Category: Rhode Island

Connecticut

Liu wins World Poker Finals at Foxwoods

Jia Liu topped 200-plus entries to win the $2,500 World Poker Finals Main Event at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. The victory paid the Brooklyn man $114,356. Nick Pupillo of Arizona was second ($73,596) as the prize pool was $452,894, surpassing the $400K guarantee. Evan Paushter (third) earned $46,648, while Arthur Ohannessian (fourth) took home […]

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Rhode Island

Big poker events spreading in New England

By Patrick Gallagher As a part-time recreational poker player, I’m always looking for tournaments with choice fields filled with dead money and the opportunity to play the best in the world, without having to travel to points far away. Ten years ago, there weren’t many full-scale tournament offerings as many players had to make the annual […]

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Rhode Island

Behind the scenes at the Foxwoods WPT World Poker Finals

Action at the Foxwoods World Poker Finals started on Oct. 10 with a $600 no-limit hold’em deepstack tournament and progressed to the $10,000 World Poker Tour Main Event with final-table play unfolding Nov. 1. The final six were whittled down from 189 starting participants. Several returning champions and poker notables entered the fray, including Hoyt […]

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