October 31, 2026 The Early Strikers Tournament was the first cash event at OPEN 2026 in Las Vegas! Taking place Saturday, October 31st, players had the opportunity to make their mark early with a nice cash on Day 1 - hence the name! :P After nearly 4.5 hours of play and 143 players in the field, it was JOHN WHITE, SR. emerging victorious after a chop at the final table. Way to go John! Here are the full results: 1. John White, Sr. 2. James McKnight 3. Patricia Sutton 4. Ken A

October 21, 2026 Happy Wednesday everyone! We’ve had another BIG GROUP winners and Champions from WTP Online play as the fall season gets into full swing. Read on for all of the results! First up, we have two new Online TD Smackdown winners from September and October! Last month, it was William Koughan (augustaman) who took down the victory, besting a field of over 40 players. This past month it was Joseph Whalen (Hdjoeotr) who earned the win a field of just under 50 play

September 29, 2026 Hello everyone! We have several VITAL notes regarding the upcoming OPEN 2026 taking place this October 31st through November 5th at The Orleans Casino in Las Vegas. ROOM BOOKING ENDS TODAY! This means any booking through our special discount code on www.WTPOPEN.com ends today. Also, VIP Packages will no longer be for sale after 5pm ET today! REGIONAL PRIZE REDEMPTIONS END THURSDAY! If you have a 3 or 5-night hotel prize certificate OR an Access Pass prize

September 3, 2026 Happy Thursday everyone! We’ve had another BIG GROUP winners and Champions from WTP Online play as the summer months head into fall. Read on for all of the results! First up, we have a new Online TD Smackdown winner from August! It was David Mathias (Words23) who took down the victory, besting a field of over 30 players - and earning a TD Framed Print in the process. Nicely done David! We also a new Online TOC winner: Greg Metcalf (Gmetcalf) took down th

August 12, 2026 Happy Wednesday everyone! The full EVENT SCHEDULE and the updated QUALIFIED PLAYER LISTS for National Events at OPEN 2026 is now online! ALL DETAILS: www.WTPOPEN.com PLAYER LIST NOTE: We will be updating the National Champ Finals lists with Regional winners as time allows. Also, please be sure to start with the top Qualified Player List button and work your way down to find your name - instructions on how to check your status is on the OPEN website page. We

July 23, 2026 Happy Thursday everyone! We’ve had another BIG GROUP winners and Champions from WTP Online play as the summer months roll on. Read on for all of the results! First up, we have two new Online TD Smackdown winners from June and July! Last month, it was Rodney Lamontagne (rodfromnh) who took down the victory, besting a field of just under 40 players. This past month it was Paul Hunt (Paul65) who earned the win a field of just over 30 players. Both have each ear

June 5, 2026 Happy Friday everyone! A big congrats to our newest Online Quarterly National Champion – Meredith Ford! The player known on WTP Online as ‘GamblnGirl’ took on a field of over 100 players this past Sunday and earned the title of Online National Champion, as well as a $1,000 Major Event package. Way to go Meredith! As well, a big congrats to Jeff Hunt (Bird33) taking second place in the event, earning himself a $500 Major Event package. Nicely done Jeff! The

May 27, 2026 Happy Wednesday everyone! We’ve had a plethora of new winners and Champions from WTP Online play in the month of May. Read on for all of the results – and remember, the Quarterly Online National Championship is still to come this Sunday at 5pm ET! First up, it was Paul Hunt from NC (Paul65) who took down the monthly Online TD Smackdown this month. Paul defeated a field of over 40 players to earn the TD Framed Print – nicely done Paul! The Online Monthly Ban

May 5, 2026 Happy Tuesday everyone! We have published the Season 2 – 2025/26 qualified player lists for the National Championship and National TOC events at OPEN 2026 later this year. 😊 OPEN 2026 site:www.WTPOPEN.com Of course, once the current season and the next Regionals are done (Aug/Sept), we’ll update the OPEN 2026 site with those qualifications as well. More info on OPEN 2026 will be coming soon! This past Sunday saw the Last Chance National Qualifier take pla

April 22, 2026 Happy Wednesday everyone! It was another incredible month on WTP Online as we have another batch of monthly winners and new Champions! First, the TD Smackdown took place earlier this month. It was Michelle Trott from Maryland (Michellerena) who earned the victory, besting a field of nearly 40 players to win the Smackdown Framed Print. Nicely done Michelle! Next up, the monthly Bankroll Championship saw over 80 players compete this month. It was Anthony Sz

April 8, 2026 Happy Wednesday everyone! First up, a BIG congrats to Bonnie Bardwell from North Carolina on her victory in last month’s Online TOC! Bonnie, known as ‘schabonbon’ on WTP Online, bested a field of over 190 players to earn a $500 Major Event package. Nicely done Bonnie! Also…we’ve got 3 big Online events coming up over the next week! We kick things off with the TD Smackdown , which takes place this Saturday, April 11 th at 5pm ET (emails sent to qualified

March 12, 2026 Happy Thursday everyone! Our March TD Smackdow champion from WTP Online is Lisa McCabe ! The player known online as ‘LisaMc’ took down the framed TD Smackdown print, besting a field of over 40 players for the victory. Nicely done Lisa! We also had the monthly Bankroll Championship this past Sunday. Defeating a field of 90 players was Darrel Moser ! Known as ‘sugarfoot’ on WTP Online, Darrel earns a $500 Major Event package for his win. Great job Darrel! F