A total of 228 entrants (some using the reentry format on Day 1b to register twice) was trimmed down to 143 players after the two opening day flights of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris Main Event. Day 2 saw the field reduced down toRead Full Article
The cream rose to the top on Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event, as two of the biggest names in poker finished one and two on the leader-board at the end of the day. John Juanda will be the chip-leader heading into DayRead Full Article
With Andy Bloch scratching his name off of the “Best player to never win a bracelet” list at the 2012 WSOP, and with several big names like Gus Hansen, Gavin Smith, ElkY and Phil Laak also crossing their names off last year, I figured it was time toRead Full Article
The PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Championship event in Copenhagen, Denmark ended day 2 of the Main Event with a familiar name in the pole position, Lock Poker Pro Melanie Weisner. Weisner managed to edge out a few other players for the end-of-day chip-lead, and with just 72Read Full Article
After a disappointing turnout on Day 1a of the European Poker Tour’s Season 8 stop in Copenhagen (where a mere 83 players registered for the DKK37,275 (€5,000) buy-in tournament) Day 1b saw over 200 players register for the EPT Copenhagen Main Event, bringing the total number of entrantsRead Full Article
A quick look at the leader-board at the end of Day 2 of the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event reveals an utter domination by European poker players thus far in the tournament, with zero American players in the Top 10 –although there are some major American names lurkingRead Full Article
Entering the final table of the €25,000 buy-in PokerStars EPT Madrid High-Roller tournament, Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier was way behind the chip-leaders, and somehow managed to hang around until three-handed play began –despite not being involved in any major confrontations—which is when ElkY finally woke-up andRead Full Article