to earn a nice package all the way to the main event. This time there is a number of money minting options for the players. They can participate in steps tournaments, qualifiers and satellites to hopefully earn a $12,000 prize package to the Fox woods Main Event.

These thrilling prize packages that are being offered by Absolute Poker began just a few weeks ago and players have until November 1st to try and earn their package. Players can compete in the weekly WPT Foxwoods Super Satellites every Sunday at 8:30 PM ET up until the 1st for only $500 plus $30. In addition to this, one $12,000 package is a guarantee each week.

For those players who cannot afford the $530 buy-in to the Super Satellite can participate in qualifiers for the Super Satellite that start at just $3 or 750 Absolute Points. Along with this, the players who want to go in for even lesser money can participate in Absolute Poker’s Step tournaments.

The Step tournaments start at just ten cents and players that win STEP 10 will earn a fantastic $12,000 Main event prize package. If some players want they can also make it to STEP 7a and qualify for the Sunday Super Satellites. Read more!

The lucky players who earn the mega $12,000 packages will have the $10,000 buy-in for the main event as well as $2000 which can be used for lodging and expenses.

The 1st day of the Main Event begins at noon on November 5th and the second day will begin on the 6th at Noon. The Main event will continue at Foxwoods until the 10th of November when the Final Table will commence.

Start playing now for your chance to Win a WPT seat!

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker News, Poker Tournaments, WPT | No Comments » October 20th, 2009

Party Gaming is amongst the finest and top most online gaming communities in the industry. It has recently been observed that as though the rich are getting richer after World Poker Tour Enterprises claimed that a subsidiary of PartyPoker.com has gotten hold of the company therefore expanding its enterprise even more.

The World Poker Tour is one of the largest and most eventful poker tours in the world. The biggest professional stars all play on the tour, and the television exposure of the WPT events is unparalleled. This sudden takeover, while surprising some, has many industry insiders and critics wondering whether or not this helps Party Gaming in their efforts to get back into the US market.

According to an observer Neal Benton, “Certainly if the laws change in the US, the World Poker Tour will be instrumental in the online poker industry,” “even though the World Poker Tour has struggled recently, they have been instrumental in the poker movement throughout the world.”

There may have been financial hardships which led to the move to sell the WPT brand because it has been observed that in recent years, attendance has fallen off, and that has harmed the company financially. The World Poker Tour group however believes PartyGaming has the ability to turn things around for them for the better.

According to the WPTE President and CEO, Steve Lipscomb “PartyGaming has been an important partner for a couple of years and we are confident that they will be an excellent manager of our brands in the future,” The sale of the WPT was completed for $12.3 million and five percent of future gaming revenues.

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, WPT | No Comments » August 27th, 2009

Initiating with style in the Bellagio’s Fontana Lounge on Tuesday the 2009 World Poker Tour Championship witnesses the dismissal of a hundred players from the staggering number of 162. With only 62 players left standing the show was destined to go on, therefore at exactly 12:00 p.m. Wednesday Steve Billirakis who holds the title for being the youngest World Series of Poker bracelet winner in history made his way in with the chip lead.

An introvert Billirakis was refraining himself from letting out the secret to his success at the World Poker Tour Championship and stated that there is no undisclosed enigma behind his achievement at the poker industry’s most renowned tournament other than him trying to play it like a cash game. Apart from trying his luck at solid games Billirakis has very few big designs regarding Day 4’s .He also stated that he wont be taking any big chances and letting his chips loose till the last two tables are in sight and the coast is clear. Billirakis also commented that there is no wisdom behind letting his chips out of the pocket before their time because by the end of the play you need to have a good number of chips to play with.

With the murderous few seated only inches away Billirakis has to face some of the most deathly faces of the poker world such as Freddy Deeb, Mark Seif, David Singer, Nick Binger and Phil Ivey.

However the biggest shocker ever that is bound to take the wind out of your sail is the participation of Boris Becker who is highly popularized for being the youngest Wimbledon champion in history. A legend in the world of tennis Becker is all set out to prove that he has the guts to play hard ball especially when it comes to poker.

A PokerStars Ambassador Becker jump-started his transition into the poker world at the European Poker Tour Grand Finale almost a year ago and though it is said that he is falling behind on chips in Las Vegas it seems that things are going quite smooth.

Becker recently stated that the experience of playing with the pros certainly brings out astounding feelings and with time he has started to feel more comfortable with his surroundings. He also commented that this is his first time making it to the fourth day of a big tournament and he is just trying to claw his way into the spot where the money starts to roll in. With more than $2 million hanging in the balance the World Poker Tour Championship is expected to reach the 50 player money spot early Wednesday.

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro Players, Poker Tournaments, WPT | No Comments » April 24th, 2009

The World Poker Tour (WPT) Foxwoods Poker Classic has been officially launched from the Connecticut casino on Friday.  Players attendance has significantly dropped by 25%, the exact reason for this is still unknown, but it can either be because of the current economic crunch or the ongoing spring championships of online poker tournament series. A recent news on the WPT website about the drop in attendance stated that  “While some of the West Coast pros stayed in Las Vegas for the Bellagio prelims, it’s clear that the economy is playing a factor here in the Northeast, where only 259 players showed up for the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic.”

