by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 13, 2013 | Canada, EPT, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
It was a busy week in poker for Canadians, both online and in real life. Both the EPT London High Roller and PokerStars Sunday Millions were taken down by Canada for a nearly $700k. See the results below. Jason Lavallée Wins EPT London High Roller Montreal-native...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 13, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
The Season 10 London Leg of the PokerStars European Poker Tour has come to an end, and it’s not been short of stories. It ended when Robin “Robihino” Ylitalo beat online qualifier Georgios Karakousis in a fairly short heads up battle. Ylitalo is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 11, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
How do you get 604 into just 8? This PokerStars London EPT has managed it, and has pared down the field to the final table of eight title hopefuls. How do you get 604 into just 8? This PokerStars London EPT has managed it, and has pared down the field to the final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 10, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
At the age of 20 I was lucky if I managed not to burn the kitchen down by making a piece of toast, but Kiwi David Yan has managed to not only make the last 16 of this year’s PokerStars London leg of the European Poker Tour, he has done so as the Chip Leader. Day...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 8, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
The PokerStars European Poker Tour is firmly entrenched at the Connaught Rooms in central London, and the main event is preparing to start Day 3 tomorrow. The chip leader going into Day 3 is going to be Tudor Purice, who is going to be coming back with a stack of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Canada, EPT, Poker News
After a huge run at the €10,300 buy-in EPT Barcelona High Roller Daniel Negreanu has finishing yet another tournament in 2nd place. Despite a massive 8-1 chip lead when heads up play began, the Canadian superstar was defeated by Austria’s Thomas Muhlocker. The final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2013 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Thomas Middleton Wins The EPT10 Barcelona Main Event Title for €942,000 The United Kingdom’s Tom “hitthehole” Middleton defeated a tour stop record 1,234 players on his way $1,067,000 (€942,000). The final table is below: 1st. Thomas Middleton,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 29, 2013 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
WCOOP Reload Bonus Players can earn a maximum of $150 by taking advantage of the WCOOP Reload Bonus offer (up to 25%) being offered now until September 6. For more information, click here. World Championship of Online Poker 2013 The schedule for the World Championship...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
It’s over. Finished. Kaput. Ended. Season 9 of PokerStars’ European Poker Tour has come to an end. The Finale was the €100k Super High Roller that was won by German (Austrian for tax purposes) heads up specialist Max Altergott. He takes away a €1,746,400...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
The Poker Media has been buzzing about the amazingly stacked final table for this year’s PokerStars EPT Grand Final since last night, and I can point to a dozen examples of what would normally have been extreme hyperbole about this table of poker players. Thing...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
Have you ever dreamed about a final table so awesome it might be a herald of the apocalypse? If you have, stop reading now, or you are never going to sleep tonight. This year’s final table may be a precursor to the end of the universe, as it’s just that...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
Have you ever railed a cash game with over €3.5Million on the table? Would you like to? The PokerStars live web stream from the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo is currently showing a €1,000/€2,000 No Limit Hold’Em cash game, involving some of the biggest names in...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
Earlier this week, the bigwigs at PokerStars combined with the team running the European Poker Tour announced that schedule for the tenth season of the massively popular tour series. With the action taking place in seven European cities, and the PCA in the Bahamas,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
How many PokerStars Team Pros, former EPT Winners, WPT Winner and WSOP Bracelet Winners would we need to see in the final sixteen to start calling it a tough final two days? Whatever that number is, I’m pretty sure we’ve not only passed it, but may have...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 8, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
The €10,000 buy in Main Event of the PokerStars EPT Grand Final being held in Monte Carlo has reached Day 3, and our Chip Leader is PokerStars Pro, Johnny Lodden. Lodden has 605200 chips in his multi coloured stack, with more than a hundred thousand chips than the guy...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
For the first time, PokerStars EPT Berlin has it’s first home grown champion in Daniel Pidun, who has beaten out 911 other players to take the title, and €880,000. The final table started very short today, which was due to the 6 hour final table bubble from last...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
PokerStars EPT Berlin is down to the final table, and they are down to the final eight players, all vying for the €880,000 prize for first place. Today started with 17 players left in the field, and had seen Roman Herold as the chip leader with 4,485,000 sitting in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 25, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
The PokerStars EPT Berlin Main Event has played it’s way down to the final 24 players, all of whom are guaranteed to be taking home at least €27,000. The event started with 912 players over 2 starting days, creating a first place prize of €880,000, that all of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 23, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
Following on from the very successful addition of the Berlin Cup at the German stop, PokerStars are adding a new Event to the Poker festival in Monte Carlo for the EPT Grand Final. The Monaco Cup will be a €1100 buy in event and will be event #26 of the 50 being...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 19, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
PokerStars has just released the plans that they are going to be running the cash games at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. “So What?” I hear you cry, “Don’t they run all the cash games at the EPT anyway?” Actually, no they...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 13, 2013 | EPT, Poker News
We have been covering the recent challenge thrown out by Daniel Negreanu of PokerStars Team Pro to Gus Hansen of the Full Tilt Professionals. We have all the highlights of the event itself direct from the Pokerstars EPT London.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2012 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars has announced their schedule for Season 9 of the European Poker Tour (EPT), and there are some big changes. President of the EPT, Edgar Stuchly, talked about their approach when making the schedule: “We looked at every EPT season up until now and asked...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2012 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
Over the last few years, PokerStars has been running a tournament series called PokerStars Women Live. As the name implies, it is a series of women-exclusive live tournament events, crowning 5 women over the last two years alone. The tournaments wish to play second...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 15, 2012 | EPT, Poker News
John Duthie has announced his retirement from his position as Chief Executive Officer for the European Poker Tour (EPT).
