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EPT Season 9 Schedule Unveiled
The European Poker Tour (EPT) Season 9 schedule was released by sponsor Poker Stars Wednesday. The schedule will feature more variety of games and an enhanced online qualification.
“EPT Season 9 will bring a new level of innovation to our tour and will enhance the experience for all players,” said EPT President Edgar Stuchly.
Sit’n’Go Leaderboard at Carbon Poker Helps Players Stack Up to the Competition
Every poker player likes to know how they stack up against the rest of their competition overall, and Carbon Poker’s Sit’n’Go leaderboard does exactly that. It is a great way to see how you measure up against others playing the popular Sit’n’Go format, but it is also chalk full of rewards.
EPT Grand Final €100k Super High Roller Winner to Get €1,640,000
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and Danish pro Gus Hansen both took advantage of today's last minute reload - bringing the total number of buy-ins for Europe's first €100k Super High Roller to 45 and creating a total prize pool of €4,432,500. Both the winner and runner-up in this prestigious event will become a millionaire (if they aren't already!; first prize is €1,640,000 for first; six places are being paid.
Tommy Vedes Wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown 2012
Tommy Vedes wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown, earning $779,520, which includes his $25,500 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship. Vedes gets his name engraved on the WPT Champions Cup, and receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Seminole Hard Rock trophy, and a silver Tiffany card protector.
With the win, Vedes lifetime earnings on the live poker circuit are now well over $3 million.
This will be his 49th cashout and 5th 1st place finishes.
Vedes’ previous first place finishes included the following:
Big Names Dominate in Final of EPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown 2012
Approaching the early morning hours of Tuesday April 24, three recognizable names duke it out during the final of the 2012 EPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown. It came down to Tommy Vedes vs. John Dolan.
Just past 9 pm ET, these were the chip leaders:
Seat 2. Tommy Vedes - 2,585,000
Heartland Poker Tour Breaks Previous Colorado Record
After making headlines for delivering a million-dollar prize pool last October, the nationally-televised Heartland Poker Tour broke its own record this week at Golden Gates Casino & Poker Parlour in Black Hawk, Colorado. The Main Event in the scenic gaming community attracted 820 players, the largest field in HPT history and in the state of Colorado. The $1.23 million-dollar prize pool exceeded all expectations for the popular biannual event at Golden Gates. Ultimately, 67-year-old retiree Steen Ronlov of Westminster, Colorado took down the championship for $270,905 after in
Cake Poker’s $20k Rake Race Rewarding Big Cash: Leaderboard Series $1k Per Week
Cake Poker will be running its final week of its popular $20,000 Races. By April 30th They will be awarding $50K in prize money through the Final April $20K Race, the overall April $20K Leaderboard and a $10K Main Event bonus win for one lucky player That luck player will need to cash in at least two of the Cake Poker April races to qualify for the May 5th tourney lotto).
Poker Tournament News: APT Philippines 2012 Day 1A has Oliver Speidel Ahead
After making his final table appearance recently at the ANZPT Sydney event, Oliver Speidel continues to dominate with a lead at the APT Philippines 2012 after Day 1A.
LockOPS Cancelled
The highly anticipated LockOPS Lock Online Poker Series, initially scheduled for May (2012), has been cancelled by Merge Gaming, the poker network that hosts Lock Poker, Gambling911.com can reveal.
As of this morning Merge has officially cancelled LOCKOPS and revoked previous approval given to Lock to run the series, according to a Lock Poker spokesperson.
This series was planned for several months and the network had given full approval.
It was not immediately clear what lead up to this decision.
2012 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Day 4 Results: John Dolan Still Up There
John Dolan has refused to back down at this year’s WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown where he still ranked among the top 5 chip leaders after Day 4.
15 players remained after Day 4 of this popular WPT stopover.
The current chip leader was Joe Serock, whose biggest finish was 2nd place and $341,783 at the 40th World Series of Poker 2009 - Event #19 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em Six Handed.
Second place chip leader Robert Georato came in third place at last year’s Florida Million with a take of $55,000.
