Author: Paul Oresteen

Jet Set Life: Monte Carlo Day Trip Getaways

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The PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo replaces the EPT Grand Final as the exclamation point on the tour’s schedule with luxurious digs, high roller action and seven-figure payouts in one of the world’s most exclusive casino destinations – the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort. Should the jet-set life of

Black Friday: Where Poker Stands Six Years Later

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Six years passed since everyone in the poker world got “the sky is falling” call or text from someone about the Feds shutting down major poker sites. The events and fallout of Black Friday crippled the poker economy, ruined thousands of lives and changed the course of poker on a

Loni Harwood’s High Roller Score Seeds BIG Summer Plans

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For some reason Loni Harwood sneaks up on people in big spots. She’s mostly silent at the tables, sprinkles in a few courteous smiles between pots but Harwood’s results are hardly quiet statements; as she said, she likes to “dream BIG.” Harwood announced her presence to the poker world

PokerStars and the World Poker Tour Create MonteDam Swing

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Both the World Poker Tour and PokerStars Championship have upcoming highlight events in Europe and crossed company lines to create the PokerStars Championship WPT Montedam Swing. The PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo runs April 25-May 5 and WPT Amsterdam picks up May 5-13 and players have four events to qualify for

Erik Seidel: Chasing Negreanu and the Biggest Action

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Erik Seidel is an anomaly – in the high stakes game where ego, bravado and recklessness can be the difference in seven-figure swings, Seidel brings none of it to the table. He’s revered as a legend of the old guard, a master among the high roller circuit and Seidel seems

Daniel Weinman Wins Season XV WPT Tournament of Champions

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The final table of the Season XV World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions kicked off Sunday afternoon the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with six finalists. After seven hours of play Daniel Weinman took down the event for $381,500, a 2018 Audi S5 Coupe, a Hublot watch and automatic

Weinman, Mizrachi & Seidel Headline TOC Final Table

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Day 2 of the World Poker Tour $15,000 Tournament of Champions at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino returned 30 players to action, all eyeing the top nine spots that cashed. It took ten hours of play to trim the field to a TV final table of six players

Weinman Tees Off on WPT Tournament of Champions

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Daniel Weinman doesn’t have a lot of firsts anymore when it comes to gambling. He’s a feared poker player, close to a scratch golfer and Mixed Game specialist and playing in his first World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions after shipping the largest score of his career in January for

Tournament of Champions Draws 66, Michael Mizrachi Leads

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The World Poker Tour kicked off their second $15,000 Tournament of Champions at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Friday. Only players in the WPT Champions Club are eligible for the event, 66 former champions entered the event with Michael Mizrachi leading the 30 survivors to Day 2.