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 29, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
It’s funny how “bold predictions” usually work. You see sports analysts picking Super Bowl champions before the first week of games, and they’re usually wrong. You see the weatherman guaranteeing rainfall or blue skies on a certain day, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 12, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
The European Poker Tour features some of the most prestigious poker tournaments in the world, and Season 8 is officially underway! Season 7 set the bar high with memorable tournaments, including last year’s epic Grand Final in Madrid, which had a prize pool of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 2, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
Global Poker Tours Limited (GPTL), the company behind the popular European Poker Tour, has announced a new sponsorship deal with Skrill Holdings.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 10, 2011 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker News
PokerStars has always been great with coming up with special promotions. From bonuses to help pad bankrolls to promotions to help players win seats to major tournaments, PokerStars has it all. One of the new ones is called the EPT Tallinn Adventure. With the EPT...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
Amid much speculation of how Black Friday would affect the live poker scene, live tournaments are still doing extremely well and drawing great crowds. The poker action was heating up in Spain’s capital city of Madrid last week as the conclusion to this latest...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
Serving as a further testament to the strength of poker and that the game shall live on in whichever form necessary regardless of attempts to stop it, the European Poker Tour held their inaugural Champion of Champions event. Every single player who has won an EPT...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 6, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
Although a substantial part of the poker world was turned upside down by the events of Black Friday and players both in and outside of the US are feeling at a loss, the live tournament scene is still going strong. The PokerStars EPT is among those tournaments keeping...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 18, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
FlopTurnRiver.com recently had the opportunity to interview Ben Wilinofsky just days after his EPT Berlin 2011 Main Event win. Last week 773 poker players battled it out in Berlin for a first prize of $1.19 Million. It was the 22 year old, Canadian, Ben Wilinofsky,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 11, 2011 | EPT, Poker News
Ben Wilinofsky, the 22 year old Canadian with the adventurous spirit, last night won the EPT Berlin Main Event 2011. The win earned Wilinofsky 825,000 Euros ($1.1 Million) and an EPT Title. This win takes Wilinofsky to over $2 Million in lifetime winnings and is his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 5, 2011 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The tournament players were flocking to France for the end of last month, as the PokerStars European Poker Tour hit Deauville, bringing some of the biggest names in the game with it. It was a stop filled with intense action, near misses and a lot of fun as the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 6, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The poker world has been abuzz with news of online tournaments over the recent weeks, but live poker is by no means dead either, with major tournaments still being held all around the world. Spain’s second largest city of Barcelona was abuzz with exactly that as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 1, 2010 | EPT, Poker News
The European Poker Tour Vienna Main Event has concluded this weekend, with the great stop being an awesome experience for everyone involved, and the main event no exception. As day four came to a close and the final table was set, it was Daniel Negreanu and his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 7, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
In an amazing feat, up-and-coming pro David Vamplew took down two tournaments in as many days, winning the PokerStars EPT Main Event in London and the PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Champion of Champions. Vamplew, a successful midstakes grinder on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 6, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The European Poker Tour hit London over September and the beginning of October, finding its place amongst the myriad of other poker events also taking place. There were big cash prizes up for grabs, but not everybody was motivated by pure financial gain. As part of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 4, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
London has been abuzz with poker this past month, but the action-packed weeks have finally come to a close with the conclusion of the EPT London Main Event today. As reported on FlopTurnRiver yesterday, only eight players remained at the close of day four, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 3, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
London has been the poker capital of the world for the past month, with more big-name poker series, tournaments and festivals taking place in the city than you can shake a stick at. Among those, the EPT London stop kicked off five days ago and has been a great...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 5, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
All poker enthusiasts will know that the European Poker Tour stopped in Vilamoura last week, given the players a chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery and play some cards in Portugal’s largest ever poker tournament. A much less well-known event was also taking...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 4, 2010 | EPT, Poker News
