Events News

Beginning with the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, starting Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Florida, every World Poker Tour event will now count towards the WPT POY race.

Two-time Grammy nominated musician and producer Steve Aoki has joined the World Poker Tour as an ambassador and will play a pivotal role in guiding a full revamp of the WPT.

The live tour begins with the Lucky Hearts Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida, ending with the LHPO WPT Championship beginning 21 January, boasting a $2 million guarantee.

Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant will host the World Series of Poker Tournament on Wednesday, 5 January to Saturday, 23 January and will include a Million Dollar Guarantee table on 14 and 15 January.

Jake Ferro, a 32-year-old poker player originally from Syracuse captured the World Poker Tour Season XIX Player of the Year award by edging out WPT Champions Club members with a deep run in the final event.

The coveted gold bracelet in the €10,350 WSOPE Main Event will remain on home soil as Josef Gulas Jr. defeated Johan Guilbert in heads-up play for €1,276,712.

The World Poker Tour returns to the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event from 15-19 December.

The WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood runs from 13 January through 26 January and features a $3,500 buy-in championship event with a $2 million guaranteed prize pool.

The two companies will partner for a new WPTDeepStacks online series, featuring 28 events and more than $3 million in guaranteed prize pools. The highlight of the festival is the $1,050 buy-in WPTDS Main Event. With ten starting flights, players will have the opportunity to grab their share of the $1 million guaranteed prize pool.

Michael Addamo survived a field of 64 players and a talented final five to claim the $1,958,569 grand prize and the WSOP gold bracelet in the $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em event.

On the second and final day of the $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em event, a champion was crowned as Boris Kolev defeated Uri Reichenstein in heads-up play for $511,184.

Michael McCauley was crowned the champion of $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em at the 2021 World Series of Poker to win his first WSOP bracelet

Jeremy Ausmus topped the 85-entry field, including Phil Hellmuth who finished second, in the $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller for a big $1,188,918.

Adrian Mateos won his fourth World Series of Poker gold bracelet on Saturday when he was victorious in the 2021 WSOP $250,000 Super High Roller for more than $3,200,000.

Margets outlasted a field of 1,903 participants in the $1,500 The Closer event and, in doing so, became the first woman to win a bracelet in an open-entry event at the 2021 World Series.