January 20, 2015
Poker pro Noah Schwartz has augmented the $539,550 he won a month ago for a fourth spot in the World Poker Tour Alpha8 (see previous report) with a $585,000 victory in the Florida edition of the tour. Florida proved to be a disappointment in terms of the size of the entry field, with only six […]
December 21, 2014
Top poker pro Andrew Lichtenberger showed once again what a consummate poker ace he is at the Bellagio over the weekend, claiming the main prize of $2,104,245 after taking down the World Poker Tour Alpha8 Las Vegas. His victory over Tom Marchese in a hard-fought heads up was the highlight of an endurance test of […]
July 20, 2014
The organisers of the World Poker Tour have confirmed that the first two stops on Season 2 of the WPT Alpha8 series will be London and Las Vegas. The Palm Beach Casino in London will be the host for the second time for the event, which carries a GBP 60,000 buy-in and will run from […]
February 16, 2014
The fourth $100,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Alpha 8 High Roller was held in Johannesburg, South Africa this week and, despite the long travelling times, attracted some of the top international players in the industry. Among those who ponied up the massive buy-in was Phil Ivey, Daniel “jungleman” Cates, Dan Harrington, Antonio Esfandiari, Jason Mercier, […]