Roberto Romanello Takes Down 8-Max KO ; Becomes WPTWOC Event Winner

Roberto Romanello is hitting form just in time for the weekend’s High Roller Championship events. The Welsh Team partypoker member took down an 8-Max Knockout this week for more than $18,500 and reached the final two tables in a $1,050 Mix-Max event. These impressive results have catapulted Romanello to third in the Player of the […]

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WPTWOC Event Winner Round-Up: Steve O’Dwyer Wins Heads-Up Championship

Heads-up poker is considered to be the purest form of the game. Players lock horns one-on-one in a battle for supremacy. Some players thrive under this intense pressure, others falter. Steve O’Dwyer, Stefan Dimitrov, and Malte Kessler certainly did the former in their respective Heads-Up Championship events. WPT Heads-Up Championship: $500K Gtd Final Four Steve […]

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We’re Paying You To Throw Things at Carl Froch!

It is usually inadvisable to throw things at former four-time World Champion boxer Carl Froch but this is exactly what we’re asking you to do in the WPT Micro Turbo Championship event on Sunday 20 September! Carl is playing in the WPT #11 Micro Turbo Championship event on September 20. This one-day event only costs […]

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The Bernard Lee Poker Show (9/15/20): Linda Johnson

On this episode of the Bernard Lee Poker Show, Bernard interviews the First Lady of Poker, Linda Johnson, as she remembers he dear friend and fellow Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton.

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Phil Mighall Takes Down Main Event And Becomes Biggest WPTWOC Event Winner!

Phil Mighall is a World Poker Tour champion. The talented poker pro from Brighton, United Kingdom triumphed in the $10 million guaranteed WPT World Online Championships Main Event and walked away with a career-best score of $1,550,298. Mighall also received a free entry to the next WPT Tournament of Champions, flights to that event, accommodation […]

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Salas and Mighall lead WPT World Online Championships Main Event into Final Day

Just nine players remain, and it is Damian Salas who leads the way from Phil Mighall in the race to win the $1.7 million top prize.

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Damian Salas On Course For WPTWOC Main Event Title

The final table fo the 2020 WPTWOC Main Event Championship has been reached after the 1,011 starters were whittled down to a more manageable nine and it is Argentina’s Damian Salas who leads the finalists back into battle on September 15. WPT Main Event Championship Final Table Chip Counts Place Player Country Chips 1 Damian […]

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There’s Still Time To Experience WPTWOC Glory

The conclusion of the inaugural WPT World Online Championships (WPTWOC) is on the horizon with the 12th and final Championship Event, the gigantic $102,000 buy-in Super High Roller Championship, scheduled for September 23. That may be only slightly over a week away but there are still plenty of opportunities to sample the sweet taste of […]

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Dzmitry Urbanovich Narrowly Misses Out on Becoming a WPTWOC Event Winner

Team partypoker’s Dzmitry Urbanovich narrowly missed out on becoming a WPTWOC event winner when he finished second in the $1 million guaranteed WPT Big Game. Urabnovich fell at the final hurdle yet still managed to pad his bankroll with a massive $146,050 prize. WPT Big Game: $1M Gtd Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize […]

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Artur Martirosian Leads Final 24 of the WPTWOC Main Event

Day 2 of the 2020 WPT World Online Championships Main Event started with 156 players in the hunt for the massive $1,715,667 top prize and only 24 of those hopefuls still have a chance of becoming the latest partypoker millionaire. Artur Martirosian excelled on Day 2 and bagged up a tournament-leading stack of more than […]

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Ludovic Geilich Banks $44.5K and Become a WPTWOC Event Winner

Team partypoker’s Ludovic Geilich became a WPTWOC Event winner on September 13 when he triumphed in the WPT Mix-Max Turbo PKO. Victory in a $2,100 buy-in event is never easy, but wait and see who Geilich had to lock horns with in the tournament. WPT Mix-Max Turbo: $150K Gtd PKO A field of 69 players […]

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Benjamin Rolle Tops Main Event Day 1B Chip Counts

Day 1B of the $10,300 WPT Main Event Championship took place on September 13 and saw another 490 players buy in. This took the total attendance to 1,011, meaning the $10 million guarantee has been surpassed by $110,000. Only 76 of those 490 Day 1B players managed to finish the flight with chips in front […]

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Willyam Eduardo Silva Goes From $0.55 to a $10,300 Main Event Shot

There have been plenty of rags to riches stories during the ongoing WPT World Online Championships thanks to our satellites and WPT ticket giveaways. Daniel Smyth turned a $33 satellite into $428,391 by taking down the $3,200 WPT Knockout Championship. Earlier this week, four of the Mini Main Event finalists received their $1,050 buy-in for […]

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The Bernard Lee Poker Show (9/8/20): Tribute to Mike Sexton

Bernard Lee relives his 2016 interview with Mike Sexton, in tribute to Mike’s recent passing on September 6, 2020. The interview took place just after Mike won his World Poker Tour title in Montreal.

