The 2009 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker is set to begin in just a few days and as it is one of the more popular stops on the WPT, players are already anticipating the event. this year the event will take place in a new addition that was recently completed at the Bicycle Casino.
It looked as though Chris Moneymaker was a shoe-in to win the 2009 World Poker Open in Tunica, Mississippi on Tuesday as he had a huge chip lead but it was not to be. Moneymaker would lose his massive chip lead and go down in third while Jeremy Gaubert would go home with the win.
Antoine Saout is one of the great poker players that made the November Nine in this year’s World Series of Poker. Saout was able to outlast most of the competition to make the final table and by doing so he secured himself a nice pay day come November. Saout earned his Main Event seat via Everest Poker so it was only natural for the online poker room to sign the pro to their poker team.
Don Topel had to face one more poker ace and win to earn $1 million on NBC’s new primetime poker show Face The Ace this past Saturday night. Topel had already won in heads up matches against Erick Lindgren and Howard Lederer, both professional poker players and it looked as though Topel had a chance. But after discovering he was to face Gavin Smith it would all be downhill for Topel and he would walk away empty handed.
Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series XIII kicked off yesterday with event #1 and the first tournament saw a good number of player’s turnout to compete. The FTOPS XIII will have twenty five events over a twelve day period and players will be competing for their share of more than $16 million in prize money.
PokerStars new series the Americas Cup of Poker is in full swing and several teams have pulled ahead in the standings. Over 35,000 players have entered the Americas Cup of Poker to play on a team from regions in North and South America. At the end of the competition the top two teams in each group competing will be moving on to the live final in Argentina.
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