Events News

The contrast in styles between the calm European and the brash American couldn’t be anymore apparent, but regardless of their differences, European Poker Tour Champion Roland de Wolfe and 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth are in the same position – atop the leader board.

Rags-to-riches-to-hero, Anna Wroblewski was the big story in Vegas last week after turning $300 into $330,000. Now she has a commanding lead at the WPT Championship event.

The World Poker Tour, which earlier this week scrapped plans to tape the Grand Prix de Paris, will add a stop in Spain to replace the tournament in its Season Six schedule. The tournament will be held at Casino Barcelona, operated by Grup Peralada, in October, 2007.

WPT Enterprises, Inc. reports that the television premiere of the World Poker Tour's fifth anniversary season will launch Wednesday, April 4 at 9pm ET/PT on the Travel Channel with The Mirage Poker Showdown kicking off the new season.

Hands-On Mobile, Inc. and World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc. today announced a multi-year extension to their highly successful deal to continue to bring the wildly popular World Poker Tour Texas Hold 'Em and other products to mobile phones worldwide.

Amateur poker player Adam Weinraub has won the 5th Annual World Poker Tour Invitational, an invitation-only event and the most glamorous stop of the poker circuit.

The L.A. Poker Classic Championship event at Commerce Casino smashed records for largest field and largest prize money ever for a $10,000-buy-in World Poker Tour event.

Consumers have a chance to win "Sweet Seats" to the World Series of Poker Main Event, thanks to an agreement between Harrah's License Company, LLC, an affiliate of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. and The Hershey Company.

Six players have advanced to the WPT Final Table at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

Emily Flax of Provincetown, Massachusetts, won the Ladies Event at the WPT event hosted by the Borgata Hotel Casino.

The World Poker Tour has released its schedule of events for its sixth season, and the lucrative, made-for-TV tournament poker circuit will again have a strong Las Vegas presence.

PixelPlay reports that the World Poker Tour Interactive TV Edition is now available on multiple television operators throughout North America.

For any woman who has ever dreamed of a seat in a World Poker Tour event, Commerce Casino has a 'can't miss' opportunity on Saturday, Feb. 3.

Robert Mizrachi highlights the final table of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure World Poker Tour event.

Robert Mizrachi is trying to win his first WPT title aboard a cruise ship in the sunny Caribbean.