European Poker Tour

Sandra Naujoks Victorious at EPT Dortmund

March 18, 2009 - No Comments For the second time in European Poker Tour history, a woman is crowned Queen. First, Vicky Coren, now - Sandra “Black Mamba” Naujoks. In a final table that featured Mike “Timex” McDonald, William Thorson, Luca Pagano, and Johan Storakers, nobody expected Sandra Naujoks to take down the title. Naujoks chipped up quietly while the men battled in big pots, before she knocked off Timex. Her TT bested his KJ, and that coinflip set....

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Poorya Nazari Wins EPT Caribbean Adventure

January 14, 2009 - No Comments Canadian poker player Poorya Nazari will never be able to claim poverty ever again after winning over $3 million at the European Poker Tour’s Caribbean adventure held in the Imperial Ballroom at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. The prize was the 10th biggest in poker tournament history and Nazari outlasted 1,347 other players to claim the title. It wasn’t just Nazari who walked away happy as each of the final eight participants in....

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EPT — Caribbean Adventure Day 3

January 9, 2009 - 1 Comment The start of Day 3 of the European Poker Tour’s Caribbean Adventure began with 102 players, all battling it out to last into the final 32 and live to play another day. Many expected the action to slow as players inched closer to the monumental $3 million first-place prize — why they believed that is another story. For a tournament that at no point showed signs of slowing, Day 3 was no exception, and it took only seven hours to eliminate....

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EPT Caribbean Adventure Day 2

January 8, 2009 - No Comments The speed with which player’s at the EPT Caribbean Adventure poker tournament reached the money would lead one to believe there had to some sort of tie to NASCAR — or at least something else really fast. It took only two days of play and 10 levels on day 2 to  burst the money bubble — 1,347 players were whittled to under 199 and one player, Mike “CHI01″ Chiappetta, made it to the money without playing a single hand....

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EPT Caribbean Adventure Kicks Off in Style

January 7, 2009 - No Comments The European Poker Tour’s Caribbean Adventure tournament is truly a unique experience, taking the cake as the most beautiful site for a poker event. Held at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, few would argue that there is too much else to do here besides play poker — still the $3 million first-place prize may steer players towards a higher level of concentration than the tourists that surround them. A total of 660 players turned out for day 1A....

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Marty Smyth Wins Poker Million VII

December 19, 2008 - No Comments After narrowly missing out on the big jackpot twice already, Marty Smyth cashed-in during his third consecutive final-table appearance to win the Ladbrokes Poker Million VII last week, taking home a cool $1 million in the process. Smyth finished as the runner-up last year and in sixth-place two years ago, before finally winning it all in 2008. Still, it wasn’t easy for Smyth, who narrowly avoided another disappointment as he was down to one....

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Joao Barbosa Wins EPT Warsaw Event

November 21, 2008 - No Comments Joao Barbosa overcame a 217 player field that included such heavyweights as Marty Smyth, Sorel Mizzi, Johnny Lodden, Roland de Wolfe, Dario Minieri, and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier to win the European Poker Tour’s Polish Open event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Casino in Warsaw. With ten former EPT winners in the field and eight making it to Day Three, Barbosa was somewhat of an unlikely winner. Despite being a relative unknown,....

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EPT Warsaw Days Two and Three

November 19, 2008 - No Comments The European Poker Tour’s Polish Open event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Warsaw featured a Day Two with 109 players returning for their chance to move ever closer to the tournament title. With each table jam-packed with uber-aggressive poker pros, it is no surprise that the first 30 minutes of action yielded 15 eliminations. In fact, by the end of level nine, the field had dropped to 62 competitors, which means the field had been cut by 40%....

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EPT Warsaw Day 1A and 1B Recap

November 17, 2008 - No Comments The third-ever European Poker Tour Polish Open, a 20,000 PLN ($6,744) buy-in no-limit event, got underway Saturday at the Casinos Poland, Hyatt Regency Hotel. Day 1A of the event featured a relatively small field of 99 players as the day overlapped with the Amsterdam Master’s Classic AND the Belgium Poker Championship. Day 1B was expected to pick up the slack, yet still underwhelmed with only 118 entrants for a two-day total of just 217 players....

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William Fry Wins EPT Budapest

November 3, 2008 - No Comments On Nov. 1, the champion of the first ever European Poker Tour Hungarian Open was crowned, and his name seems very familiar. No, it was not a big-name poker player like Daniel Negreanu or Phil Ivey — it was William Fry, who I believe is actually the main character in Matt Groening’s Futurama! Who knew he could play cards! The original field of 532 entrants was whittled down to eight on this day, and Fry was the best of the bunch, taking....

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