Our new On The Road live tournament briefs feature aims to give you a quick look at upcoming events along the live tournament trail.

Have a look below to find out what the WSOPC, APPT and UKIPT are up to over the next little while.

WSOPC Dallas

The World Series of Poker Circuit has added a Dallas-area stop to the tour.

The Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma an hour north of Dallas, Texas – will host its first-ever WSOPC event from Jan. 6-25, 2011.

The 2010-11 WSOPC schedule now includes 13 official tour stops, with one more expected to be added.

Fresh off a $300 million expansion, the Choctaw Casino Resort WSOP Circuit event will feature 10 WSOP ring events and a total of 54 different events.

After visiting the property, it was a must that we brought a WSOP Circuit stop to Choctaw Casino Resort, said WSOP Vice President Ty Stewart. This is a huge poker market that has clamored for high stakes tournament poker and were ecstatic to be hosting a WSOP Circuit in this gorgeous property in Durant come January.

For more information, check out the schedule at WSOP.com.

APPT Goes Down Under

On hold since a stop in Macau this past May, The PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour is firing up again.

The tour is headed to Auckland, New Zealand, for a NZD $3,250 Main Event at the Sky City Casino Sep. 15-19.

Last season, 263 players entered the tournament with local Simon Watt banking the NZD $209,000 first-place prize.

This is the third stop on the APPTs fourth season, already having been to Manila and Macau.

For more details go to the APPT website.

UKIPT Goes Irish

The PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour is headed to Dublin this week.

PokerStars has guaranteed a 250,000 prize pool for the 500 main event.

A winner will be crowned Sep. 12.

For more details on UKIPT Dublin and the rest of the tour, go to the UKIPT website.

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It is brilliant to finally get a first place on the WPT after my near misses at the Bellagio, said Smith. This was quite some battle the line-up was so tough. I am satisfied, but completely exhausted.

Smith finished second and third, respectively, at the WPT Bellagio Cup the past two years.

For me it wasnt about the money it was about the pride of taking first place but what will be will be, said runner-up Guoga.

French poker legend Bruno Fitoussi bubbled the money while Freddy Deeb finished third.

A day earlier, 22-year-old Jake Cody won the inaugural WPT London Poker Classic main event for 273,783. Cody is now two-thirds of the way towards winning pokers Triple Crown after the UK native won EPT Deauville earlier this year.

The star-studded PartyPoker.com World Open V is now underway at the Palm Beach Casino.

Online high-stakes pro Andrew Robl has already won his opening heat, defeating a lineup that included Tom durrrr Dwan, Brandon Cantu and Roland de Wolfe.

Sam Trickett was victorious in a heat that included James Akenhead and Neil Channing.

Phil Laak won the event last year.

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Three tournaments set record prize pools and total player entries crossed the 4-figure mark for the first time with 1,060 players registered.

A total of 314 players entered the Red Dragon main event, creating a HKD $2,859,912 prize pool that made it the second largest in the event’s history.

After a 14-hour final Sunday, Japans James McCarty emerged victorious, grabbing the title and HKD $643,000 first-place prize.

Local hero Ginger Keong appeared destined to win three-handed, with over half the chips in play, but pocket aces at the right time sent McCarty into heads-up play with a 7-to-1 chip lead.

I come here (to PokerStars Macau) every couple months and specifically like the deep tournament structure. said the 27-year McCarty.

I feel I played well, but also got lucky at the right time.

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While he has an FTOPS title and several major scores on his resume already, outside of a WCOOP win in 2008, this now represents Deebs biggest online score ever.

Speaking of WCOOP, the latest incarnation of PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker kicked off Sunday.

The first event, a $215 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max tournament, drew a rather healthy 9,001 player field.

Londons AlexKP outlasted them all, besting Tutanhamon1 heads-up after almost 19 hours of play to claim the $257,000 score.

A two-way deal made after Stephen “stevie444″ Chidwick cashed third for $130,514.50 left $198,274.48 for Tutanhamon1.

WCOOPs second event was the $10,300 High Roller. It drew a respectable 313 runners, making for a guarantee smashing $3.13 million prize pool.

Newly minted Team PokerStars Pro and 2009 WSOP mixed game killer Ville Wahlbeck dominated the event, but in the end, could not get past winner CrabMaki.

Wahlbeck was forced to settle for $453,850 in second-place money while CrabMaki banked the $605,655 first-place prize.

The Sunday-Million-like $215 NLHE $2 Million Guaranteed was the next event on the WCOOP schedule.

It drew 12,066 players, creating a $2,413,200 prize pool. As of press time there were eight players left in the hunt for a $335,681.16 first-place prize and the event was well into its 16th hour of play.

Elsewhere, 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure winner Harrison this is punny Gimbel took down the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Mulligan for $54,120, defeating a final table that included Jason Potter.

Jossel2008 won the $109 Rebuy on PokerStars, outplaying a final table that included Justin ZeeJustin Bonomo and Travis TravestyFund Rice to earn $87,819.60.

And, mralan2950 bested a field of 2,820 to win Full Tilts Sunday Brawl and put away $114,492 in winnings.

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The 22-year-old UK native earned a 273,783 payday and is now two thirds of the way to securing pokers triple crown, needing only a World Series of Poker bracelet to complete the accomplishment.

Tournament sponsors PartyPoker were also breathing a sigh of relief with Codys win, as it saved the site from paying out a $1 million bonus if 21-year-old Swedish online qualifier Kristoffer Thorsson would have won the title.

I was totally aware there was huge pressure on Kristoffer because of the extra $1 million bonus, said Cody. I thought he did well and actually believe he was the best player at the table.

Thorsson finished fourth.

Jake Cody is an outstanding young player and mark my words when you see this action on television this final table is something very special, said WPT commentator Mike Sexton.

I rate it is amongst the best poker I have seen in nine years commentating for the WPT. This is going to be a real treat when it airs, I can hardly wait.

Action continued at the Palm Beach Casino in Mayfair this weekend with Justin BoostedJ Smith winning the 15,000 High Roller WPT London Poker Classic.

Smith beat Tony G heads up and a final table that included Freddy Deeb and Bruno Fitoussi to claim the 141,000 first-place prize.

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