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Latest European News |
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European Poker RankingsTM |
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European Tournament Trail |
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Carsten Joh Wins First Bracelet
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01 Jul |
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 Carsten Joh has won the gold bracelet and $664,426 in the 2009 World Series of Poker Event #51, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em, after a grueling final day that lasted nearly 13 hours. |
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Price is Right for Vinny at Walsall GUKPT
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28 Jun |
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 21-year-old Vinny Price from Birmingham has won the GUKPT Summer Series main event at the Grosvenor casino in Walsall. He defeated a field of 121 players in the two-day event to scoop the first prize of £19,520.
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Hungary claims WSOP title
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24 Jun |
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 Hungarian Peter Traply takes down his country's first WSOP gold bracelet and the $348,728 top prize after besting Andrew Lichtenberger heads up. |
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Aberdeen Angus Wins GUKPT Summer Series
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21 Jun |
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 Retired accountant John Angus from Edinburgh has won the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Summer Series at the G casino in Aberdeen. He defeated deep-sea fisherman Pete Thomas from Orkney in a quick fire heads up encounter. |
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RANK |
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POINTS |
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1st |
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Dragan Galic (Croatia) |
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5,875 |
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2nd |
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Heinz Kamutzki (Germany) |
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4,930 |
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3rd |
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Tristan Clemencon (France) |
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4,195 |
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4th |
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Jens Kyllönen (Finland) |
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4,087 |
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5th |
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Sunny Chattha (England) |
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3,900 |
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6th |
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Peter Hedlund (Sweden) |
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3,855 |
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7th |
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Andy Bradshaw (England) |
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3,665 |
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8th |
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Keir Ratcliff (England) |
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3,585 |
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9th |
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Jose Severino (Panama) |
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3,480 |
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10th |
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Alain Layani (France) |
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3,360 |
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11th |
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Chris Dowling (Ireland) |
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3,330 |
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12th |
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Constant Rijkenberg (Holland) |
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3,300 |
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12th |
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Pieter De Korver (Holland) |
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3,300 |
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12th |
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Moritz Kranich (Germany) |
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3,300 |
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15th |
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Per Martin Jacobson (Sweden) |
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3,225 |
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16th |
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Bernhard Perner (Austria) |
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3,187 |
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17th |
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Jerome Zerbib (France) |
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3,120 |
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18th |
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Christer Johansson (Sweden) |
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3,000 |
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18th |
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Arnaud Esquevin (France) |
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3,000 |
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18th |
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Sven Ragnar Astrom (Sweden) |
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3,000 |
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21st |
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Josef Grech (England) |
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2,890 |
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22nd |
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Vitaly Lunkin (Russia) |
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2,850 |
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23rd |
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Jussi Nevanlinna (Finland) |
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2,780 |
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24th |
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Roger Hairabedian (France) |
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2,760 |
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25th |
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Matthew Woodward (USA) |
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2,640 |
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25th |
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Kalle Niemi (Finland) |
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2,640 |
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27th |
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Jonathan Campbell (England) |
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2,610 |
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28th |
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Serdar Tascioglu (Turkey) |
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2,565 |
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29th |
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Remy Biechel (France) |
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2,562 |
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30th |
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Dave 'El Blondie' Colclough (Wales) |
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2,560 |
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Summer Shaker
02 Jul - 05 Jul
Grosvenor Casino, Brighton, England |
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DTD Deepstack
04 Jul - 05 Jul
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, England |
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Summer Breeze
06 Jul - 12 Jul
Rendezvous Casino, Brighton, England |
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London Championships
06 Jul - 19 Jul
Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London, England |
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Italian Rounders Poker Tour - Campione
09 Jul - 12 Jul
Casino di Campione, Campione d'Italia, Italy |
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CAPT Velden/W
12 Jul - 19 Jul
Casinos Austria, Velden, Austria |
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Mayfair Maul
17 Jul - 17 Jul
Westbury Hotel Mayfair, London, England |
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Face to Face Festival
22 Jul - 26 Jul
Rendezvous Casino at the Kursaal, Southend, England |
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Waterford Masters Festival of Poker
23 Jul - 26 Jul
Grand Hotel, Tramore, Ireland |
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London Poker Circuit
24 Jul - 26 Jul
Kensington Close Hotel & Spa, London, England |
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British Masters Poker Tour
24 Jul - 26 Jul
Gala Casino Teeside, Stockton-On-Tees, England |
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Mayfair Maul
31 Jul - 31 Jul
Westbury Hotel Mayfair, London, England |
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DTD Deepstack
01 Aug - 02 Aug
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, England |
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GUKPT - Leg 6
01 Aug - 09 Aug
G Casino, Luton, England |
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Olympic Summer Festival 2009
03 Aug - 08 Aug
Olympic Casino, Tallinn, Estonia |
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Olympic Summer Festival 2009
10 Aug - 15 Aug
Olympic Voodoo Casino, Riga, Latvia |
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Irish Classic Poker Festival
10 Aug - 16 Aug
The Macau Sporting Club, Cork, Ireland |
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Puzz Wins ANZPT Sydney
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04 May |
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 The final day of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney Main Event saw the surviving 26 players return to the felt to play it out until a winner was crowned. |
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Justin Bonomo Wins WSOP Circuit Event at Caesars Palace
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01 May |
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 The World Series of Poker Circuit event at Caesars Palace has always been one of the more recognizable stops on the tour, simply due to its location in Las Vegas. The $5,000 championship event attracted a field of 187 players and generated a total prize pool of $896,950. |
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Nitsche Notched LAPT Grand Final Win in Argentina
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20 Apr |
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 It seemed as if the second season of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) only just began, but already the tour found itself at its Season 2 Grand Final in Argentina. The beach city of Mar del Plata was the place, and poker was the reason they all came, as the $5,200 LAPT Grand Final was set to start on April 16 at the Casino Central. |
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Second chance for first-rate games
By Kathleen K. Watterson
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25 Jun |
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 I loved the headline: “A New Chance for Online Gambling in
the U.S.” Aside from the implicit optimism conveyed by
those words, what I liked even better is that the story
appeared in the venerable New York Times, the bastion of
media respectability on this side of the pond. |
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Desert Oasis
By David Behr
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16 Jun |
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 While it can be rare to find more than the smallest-stakes mixed games outside of major poker tournament series, every once in a while you do stumble across that desert oasis. |
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Tough spot on the turn
By Hugo "Chimney Sweep" Martin
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08 Jun |
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 When asked what hand you are hoping to see when you squeeze those two hole cards I’m sure most Holdem players would reply pocket aces. |
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Behind the Mask with Joe Grech
By Eliza Burnett
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04 Jun |
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 Joe Grech is self-employed and
lives in London. He has cashed
over a million dollars in
tournaments around the world
including a second place finish at the
2005 WPT Five-Star Poker Classic. |
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John Kabbaj has a long list of poker accomplishments scattered all across the world, and now he can add a WSOP gold bracelet to that list.
The final day of the World Series of Poker Circuit event at Harrah’s Rincon near San Diego, California, began with 16 players, after a field of 106 players was whittled down on day 1. 
In pot-limit and no-limit hold'em, one play can set up another play. Think about that and plan ahead. 
We asked the experts how they would have played this crucial hand when there were only three left in the 2006 WSOP main event
Numerous books have been written on the subject
of Omaha and all have advice about what to do
with a starting hand containing a pair of aces.
