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EPT11 Deauville: Impossible is nothing for Ognyan Dimov, hauls in Parlafes t
The history of mankind has been defined by triumph over adversity. Nobody ever thought you could reach the South Pole, scale Everest or put a man on the moon. All of those "impossible" feats were relatively easy, however, compared with the task facing five poker players in Normandy, France, this aft...more
City of Dreams Manila grand opening this Monday
Do you not know?! Have you not heard? The Grand Opening for the entire City of Dreams Manila complex is this Monday, February 2. The venue, along with the 'PokerStars LIVE Manila' poker room, will make their official launch in style with what is being dubbing the 'Concert of Dreams'. What's in s...more
2015 PokerStars Asia-Pacific Q1 Review
Happy New Year! Now that the winter festivities are done it's time to take a look at the first quarter of 2015 in the Asia-Pacific which promises to be the biggest poker tournaments ever in the region.JANUARYManila Megastack (Jan 14-18)'PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams Manila' opened its doors...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Josh Kay carries the day, wins Main Event, $367K
"I just pretty much let everybody else battle," said Josh Kay, winner of the first ever LAPT Bahamas Main Event, explaining his plan to "hang out until the end."Kay was referring to the situation of coming to the final table with the chip lead versus a formidable group of some of poker's greats, inc...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Kay breaks Finger's momentum, wins heads-up
With a better than 2-to-1 chip lead to start heads-up play, Martin Finger appeared primed to add a Latin American Poker Tour title -- in one of the biggest LAPT Main Events ever -- to his EPT Main Event and Super High Roller wins and WSOP bracelet. And after chipping up further during the first par...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Paur, Garcia out in back-to-back hands; Finger leads final 3
The final five continued on toward the end of Level 27 with Martin Finger continuing to enjoy a chip lead by a wide margin. Then in a flash came two eliminations within two hands to conclude the level.Both hands involved hands pitting players holding a single ace, although in one the player who was...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Finger targets another; Danchev down in sixth
Pocket aces worked well for chip leader Martin Finger earlier this afternoon -- enabling him to knock out both Mustapha Kanit in eighth and then Jonathan Borenstein in seventh. Then came a hand in which Stefan Jedlicka picked up the rockets, although after an intriguing hand with Taylor Paur things...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Aces again for Finger bounces Borenstein in seventh
Martin Finger comes to this LAPT Bahamas final table with a WSOP bracelet and an EPT Main Event win (and an EPT Super High Roller title, too), giving him a shot at a kinda-sorta-Triple Crown should he come away with the win.If things continue for the rest of the day and night as they've begun for th...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Kanit KO'd in eighth; Finger now in front
The final table's first half-hour was highlighted by a three-way hand involving heavy preflop action and a couple of big folds.Martin Finger had been active in several hands, then opened again from early position for 50,000 holding A♠K♦. Jonathan Borenstein then three-bet to 130,000 from the bu...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Meet the final eight
The first final table of Season 8 of the Latin American Poker Tour is here. From 736 entries just eight players remain, bringing to the table a variety of backgrounds and poker experience, including a lot of considerable results.It's an eclectic group, but they all have one item in common -- it's t...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Hall hits rail in ninth, final table set
Two PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event champions made it to the final nine of this inaugural LAPT Bahamas Main Event -- Galen Hall (2011) and Dimitar Danchev (2013) -- but only one made it the official final table of eight.Hall was ninth of nine in chips to start play once the players redrew ...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Frey falls, Massey moves on; 9 remain
In less than an hour they've gone from 11 down to an unofficial final table of nine here at the LAPT Bahamas Main Event where start-of-day chip leader Josh Kay has maintained his advantage thus far.Shortly after play began, a hand arose on the outer table that saw Taylor Paur open with a raise, Frey...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Eleven players, one trophy
A field of 736 entries for the first ever LAPT Bahamas Main Event played down to 183 players on Wednesday, and after a long Day 2 yesterday only 11 remain with hopes of capturing the first Main Event trophy of Season 8 of the Latin American Poker Tour along with a handsome $367,928 first prize.Durin...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Josh Kay leads final 11; Danchev, Hall, Finger in hunt
Near the end of Day 2 of the LAPT Bahamas Main Event, Mustapha Kanit was engaged in a discussion with a fellow player about a hand the pair had just played when he quickly stopped and with a wry grin held up his hand."I don't believe you," he said with a chuckle, referring to a claim about the hand ...more
LAPT8 Bahamas: Strelitz, Hutter fall; 14 left
A couple of Americans fell during Level 22. Daniel Strelitz was felted shortly after the start of the level in 16th ($16,340), then followed to the rail near level's end by Barry Hutter in 15th ($18,280).Hutter's elimination hand began with an opening raise to 32,000 (a little over 2x) by Jose Carl...more
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