Davidi Kitai Wins 2012 EPT Berlin
Belgian poker player Davidi Kitai has won the 2012 European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin.
The 32-year-old from Brussels went heads-up with Andrew Chen to take the win and €712,000 cash.
“It’s amazing to win! I’m feeling great. I didn’t expect to beat that field and it was a very tough final table. I’m going to celebrate with all my friends in Belgium, and in France, and we’re going to celebrate in Monte Carlo for sure.”
This was Kitai’s second EPT final – he came in third at EPT Barcelona in Season 5 for €455,000.
2012 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Day 2 Leaderboard: John Dolan Still Up There (Video)
John Dolan remained a force at this week’s WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown after Day 2, coming in as the 4th biggest chip leader.
Dolan is one of the most successful players on the live circuit today with $2.5 million in total winnings to date. This includes 23 cashes and 3 first place finishes.
His 1st place finishes included:
Southern Poker Millions
Main Event - No Limit Hold'em 1st $336,105 Jan 21, 2012
Winter Bayou Poker Challenge
No Limit Hold'em 1st $31,874 Dec 16, 2009
Gulf Coast Poker Championship
Allan Le Wins Manila Millions Super High Roller Event 2012 and HKD $13,080,000
US player Allan Le has won Asia’s biggest buy-in tournament ever, the Manila Millions 2012 and a grand prize of HKD $13,080,000 (USD $1.685 million).
31 players in total entered the HKD $1 million (USD $128,000) buy-in including the likes of Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Tom Dwan, Johnny Chan and APT Ambassadors Joe Hachem, JC Tran and Nam Le.
Poker fans across the globe were treated to live streaming video of the event (with a slight time delay).
EPT Berlin 2012 Final Table Determined
We now know the EPT Berlin 2012 final table and it promises to be a good one. Finalists include the likes of Andrew Chen and David Kitai, both of whom have made final tables in previous European Poker Tour events.
Tiger Woods Poker Night With Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson
The winner of the April 27, 2012 Tiger’s Poker Night will win a once-in-a-lifetime foursome of golf with Tiger Woods.
The event will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas to help raise money for Tiger's Foundation. Those taking part will be World Series of Poker bracelet record holder Phil Hellmuth and legendary poker pro Doyle Brunson.
Watch Manila Millions Super High Roller 2012 Live: Asian Poker Tour Philippines Too
Live streaming of the Manila Millions Super High Roller 2012 and Asian Poker Tour Philippines throughout the weekend
For many, the Manila Millions Super High Roller 2012 will be taking place halfway around the world, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be a part of the action (with only a slight delay) as the event can be broadcast right into your own living room.
The live stream appears below. This event kicked off at 3 pm Manila time Friday. The time difference is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time in the States and 7 hours ahead of London.
2012 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Attracts Heavy Hitters, Alleged Scammers
The 2012 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Day 1 ended with poker “bad boy” Chino Rheem among the top 10 chip leaders.
Marc Wright, Thomas Cibak Lead EPT Berlin 2012
Marc Wright and Thomas Cibak were chip leaders heading into Day 4 of the EPT Berlin 2012.
"I've been pretty lazy but I'm trying to get back into it again now," said Wright. "When you play poker for a living its super easy to get lazy; it's my own fault but I'm going to start playing all EPTs and playing online tournaments properly."
24 players remain in the event including three former winners are vying to become the first double winner.
Andrew Chen, the third biggest chip leader, has reached two EPT finals before
Marc Wright 2400000
The Thrilla in Manila as First Ever Manila Millions Super High Roller to be Held Friday
In a matter of hours, 25 players are expected to compete for a piece of the $3,000,000 plus prize pool at the first ever Manila Millions Super High Roller tournament, kicking off the 2012 Asian Poker Tour.
Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Johnny Chan, John Juanda, Andrew Robl and Sam Trickett were among those slated to take part in the HKD$1,000,000 ($129,000) buy-in tournament. A handful of wealthy businesspersons were also likely to join the pros in Friday’s event.
