Carlos Mortensen
Gregory Brooks Shocks WPT LA Poker Classic Final Table
Saturday, 5 March, 2011Going into the final table of the World Poker Tour’s LA Poker Classic event, all eyes were on Carlos Mortensen and Vivek Rajkumar – two players already in possession of WPT titles – but it was first time WPT entrant Gregory Brooks who eventually took down the $1.6 million first prize.
EPT Barcelona Underway
Thursday, 25 November, 2010The PokerStars European Poker Tour event in Barcelona is well underway, with both Day 1 flights completed. The Casino de Barcelona hosted an impressive 758 participants, with 495 alone turning up to Day 1B – that’s 67 more than the entire field for last year’s EPT Barcelona!
EPT London Breaks Records
Friday, 1 October, 2010The Hilton Metropole Hotel in London is the venue for the largest live poker tournament ever held on British soil, as 509 players bought into the second Day 1 flight of the European Poker Tour London Main Event, in addition to the 339 who stumped up the £5,000 + £250 buy in on Day 1A, creating a total field of 848.
Scott Shelley Wins WSOPE Event #3
Wednesday, 22 September, 2010Event number three at the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe is in the books and the title has gone to unknown British player Scott Shelley.
Eighth World Poker Tour Championship Underway
Wednesday, 21 April, 2010Sunday April 18th saw the commencement of the eighth World Poker Tour Championship Event at the Bellagio hotel and casino complex, Las Vegas. The $25,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, won in previous years by the likes of Alan Goehring, Carlos Mortensen and Yevgeniy Timoshenko, marks the pinnacle of the WPT calendar and was designed as an alternative to the World Series of Poker, the unofficial “World Championships” of poker.
Carlos Mortensen Takes WPT Hollywood Poker Open
Thursday, 25 March, 2010The World Poker Tour last week held its first tournament in the Midwest region of the United States, the Hollywood Poker Open in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Although the $9,600 + $400 buyin event only drew 143 entrants, there were still some quality players in the field, including Eric Froehlich, Josh Arieh and Carlos Mortensen.
WPT LA Poker Classic Arrives at Final Table
Thursday, 4 March, 2010Day five of the WPT LA Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino has drawn to a close and the final table is in place for Thurday’s exciting climax.
WPT LA Poker Classic Update
Wednesday, 3 March, 2010The LA Poker Classic, a $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament which is televised by the World Poker Tour, got underway on Friday in California’s Commerce Casino. The prestigious event has attracted 745 participants, including some of poker’s biggest stars, all bidding for a share of a $7,152,000 prize fund.
