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by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 26, '25

A hometown hero prevailed at the latest World Poker Tour Prime Gold Coast championship, besting a field of 719 entries in the $2,000 AUD no-limit hold’em event at The Star Gold Coast near Brisbane. Australia’s own Joshua McSwiney of nearby Sunshine Coast came out on top, earning a career-best score of $177,680 as the last […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Mar 25, '24

Rutger Hennen – Photo Credit: World Poker Tour. Rutger Hennen won the World Poker Tour Prime main event hosted at Holland Casino right in the middle of Amsterdam on March 22 to earn a top prize worth $227,472. The Dutchman scored what was by far the largest cash of his poker career to take his […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Oct 03, '23

Oscar Gironella – Photo Credit: World Poker Tour Oscar Gironella topped the field at the World Poker Tour Prime Madrid main event on Oct. 2 in Spain. The Portugal resident took home his first tournament victory and WPT Prime trophy along with the top prize money worth $73,840. It was the largest score of his […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Apr 18, '23

Prasit Chowdhury – Photo Credit: WPT Prasit Chowdhury won the World Poker Tour Prime India main event to the tune of $105,089, which includes a $10,400 seat in the WPT World Championship that will be hosted at Wynn Las Vegas this December. Chowdhury certainly made his first recorded cash a good one, as he also […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Mar 24, '23

Reiji Kono – Photo Credit: WPT Reiji Kono won the WPT Prime Cambodia main event on Mar. 20 at Nagaworld Integrated Resort in Phnom Penh. He claimed the top prize worth $131,721 in prize money along with the WPT Prime trophy. He also received a prize package to play in the season-ending WPT World Championship […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Mar 02, '23

Angel Guillen – Photo Credit: Poker Media Australia One of the preliminary events at the World Poker Tour Prime Gold Coast tournament series at the Star Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia featured a very interesting heads-up final between poker professional Angel Guillen and Australian poker legend Joe Hachem that concluded on Feb. 28. The chip […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Mar 07, '26

The World Poker Tour canceled its WPT Prime event in Cyprus amid travel concerns following the outbreak of the war in Iran.

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Jul 03, '25

The World Poker Tour brings its Prime series to the Lodge Card Club featuring an $1,100 main event with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 18, '25

The 2025 World Poker Tour Cyprus Prime Championship $1,100 no-limit hold’em event soared past its $1,000,000 guarantee, with 1,391 entries building a final prize pool of $1,349,270. After five starting flights and two more days of action inside the Chamada Prestige Hotel & Casino, Omar Lakhdari was left as the last player standing. The Algerian-born […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Oct 26, '24

The 2024 WPT Prime Playground $1,150 CAD buy-in no-limit hold’em championship drew a massive field of 1,587 entries, blowing away the $800,000 CAD guarantee to result in a prize pool worth more than $1.1 million when rendered in USD. After four starting flights and two more days of action, it was American Yunkyu Song who […]