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The final table of the 2013 bwin World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris is set after 4 days of intensive play! Unfortunately big names such as Kara Scott, Matt Salsberg and Marvin Rettenmaier fell during the fourth day. On the other hand, Christina Lindley (one of few ladies to enter the tournament) and familiar faces such as Elliot Smith (Canada) and Kimmo Kurko (Finland) are amongst the final 6 players.

Read more » Vasili Firsau Takes Massive Leads Into WPT Grand Prix de Paris Final Table

The second and final day of WPT Alpha8 (£100,000 buy-in) saw 11 players returning to their seats, and the number of participants increased to 12 after the late arrival of American businessman Bill Perkins who flew in from the U.S. to United Kingdom mainly for this event.

Read more » WPT Alpha8: Philipp Gruissem Wins The £100,000 Buy-In Event in London!

It's not only in Paris that poker stars are battling it out for some serious cash. On Monday, the 2013 World Poker Tour Alpha8 kicked off in London at the luxurious Palm Beach on Mayfair venue. The £100,000 buy-in tournament attracted 10 players spread across two tables at the beginning of Day 1 and ended with 19 entries.

Read more » WPT Alpha8: Tobias Reinkeimer Leads Star-Filled £100k Event in London

Another day is in the books at World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris and we still haven't reached the money bubble as 24 players still remain. Day 2 chip leader Matt Salsberg still has the chance of back-to-back titles, but he will to fight really hard during Day 4 with his stack of 218,500 to catch up with chip leader Vasily Firsau (756,000) from Belarus and his closest competitors Peter Apostolou (548,000) and Jean-Norel Thorel (458,000).

Salsberg will be joined at the tables today by a few familiar faces including Elliot Smith, Marvin Rettenmaier, Kara Scott and Jason Koon. The money bubble will burst when 21 players remain. A minimum cash is worth $20,250 and $469,477 will be awarded to the winner.

The second day of the 2013 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris was played yesterday, and many poker stars were amongst the 65 players who made it through to Day 3. In fact, at the end of five 90-minute levels of play, defending champion Matt Salsberg bagged up the largest stack (212,600 chips)! Salsberg will be joined at the tables today by notables such as Marvin Rettenmaier and Timothy Adams.

21 of the remaining 65 players will receive a piece of the prize pool (a minimum payday is worth $20,250). The last man/women standing will receive nothing less than $469,477, so it will be a thrilling final table with or without any big names on it! We will be back with another brief update tomorrow morning!

On Friday, the final table of the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event (375 entries) concluded with Adrian Mateos, who brought the biggest pile of chips to the final table, as the champion after an almost 5-hour-long heads-up match against Fabrice Soulier of France.

Read more » 2013 WSOPE: Adrian Mateos Wins The Main Event (€1,000,000)!

None other than maple syrup lover Daniel Negreanu was the last man standing in the WSOPE High Roller event which concluded today after three days of intense battle. The first place gave Negreanu €725,000 in prize money and yet another WSOP bracelet (his sixth WSOP bracelet in total).

The High Roller final table kicked off with Negreanu dead last which he explained to WSOP.com: "I honestly felt like I was going to win [the event] the whole time," Negreanu admitted.  "The thing was I played the Main Event earlier and I sat with 10-15 big blinds the whole tournament. I was fighting it, but I ended up getting knocked out 25th. Then I thought to myself, 'Eight big blinds? How are they gonna knock me out again?' And once I doubled up and was at about 20 [big blinds]...once I was back in the mix and I doubled up again, I saw the faces, I saw the people looking around. I could sense it and I felt like, here it is, my opportunity to win this thing".

The heads-up between Negreanu and Nicolau Villa-Lobos reached its deciding moment when Villa-Lobos went all in holding a pocket of 5's  ( ) while Negreanu called and showed a pocket of J's ( ).

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Event #8: €25,600 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (the final gold bracelet event at the 2013 WSOPE in Paris) saw 80 entries and only 13 players remain after two days of play. Philipp Gruissem was the only one to bag up more than a million chips at the end of Day 2. The German poker pro won a 700,000 pot with AA during Level 17 against Jason Mercier's AQ on the board Q10366. Gruissem will bring 1.269 million chips to Day 3.

Read more » 2013 WSOPE: Philipp Gruissem Leads High Roller

The plan for Day 4 was to play down to 8 players from the 24 that started the day. However, only 8 players remained in less than four levels of play, so WSOP crew decided to continue until there were 6 players left instead, which took about 1 hour. Here are the 6 remaining players of the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event:

Read more » 2013 WSOPE: Spindler and Soulier Final Tables The Main Event

Scotty Nguyen and Tom McEvoy were elected to the Poker Hall of Fame last Friday. The two former world champions have some impressive resumes and both have contributed to the growth of the game. In total, they been nominated a combined 9 times (McEvoy 5 times and Scotty 4 times) before they finally were choosen.

Read more » In case you missed it: Scotty Nguyen & Tom McEvoy Elected to Poker Hall Of Fame

Event #8: €25,600 High Roller, the final bracelet event at the 2013 WSOPE in Paris, kicked off yesterday and attracted 75 entrants. The first day lasted for six levels and approximately 62 players made it through the day. Canada's Sorel Mizzi will be leading the way with 268,800 chips to the second day, and not far behind are big names such as Scott Seiver (248,200), Antonio Esfandiari (229,000) and Phil Ivey (182,800)

The cards will be back in the air at 1.00 PM local time and registration will remain open for the first 5 levels, so hopefully Phil Hellmuth will join in on the action and take a shot at bracelet number 14!

