Author: Paul Oresteen

Georgios Zisimopoulos Tops WPT Amsterdam Day 1B

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Day 1B of the World Poker Tour Amsterdam €3,300 Main Event drew a larger field of 118 entrants, compared to Tuesday’s 80, and half of them return for Day 2. Leading the flight, and overall leader, is Georgios Zisimopoulos with 222,200. Day 1B’s top ten didn’t produce any household

2016 SHR Bowl Final Table: Rainer Kempe Catches Fire

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The 2016 Super High Roller Bowl Final Table awarded $15 million to seven players that are all returning for 2017 tournament. The final table had it all for viewers – a couple of Hall of Famers, two fresh-faced wunderkinds, two young guns that cut their teeth online and a Gordon

Sebastian Ruiz Leads Day 1A in WPT Amsterdam Main Event

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Day 1A of the World Poker Tour Amsterdam €3,300 Main Event at the Holland Casino fielded 81 entrants and eight levels of action trimmed the field to 40 remaining players. Only Sebastian Ruiz crossed the 200,000 mark to end the day as chip leader. Andreas Klatt is riding a

Seminole Hard Rock 2017 SHRPO Schedule Returns ” The Big 4″

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The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood announced the schedule for the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. The slate of “The Big 4” returns with $6.5 million in guarantees alone, a $50,000 Super High Roller and a $10,000 series saver with a $500,000 guarantee to close out the

World Poker Tour Partners with Adda52.com in India

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The World Poker Tour broadened their global reach and followed up on promises for putting the “world” in WPT announced a partnership with Adda52.com, a WPTDeepStacks stop in India and a WPT India Player of the Year award. “With a burgeoning poker community in a country with a population

Thijs Menco Takes Down WPTDeepstacks Amsterdam Main Event

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The WPTDeepStacks Amersterdam €1,500 Main Event drew 243 entrants to the event following two Day flights. The third of four events for the Championship MonteDam swing, the final table saw the shortest stack Thijs Menco ride a wave to the title and $80,653. Once play began the first elimination

Digging Into Heads Up with Remko featuring Jeff Gross

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Jeff Gross was the most recent guest on the "Heads Up with Remko" podcast and he revealed quite a bit about himself, the game and being Michael Phelps' roommate. A few excerpts from Gross are provided below, as well as an overall outline of their long conversation. Gross on home

Mike McDonald Wins partypoker Million North America High Roller

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The partypoker Million North America $10,300 High Roller at the Playground Poker Club outside Montreal wrapped up late Friday night after the two-day event generated 53 entries. The top six players cashed in the event, which featured four Canadians, and Mike McDonald, who was recently featured on Heads Up with

Julian Stuer Defeats John Juanda for High Roller Title

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The final day of the 25,750 High Roller at the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo returned 27 players that were all in the money to play for the $1 million plus first-place prize. Players busted in a five-hour fury to get to the final table. In the end Julian Stuer bested