EPT: Martins Adeniya Takes Chip Lead After Day 2 in Deauville

Martins Adeniya leads EPT Deauville after Day 2. (photo courtesy PokerStars/Neil Stoddart) The European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France could become the latest chapter of the centuries long rivalry between the French and British after an Englishman stormed to the chip lead on Day 2.

EPT: Martins Adeniya Takes Chip Lead After Day 2 in Deauville

Martins Adeniya leads EPT Deauville after Day 2. (photo courtesy PokerStars/Neil Stoddart) The European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France could become the latest chapter of the centuries long rivalry between the French and British after an Englishman stormed to the chip lead on Day 2.

Adeniya, Lacay Stacked After EPT Deauville Day 2

Adeniya, a former stock trader in London who quit to go pro a few years ago , has built himself another big stack in an EPT event and bagged up 512,200 in chips to take the outright lead heading into Day 3. He’s yet to close out a big event, however, settling for a final-table finish at EPT London for £86,350 last year for his biggest score to date. Winamax pro Ludovic Lacay is part of a large group of players well over 300k in chips and on Adeniya’s heels.

Daily 3-Bet: Vegan Doyle, Poker Majors, Demon Liv

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Sunday Scoop: Akenhead Snatches Sunday Million

All told more than $2.53 million was generated by the three biggest online poker tournaments yesterday with known pros like Andrey Pateychuk and Giuseppe Pantaleo joining Akenhead among the weekend’s biggest winners. We’ve got the details on the Sunday Million, the Warm-Up and the 500 right here on the Sunday Scoop. Akenhead Crushes Sunday Million 7,125 players found their way into the Sunday Million this week with UK pro James “Asprin1” Akenhead taking the top spot and the $213,750 first-place prize

Daily 3-Bet: Olympic Dreams, Cash Seized, Fricke Rolled

Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find an Olympic hopeful banking on online poker, grinders getting pinched for their cash at US customs and Gus Hansen steamrolling Jimmy Fricke

Heinz, Trickett, Cody Dominate Euro Poker Awards Nominations

Hosted by the Aviation Club in Paris, the ceremony is scheduled for January 25th and will present awards in nine distinct categories ranging from Player of the Year to Best European Event. 2011 WSOP Main Event champion Pius Heinz finds himself up for awards in three different categories thanks to his $8.7 million victory in Las Vegas this November.

The Isildur1 Shuffle: Top 10 Weekly Winners/Losers

Blom put in a vintage “Isildur1” performance last week by spinning up an astounding $1.4 million over the weekend and then promptly dropping $700k on Monday . After that loss Blom essentially took his leave from the high stakes games and, as of Friday morning, had not returned. It was a surprisingly turn of events as poker fans had speculated Blom was distancing himself from PokerStars over the last few months and was getting ready to leave the site altogether

Sahamies Nearly Hits $1m in November High Stakes

The aggressive Finn was easily the biggest story of the month as he crushed almost every opponent and stacked his way to nearly $945,000 in profit. Sahamies has been playing on another level the last few months and now looks to be almost a lock to finish 2011 as the biggest winner on PokerStars . Overall it was a slow month for high stakes online poker although action cranked up a notch towards the end of the month when Sahamies went on his big heater

Team PKR Pro adds Jake Cody

“I’m very VERY excited about joining Team PKR Pro,” said Cody. “I’ve been patient with sponsorship, waiting for the right deal to come along. It’s a great site to be involved with and I think I can help take it to the next level.” Although he’s only 23-years-old, Cody has already built a poker resume that would take some players a lifetime

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