Amidst a final table full of European Poker’s young-guns sat 47 year-old Cristophe Benzimra. Benzimra, who is quick to state he is not a professional player, was able to outlast some of Europe’s top poker pros including two ItalianTeam PokerStars Pros: Luca Pagano 4th place and Alfio Battisti 2nd place. The win –which may change Benzimra’s amateur title—was worth a cool 358,000 Euro. The top US finisher was PokerStars Pro Shaun Deeb, who finished in 22nd place. The hometown PolishRead Full Article

With the numerous major poker tournaments taking place around the globe the top poker players have their choice of which destination to head to –Be it Europe for the EPT, The US and a few foreign destinations for the WPT and WSOPE, or Australasia for the APPT. It turns out that Warsaw Poland is the poker tournament hot-spot in late October. The Pokerstars EPT Warsaw event has attracted top poker pros from around the world: 2008 WSOP Champion Peter Eastgate,Read Full Article