Another action-packed day of poker is in the books at the 2013 WSOPE Main Event in Paris, and now there are only 24 players left with the chance of taking down the the first prize of €1,000,000 and the coveted gold bracelet! Adrian Mateos from Spain bagged up the largest stack (1,066,000) at the end of Day 3 and he's closely followed by Danny Steinberg (1,009,000), whose identical twin brother, Max Steinberg, won a bracelet at the 2012 WSOP.

Read more » 2013 WSOPE: 24 Players Remain; Danny Steinberg In 2nd Place

BankrollMob has teamed up with William Hill Poker for an exclusive BRM member tournament this coming Sunday (27th of October) at 19:00 CET!

There's both cash (€250 added) for the top finishers and a tourney ticket (€55 General Token) waiting for the winner!

Read more » Exclusive BRM tourney at William Hill Poker: €250 Added + a €55 tourney token for the winner!

A total of 375 participants entered the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe Main event for €10,450 each and created a €3.6 million prize pool. The player field has been narrowed down to 70 players over the past two days of play and Dominik Nitsche (504k) is the chip leader heading to Day 3.

Read more » 2013 WSOPE: 70 Players Remain in The Main Event

Some people say that 3 is the magic number. Noaha Schwartz is most probably one of those people now given that he won his first gold bracelet last Saturday at his third career WSOP final table!

Schwartz, who finished 2nd in a bracelet event this summer and 4th in Event #3 at the 2013 WSOPE, had the chip lead when the final day of Event #6: €3,250 Mixed Max Pot-Limit Omaha kicked off and made it to heads-up against Ludovic Lacay after several hours of play.

Read more » 2013 WSOPE: Noah Schwartz Wins Gold On The Third Attempt!

On Friday, the final table of Event #5: €2,200 No Limit Hold'em began with 7 players and Erik Seidel was the chip leader. The American poker legend was looking to win his 9th WSOP bracelet and got the best possible start as he eliminated Max Greenword and Mike Watson within the first 15 hands.

Read more » 2013 WSOPE: Roger Hairabedian Defeats Erik Seidel Heads Up In Event #5

Only 7 players of 337 entries remain in the €2,200 9-handed No-Limit Hold'em event after two days of action-packed poker. Erik Seidel will lead the remaining squad of players to today's final table where a first prize of €148,820 is put aside for the winner.

Read more » 2013 WSOPE: Seidel Looking To Win 9th Bracelet In Event #5: €2,200 No-Limit Hold'em!

On Thursday, Darko Stojanovic denied American poker pro Dan O'Brien his first bracelet, again, in Event #3: €5,300 Mixed Max. In the course of 53 hands, Stojanovic from France defeated the very experienced tournament player Dan O'Brien. O'Brien enjoyed a 3-1 chip when the cards were in the air, but the Stojanovic played very well and doubled up already in the second hand of the match. Stojanovic then dominated play until O'Brien needed a double up to stay in the game...

Read more » 2013 WSOPE: Stojanovic Denies O'Brien In Mixed Max Event

2012 October Niner Jeremy Ausmus (finished 5th for $2,155,313) is the champion of Event #4: €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha after besting a field of 184 players over thee days of play.

Read more » 2013 WSOPE: 2012 WSOP Main Event Finalist Jeremy Ausmus Wins Event #4!

Event #3: €5,300 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold'em

Day 3 began with 16 players on 4 four-handed tables and was supposed to continue until only four players remained, but the day was still young when four players remained so the action continued until Dan O'Brien and Darko Stojanovic were the last men standing.

Read more » 2013 WSOP Europe: Here are the latest updates from Paris

Another 5 players entered the second day of Event #3: €5,300 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold'em and brought the total field size to 140, which means that the event has a prize pool of €672,000!

Now, there are only 16 players left (all guaranteed €14,905 each) after two days of play and Noah Schwartz is the chip leader with 262,000 (109 big blinds) heading into Day 3. Nine-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey also made it through to Day 3 with 90,500 chips, so he has a decent chance of winning a 10th gold bracelet! 

Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry saw 659 entries and the remaining 9 players will return to play later on today and battle it out at the final table - where a first prize of €129,700 and a WSOP gold bracelet are at stake!

Read more » 2013 WSOP Europe: Event #2 and Event #3 Updates

On Saturday, the first WSOP gold bracelet of the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe (played in Paris) was awarded. Jackie Glazier bested a field of 65 players (included EPT Winner Liv Boeree, WSOP bracelet winner Allyn Jaffrey Schulman, and a few other poker stars) over the course of two days in Event #1: €1,100 Ladies Event to claim the victory, her first WSOP gold bracelet and a sweet €21,850.

1 Jackie Glazier €21,850
2 Maryline Valente €13,500
3 Laurie Bismuth €8,950
4 Celine Bastian €6,330
5 Nathalie Odet €4,770
6 Sherrie Lindsey-Jones €3,800
7 Gaelle Baumann €3,200

Another 7 WSOP gold bracelets will be awarded at the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe before October 26th. We will do our outmost to write about all the bracelet winners and other notable happenings, so make sure to check out our news section every day!

A big congratulations to Robin Ylitalo, the winner of the 2013 PokerStars European Poker Tour London Main Event! The 27-year-old Swede (one of few Swedes who has final tabled EPT, WPT and WSOP) arrived at the final table third in chips, and after several hours of play he was playing heads-up against factory owner Georgios Karakousis from Greece.

Read more » Robin Ylitalo Wins EPT London (£560,980)