Poker has truly hit Portugal, with the Vilamoura stop of the European Poker Tour taking place this week. It was an exciting week for portuguese poker as this tournament is the largest ever to be held within Portugal, and brings with it the promise of more poker events...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 18, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The European Poker Tour has kicked off once again, this time starting in Tallinn, Estonia. This is the first time the EPT has held a stop in Tallinn and it was a great success enjoyed by all, and an especially exciting time for Kevin Stani. The young Norwegian player...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 13, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
The PokerStars.net European Poker Tour has become a hit over the recent years, gaining popularity with both players and viewers alike. This is certainly in part due to the beautiful cities through which the EPT travels, and this seems set to continue with the latest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 2, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
Everyone who has watched poker on TV will have noticed that the top pros all seem to share a love not only for poker, but also for golf. If you happen to also share these passions, then PokerStars and the European Poker Tour have put together a tournament you’re...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2010 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
After several rich and successful runs, PokerStars.com's European Poker Tour is primed to set out on a week-long romp through a new city. This time, it will be the Tallinn, the capital of the nation of Estonia. Nestled near the waters of the Gulf of Finland, the city provides all visitors with a picturesque view of humanity's past. Thanks to its brilliant blend of modern nightlife and classical, medieval architecture, it's safe to say that none who visit will leave this beautiful settlement without some fond memory or another.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 29, 2010 | EPT, Live Poker Results, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Remember the day that the purity of our live poker tournaments got tarnished with a crazy heist (that by-the-way had nothing on Ocean’s 11, but hey), armed to the teeth with revolvers and even old school machetes, finding their way home with some of the prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2010 | EPT, Poker News
If you had a shot to win at Monte Carlo, a stop on one of Europe's most popular poker circuits, what would it take to make you step away from the table?
For Gus Hansen, the answer to the €25,000 question may be simple: €2,000,000.
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2010 | EPT, FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker is the king of knockout tournaments. This was apparent on Sunday when nearly 9,000 runners turned up for FTOPS XVI Event 7, No Limit Hold ‘Em with bounties. Each player had a $20 bounty on their head, and the remainder of their buy-in formed a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 6, 2010 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, PokerStars
A group of six armed robbers halted play this morning at the 2010 PokerStars.net EPT event in Berlin. The break in occurred around 2:30 PM local time inside the city's Grand Hyatt Hotel.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2010 | EPT, Poker News
27th February 2010: Popular online poker room RedKings.com is sending three German speaking poker pros to Berlin for the next stage of the Pokerstars European Poker Tour. A total of six members of the RedKings Live Poker Team will be there to fight it out with the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 5, 2009 | EPT, Poker News
PokerStars are the most popular online poker site in the world, and many credit this success to their UIGEA resistance. Along with Full Tilt, they have reaped the rewards of continuing to accept U.S. players. However, what has helped keep PokerStars in such a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 16, 2009 | EPT, Poker News, PokerStars
You Brits sure have an easy time with PokerStars. I can honestly say I’m jealous. Remember the promotion awhile back in which PokerStars would simply make anyone who made PlatinumStar for the month an instant SuperNova for a whole year? We, as in the guys from...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2009 | EPT, Live Poker Results, Poker News
Sandra “Black Mamba” Naujoks makes history by becoming the second ever woman to win an EPT live event. And she did not walk an easy path. The German beauty walked home with about €917,000 in her pockets, after defeating everybody in a very very tough final...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2009 | EPT, Live Poker Results, Poker News
EPT San Remo Italy, home of several of the most crazily aggressive poker pros like Dario Minieri, Luca Pagano and Jeff Lisandro, will once again be host to one of the most prestigious EPT stops – the EPT San Remo. This will be your chance to go to the land of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2009 | EPT, Poker News
Top class online poker site RedKings Poker have announced that they are sending a team of 11 players to the European Poker Tour event in Dortmund, Germany. Team RK will include six German speaking players, emblematic of RedKings’ recent efforts to become the online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 25, 2009 | EPT, Online Tournaments, Poker News
The European Poker Tour Season 5 Deauville came to a close today as 28-year-old Moritz Kranich of Germany walked away with the €851,400 first place prize. Kranich beat out a field of 644 other players, also looking for their slice of the €3,096,000 prize pool. It...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
This year’s EPT tour came to a close at its final destination of 2008 in Prague. Seeing the tour through its last final table of the year were two RedKings Swedish pros in the 2000Euro side event. That’s right, while Ramzi Jelassi was the eventual victor...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
