Author: Paul Oresteen

Linda Johnson Inaugural WPT Honors Award Recipient

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The World Poker Tour took time during the LAPC Main Event at a private dinner reception to honor Linda Johnson with the inaugural WPT Honors Award for her lifetime of work in the poker and her contributions to the WPT. Johnson, known as the “The First Lady of Poker”, was

Moonlight Wins Best Picture After La La Land Called by Mistake

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Disregarding the biggest on-stage gaffe in one of the biggest moments, La La Land was the big winner at the 2017 Academy Awards winning six Academy Awards and host Jimmy Kimmel providing levity between segments. Moonlight won Best Picture butt Warren Beatty was mistakenly handed the wrong envelope and announced

Darren Elias Ties Record with Third World Poker Tour Title

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The World Poker Tour enjoyed a historic run north of the border in Canada with back-to-back events in Playground Poker Club and the Fallsview Poker Classic. First, Ema Zajmovic was the first open-field female champion in the tour’s history and Darren Elias won his third WPT title for CAD$449,484 ($335,436).

La La Land Leads 2017 Academy Award Nominations

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Oscar night is biggest night in Hollywood on Sunday with the 89th Academy AwardsOscars at 7 pm ET on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel hosts that gala event for the first time after proving a hit with audiences hosting the Emmy awards in 2016. Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Lin-Manuel Miranda and

Poker Central and ARIA Win 2016 APA Event of the Year with SHRB

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The 3rd annual American Poker Awards took place at the Sofitel Beverly Hills hosted by GPI and PokerStars. Kara Scott hosted the ceremonies, which handed out 17 awards and Poker Central and ARIA won the 2016 Event of the Year with the Super High Roller Bowl. Sean McCormack, Aria’s

Ema Zajmovic: Grateful and Prepared in WPT Spotlight

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Ema Zajmovic made World Poker Tour history at the Playground Poker Club becoming the first female champion in an open event. The numbers are staggering – there were 265 open-field WPT Main Tour main events, a total of 117,683 entrants in those events and $832,285,025 in prize money awarded before

Phil Hellmuth Bests Mike Matusow in LAPC Omaha HiLo Event

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The LAPC at the Commerce is one of the longest events in poker and Phil Hellmuth booked ten days of action at the Commerce for a “WSOP training camp.” The series offers the players mixed games and the $1,100 Omaha HiLo event came down to a classic heads-up match between

Behind the Mind-Melting Numbers of the 2017 SHRB Field

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The 2017 Super High Roller Bowl has 55 of the 56 seats filled for the $300,000 buy-in event May 28th at the ARIA in Las Vegas. The first 35 seats were drawn in a live lottery and 20 more seats were filled by the ARIA after high demand and raising

Mike Leah: Driven and Focused on Defending Fallsview Title

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Mike Leah trimmed his poker schedule to major events and ones that hold meaning for him – especially tournaments in Canada. Leah found a formula for winning the $1,100 Fallsview Casino tournament for the third time in four years for $244,244 CAD.  The event runs leading up to the

ONE DROP Online Auction in Advance of One Night for ONE DROP

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The ONE DROP Foundation which gave poker the first $1 million charity driven poker tournament, The Big One for ONE DROP and in alternating years the $111,111 High Roller, has an exclusive online luxury auction to benefit One Night for One Drop. Bidding now open! ??The #onenightforonedrop