The weekly round 2 events last weekend bunched together the usual eclectic mix of nationalities at the final tables with players from France, India, Germany, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Brazil and Spain featuring in the payouts. But it was the United States up top both days. ‘D0k_Holliday’ was...more
Who can resist the allure of an award ceremony what with all the glamour, prestige and canapés? Well, after four full seasons of the European Poker Tour PokerStars has created the first ever EPT Awards to be held in Barcelona, Spain on the eve of the first leg of the...more
The weekly round 2 was dominated by players from the United States last weekend with seven of Saturdays finalists hailing from the land of the free and the same again on Sunday, a level of success only matched it seems by the country’s swimmers in Olympic pools. ‘CASHGAMBLE’ was paid...more
The LAPT is in the can, its first year a success story of rapidly growing proportions and plans are already in full swing for a second season. In the meantime though all eyes now turn back to Europe. Any fan of European poker should now sense that heady mixture of...more
Whilst the Olympics burst into life over in China the smaller flame of the Weekly Round 2 events shone just as brightly as players from around the world competed for poker gold. It was a Germanic one-two last weekend with an Austrian and a German taking honours. First it was...more
All good things must come to an end, and now the first season of the Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT) is in the record books. After Julien Nuijten in Rio de Janeiro, Valdemar Kwaysser in San Jose, the third and final champion has also been crowned and is another European....more
They began with 351 and now they’re down to eight. The final table for the LAPT event in Punta del Este, Uruguay, has been set. And here are the players who made it. Each is now guaranteed at least $17,025, although all will be eyeing the first prize of...more
Something like a month ago, the chances are that most poker players will have never heard of Punta del Este, Uruguay. Similarly, most residents of Punta del Este, Uruguay, probably didn't know that much about poker. But this week, thanks to the PokerStars Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT), the two...more
They’re the guys who answer your emails, send a few themselves and who make sure PokerStars runs smoothly from top to bottom. They’re the backroom staff we can all thank for making PokerStars what it is. So they deserve a day out in the sun once in a while, or...more
Another week on PokerStars.net and another Weekly Round 2. Two more multi-national final tables over the weekend, the first with an American one-two-three with ‘TheNewIRS’ winning $276, whilst the second saw a win for Ireland and ‘madloopy’ who won the same. Weekly Round 2 results (Saturday 2 August) 1. TheNewIRS...more
The European Poker Tour has long been home to high-rollers. The Grand Final buy-in of the tournament series is impressive in itself at €10,000. The rest of the events are nearly as big. However, we always knew there were people in the room who wanted to play bigger. After the...more