LockOps Online Satellites Now Underway
The highly anticipated LockOps: Lock Online Poker Series kicks off in May with online satellites already running here.
Gambling911.com has been getting quite a bit of search traffic for the LockOps event so here it is in a nutshell below.
EPT6 Copenhagen Champ Anton Wigg Chip Leader at EPT Berlin 2012 (Video)
EPT6 Copenhagen champion Anton Wigg led the way after Wednesday’s play. He is also fresh off his victory in the prior night’s €2k NL Turbo Bounty event (for €37,250).
A total of 102 players will be returning for Day 3 on Thursday including Vanessa Selbst, who ranked among the top 10 chip leaders with 374,500, Jan Heitmann and Ana Marquez (99,000).
EPT Berlin 2012 Day 1b End of Day Chip Leaders
Turkish player Cengiz Ulusu was the chip leader going into Day 2 of EPT Berlin. Survivors after Day 1b included the likes of Viktor Blom, George Danzer, Alex Kravchenko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Juan Manuel Pastor, Matthias De Meulder and Nuno Coelho as well as tennis legend Boris Becker.
EPT Berlin Day 1b Chip Leaders
EPT Berlin Day 1b chip leaders had Andreas Vlachos on top prior to the end of the day’s play. Vlachos is a relative unknown on the live circuit.
Salman Behbehani, with the second largest chip stack, has over $1 million in live winnings to date that includes a second place finish at last November’s Partouche Poker Tour Main Event and the $860,709 that came with it.
Americas Cardroom Unexpectedly Hands Out $420,000 During Liberty Quarter Million
In addition to the $250,000 that was guaranteed, another $170,000 was handed out at Bad Beat Jackpot tables during Liberty Quarter Million online poker tournament
New Jersey Online Poker Player Wins $50k at Liberty Quarter Million Tournament
A lucky player from the Garden State of New Jersey has claimed first place at the premier Liberty Quarter Million online poker tournament held by Americas Cardroom to commemorate “Black Friday”.
EPT Berlin 2012 Day 1a Final Headcount
With the conclusion of the EPT Berlin 2012 Day 1a, a total of 243 players had entered at the Grand Hyatt Berlin. The Main Event is running from April 16-21, 2012.
Quebec’s own Will Molson managed to finish the day as the second biggest chip leader behind relative newbie David Yan.
EPT Berlin 2012 Kicks Off (Video)
The EPT Berlin 2012 tournament has gotten underway with an expanded space for play.
Among those in attendance early on included noted pros Barney Boatman, Scott Seiver, Barry Greenstein and Vanessa Selbst. German player Jan Heitmann and Quebec's Will Molsen were also taking part early on.
Last year’s EPT Berlin was much more subdued with Ben Wilinofsky taking home the €825,000 after beating a 773-strong field. The prize this year is expected to flirt with the one million mark.
Massive Online Poker Tournament: More Info Revealed About LockOps $2 Mil Guaranteed
One of the biggest online poker tournaments is coming in May (6-20th) 2012 as the much-anticipated LockOps will feature over $2 million in winnings.
The Grand Finale Main Event itself will include over $800k in guaranteed winnings.
This is a Lock Poker exclusive that will include bounties on all Lock pros heads.
A leaderboard for the top 100 players will be running throughout the series.
Black Friday Online Poker Tournament Seats Still Available: Liberty Quarter Million at ACR
This Sunday, Americas Cardroom is hosting their biggest guaranteed tournament EVER to recognize the one year anniversary of “Black Friday”. This is the day, April 15, 2011, that the US Government cracked down on Internet poker by forcing the exit of the three largest US-facing virtual card rooms at the time following a years long probe into alleged banking improprieties.
LockOps Revealed: Over $2 Million Guaranteed Poker Tournament
Some more details were trickling in regarding the upcoming May LockOps event.
We have now learned that the event, taking place over the period May 6 thru 20 will feature more than $2 million guaranteed over a 15 day period.
32 events are currently scheduled. The event is being billed as the Lock Online Poker Series.
