October 2007 Archives

Mike McDonald leads the field at the end of day 1a with Dave Colclough not far behind. Among them are 19 PokerStars players and a quick look at who's left shows... Mike McDonald – Canada –- 67,250 Dave Colclough – UK -- 59,350 Phidias Georgiou – Cyprus -- PokerStars player...more

The Royal Dublin SocietyFar from being ravaged by any potential Guinness hangover the start of the EPT Dublin saw 91 poker players from across Europe and the world fresh, on time and ready to take their €8,000 seat to the next round of the EPTs fourth season. Industries Hall at...more

Dublin – home to James Joyce and Bono (among others) and for the next five days the EPT Dublin, the fourth leg of this year’s tour which moves on from Baden, Austria, where Englishman Julian Thew took the honours two weeks ago.Whilst Joyce coloured the literary world with his pen...more

When the Asia Pacific Poker Tour came to life earlier this year, it advertised events in Manila, Seoul, and Sydney. All along, however, there were mysterious references to another event that had still not yet been confirmed. Now we know what organizers were talking about.Today, the APPT announced it is...more

It’s a pretty safe assumption that most new poker players begin with Texas Hold’em. I know I did - taking it by the neck, shaking it and waiting for the loose change to fall out of its pockets, however long it took.In terms of being easy to learn hold’em is...more

Brad Willis reports on the result of the World Blogger Championship of Online Poker...Being a poker player and running a blog can sometimes be a hard gig. You run the risk of giving too much of yourself and your game away. Regardless, there are hundreds upon hundreds of people who...more

Julian Thew, EPT Baden winnerThere are poker players, there are popular poker players, and then there is Julian Thew.Talk to anyone on the international poker scene for any length of time and you'll never hear a bad word said about the player from Nottingham, England. There are likely to be...more

Julian Thew, EPT Baden winnerThere are poker players, there are popular poker players, and then there is Julian Thew.Talk to anyone on the international poker scene for any length of time and you'll never hear a bad word said about the player from Nottingham, England. There are likely to be...more

Julian Thew, England, wins EPT Baden, earning €670,800Denes Kalo, Hungary, eliminated in second place, winning €375,00010.15pm: We have a winner. Julian Thew has ace-eight against Denes Kalo's ace-five and they get it all in pre flop. Denes needs the five and it never materialised: Julian is the champion - and...more

The final table line-up.Standing, from left: Vladimir Poleshchuk, Thierry van den Berg, Julian Thew, Manfred Hammer, Ted LawsonSeated, from left: Thomas Fuller, Denes Kalo, Anton AllemannWelcome back to Baden, where we're all set for the final table of today's European Poker Tour (EPT) event. There were 282 players when we...more

Howard Swains reports from the EPT Baden...Ladies and gentlemen, we have a final table.After a quick, slow, quick, slow day in Baden, we finally shaved the field down from 40 to the eight players who'll duke it out tomorrow for the EPT Baden crown.They are, in order of chip stacks:Vladimir...more

Howard Swains with the round-up from day 2 in Baden...And there we have it, day two is over.We started with a field of 156 still afloat in the tournament and now we're down to 40. Some of the biggest names are still around; many others have gone. There's very little...more

Howard Swains reports on Day 1 at the EPT Baden...And that's that.We started at 6 p.m. with 282 players, we played six levels, and now the remaining 156 have bagged up and gone home. Job done. End of day one. See you tomorrow.So, what happened?Well, it's been a typically tough...more

Howard Swains reports from Baden...The playing area here in Baden is spread across two main rooms and a couple of nooks and crannies.The main poker room is a vast rectangular affair, which feels familiar to anyone who's ever been to any event of this size. But the second room, and...more

It’s not all checks and raises at the EPT Baden......more

Howard Swains reports from the next stop on the European Poker Tour...Hello all, and a warm welcome to Baden, Austria, the third stopping point on this, the fourth season of the PokerStars European Poker Tour. So far this year, we've been to Barcelona and London, where a Danish backgammon expert...more

In 2005, PokerStars created a blog for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. A few weeks later, PokerStars created a blog for the European Poker Tour. A few weeks later, it followed that all of the events and more could be covered even better with an official PokerStars Blog. So, in April...more

It sounds like the blurb from a very cheesy travel brochure...Golden beaches, crystal blue seas, cocktails as you watch the sunset sink into the ocean. This must be paradise.Well forget blurb this really is pradise - Paradise Island in the Bahamas.But let's go one step further shall we and add...more

Howard Swains wraps up the final of the EPT London...Here's a list of poker players, who are also members of an exclusive club.Brandon Schaefer (USA); Jeff Williams (USA); Gavin Griffin (USA); Magnus Petersson (Sweden).As of tonight, there's another name to add to the subscription list: Joseph Mouawad. He comes from...more

Last Friday saw the last eight of the EPT London set and ready for the final, as Howard Swains reported...Let's start at the end.The final table of this week's EPT London will feature the following eight players chasing this trophy.Florian Langmann - Germany - 927,000Joseph Mouawad - Lebanon - 780,000...more

As the APPT took place on the other side of the world the European Poker Tour continued season four in London...London...It doesn't quite have the instant poker cache of, let's say, Texas, but there's really nothing new about the game that can be taught to denizens of the Grosvenor Victoria...more

Sean Callander reports on the closing stages of the APPT Seoul...The Hebrew word “Tzabra” or “Sabra” is used to describe native Israelis. A tzabra is a tough desert plant that thrives under harsh conditions. Under its thorny exterior, the “Tzabra” protects a softer, less severe interior.It's a perfect analogy for...more

Sean Callander reports on the final of the APPT Seoul...A few nervous poker players have just made their way into the TV studio for the final table of the APPT Seoul main event in the Walkerhill Sheraton Grande Hotel on the outskirts of the South Korean capital.It’s drizzly and gloomy...more

You may not have heard of ‘StarCraft’ but in Korea players of this popular video game are treated as celebrities, as Sean Callander reported...Daniel Schreiber is as close to a ‘hometown’ player battling it out for the APPT Seoul title.Like fellow Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier and Team PokerStars...more

Sean Callander was at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour event in Seoul last week, bringing us the following reports...After a welcome from APPT President Jeffrey Haas and PokerStars’s Sarne Lightman players were greeted to a performance of traditional Korean violin (with a contemporary twist) by the all-girl group Airato.AiratoPlayers also...more