February 14, 2018
PartyPoker has continued to present a serious challenge to the top poker operators, this week announcing that it is to invest Euro 23 million in prize pool guarantees for its Millions Grand Finale event scheduled for Casino Barcelona in Spain between Aprl 7 and 15. The company claims that the live competition, supported by online […]
August 25, 2015
French pro and 2015 November Niner Sylvain Loosli and his Argentinian counterpart Mario Lopez enjoyed successful and very profitable runs at this week’s 2015 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona. Frenchman Loosli started the Euro 50,000 Super High Roller event seventh in chips, but played with discipline and skill to outmanoeuvre even the very talented Polish […]
August 22, 2014
Political slogans on shirts and other apparel worn during live poker tournaments unfolding in Barcelona this week has triggered comment from the organisers that in future “…entry will be refused to any player displaying political statements of any kind.” The comment comes from Pokerstars communications chief Eric Hollreiser after a social networking furore arose when […]
August 21, 2014
The respected American poker professional Oliver Busquet has emerged victorious in the Euro 50,000 buy-in Super High Roller event in the one hundredth European Poker Tour leg in Barcelona. The entry field of 77 passed the previous event record of 64, and was distilled to a final table that seated Busquet and Daniel Colman of […]
January 14, 2014
Pokerstars marketers are already hard at work on the European Poker Tour’s Barcelona stop planned for August 2014, and for good reason; the event will be the one hundredth in this popular international live tournament series, and the EPT intends to make it the biggest and most spectacular yet seen in Europe. “The EPT was […]
December 11, 2013
Our readers will recall the mysterious goings on in Barcelona earlier this year, where players staying at an hotel whilst participating in a tournament had their laptops stolen but returned, amid suspicions that someone had tampered with them. The publication The Register reported this week that in at least one instance – that of Finnish […]