Tim Fiorvanti

Thad McNulty recorded his fourth career deep finish in a WPT event at bestbet Jacksonville on Monday, and once again proved he can hang with some of the top poker players in the world.

Eric Afriat takes the chip lead into the final table of the Season XXII edition of the WPT bestbet Scramble, with a chance to win a record-tying fourth WPT title. Afriat’s competition includes fellow WPT Player of the Year contender Yunkyu Song and an emerging 22-year-old star in Nick Funaro.

Some 16 years into his professional poker career, Nick Yunis finally shook off all of the close calls and heartbreaks along the way to capture his first major title at the WPT bestbet Scramble in Jacksonville.

With the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open set to kick off on Friday, there’s plenty to be excited about in terms of field size, high roller turnout, the WPT Season XXII Player of the Year race and more.

WPT Champions Club member Frank Stepuchin bagged the Day 1A chip lead in the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open, which also bagged him a seat to the record-setting ClubWPT Gold $5M Invitational Freeroll at Wynn Las Vegas.

Whether it’s $3,500 WPT Main Tour stops or five- and six-figure high rollers, Jesse Lonis has been all but impossible to slow down in any kind of poker tournament over the last few years. But that’s not the only aspect of his life in which Lonis has evolved.

Dylan Smith is on the precipice of posting his second consecutive WPT final table at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, and in a year where he’s stepped directly into the poker spotlight he’s taking it all in stride.

The WPT World Championship festival kicks off this week, and at the outset there are some major questions to be answered about the three marquee events set to play out this December at Wynn Las Vegas.

The final table of the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Showdown has a lot to look out for, with Landon Tice and Dylan Smith making back-to-back final tables in Hollywood, Francis Anderson making his second career WPT RNRPO final table and several players in search of their first career signature victory.

After grinding out a poker career for the better part of two decades, Dylan Smith has made a major leap over the last two years – culminating in his first major title in the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open.