Poker Tournaments

We're launching a new series of articles providing overviews of various poker tournaments. We have no plans to limit ourselves to any specific kinds of tournaments, so you can expect to see articles about the following here:

Online poker tournaments
Free poker tournaments & freeroll poker tournaments
Holdem poker tournaments
Omaha poker tournaments
Atlantic City poker tournaments
Las Vegas poker tournaments
Online poker tournaments

We're planning to update this page with new articles daily for quite a while, so bookmark this page and return to see which new poker events we cover here. We'll start with some of the more famous events.

The World Series of Poker
This is the granddaddy of all poker events. Winning a WSOP bracelet is a big deal. Read the article to find out why.

The World Poker Tour
Probably the only poker tournament series in the world that's remotely close to the World Series of Poker in terms of fame.

The European Poker Tour
John Duthie's successful clone of the World Poker Tour is sponsored by PokerStars.

The Professional Poker Tour
A spinoff of the World Poker Tour that didn't last very long. Find out what happened in this article about the Professional Poker Tour series of poker tournaments.

The World Cup of Poker
An annual international poker tournament from PokerStars.com. Find out about the World Cup of Poker.

The Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament
A short-lived televised poker tournament that no longer airs. It's interesting to read about what happened on the show though, which featured Chip Reese, among other poker players.

The Latin American Poker Tour - Also known as the LAPT. The tour will include countries in Latin America such as Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic.

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series - One of the longer runing poker tours played solely online. Learn about the upcoming schedule and past winners.

The Celebrity Poker Club - A short lived British TV game show that brought on celebrities such as Sir Clive Sinclair, Ed Giddins and Tom Parker Bowles

The Asia Pacific Poker Tour - Another tour ran by PokerStars.com and is very competative.

The World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League - This league was formed in 2004 and hosts free tournaments world wide.

The All Africa Poker Tournament - The AAPT is a lesser known tournament that is gaining popularity. Read more about its history here.

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is part of the European Poker Tour and takes place at the Atlantis Resort and Casino

The Monte Carlo Millions - Played at the tax heaven for the wealthy, Monaco, this tournament brings a different sort of player.

The Australian Poker Championship - Better known as the Aussie Millions. Its an annual poker event of such maginitute that it affects the local economy in Melbourne.