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Renan Bruschi Wins Mini Main Event and is a WPTWOC Event Winner!

Brazil’s Renan Bruschi is the latest WPT World Online Championships champion after he triumphed in the WPTWOC Mini Main Event and walked away with a massive $504,582 prize. WPT 07 Mini Main Event Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize 1 Renan Bruschi Brazil $504,582* 2 Nichita Verbitchii Moldova $339,606* 3 Arturs Balodis Latvia $535,268* […]

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Bartha On Course to Become WPT Mini Main Event Champion

A bumper crowd of 4,600 players started the $5 million guaranteed WPT Mini Main Event and only nine of those hopefuls remain going into the final day’s action. Liviu-Rodrig Bartha is the man to catch going into the nine-handed final table, but victory is far from a forgone conclusion. Team partypoker’s Hristivoje Pavlovic went into […]

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Team Online’s Hristivoje Pavolic Leads Mini Main Event With 51 Remaining!

Only 51 players remain in contention for the WPT Mini Main Event Championship title and it is one of our own who is the man to catch going into the final day’s action on September 8. WPT Mini Main Event Championship Top 10 Chip Counts Place Player Country Chips 1 Hristivoje Pavlovic New Zealand 56,025,473 […]

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Remembering Poker Legend Mike Sexton

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we bring you the news that our chairman, founder, and friend Mike Sexton has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 72-years-old. The word legend is used by the poker community frequently and without much thought, but Mike was and will always be […]

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WPTWOC Event Winner David Peters Banks $256,514

There was plenty of WPT World Online Championships side event action while the $10 million guaranteed Main Event got underway on September 6. David Peters was just one superstar who excelled, doing so in the largest buy-in tournament. Peters was one of 23 entrants in the $25,500 Super High Roller. The compact field meant only […]

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Blaz Zerjav Leads $10M Gtd WPTWOC Main Event After Day 1A

Day 1A of the $10 million guaranteed WPT Main Event Championship is done and dusted and there’s a familiar name at the top of the chip counts. Some 521-players bought into the $10,300 buy-in Main Event on the first of two starting flights and only 80 managed to make it through to Day 2 at […]

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More than 200 WPT World Online Championships Main Event tickets up for grabs

After more than six weeks of action, the highlight of the WPT® World Online Championships is on the horizon, with satellites for the WPT World Online Championships Main Event now in action. The Main Event will pay out a minimum guarantee of $10,000,000. The buy-in is $10,300, and Day 1A will take place on Sunday, […]

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It’s Not Too Late to Climb the WPTWOC Leaderboards

We’re into Week 8 of the massive WPT World Online Championships and the race to be crowned Player of the Series and the series’ Rising Star is growing more exciting by the day. Both leaderboards are starting to look a little like they will do when the WPTWOC concludes, but there’s still plenty of time […]

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Patrick Leonard is a WPTWOC Event Winner!

Team partypoker’s Patrick Leonard padded his bankroll with more than $12,000 and became a WPTWOC event winner in the process. Leonard was one of 306 entrants in the $215 buy-in WPT 8-Max: $50K Gtd. Only 40 places were paid, so spare a little thought for Mortan Holm Schwartson of the Faroe Islands who busted in […]

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Luiz Constantino Takes Down Micro Main Event and Become a WPTWOC Event Winner

Brazil has a World Poker Tour champion after Luiz Constantino triumphed in the WPT Micro Main Event Championship event and boosted his bankroll by $148,985, all for a $109 buy-in! WPT #07 Micro Main Event Championship Final Table Results Place Player Prize 1 Luiz Constantino Brazil $148,985 2 Kim Heidermann Denmark $104,299 3 Yin Zhang […]

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Only 56 Players Remain in the Micro Main Event; Andrade Leads

Day 2 of the $1 million guaranteed WPT Micro Main Event started with 1,365-players in the hunt for the title of champion but only 56 of those hopefuls managed to navigate their way through to the third and final day. $148,985 awaits the eventual champion and there’s a very good chance the winner will hail […]

