Monday, October 26, 2009

THE ETP-WARSAW ARRIVES AT ITS END

The ETP edition which had been taking place in Warsaw since last week has just finished and the French Christophe Benzira was proclaimed champion. He has not only ensured a place in the final European Poker Tour which will take place in Montecarlo, but also won a fantastic prize of 358.644 Euros.

The French player, who started the final table being the sixth player with the biggest number of accumulated chips showed an exquisite game all through the tournament and had to confront the Italian Alfio Battisti in the final Heads Up. At the end, Battisti had to be satisfied with the second position and he also brought home a nice amount of money, 200.520 Euros.

The list of the five players who finished in the firsts positions is as follows:
- Christophe Benzira 358.644 euros
-Alfio Battisti 200.520 euros
-Oleksandr Vaserfirer 120.311 euros
-Luca Pagano 85.938 euros
-Ruslam Prydryk 71.041 euros
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Friday, October 23, 2009

DAY 2 RESULTS

From the 148 players that started the second day of the European Poker Tour in Varsovia, there are only 55 left. That means that the third day is going to be very disputed as all the player will fight to arrive at least to the 24th position, which will mean getting some money at least.

At the end of the day, the Canadian Clayton Mozden had managed to become the chips leader, leaving Carter Phillips in a second place.
So far, the list of players who accumulated more chips is as follows:
-Clayton Mozden 332.300
-Carter Phillips 299.800
-Piotr Kilinski 275.200
-Anatoly Gurtovoy 247.000
-Shawn Deeb 226.400

This type of international poker tournaments are a good exposure for the popular cards game, which at the same time are the best way to get more fans and more people starting playing.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

INCREASES THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS IN THE EPT

The day 1B of the European Poker Tour has seen an increase in the number of participants, with a total of 115 players taking part in the competitions, even though there were only 84 left at the end of the day. Those 84 players together with the 64 who managed to finish the day 1A make a total of 152 players ready to start the day 2.

This registered increase in the number of players during day 1B has helped to increase the amount of money that will receive the tournament champion, which will be now €358.654, which is not bad at all.
The chip leader during this day was without any doubt the French Antony Lellouche, who managed to reunite 131.475. However, he is still behind the previous day chip leader, as Carter Phillips had previously managed to put together 194.850 chips.

This type of tournaments serve to prove that poker has become really popular in the last period, which explains also why every day there are more and more people taking part in the many online tournaments available at the best online poker rooms.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

THE RESULTS OF FIRST DAY TOURNAMENT

The last stage of the European Poker Tour has started today in the polish city of Warsaw, where it will be taking place until Sunday the 25th of October.

The main event of this tournament will be in the poker version of Limit Texas Hold’em and the buying price will be 6.000 Euros.
As in the previous tournament edition celebrated in Barcelona, the tournament is not having many participants, in fact; only 88 players took part in the day 1A. The leader of the tournament so far is Carter Phillips, who has already accumulated 194.850 chips, followed by Clayton Mozden with 103.250 chips and Luca Pagano with 101.575.

Anyway, there are still a few days left, so while we wait for the latest results, nothing better than enjoying the game at the best online poker rooms.