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PokerStars Decides To Drop EPT Prague From Live Events In 2020

Andriey POKER 13 January 2020 No comment

The 2019 EPT Prague concluded in December by crowning just the second player to win two EPT titles – Mikalai Pobal. The tournament was a huge success, awarding millions in guarantees. But based on the latest 2020 schedule released by PokerStars, EPT Prague may not return this year. There are only three EPT stops currently on the […]

Mikalai Pobal from Belarus Wins His Second EPT Championship

Mikalai Pobal has won 2019 EPT Prague, and earned his second EPT championship. Mikalai Pobal wins 2019 EPT Prague for €1 million. Mikalai Pobal was the best at the €5,300 EPT Prague Main Event on last week, becoming just the second player to win an EPT Main Event for a second time. In winning the tournament, Pobal defeated […]

GGPoker Exiting Some European Markets

Andriey POKER 23 November 2019 No comment

Poker Industry PRO reports that due to regulatory concerns GGPoker has pulled out of a dozen countries, most of which are in Europe. The network intends to explore returning to those countries once they can ensure getting needed licenses and becoming regulated in each market. According to Head of GGPoker Jean-Christophe Antoine, the network has chosen […]

Former MEP wins major poker tournament

Andriey LITHUANIA POKER 15 August 2019 No comment

Lithuanian Antanas Guoga (better known as Tony G in the poker world) was the best in the High Roller Tournament in Rozvadov and earned 240,000 euros. The popular Triton Poker High Roller Tournament Series has moved from London to Rozvadov. The tournament had 21 buy-ins, and Tony received almost 240,000 euros for the victory. The […]

Poland – In Opole they play poker legally

MDM POKER POLAND 28 May 2019 No comment

For over a month, dozens of players from Opole compete in legal poker tournaments. They meet on Thursday evenings in premises in the city center, they play after paying the entry fee and they win attractive prizes.

2019 WSOP Europe dates released

Andriey CZECH POKER 27 April 2019 No comment

The 11th edition of the WSOPE will be held at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov Czech Republic from October 13 to November 4. It is for the third straight year, when the Czech casino welcomes WSOPE. This year there will be 10 WSOP bracelets and over €14 million in combined prize pools. Here is the […]

Uri Gilboa Wins EPT Sochi Main Event

Andriey POKER 30 March 2019 No comment

Uri Gilboa has won the PokerStars European Poker Tour Sochi Main Event for ₽27,475,000 (~$420,000) after defeating start-of-day chip leader Zakhar Babaev in an all-Israeli heads-up contest. Gilboa has now become the first-ever Israeli EPT champion and at 61 years of age, the consensus here at Casino Sochi is that he is the oldest EPT […]

Latvian poker player wins the WPT Barcelona Main Even

Andriey POKER 22 March 2019 No comment

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs from Latvia has won the World Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event. The tournament was held from March 10 to March 17, 2019. The Main Even champion won the Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions ticket, as well as a cash prize of 600 thousand euros. Participation in the Main Event of the WPT […]

Poker players from Eastern Europe keep on winning international tournaments

Andriey POKER RUSSIA 11 March 2019 No comment

Famous Russian poker player Timofey Kuznetsov became the winner of the final tournament of the Triton Poker Series Super High Roller 2019 in South Korea. 37 people took part in a special event with a $127 thousand buy-in. The prize fund was divided between four players. Timofey Kuznetsov’s winnings exceeded $ 1.8 million. Another Russian […]

Alexey Anisimov wins the first event of the Russian WPT

Andriey POKER RUSSIA 23 January 2019 No comment

Poker player from St. Petersburg Alexey Anisimov won the opening tournament at the first World Poker Tour event in Russia. Alexey noted that he came to the final table with an intention to take first place. When there are only five participants left in the game, poker players made a deal on the following conditions: […]