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Elio Fox Becomes WPTWOC Event Winner By Taking Down The Big Game

Elio Fox has won almost everything there is to win from poker and he’s now added the WPT Big Game: $1M Gtd title to his already impressive poker CV. Fox was the last man standing in the recent $5,200 buy-in WPT Big Game and saw his bankroll swell by $200,650. This event is always packed […]

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Felipe Theodoro Da Costa Tops Micro Main Day 1B, Leads Overall

Brazil’s Felipe Theodoro Da Costa put on an excellent performance on Day 1B of the Micro Main Event, one that saw him not only finish as the flight’s chip leader but he now also leads the charge overall. Da Costa ended Day 1B with 6,985,879 chips in his arsenal, two million more than his nearest […]

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Sergey Ponkratyev Leads the Micro Main Event After Day 1A

The WPT Micro Main Event Championship got off to a flying start on August 29 and it was Russia’s Sergey Ponkratyev who was the star who shone the brightest. A bumper crowd of 4,097-players took to the partypoker tables in the first of two starting flights; the second shuffles up and deals at 20:00 CEST […]

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Liliane Figueiredo Turns Freeroll Ticket Into $13,153 Live on Twitch

Liliane Figueiredo may be taking the first steps of her poker career but she’s already enjoyed a five-figure prize, a prize she secured from a WPT Second Chance Freeroll ticket. The Brazilian won a cool $13,153 by finishing third in the $109 6-Max Mini Warm Up event earlier this month, her first shot in a […]

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An Incredible 100x $1,050 Mini Main Seats GTD in Our Monster Sat

Do you remember how Daniel Smyth turned a $33 satellite ticket into a near $430,000 score and a World Poker Tour title last week? You have the opportunity to do something similar this weekend because we’ve created one of our biggest and value-rich satellites ever. Look in the partypoker tournament lobby and you’ll discover the […]

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O’Driscoll Uses Luck of the Irish to Become a WPTWOC Event Winner

Ireland’s Conor O’Driscoll emerged victoriously from the $320 buy-in WPT #06 Mix-Max Mini Championship and saw his bankroll swell by $121,980. O’Driscoll reached the seven-handed final table and found himself surrounded by some of poker’s top talent. Everyone at the final table was guaranteed a $14,370 payout, the sum Aneta Stichova scooped when their tournament […]

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Sosia Jiang Wins Big Game to Become a WPTWOC Event Winner

New Zealand’s Sosia Jiang put in an exceptional performance in the $5,200 WPT Big Game, one that saw her become the tournament’s champion and secure a massive $206,110 first-place prize. WPT Big Game Final Table Results Place Player Country Chips 1 Sosia Jiang New Zealand $206,110 2 Philipp Hofbauer Austria $150,024 3 Patrick Leonard United […]

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Oleg Vasylchenko Leads Mix-Max Championship Final Table

The sixth Championship Event of the 2020 WPT World Online Championships has reached its final table and only seven players remain in contention for the $488,508 top prize and a place in the exclusive Champions Club. Some 989 players took to the felt over the course of two starting flights and 144 of those made […]

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The satellite seat guarantees partypoker are putting up are incredible: WPTWOC Event Winner Daniel Smyth

Almost every poker player dreams of turning a small investment into a massive payout. It’s this reason that satellite tournaments are so popular. Ireland’s Daniel Smyth proved this particular poker dream is still alive by turning a $33 satellite entry into almost $430,000 and a World Poker Tour title. Daniel came out on top of […]

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WPTWOC Event Winner Isaac Haxton Does It Again!

Team partypoker’s Isaac Haxton won a $25,500 Super High Roller last week and the superstar got his hands on the latest $25,500 event we ran on August 23. if this trend continues, we may have to rename the event the Isaac Haxton Championship! WPT Super High Roller Results Twenty-one players bought into this tournament, exactly […]

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Plenty Left To Play For in the WPTWOC Leaderboards

The WPT World Online Championships leaderboards have reached the halfway mark, and there are still plenty of opportunities for players to win huge cash prizes as a reward for tournament successes, with $100,000 in prizes there for the taking. With almost a month’s action left to come in the series, players still have plenty of […]

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WPTWOC Event Winner Round-Up: Koloszar Bags $108K

Plenty of other partypoker players were on their way to becoming a WPT World Online Championship winner while Daniel Smyth was busy turning $33 into almost $430,000. The Mini and Micro editions of the Knockout Championship concluded, as did a High Roller and a pair of WPT 8-Max Knockout events. WPT #05 Knockout Mini Championship […]

