WSOP 2011 International Best Bets: The Netherlands
Posted by admin on May 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This year we’ve drawn on our vast network of international poker writers to give us a few inside picks from countries around the world. Today: The Netherlands! Holland has never made it to the final table of the WSOP Main Event and they know it. Although three Dutch players have won a WSOP Bracelet, and two Dutch players have won an EPT Grand Final, a top-nine spot at the big dance has so far eluded them
Filed under Online Poker · Tagged with barcelona, barcelona-main, biggest-recent, bracelet, country, dutchman-marcel, event, hollink, limit-hold, marcel-vonk, netherlands, prague, summer, world-series, wsop
EPT Berlin Numbers Down
Posted by admin on April 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Wednesday’s Day 1b is expected to draw as many as 400 players to the Spielbank Casino in the German capital – a number that would still leave the total entries a few hundred shy of the mark set last year when Kevin MacPhee booked a record €1 million score and claimed the title after the tournament was interrupted by a robbery. Just 151 players survived Day 1a with Romanian Cristian Dragomir taking the overnight lead. Dragomir finished fifth at EPT Snowfest ten days ago
Filed under Online Poker, Poker News · Tagged with barcelona, berlin, berlin-live, boris-becker, fatima-moreira, fifth-at-ept, finished-fifth, german, gold-medallist, leave-the-total, overnight, prizepool, sandra-naujoks, tournament
EPT Staging Champion of Champions Event
Posted by admin on March 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The first ever PokerStars EPT Champion of Champions event will take place at the Season 7 Grand Final in Madrid May 13.
Filed under Online Poker, Poker News, Poker Strategy · Tagged with barcelona, battle-it-out, champions, chief-executive, down-the-first, ept, event-champions, finishers, from-the-first, game, grand-final, offering-buy-in, patrik-antonius, season
Live Poker Tournaments as Vacation Destinations
Posted by admin on March 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
PrimordialAA is a HU SNG specialist who also plays MTTs and mixed games.
Filed under Online Poker, Poker Strategy · Tagged with aussie-millions, badugi-strategy, bahamas, barcelona, europe, field, guide, Online Poker, poker, roommate, time, tools, tournament, trip
Tureniec Takes Control at EPT Copenhagen
Posted by admin on February 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Following what has to be considered an off year in 2010, 2008 EPT London runner-up Tureniec appears to be returning to form. The Swede built a big chip lead as the EPT Copenhagen field was whittled down from 262 to 73 on the event’s second day Wednesday
Filed under Poker News, Poker Strategy · Tagged with 64-player-money, aussie-millions, barcelona, biggest, bubble-should, copenhagen, danish, promise-earning, showing-huge, whittled-down
Poker News in Brief: Jan. 24-30
Posted by admin on January 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Australian David Gorr surprised many by outlasting Patrik Antonius and Chris Moorman at the final table to win $2 million. The Aussie Millions wasn’t the only place where poker news broke this week, however, and we’re counting down some of the lesser-known stories below. This week we’ll take a look at a milestone for Kevin MacPhee, James Keys joins RedKings Poker, talk of legal poker in South Carolina and more.
Filed under Online Poker, Poker News, Poker Strategy · Tagged with auckland-closes, aussie, australia, barcelona, berlin, business, carolina, facebook, james-keys, kings-poker, legal, patrik-antonius, prague
Poker News in Brief: Nov. 29- Dec. 5
Posted by admin on December 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Fortunately, we’ve found a place for them in our weekly Poker News in Brief feature. This week the WSOPC heads to Atlantic City, Fernando Brito takes a big lead in the EPT’s POY race, the LAPC schedule is released and a whole lot more
Filed under Poker News, Poker Strategy · Tagged with barcelona, celebrity, chad, fernando-brito, london, poker, Poker News, poker-classic, portugal, resort-atlantic, review, security, titan-poker
WPT Marrakech Down to Nine
Posted by admin on November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The WPT Marrakech main event presented by Chilipoker drew 222 to the Casino De Marrakech at the Es Saadi Gardens & Resort in Morocco this week. Tuesday, the battle for the €254,745 first place prize will begin with nine relatively unknown players
Filed under Poker News · Tagged with barcelona, breakthrough, chilipoker, felix-oberauer, guillaume, marrakech, morocco, saadi-gardens, sponsored-pro
EPT: Giuseppe Pantaleo Leads Barcelona Final Table
Posted by admin on November 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The final table will be webcast on EPT Live (Photo courtesy of PokerStars Blog/Neil Stoddart) It was a speedy and straightforward day in Spain as Day 4 of the PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona event trimmed the field from 24 players to the eight who made the final table. It took just about eight hours to get
Filed under Blog, Online Poker, Poker Strategy · Tagged with barcelona, ept, final, final-table, made-the-final, spain, the-eight, wsop-allowed
Stars Burn Out as EPT Barcelona Reaches Final 24
Posted by admin on November 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
With overnight chip leader Bryn Kenney and big names like 2010 WSOP bracelet winner Pascal LeFrancois, Full Tilt pro Roberto Romanello, 2009 WSOP bracelet winner Marc Naalden, 2009 WSOP main event last woman standing Leo Margets, and EPT and WPT title holder Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier all hitting the rail on Day 3, much of the final 24 is made up of players looking for their first big score. Just 2009 Amsterdam Master Classics champ Kristoffer Thorsson and 2010 WSOP bracelet winner Konstantin Puchkov are recognizable amongst the group.
Filed under Online Poker, Poker News · Tagged with all-hitting, amsterdam, barcelona, biggest, entered-the-ept, final, final-table, group, konstantin, kristoffer, main-event, title-holder, tournament-ever