Day 3 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Polish Open started with 24 players and in just four hours had played down to the final nine. The chip leaders at the beginning of the day were: Sergey Shcherbatskiy (Russia) -- 265,900 Dario Minieri (Italy) -- 211,400 Roland De Wolfe (UK) --...
Day 1b of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Polish Open saw a smaller than expected field of 118 players but what it lacked in quantity (217 players in total over both days) it made up for in quality with virtually every table hosting several players who have won big on the circuit....
The third PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Polish Open got underway at Casinos Poland, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Warsaw today with 99 players taking to the felt in this PLN20,000 (approximately $6,744) event. The small field reflects the fact that the Amsterdam Master Classics and Belgium Poker...
World Poker Tour Enterprises, the NASDAQ-quoted company that owns the WPT television series, saw third-quarter 2008 revenue drop 39 percent to $2.7 million from $4.4 million in the same period of 2007. The company said the fall was a result of a decrease in domestic television license fees and...
Tokwiro Enterprises, the owner of UltimateBet and Absolute Poker, yesterday said its $15 million claim against the former owner of UltimateBet, Excapsa Software, has been settled. The settlement was endorsed by the Honourable Madame Justice Sarah E. Pepall of the Ontario Supreme Court on Nov. 3,...
The Latin American Poker Tour, sponsored by PokerStars, has announced details of its next stop in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, from Dec. 5-7, 2008. The event takes place in the stunning beachfront Marival Resort and Suites and has a buy-in of $2,700. "PokerStars LAPT season one was an...
The 182 remaining players at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Hungarian Open became 179 within three minutes as the short-stacks fell on their swords. This served as a pertinent reminder that the €4,000+€300 buy-in event, which attracted a sold out 532 entrants, was now all about...
A total of 532 entrants paid €4,000+€300 to play the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Hungarian Open at the Sofitel Hotel in Budapest. Another sellout field for the organizers and a juicy prize pool of €2,128,000 for the players. Some of the faces attending included Alex...
The first PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Hungarian Open, held at the Sofitel Hotel, Budapest, Hungary, is significant insomuch as it is further proof that the live poker economy is alive and kicking in these straitened times. Day 1A of the €4,000 buy-in event sold out its 250 capacity...
Full Tilt Poker today announced it had signed 27-year-old Finnish pro Patrik Antonius to Team Full Tilt, which already is comprised of players such as Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Gus Hansen, and Mike Matusow. The former European Poker Tour winner is the youngest player ever to...
Between season's one and two of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour, Duthie, a formidable poker player himself who in 2000 won £1 million at the first Poker Million, made the final table of the $3,000 no-limit hold'em event at the World Series of Poker. Shortly afterwards Duthie...
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final has grown to become one of the most prestigous poker tournaments of the year, and the premiere event held outside of the United States. To shed light on this record growth, Card Player has provided some history about the EPT and prior Grand Final...
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final has grown to become one of the most prestigous poker tournaments of the year, and the premiere event held outside of the United States. To shed light on this record growth, Card Player has provided some history about the EPT and prior Grand Final...
Montel Williams was yesterday named as a member of Team USA to play in the PartyPoker.com Poker Nations Cup taking place in Cardiff, Wales from Apr. 7-10. The talk show host was picked by team captain Robert Williiamson III, and will be joined by team-mates Jamie Gold, Freddy Deeb, Chris...
Popular Englishman Neil Channing goes into the final table of six at the PaddyPowerPoker.com €3 million-guaranteed 2008 Irish Open today as both chip leader and strong favourite to take down the €800,000 first prize. With 667 players, a €201,000 overlay by the sponsor, and a unique...
Fifty-two players and six tables return for day three today at the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2008 and all can relax as they've made the money and will spend the day trying to climb the prize pool ladder. The day started with 264 players and many recognizable names fell by the wayside as...
Day 1b at the PaddyPowerPoker.com €3 million-guaranteed Irish Open 2008 saw 364 entrants but, added to day 1a's turnout of 303, this still wasn't enough to make the guarantee. The overlay of just over €200,000 (conveniently and generously rounded up by the sponsor) was getting...
The PaddyPowerPoker.com €3 million-guaranteed Irish Open 2008 has always been one of Europe's most popular tournaments, even more so now that this year's event had an overlay of €198,000, to which the generous sponsor added €2,000 to make a nice round €200,000....
After 11 hours of play, 40-year-old German share trader Michael Schulze won the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Polish Open in Warsaw yesterday, seeing off 358 others on his way to taking down the $609,782 first prize. The €5,750 buy-in event created a prize pool of more than €2...
Twenty-six players took to the felt on day three at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Polish Open in Warsaw yesterday and less than three hours after the cards were in the hour 17 players had been eliminated, nine were left to populate the final table, and everyone was heading home for the...
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Polish Open, taking place at the Casinos Poland Hyatt Regency, Warsaw has grown from 284 players last year to 359 players this year, and, with a buy-in of around €5,750 and a prize pool of over €2 million, it's now a much-anticipated fixture on...
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Polish Open started yesterday in Warsaw with 190 players, but only 48 will return for day two as stalwarts such as Dario Minieri, Katja Thater, Kara Scott, Jani Sointula, and Sander Lylloff took to the felt but eventually hit the rail in this 21,000 Polish...
The European Commission today launched an investigation into "United States measures affecting foreign suppliers of Internet gambling services," effectively an inquiry into the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which prevents European-based firms from competing in the U.S....
The NASDAQ-quoted World Poker Tour yesterday reported full-year revenues down almost 25 percent to $21.7 million at the end of December 2007 compared to $29.3 million to the end of 2006. The WPT had a net loss of $9.6 million in the year ending December 2007 compared to net earnings of $7.8...
The European Union today stepped in to prevent France from adopting a decree similar to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the U.S. Had the draft decree been adopted, it would have obliged French financial institutions to block payments from online gaming companies black-listed by...
The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, yesterday formally requested the Netherlands and Greece to remove gaming restrictions which were found inconsistent with European law. The European Gaming & Betting Association, which includes PartyGaming, Unibet, Expekt,...
European Commissioner for Internal Markets Charlie McCreevy has said he will push ahead with plans to prosecute member states who discriminate against competition from gambling firms in other states. Speaking yesterday in Brussels to news agency Bloomberg, he said, "If member states wish to...
Tim Vance, from St. Louis, Missouri, is the new Scandinavian Open champion after winning the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Copenhagen in Denmark. Forty-six-year-old Vance, who runs a construction company back home, won his seat for free in an online frequent-player-point satellite on...
The sellout PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open in Copenhagen, Denmark, enters its final day today with eight players vying for the €834,590 first prize. Four Danes, two Americans, a Swede, and a Frenchman are left from a field of 460 runners. The final table, in seat order...
The €6,700 buy-in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open, being held in the Casino Copenhagen, Denmark, has entered its critical stage. With all 39 remaining players making the money, the drive is now on to claim the first prize of €834,590. The sellout 460-strong field...