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WPTWOC Event Winner Daniel Smyth Turns $33 Into $428,391

Ireland’s Daniel Smyth proved the poker dream is still well and truly alive by turning a mere $33 investment into a colossal $428,391 and the well-deserved title of WPT Champion. Smyth bought into a WPT satellite for $33 and turned that into a $320 ticket. The Irishman then parleyed that $320 into a $3,200 WPT […]

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Dominik Nitsche Wins WPT Big Game and Becomes a WPTWOC Event Winner

Dominik Nitsche is the latest high profile poker player to get his hands on a WPTWOC title after he took down the $1 million guaranteed WPT Big Game. Nitsche has won almost everything the game has to offer. The UK-based German has four World Series of Poker bracelets and he now has a WPT Big […]

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From a Free Ticket to a Shot at $208K and WPT Glory

Poker can be a funny old game. One minute you’re grinding away in a $22 buy-in tournament. The next you’re rubbing shoulders with tournament poker’s elite and in with a shot of winning more than $208,000. This is exactly what has happened to Brazil’s Joao Batista. None of us are likely to forget the year […]

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WPTWOC Event Winner Round-Up: Bicknell Wins Again!

Team partypoker’s Kristen Bicknell triumphed in the 7-Max High Roller last week for $79,275. On August 16, Bicknell was again triumphant after taking down the $1,050 WPT Knockout Turbo, a result that netted the popular Canadian $33,210. WPT Knockout Turbo: $150K Gtd Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize Bounties 1 Kristen Bicknell Canada $13,835 […]

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WPT® World Championship Online extended to give more chances to qualify

After listening to player feedback, there will be even more chances for players to qualify and win hefty prizes from the WPT® World Championship Online, the highlight of the WPT World Online Championships, as the Mini and Main editions of the tournament will be extended. The WPT World Championship Online Main Event offers a guarantee […]

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Everything You Need To Know About WPTWOC PKO Week

The WPT World Online Championships continues marching on. You’ve enjoyed PLO8 and PLO weeks, 8-Max and 6-Max, now its time for a week of Progressive Knockout (PKO) events to take centre stage. This week’s trio of Championship Events is waiting for you to register for them. Like in previous week, these come with buy-ins of […]

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Kristen Bicknell is a WPTWOC Event Winner; Takes Down 7-Max High Roller

Team partypoker’s Kristen Bicknell helped herself to a midweek $79,275 bankroll boost by outshining a bunch of the game’s stars in the WPT 7-Max High Roller event. Forty-two players exchanged $5,200 for 100,000 chips and what a starting 42 it was. The likes of Dan Smith, Stephen Chidwick, Pascal Lefrancois, Jake Schindler, and Daniel Dvoress […]

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WPTWOC Event Winner Nick Petrangelo Puts on Poker Masterclass

Nick Petrangelo won the $3 million guaranteed WPT #04 6-Max Championship event and did so in style. Petrangelo put on a performance of a lifetime at the final table and nobody deserved the $494,550 top prize more than him. Tony Dunst, who was commentating with Jamie Kerstetter and Matt Savage on our Twitch stream, described […]

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Danchev, Uhlen, and Paris Win WPT Big Game Titles to Become a WPTWOC Event Winner

A trio of the game’s top professional players walked away with WPT Big Game titles on August 10. Dimitar Danchev (lead image), Espen Uhlen, and Bryan Paris all secured big payouts in these huge events WPT Big Game Mini Final Table Results Bulgaria’s Dimitar Danchev triumphed in the WPT Big Game Mini, a $530 buy-in […]

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WPTWOC Event Winner Pascal Lefrancois Takes Down Super High Roller

Pascal Lefrancois enjoyed a super Sunday courtesy of taking down the $25,500 buy-in WPT Super High Roller. $750,000 was the sum guaranteed to be won in this event, but 31 entries meant $775,000 was dished out among the top five finishers. WPT Super High Roller: $750K Gtd Place Player Country Prize 1 Pascal Lefrancois Canada […]

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Christos Xanthopoulos Leads WPTWOC 6-Max Championship After Day 1A

The first of two starting flights in the $3,200 buy-in WPT #04 6-Max Championship is done and dusted after the 434 starters were whittled down to a more manageable 73 after 18 levels of intense short-handed action. A whole host of the game’s elite players bought in hoping to become a WPT champion and bag […]

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There Are Even More Ways to Win a WPTWOC Seat