This year’s EPT tour came to a close at its final destination of 2008 in Prague. Seeing the tour through its last final table of the year were two RedKings Swedish pros in the 2000Euro side event. That’s right, while Ramzi Jelassi was the eventual victor...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 26, 2008 | EPT, Live Poker Results, Poker News
Information on how to qualify for the following events can be found on the PokerStars website. It is possible to qualify for as little as $2,22 or 100 FPP. It is also possible, of course, to buy in direct. All you really need is hope, a dream, and some luck, and you...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 20, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
One of the many prestigious poker tournaments springing up across Europe, the EPT Season 5 Polish Open, concluded yesterday. Held in Warsaw at the Hyatt Regency, the event hosted a modest 217 player field crammed full of the continent’s finest players. No less...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 28, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
For the first time in its five year history, the European Poker Tour will make a stop in Hungary at the Las Vegas Casino in Budapest’s Sofitel Hotel. The buy-in for the No-Limit Hold’em event is €4,000 + €350. There is a 500 player cap, but the EPT has been...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 16, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
The European Poker Tour kicked off with the Barcelona Open, taking place September 10 through September 14. Six hundred nineteen players turned out for this year’s event, even though there was a supposed 600 cap. With a buy-in of €8,000, this brought the prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
In all the commotion and hype over the 2008 World Series of Poker, Europe is now getting excited about its own PokerStars European Poker Tour. Europe’s most prominent poker tour has just released its Season 5 schedule. The tour kicks off September 10, 2008 at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 19, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
The EPT’s 4th season has come to a close, and it has been a raging success. With its end, was the Grand Final in Monte Carlo. The final able wrapped up Thursday, and after 13 hours at the final table, a winner was crowned. As to be expected with the amazingly talented...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 17, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
The European Poker Tour Grand Final just reached its final 10; unfortunately FTR’s Ben Sulsky, aka Sauce123 is not one of them. Day four started out with 39 players who were all guaranteed a good payday but a difference of over $200,000 between 39th and 9th...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2008 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Relative unknown, Jason Mercier from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, captured the title of the European Poker Tour San Remo on Saturday, outlasting 700 other players for the biggest win of his young career. In the biggest poker tournament to be ever held in Italy, each...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
Continuing from courtiebee’s summary of Days 1 and 2 of the EPT stop in San Remo, I’ll be bringing you Days 3 and 4. The action was hot and heavy in Italy yesterday, as the final table was set for today. They played down from 31 to 8 yesterday, and the players didn’t...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
Apparently Italians love poker because they came out in droves for the European Poker Tour’s first ever event in Italy. The registration line was so long that people were waiting in the streets as people itched to become part of the action that was the EPT San...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT
The past few days have been a bit of a holding pattern for live tournaments, as we’ve just put the WPT World Poker Challenge behind us, and are gearing up for an enormous April, ushering in the Spring with millions of dollars in payouts, and new faces made famous...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT
As usual, in the months leading up to the World Series of Poker, there are a ton of big money tournaments leading up to the biggest tournament series of the year. The Winter can be a bit of a slow time for poker, but as Spring, the tournaments increase, and players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
The EPT Polish Open has come and gone as the EPT Season 4 nears its end. The Poker Stars sponsored poker circuit has gained a great deal of popularity this year, and shows no signs of stopping as there’s only one more tournament to go before the illustrious EPT Grand...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2008 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT
We’re nearly midway through March, and as we lead up to the 2008 World Series of Poker, we have a great deal of exciting tournaments underway, and coming up. There’s yet another EPT event looming, a WSOP Circuit Main Event in three days, and a unique WPT event just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT
With tournament numbers swelling to sizes of amazing proportions both online, and live, it comes as no surprise that the PokerStars sponsored European Poker Tour has been not only attracting tons of players in their fourth season, but handing out million dollar...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Amidst the flurry of huge money being doled out online, there haven’t been many huge tournaments going down live, save for some of the side events at the L.A. Poker Classic series. However, there are many shots at big money in the upcoming weeks, as the World Series...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 6, 2008 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