In 2008, 346 players participated into the Foxwoods poker classic with Erik Seidel emerging as the winner by earning $992,000 from his victory. Erik seidel already own eight WSOP (World series of Poker) bracelets, but this was his first WCPT victory. The 2008 Foxwoods final table featured Ted Forrest who managed to earn $103,000 by grabbing sixth place.

Due to the low turn out the fox wood poker classic, which will go on air through Fox pro net is going to award less than three million dollars to the winner. Details of paydays are as follow.

1st Place: $731,079
2nd Place: $409,405
3rd Place: $214,449
4th Place: $138,905
5th Place: $106,007
6th Place: $85,292

Day one at the Connecticut casino featured 5 levels of 90 minutes each, which resulted in 165 players survival. Ken Adams paced the field who builds up a stack of 140,775 over three times the average of over three times the average of 46,500. The tournament champion will be crowned on Wednesday 8th of April, the winner apart from getting $731,000 in cash, will also grab $25,000 entry into the WPT Championship starting on April 18.

Posted by Diana Sterling in New Poker Sites, Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro Players, Poker Tournaments, WPT, WSOP | No Comments » April 6th, 2009

Walking away with pride and honor Full Tilt Poker Pro Steve Brecher, originally known for his software innovations won the 2009 World Poker Tour Bay 101 shooting Star title in San Jose early Saturday Morning. Though he was floating on cloud nine Steve Brecher behavior regarding the draining out Kathy Liebert three handed to envelope a huge chip lead.

Moments after receiving the first prize that is worth more than $1 million and his first major title, Brecher stated that although it was a critical hand, he relinquishes thoughts of disdains the fact that he only sucked out after the money went in only that once during the entire tournament. He said sucking out is not something to be proud of but he is happy with the way it happened and is pleased to accept the result. While Liebert had become the pergola name by coming into her sixth World Poker Tour final table and an opportunity to become the first female winner in the seven season history of the tour, Brecher had second billing since the beginning.

Brecher being an expert Reno-based pro had big achievements a World Series of Poker, USPC and World Poker Tour Championship final table on his resume coming in, but lacked the big title until tonight. Feeling terrific about his first major tournament win Brecher said that it was something he has definitely been lusting after for a long time. 

Brecher had booked his final table seat with a massive cooler on the previous day that witnessed his pocket aces held up against his rival Farzad Bonyadi’s kings who is a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. In a dead heat for the chip lead, he came into the final table with Bay Area resident Tony Behari. Things got rolling just after 4 p.m. Friday when short stacked locals Thao Le and Chau Vu cleared the way early before Behari’s naked bluff against Liebert’s full house didn’t work and he left the field giving away his share of the chip lead.

The battle was left to be fought between the remaining three players Brecher, Liebert and 2008 Wynn Classic champ Chris Moore. After Brecher had sucked out on Liebert by turning a straight holding ace queen and opposed by ace king, all-in pre flop, he managed to get rid of Chris Moore by making a flush against Chris’s distinct big slick and danced into heads-up with Liebert holding a 2.5-1 chip lead.

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro Players, Poker Tournaments, WPT | No Comments » March 24th, 2009

With a throng of loyal fans gathered to support their favorite poker stars, the 2009 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting star has narrowed down from a staggering number of 145 players to 36 in San Jose today. Michael Nguyen was witnessed to enter the field today with the chip lead followed by the recurrent finalist David Pham and Internet phenomenon’s Isaac Baron and Vivek Rajkumar right behind him. But the day didn’t prove to be as fortunate for them and the entire group was seen leaving the conflict one after the other. Renowned stars like Daniel Negreanu, Howard Lederer, Erick Lindgren and Jonathan Little also hit the rail as they moved past the 45-person money bubble.

Astonishingly certain players who were swiftly gathering attention from several professional poker players are relatively unknown such as Michael Kamran who finished second with Hevad Khan, the Team Poker Stars Pro at the 2008 Caesars Palace Classic, appeared as the new chip leader by the end of the day. Kamran is confident that the experience at the Caesars has completely prepared him for earning his way to the World Poker Tour finals tomorrow. He said that the Caesars field was similar to this one and he is now geared up to flaunt to everyone in the event, his unique style of gambling and do his post flop damages against his experienced rivals.

The play moving to six handed in the final 36 at Bay 101 is one of the most unique and exquisite structures at the World Poker Tour and Michael Kamran has said that he’s ready for it. Having played a few six hundred tournaments before including the one last month at Commerce where he managed to earn the seventh place, Kamran says he realizes that the level of aggression is a lot higher here but he can handle the pressure.

Famous names like Hoyt Corkins, Joe Sebok, Amnon Filippi and Kathy Liebert remain in the battle for the Bay 101 crown not to forget that the 2008 Wynn Classic champ Chris Moore is right behind Kamran. The 25-year-old Los Angeles resident however seems to be confident and ready for whatever he may have to face tomorrow. Hoping for it all to go well so that he could make the final table, he steadily said that he is here only to win.

Posted by Diana Sterling in Poker Articles, Poker News, Poker Pro Players, Poker Tournaments, WPT | No Comments » March 23rd, 2009