December 13, 2015
Eighty hopefuls paid Euro 25,000 apiece this weekend to play in the European Poker Tour Prague Single Day High Roller competition, generating a prize pool big enough to provide a healthy range of cashes, six-figure pay days for six members of the final table, and an impressive Euro 539,000 for the eventual winner. That man […]
November 1, 2015
US online and live poker pro Byron Kaverman topped cashes in two previous high roller events in Malta this weekend by winning the European Poker Tour Euro 10,300 High Roller competition, besting a field of 209 opponents to claim the Euro 430,800 lion’s share of the Euro 2,037,000 prize pool. Earlier in the tournament Kaverman […]
November 1, 2015
Glasgow-based online poker ace Niall ‘Firaldo87’ Farrell won his first major live title event over the weekend, taking down the Euro 5,300 European Poker Tour Malta main event for Euro 534,330 after a two-way heads up chop with runner-up Alen Bilic (26) a mainly online player from Bosnia. The event attracted 651 entries, creating a […]
October 28, 2015
US professional player Steve O’Dwyer has added his thirteenth career live tournament title – and the Euro 327,030 main prize – to an already stellar c.v. by besting 99 entrants and 35 re-entrants in the Euro 10,200 turbo-driven NLHE High Roller event at European Poker Tour Malta. Although originally scheduled to run for just a […]
October 26, 2015
Mike “Timex” MacDonald bested a field of 74 entrants to win the Euro 25,750 buy-in European Poker Tour Malta High Roller event over the weekend, collecting the first prize of Euro 498,575 for his maiden high roller title. in the final stages of the competition MacDonald faced a formidable final table that comprised Finland’s Juha […]
August 31, 2015
The Euro 10,000 buy-in Euro 25,000 buy-in European Poker Tour High Roller event in Barcelona concluded in sensational fashion with a three-way chop over the weekend, with Italian pro Mustapha Kanit (24) taking the main honours in the 506-entry competition. When Swedish pro Niklas Astedt was sent home in fourth place for Euro 336,700, the […]
August 31, 2015
Poker pro John Juanda (44) is Euro 1,022,593 wealthier this morning after taking down the main event of the Pokerstars European Poker Tour main event in Barcelona…and he achieved his first EPT champion title after a year-long break from top level poker. There were 1,624 entries in the event, each providing a buy-in of Euro […]
August 28, 2015
German online and live tournament poker ace Martin Finger has added another trinket to his bulging trophy cabinet – along with the first prize of Euro 865,900 – after taking down the Euro 25,000 buy-in European Poker Tour High Roller event in Barcelona. Although originally scheduled for just one day the event attracted so much […]
August 25, 2015
French poker pro Sylvain Loosli took down the European Poker Tour (EPT) Estrellas Barcelona €50K Super High Roller Event besting a star charged field and ultimately Dzmitry Urbanovich in heads-up play. Loosli pocketed a handsome Euro 1,224,000, the win marking his biggest result since finishing fourth in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. […]
May 5, 2015
Pokerstars has announced six stops for the forthcoming 12th season of its European Poker Tour – kicking off with the EPT’s popular poker festival in Barcelona in August. Six destinations have been confirmed so far, with a seventh to be determined for March. All those confirmed will run in conjunction with Pokerstars’ national and regional […]