EPT: Geshkenbein Roars to Fast Start in Berlin
With the World Series of Poker less than six weeks away, the tournament circuit is back in full swing. The latest European swing has the EPT in Berlin for one of the tour’s signature events. Monday’s Day 1A action saw 243 players show up for the €5,300 event, with some of the heavies hitters from
£1 Million Guaranteed UKIPT Nottingham Begins
Last month PokerStars bumped the guarantee to £1 million and added an extra Day 1 to accommodate extra players. Midway through Day 1a there are already over 500 players runners including noted pros Pieter de Korver, Marc Goodwin and Paul Jackson. To meet the £1 million guarantee the tournament will have to hit 1,400 runners
How to Qualify for the EPT: Beating the $22 Rebuy
See the list of all articles in the series below. The $22 Rebuy EPT qualifier on PokerStars is a tricky tournament as there is only one or two EPT seats available. The goal with this article is to give you the best chance for a return on your investment.
Cajelais in Command at WPT Bay 101 Final Table
Starting the day playing second fiddle to fellow French Canadian and Shooting Star Jonathan Duhamel, the talk was all about Cajelais by the end as he bagged up a massive 3.65 million in chips. He’ll lead the final table of six by a wide margin heading into tomorrow’s action with Ubaid Habib the next closest at 2.37 million.
2012 WSOP Europe Schedule Released
The European leg of the world’s biggest poker tournament series will play out over two weeks at the Hôtel Majestic Barrière in Cannes, starting September 21. Due to French gaming law only Hold’em and Omaha tournaments are allowed, which means this year’s slate of events will look a lot like the WSOPE’s first visit to Cannes one year ago. A €10,000 main event headlines a list that includes a Shootout, full-ring and six-max PLO events and the same Mixed Max event we saw in 2011.
WPT: Shannon Shorr Outperforms the Bounties on Day 1A of Bay 101
Shorr finished Day 1A of Bay 101 fourth in chips The draw of the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Star event is its star-studded list of bounties and the $5,000 payday players can pick up by knocking them out of the tournament. Each year, a crop of 50 or so big names in the
Neuville Takes Charge of EPT Copenhagen Final 24
Neuville amassed 780,000 chips over five levels of play, which puts him just above PokerStars qualifier Alexander Manson who picked up 730,000. The Belgian Team PokerStars Pro has over $1 million in lifetime live tournament earnings, including a runner-up finish at EPT Vilamoura for $383,000, but has yet to score a major title.
Negreanu, Fox Chip Up on LAPT Grand Final Day 1
Action kicked off in Sao Paulo on the same day as the legendary Carnival but 367 people skipped the party for at least one day to play some poker. Notably stacking up a pile of chips on his first appearance in Brazil is PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu, who used a trick from Phil Hellmuth’s book to get his tournament started on the right foot. Tweeting that he needed to sleep off a caipirinha hangover , Negreanu didn’t get down to the tournament until well into Level 3
Daily 3-Bet: Bracelet Found, Gigi Pounds, What Full Tilt Did
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Jonathan Duhamel’s bracelet turning up in a dumpster, WPT runner-up Gigi Gagne getting her drink on and we see the Full Tilt debacle from a few perspectives