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
EPT: Toni Judet On Top in Loutraki After Day 2 Action
Toni Judet leads EPT Loutraki after Day 2. On Day 2 of the European Poker Tour stop in Loutraki, Greece it was Romania’s Toni Judet who broke the streak of German players finishing atop the leaderboard. Judet, Team PokerStars Pro, more than doubled his stack on Thursday and finished with 288,200 chips and the chip
WCOOP Day 5: Two Bracelets for the UK
WCOOP numbers continue to smash guarantees as players from across the globe log on to PokerStars.com for a chance at the cash. Even displaced Americans get in on the action and come close to the winner’s circle. Keep reading for the details on three WCOOP wins, ongoing action in one tounament and the day’s schedule of upcoming events. WCOOP-12 – $215 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up] Event 12, a $215 Heads-Up event, resumed play yesterday with 64 players left, all of whom had already made it well into the money.
WCOOP Day 4: James Obst Misses Second WCOOP Win
Two more WCOOP titles were awarded yesterday, plus ongoing action in two other events.
Gomes Seeks Triple Crown Win at EPT Grand Final
The 28-year-old Brazilian already has a World Poker Tour victory at the Bellagio Cup in 2009 and a WSOP bracelet from the 2008 World Series of Poker $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em event and could become only the third player in history to win the Triple Crown with an EPT win at the Grand Final in Madrid, Spain. Gavin Griffin and Roland de Wolfe are the only other players to have done so.
Eureka! Eastern and Central Europe Gets Its Own PokerStars Tour
The latest live tour joining the online poker site’s family is being dubbed the Eureka Poker Tour and it will feature the big game tournament experience at very affordable buy-ins in some familiar locales and a few new ones. The first season will see stops in Prague, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and Romania before returning to the Czech capital in December for the Prague leg of the European Poker Tour. The first event is set to take place at the Card Casino in Prague Mar