Have you been reading our daily WPT World Online Championship updates and following all the action on Twitch, Twitter, and Facebook and wished it were you who we were chatting about? It could be you whose name is plastered all over our channels because there are now even more ways to win your way into […]

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Simon Deadman is a WPTWOC Event Winner! James Rann Scoops Title

British professional poker players Simon Deadman and James Rann both warmed up for this weekend’s WPT 6-Max Championship in some style by taking down a WPT Knockout side event on August 6. WPT Knockout: $100K Gtd [1-Day Event] Deadman was one of 271 entrants in the $530 buy-in WPT Knockout, a one-day tournament with $100,000 […]

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Gavin Cochrane Takes Down WPTWOC 8-Max Championship

Gavin Cochrane is the newest member of the WPT Champions Club after he took down the WPT #03 8-Max Championship Event. Cochrane secured a gargantuan $540,664 first-place prize, a $15,000 entry to the Tournament of Champions including flights and accommodation, and a place in poker’s history books. WPT #03 8-Max Championship Final Table Results Place […]

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Ali Imsirovic Off to a Flying Start in the WPTWOC 8-Max Championship

The $3 million guaranteed WPT 8-Max Championship kicked off on August 1 and saw 465 players exchange $3,200 for the chance to become a member of the exclusive WPT Champions Club. Only 64 of those starters punched their ticket to Day 2 and nobody bagged up more chips than Ali Imsirovic. Imsirovic is a phenomenal […]

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Timo Kamphues Bulldozes His Way to WPTWOC Shooting Stars Victory

Timo Kamphues will wake up $90,498 richer this morning after he triumphed in the WPT Shooting Stars for Charity event on July 30. Kamphues ran hot and played great, which is a deadly combination for a poker player, to become the latest WPT World Online Championships winner. The final day started with 45 players in […]

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Tomi Brouk Shines Brightest on Day 1 of the WPT Shooting Stars

One of the most eagerly anticipated events on the WPT World Online Championships schedule, the WPT Shooting Stars for Charity, kicked off on July 29. The 483-strong field was an eclectic mix of top poker players and renowned celebrities from all over the world. Each paid $1,100 to participate with $100 from each buy-in being […]

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WPT World Online Championships offer $150,000 in extra value through Mike Sexton Champions Cup events

WPT Tournament of Champions seats worth $15,000 to be won as well as other prizes Following two weeks of PLO tournaments, the first major NLH events within the WPT World Online Championships schedule begin this week, with an extra $150,000 in value being given to players, as the first of five Mike Sexton WPT Champions […]

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Alex Manzano Crowned WPTWOC Pot-Limit Omaha Champion

Chile’s Alex Manzano is the latest partypoker player to become a World Poker Tour champion after he took down the WPT #02 Omaha Championship: $1M Gtd event. Manzano collected $176,131 for his impressive victory, which took place under the watchful eye of the excellent, ground-breaking stream on our Twitch channel. Here’s how the final table […]

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Massive Scores In The WPTWOC 7-Max Weekender Events

partypoker players were treated to a different tournament format in the latest round of WPT World Online Championship events with us running the WPT 7-Max Weekender. Most tournaments play out six or eight-max, so seven-max added a twist to proceedings. The tournaments were well-received and a massive $1.6 million was paid out across the three […]

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Famous names continue to sign up for Shooting Stars for Charity

Recognisable faces from the worlds of poker and beyond continue to get involved in Shooting Stars for Charity, with a list of new players confirmed to take part. Shooting Stars for Charity is part of the schedule for the inaugural WPT World Online Championships, and will be held across two days, from Wednesday, July 29, […]

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Gryko, Lehner, and Dos Santos Bag WPTWOC Omaha Opener Titles

The $100 million guaranteed WPT World Online Championships is in the process of switching over from PLO8 to Pot-Limit Omaha. The WPT #02 Omaha Championship Event kicks off on July 25 and players from around the world prepared for it with the trio of Omaha Openers on July 23. WPT Omaha Opener: $75K Gtd Freezeout […]

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Paul Tedeschi Wins PLO8 Championship Event at the WPTWOC

The first of 12 champions in the WPT World Online Championship (WPTWOC) has been crowned and that worthy winner is none other than Paul Tedeschi. Tedeschi is better-known for his No-Limit Hold’em prowess, the game where the bulk of his $2,780,070 in live tournament winnings stems from. It was Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low where Tedeschi excelled […]

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partypoker to bring new standard of online tournament streaming for WPT® World Online Championships

