Poker News from Poker Host

The World Poker Tour Foxwoods Poker Classic main event begins on Friday with Erik Seidel looking to defend his title. Last year Siedel won almost $1 million dollars for taking home the first place prize. Seidel will be challenged by a number of top pros including Jonathan Little who won at Foxwoods in the World Poker Finals back in Nov.

Steve Brecher was able to outlast Kathy Liebert to win the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Tournament in San Jose, California. When final play began Brecher was in the chip lead while Liebert sat in fourth. Chan Vu was the short stack and he was eliminated first followed by Thao Le.

The World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament in San Jose, California started with a total of 391 entrants including 50 Shooting Stars who had a bounty on their head. After two days of play the field was narrowed to the final 36 with the leader being Michael Kamran.