Twitch Coverage On World Series Of Poker Events Confirmed (Update)
Next month’s poker spectacular in Las Vegas will get wider coverage
Earlier this week, Poker Central announced the PokerGO streaming schedule for the 2018 World Series of Poker, through which 16 final table broadcasts and wall-to-wall coverage of the Main Event will be broadcast, but the world’s most prestigious poker tournament series will also be streamed on Twitch.
The company has confirmed that its Twitch stream will cover over 30 tournaments and 25 final tables, with live streams starting June 2 and running until July 14.
The action will unfold on twitch.tv/pokercentral and David Tuchman will lead every Poker Central Twitch broadcast. Jeff Platt and a rotating cast of Twitch poker personalities and professionals from around the world will join Tuchman in the booth throughout.
“Year after year, our goal is to provide the highest quality poker content to as large an audience possible,” said Sam Simmons, vice president of content at Poker Central. “To that end, we’re proud to work with our long-time partners at Twitch to produce and distribute additional coverage of the WSOP – the preeminent tournament series in all of poker.”
Poker Central says its Twitch broadcasts will feature a comprehensive slate of tournaments in every major poker variation. The planned schedule of WSOP live streaming on Twitch is accessible here:
www.pokercentral.com/articles/twitch-partners-with-poker-central-to-stream-world-series-of-poker-2/
U.S. Poker Pro Wins World Poker Tournament Of Champions
Matt Waxman denies Darren Elias his fifth WPT title
The third edition of World Poker Tour’s $15,000 buy-in Tournament of Champions ended in victory for US poker pro Matt Waxman Saturday when he collected the winner’s reward of $463,375, a Hublot watch and a JetSmarter membership for private flights valued at $50,000 after defeating Lithuania’s Matas Cimbolas in the heads up.
The competition, which took place at the Esports Arena Las Vegas at the Luxor, attracted 80 entries and with a $100,000 boost from WPT the prize pool topped $1,365,000. Aces like JC Tran, Ryan Riess, Nick Schulman and David Benyamine were all active in the entry field, which included four former WPT champions.
When final table action began on the third day of competitive poker it looked as if Darren Elias would claim his fifth WPT title; the US pro held a commanding chip lead and was playing with strength and aggression, but at the three-handed stage he ran into a powerful Waxman hand that took half his chips and made him vulnerable.
Just a few hands later that vulnerability was exploited by Lithuanian pro Matas Cimbolas to send Elias to the exit in third place for $177,060.
The heads up between Waxman and Cimbolas lasted for 38 hands and ended in defeat for the Lithuanian but a consolatory runner up prize of $265,590.
For Waxman it was a reassurance that he has not lost his skills despite being pretty much out of the professional game travelling and app developing over the past two or three years; his live tournament career earnings now stand at over $4 million.
Other final table cashes included:
- David Benyamine $123,045
- Nick Schulman $89,290