All championship events’ final tables to be streamed live The inaugural WPT® World Online Championships will present a new level of online tournament streaming to fans, with events being shown live on partypokerTV – partypoker’s Twitch channel – partypoker.com, YouTube and Facebook. The WPT World Online Championships will be hosted on partypoker from Friday, July […]

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Huge Value In the WPTWOC Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Events

The $100 million guaranteed WPT World Online Championships are underway with the first Championship Events of the series completing their opening flights. There’s some massive value in the $3,200, $320, and $33 buy-in tournaments which see their Day 1B shuffle up and deal at 19:00 CET on July 19. Find out why below. WPT #01 […]

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Feast Your Eyes On These Awesome WPTWOC Side Events

You’ve already been salivating over the WPT World Online Championships Championship Event schedule and now its time to feast your eyes on the first week’s side events. The next eight weeks are going to be awesome for poker tournament specialists as we guarantee at least $100 million will be won by the time the WPT […]

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Kristen Bicknell Talks Online vs. Live Poker and the WPT World Online Championships

Kristen Bicknell joins us for a short interview to discuss online vs. live poker play, the upcoming World Poker Tour World Online Championships, and her feelings about being a poker ambassador in general and for partypoker specifically.

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The $100M Gtd WPTWOC: A Poker Festival How It Should Be

The wait for the WPT World Online Championships is almost over with the first of 12 massive Championship Events shuffling up and dealing on July 18. partypoker players will have won at least $100 million between them by the time the curtain comes down on the festival on September 17. While the $100 million worth […]

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WPT World Online Championships Satellites Launched

The launch of the inaugural WPT World Online Championships is just weeks away, and partypoker is giving away $500,000 in tickets through its daily MTT schedule and satellite program. The WPT World Online Championships will run from Friday, July 17, 2020, to Tuesday, September 8, 2020, offering a guaranteed $100,000,000. With the WPT World Online Championships […]

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The Bernard Lee Poker Show (6/16/20): Jamie Kerstetter – Part 2

Bernard Lee interviews World Series of Poker Main Event commentator Jamie Kerstetter. She speaks about what it was like to commentate alongside Lon McEachern and Norman Chad, as well as what it was like to win the 2019 Global Poker Award for Twitter Personality of the Year.

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WPT announce World Championship schedule, King’s Casino restart tournaments and BSOP heads online

More online action is coming to partypoker via the World Poker tour and King’s Casino throw open their doors. […]

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$100M WPT World Online Championship Heads to partypoker

Hold onto your hats because we’ve got some exciting news for you. partypoker and the World Poker Tour (WPT) are joining forces again to bring you the WPT World Online Championship and the schedule is nothing short of incredible. The inaugural WPT Online Series was a roaring success thanks to your support. Almost $53 million […]

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The Bernard Lee Poker Show (6/16/20): Jamie Kerstetter – Part 1

Bernard Lee interviews World Series of Poker Main Event commentator Jamie Kerstetter. She speaks about how she got into poker after having studied for a Law degree. She also talks about her day-to-day life prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as her preference or playing online poker tournaments.

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The Bernard Lee Poker Show (6/2/20): Lynn Gilmartin – Part 2

Part 2 of Bernard Lee’s interview with longtime World Poker Tour anchor Lynn Gilmartin, who reflects on bringing the WPT to Australia for the first time as well as raising $100,000 AUD for wildlife during the Australian bushfires.

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Inaugural WPT Online Series Pays Out Almost $53 Million

Saying the WPT Online Series was a roaring success is one of the understatements of the year. The inaugural festival drew in poker players from around the world, each aiming to become a World Poker Tour champion. A total of 94-events took place across 29 days of intense poker action. Those tournaments attracted 111,183 entries […]

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Jareth East Wins WPTDeepStacks For a Massive $557K

Jareth East secured the largest score of his career so far when he became the WPT Online Series WPTDeepStacks champion on May 28. It took three days of intense poker action to reduce the 3,554-strong field to the last man standing and that man was British star East. WPT #40 – WPTDeepStacks: $3M Gtd Eighteen […]

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WPT Online Series: Maksim Bukreev Leads WPTDeepStacks Final 18

The focus of the WPT Online Series has been on the massive WPTDeepStacks for the past couple days with attempts made to reach the final table. A bumper crowd of 3,554 players have been whittled to a more manageable 18 and it’s Russia’s Maksim Bukreev who is the chip leader right now. Bukreev returns to […]

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The Bernard Lee Poker Show (5/26/20): Lynn Gilmartin – Part 1

Bernard Lee interviews longtime World Poker Tour anchor Lynn Gilmartin, who reflects on what it was like being inducted into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame.