A blessing and a curse for the Responsible Gambling Council, and a step for poker, came this last weekend in the form of Mike McDonald’s win at the 2008 EPT Germany Open. The 18 year old, who according to PokerListings calls himself “Timex”, is an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 6, 2008 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
A blessing and a curse for the Responsible Gambling Council, and a step for poker, came this last weekend in the form of Mike McDonald’s win at the 2008 EPT Germany Open. The 18 year old, who according to PokerListings calls himself “Timex”, is an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2008 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Barely even able to drive, and often not even able to legally buy alcohol, players no older than high school graduates are sweeping the tournament scene. They are constantly feasting upon tournaments in countries other than the United States, a country where they...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 2, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
Hohensyburg Casino in Dortmund, Germany hosted the PokerStars European Poker Tour German Open, the second EPT event of 2008. Long lines and high interest saw the tournament start delayed by an hour, and in the end there were 411 entrants for € 7,700 each, good for a €...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 29, 2008 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
The Borgata Winter Poker Open is coming to a close as the Main Event is heading into Day 3, with the L.A. Poker Classic starting, the EPT in Dortmund looming, as well as the World Series of Poker Circuit stop in Rincon just beginning. Despite having a great structure,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 14, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Another exciting week of tournaments are in the books, with many stories emerging. The Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure has come and gone, the WSOP Circuit Event and WPT World Poker Open preliminaries are underway, and the Aussie Millions Main Event has started up....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 10, 2008 | EPT, Poker News
How is it that some tournament players seem to never be bitten by the variance bug? Granted, these days we live in a “What have you done for me lately?” world when it comes to results in tourneys. So when someone has the kind of year that David “The Dragon” Pham has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 7, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Another year has started, and that means there’s a boatload of money to be won this year in live tournaments. 2008 has just begun, but no time has been wasted as the World Poker Tour World Poker Open preliminary, the Aussie Millions preliminary events, the World...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 23, 2007 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Another year of poker is in the books, and despite many fears that have arisen in the last fourteen months over the future of the game we all love, but this year has shown that our game is still strong. It has been another historic year for poker, as the game still...
by givememyleg | Nov 3, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
The Epic heads up battle began with Annette Obrestad out chipping Reuben Peters about 4:1 – 2,800,000 to 600,000. The blinds begin at 8,000/16,000/2,000 and are set to go up soon. Even being outchipped 4:1 there is still plenty of room for play and I expect a...
by givememyleg | Nov 3, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
We come back to the final table in EPT Dublin with 4 left. It seemed as if no one could stop Annette, until Peters finally put a dent in her chip stack. Peters raised to 35,000 UTG and Annette re-raised to 92,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Peters quickly...
by givememyleg | Nov 3, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
The final table has begun play at the EPT Season 4 in Dublin! Here again are the players seated at the final table and their chip counts: Seat 1 Thierry Van Den Berg – 274,000 Seat 2 Daan Ruiters – 646,000 Seat 3 Reuben Peters – 176,000 Seat 4...
by givememyleg | Nov 2, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
Day 3 was filled with incredible action, most at the hands of Andrew Black and Annette Obrestad. Just a few hands after the table redraw, Annette had found another victim, Arshad Hussain. This made him the 16th place finisher, the first to win €15,320. After his...
by givememyleg | Nov 2, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
Day 3 at Season 4 EPT Dublin started with 24 players and two superstars sitting atop of the mountain. Here is how the chip counts were at the start: Andy Black – 350,300 Annette Obrestad – 284,700 Simon Munoz – 278,100 Casper Hansen – 241,800...
by givememyleg | Nov 1, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
Day 2 of the EPT Season 4 Dublin Event has stopped for the night. The players battled through 8 levels of play, and had 98 casualties, dropping from 122 to 24. The final 24 players are now in the money and gauranteed to take home at least €10,210. However, everyone...
by givememyleg | Nov 1, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
As of 7:45 PM EST, the players are down to the final 24 on 4 tables. The final casualty that will not be making money was Dave Colclough better known as “El Blondie.” Here was the hand that ended El Blondie’s day, and also made 24 people richer:...
by givememyleg | Nov 1, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
Well Day 1A and 1B have gone by, and the total field of 221 players has now be reduced to 122. The total prize pool this year is €1,701,700, giving the first place winner a pretty nice payday of €532,620 (~$769,476). Some of the notable players who have made it...
by givememyleg | Oct 30, 2007 | EPT, Poker News
The European Poker Tour kicked off its next stop today on October 30, 2007 in Dublin, Ireland. This event has a buyin of €7,700 + 300 and is expected to run from October 30 – November 3. This is a great stop on the tour and is played in the beautiful Merrion...
