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April 2014

Ana Marquez Eliminated in the EPT Grand Final Main Event – Liv Boeree 12th in the $5k

When day 3 of PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event began today it was with a short stacked Ana Marquez. The Spanish pro was the last woman standing and she went into the day with 54,000 chips, which was well below average. According to PokerNews’ Live Reporting Ana …

Ana Marquez Last Women Standing at EPT Grand Final

When players return today to play day 3 of PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event there will be only 128 left out of a total of 650 entries. They are all competing to win a share of the €6,5 million prize pool, with €1,240,000 reserved for the …

Going into Day 2 of the EPT Grand Final: Annette Obrestad Chasing Her First EPT Title

347 players are still dreaming of the trophy and the big bucks at PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final before day 2 is about to begin. Someone that is not dreaming is the two-time EPT winner Victoria Coren, who busted on day 1A. But we might not feel too sorry …

Victoria Coren and Maria Ho in the Shark Cage

At EPT Grand Final in Monaco and with all the poker celebrities in one place PokerStars saw their chance to shoot another episode of the televised poker show The Shark Cage. The Shark Cage consists of eight heats and a final where the winner – and the winner only – …

Vanessa Selbst Eliminated in EPT Super High Roller in Monaco

Vanessa Selbst is no longer to be found in day 2 of the The Super High Roller at PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final. After a couple of hours she was eliminated, when her pair of sevens could not hold up to Antonio Esfandiari’s two overcards. As reported on PokersStars …

Vanessa Selbst Fires Two Bullets at EPT Super High Roller in Monaco

The second day of The Super High Roller at PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final is soon to start. On day one 48 players entered the €100,000 tournament, and as we have seen before, they were not shy to buy in again as soon as they busted, among them Vanessa …

Upcoming Superstar Kitty Kuo Wins Women’s Sunday

While Victoria Coren took down her historic win at EPT Sanremo Main Event the Taiwanese poker player and internet phenomenon Kuo Hui Chen, better know as Kitty Kuo, battled it out in Women’s Sunday at PokerStars. Kitty Kuo, who goes by the screen name “kittymstar” at PokerStars, entered the final …

Victoria Coren Writes History: The First Two-Time EPT Champion

This evening history was made in Sanremo when Victoria Coren won the EPT Sanremo Main Event and thus became the first two-time EPT champion. When European Poker Tour was launched 10 seasons ago, nobody could have imagined that it would take 98 Main Events before we could crown a double …

A Short Stacked Victoria Coren on Final Table at EPT Sanremo

Eight players remain when the final table of EPT Sanremo is played out tomorrow. Victoria Coren, who started the day with only 22 bb, managed to survive day 5, and she will enter the final table as the short stack with 910,000 chips. The chip leader from yesterday Jordan Westmorland …

End of Day 4 at EPT Sanremo: 15 Left and Victoria Coren is One of Them

As play concluded on day 3 the field was cut down to 39 players with the Spanish pro Raul Mestre in front with 942,000 in chips. Plenty of notable players were still left, among them three former EPT winners: Michael Turenic, who won the EPT Copenhagen in 2011, Dimitar Danchew …