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WPT Online Championship Victory Is Jeppsson’s Career Highlight

Christian Jeppsson has won dozens and dozens of online poker tournaments during his long and illustrious career. Better-known as “eisenhower1”, his famous online moniker, Jeppsson has terrorised the game’s elite for more than a decade. Last week, Jeppsson walked away with a massive $923,785 prize and the title of WPT Online Championship champion. Winning close […]

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WPT Online Series: Jason Mericer Wins PLO High Roller Event

Several huge events crowned their champions in the WPT Online Series on May 22 with a legitimate superstar of poker taking down the $10,300 PLO High Roller event for $279,265. Let’s check out all the latest from this incredible online poke tournament festival. WPT #46 – PLO High Roller: $1M Gtd [2-Day Event] Some 101 […]

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Christian Jeppsson Wins WPT Online Championship

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States and is a legendary figure. Eisenhower is also the alias Christian Jeppsson is known as in online poker circles. Jeppsson took another step forward to legend status on May 20 when he was crowned the WPT Online Championship champion, an accolade that came with […]

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The Bernard Lee Poker Show (5/19/20): Lexy Gavin

The Bernard Lee Poker Show interviews poker pro and coach Lexy Gavin, who describes her experiences during the 2020 Shooting Star Bay 101 Main Event, which ended in a 10-way chop with Gavin finishing in 10th place.

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Christian Jeppsson Leads WPT Online Championship Final Table

The $5 million guaranteed WPT Online Championship has reached its eight-handed final table and what a final table it’s turned out to be. On May 20, those eight players return to the partypoker virtual felt and compete for a gargantuan top prize worth $1,048,087. WPT Online Championship Final Table Place Player Country Chips 1 Christian […]

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WPT Online Series: Sam Greenwood Leads $5M Gtd Championship

There are few poker titles that Sam Greenwood hasn’t managed to get hold of yet in his glistening career. He’s triumphed in major tournaments around the world, including partypoker LIVE events. Now he’s on course to add the WPT Online Championship to his already ridiculous poker resume. Only 34 opponents stand between Greenwood and the […]

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WPT Online Series: Leo Fernandez Tops Championship Day 1B

Argentina’s Leo Fernandez won the WPT Online Series Opening Event at the start of the festival and last night topped the Day 1B chip counts in the $5 million guaranteed WPT Online Championship. The tournament has attracted 1,590 players across two of its four flights, and $4,770,000 of the $5 million guarantee has been collected. […]

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WPT Online Series: Elio Fox Takes Down Super High Roller

Elio Fox has $565,500 reasons to be happy this morning thanks to him coming out on top of a star-studded field in the huge $25,500 Super High Roller event. It’s the Canada-based New Yorker’s largest-ever online cash! WPT #32 – Super High Roller: $2M Gtd There were 87 entries in the $25,500 Super High Roller, […]

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WPT Online Series: Malinowski Wins Latest High Roller

It was business as usual for the WPT Online Series on May 14 with massive prizes awarded to some of the game’s elite players. Poland’s Wiktor Malinowski got his hands on the biggest prize of the day, let’s check out what he won and how. WPT #29 – High Roller: $1M Gtd A field of […]

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WPT Online Series: High Roller Sees Hungarian One-Two

The WPT Online Series continued at partypoker on May 13 and saw another handful of champions crowned. It also saw dozens of partypoker players pad their bankrolls with impressive scores, including a brace of Hungarian pros in the $5,200 buy-in High Roller. WPT #27 – High Roller: $1M Gtd [2-Day Event] Some 202 players parted […]

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WPT Online Series: Fabio Sperling Wins WPT500!

What an incredible day May 12 was for the WPT Online Series. The WPT500 crowned its champion, as did the PLO High Roller and a handful of other tournaments. Fabio Sperling won the WPT500 after a four-handed deal that saw more than $900,000 distributed! Let’s take a closer look at how things went down. WPT […]

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WPT Online Series Round-Up: Treccarich Leads WPT500 Final 9

The 2020 WPT Online Series is preparing to payout its biggest prize yet thanks to the WPT500 the final nine players. A massive $371,321 stands to be won, but who will get their hands on this life-changing prize? WPT #03 – WPT500: $2M Gtd The massive 4,828-strong field in the WPT500 has been reduced to […]

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WPT Online Series: Niklas Astedt Wins Weekender for $175K

There was plenty of action in the WPT Online Series over the weekend with some massive prizes won. The $5 million guaranteed WPT Online Series Championship also kicked off with the first of four starting flights. WPT #15 – Weekender Final Day: $500K Gtd The $1,050 Weekender’s final day took place on May 10 and […]

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Charlie Carrel Wins the WPT Online Series Super High Roller

Charlie Carrel is one of the world’s best poker tournament players and he really shone in the 14th event of the WPT Online Series, the $25,500 buy-in Super High Roller. WPT #14 – Super High Roller: $2M Gtd A cool $2 million was guaranteed but a 98-strong field create a guarantee-busting $2,450,000 prize pool. This […]

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WPT Online Series: Leo Fernandez Wins WPT Opener

The WPT Online Series crowned its first champions on May 4 as the Opener, Mini Opener and Knockout concluded. That quartet of winners walked away with almost $750,000 between them! WPT #01 – Opener: $2M Gtd Argentina’s Leo Fernandez got his hands on the massive $409,638 first-place prize in the $2 million guaranteed Opener. The […]

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Get Ready For The Inuagural $35M Gtd WPT Online Series

The World Poker Tour (WPT) and partypoker have come together to create the inaugural WPT Online Series. Keep your diaries free between May 3-20 because you really don’t want to miss this festival. A staggering $35 million in combined guarantees are waiting for you. This includes $5 million guaranteed for the first-ever WPT Online Championship. […]

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Balakrishna Patur leads LAPC Final as De Silva, Carrol and Cimbolas all make last six

The WPT L.A. Poker Classic Reaches the final table stage as just six remain with three big former champions chasing the leader.

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Christopher Puetz Takes Down WPT Germany Main Event

Germany’s Christopher Puetz is the newest member of the Champions Club having won the WPT Germany Main Event. Puetz previously had two live poker tournament cashes to his name, both from King’s Resort. He cashed in both the €1,700 WSOPC Rozvadov Main Events in March and October 2019 for a combined €11,111. Now he has […]

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Vymeris and Zanasi Win Big at WPT Germany

King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic is as busy as ever as the WPT Germany festival is in town. The eyes of the poker world are fixated on the WPT Germany Main Event right now, but they were focussed on the Opener and High Roller events. The Opener kicked off the WPT Germany festival in […]

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Flexible player Passports added for selected WPT® Main Events

$1K added value if Passport used for debut event, WPT Barcelona Following the introduction of player Passports for partypoker LIVE MILLIONS events, partypoker LIVE is pleased to roll out a similar product for selected World Poker Tour® festivals. Like the MILLIONS Passport, the WPT® Passport is a flexible satellite package that allows the holder to […]

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Over €2.5M GTD during partypoker LIVE-sponsored WPT Germany

Vince Van Patten to attend and he is hungry for a prop bet! The World Poker Tour® (WPT®) heads to King’s Casino in Rozvadov this February for the second major event of the year in the tour’s Season XVIII calendar. Taking place from February 9-23th, WPT Germany will bring €2,500,000 in guaranteed prize pools spread […]

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Poker Central launch ‘Friday Night Poker’ on Facebook Watch

Poker Central partner with Stadium to launch a brand new show allowing poker fans to connect with users of Facebook Watch. It wasn’t that long ago that I had to wait a week to watch an episode of the World Poker Tour (WPT), and even then it was on at an obscure time. Crikey, I […]

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partypoker LIVE and WPT Unveil Amazing WPT Montreal Schedule

Only one day after announcing our four-year partnership with the World Poker Tour, partypoker LIVE and World Poker Tour are delighted to unveil the first of its kind WPT festival taking place in late October at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Canada. Season XVII WPT Montreal Festival Schedule Event Dates Buy-in (CAD) Guarantee (CAD) […]

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partypoker LIVE and World Poker Tour join forces in Canada and Europe

A four-year partnership has been signed by partypoker LIVE and the World Poker Tour giving poker players more choice of where to play. Up to seven events, each with guaranteed prize pools of up to €3 million, have been pencilled in to take place across Europe and Canada. The first scheduled event takes place in […]

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The WPT announce Japan and Korea events, including a new team concept

The World Poker Tour announces additional tour stops in Japan and South Korea in the wake of owners Ourgame International admitting six of their staff were involved in the recent illegal poker scandal in China.  One of the toughest experiences a young boy can face is watching his old man get a beating. There was […]

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