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It was an action-packed weekend at the Victoria Casino in London given that both the Main Event final table and the High Roller final table were played. The latter saw 137 entries (players: 112 and 25 re-entries) and on Saturday the field had been narrowed down a final table with the following 9 players:

1 Gautam Sabharwal 1,113,000
2 JC Alvarado 750,000
3 Talal Shakerchi 1,706,000
4 Dimitar Danchev 246,000
5 Vicky Coren 262,000
6 Faraz Jaka 957,000
7 Fabian Quoss 804,000
8 Eric Sfez 565,000
9 Paul Volpe 448,000

Read more » Talal Shakerchi Won EPT London High Roller (£436,330)

The final table of the European Poker Tour London main event was one of the most interesting and exciting final tables in EPT history because 4 of 8 finalists were well known talents in the poker world: Steve O'Dwyer, Theo Jorgensen, Ruben Visser and Chris Moorman.

Read more » Ruben Visser Won Star-Filled Final Table at EPT London

On Thursday, the EPT London High Roller with a £10,300 buy-in (rebuy) kicked off. The tournament saw 127 entries and approximatly 75 players remained after 8 levels of play. Paul Volpe is the chip leader (239,000 chips) heading into Day 2 of the tournament. Volpe has been running extremely good in the past 3 weeks or so. Two weeks ago he finished second in the WPT L.A. Main Event for $651,170, then he finished third in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event for $435,610 last weekend.

We might see more entries today as players can register for the tournament until 11:45 am. Below are the top 10 stacks when the second day kicks off (in a few hours time).

1.Paul Volpe 239,000
2.Vicky Coren 211,700
3.Davidi Kitai 171,700
4.Gautam Sabharwal 170,700
5.Ognjen Sekularac 168,000
6.Dimitar Danchev 162,800
7.JC Alvarado 159,600
8.Ramin Hajiyev 155,500
9.David Boyaciyan 149,400
10.Scott Seiver 140,000

Day 4 ended up being a short day of poker as the field of 32 players only had to be cut in half to 16. However, 15 players remained when the tournament crew called it a day and the American poker pro Steve O'Dwyer had the largest stack (2,279,000).

Read more » EPT London: Steve O'Dwyer Leads Final 15

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has now hired a Claims Administrator, Garden City Group, and claims that U.S. players soon will be able to make claims. According to one news site, about 1.3 million players are still waiting for their money since Black Friday (April 15, 2011) and the amount owed is about $159,000,000.

PokerStars purchased Full Tilt Poker for more than $730 million in July 2012 - the amount included money for the DOJ to repay U.S. players. Three former Full Tilt Poker managers/owners have settled their civil cases with the government since then: Rafe Furst, Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson. Former CEO Ray Bitar still faces several charges and might spend the rest of his life in prison.

Click here to visit the Full Tilt Poker claims site.

Day 4 of EPT London will kick off in a few hours time and there are only 32 players remaining. The plan for Day 4 is to play down to 16 players, who tomorrow will continue the road leading up to the final table (Day 5).

Read more » EPT London: Jorgensen, Obrestad and Mercier Among Final 32

Today the third day of the European Poker Tour London Main Event will be played. There are 114 players still standing and the chip leader is Mantas Visockis (522,200), followed by (equally unknown) Matthias Tikerpe (507,600). Day 2 chip leader and UKIPT London champion Sergio Aido will also return to play today with 251,400 chips.

Read more » EPT London: Viktor Blom Through to Day 3

Jerry Yang won his ticket to the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Main Event through a $225 satellite and bested a field of 6,358 entries for an increadible $8.25 million first prize. Now, almost 6 years later, it seems like the money is gone since his gold bracelet (and other jewellery belonging to him) is listed on U.S. Department of the Treasury's Auction site. 

Read more » Is Jerry Yang Broke?

The two starting days of the European Poker Tour London Main Event are in the history books. 131 of 236 players made it through Day 1A and 225 of 411 survived Day 1B. The overall chip leader is no one else than Sergio Aido, of Spain, with 215,200 chips - about 50k more than his closest opponents.

Read more » EPT London: UKIPT London Champion Leads The Way To Day 2!

On Sunday, the final table of PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour concluded. After several hours of play, Sergio Aido, who started the final table sixth in chips, had all the chips and was crowned the UKIPT London champion. Aido, from Spain, overcame a field of 1,099 players entereing the tournament for £700 each (prize pool £746,221).

Read more » Sergio Aido Won UKIPT London (£144,555)

In case you missed our news stories on the Full Tilt vs PokerStars challenge last week - we recommend that you check them out before continuing. Now, the match between Full Tilt Poker's The Professionals and Team PokerStars Pro took place yesterday at EPT London. In the first match Viktor "Isildur1" Blom (Full Tilt Poker) was up against Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier from Team PokerStars Pro...

Read more » PokerStars vs Full Tilt Poker

The season XI World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star main event ended up as the record for field size at this tour stop (643 players). Last Friday, after 5 days of play, the field had been narrowed down to a final table with the following 6 players:

Seat 1. Joe Nguyen - 2,175,000 (72 bb)
Seat 2. Erik Seidel - 3,435,000 (114 bb)
Seat 3. Chris Johnson - 2,740,000 (91 bb)
Seat 4. Paul Volpe - 5,525,000 (184 bb)
Seat 5. Kai Chang - 2,590,000 (86 bb)
Seat 6. Joe Kuether - 2,830,000 (94 bb)

Read more » Kai Chang Won WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star ($1,138,350)

A total of 1,099 players entered the UK and Ireland Poker Tour London Main Event over 3 starting days. The day is being played at the moment and there are 160 players left. Day 2 is being played at the moment and the chip leader is Salman Behbehani with 2,880,000, closely followed by Georgios Zisimopoulos. Liv Boeree was eliminated a while ago, which means that Juan Manuel Pastor (picture) from Spain is the last remaining Team PokerStars Pro in the tournament (about 70k chips).

144 players will receive a piece of the total prize pool of £746,221. The winner will take home £156,800 and the runner-up gets £104,600.

Day 3 of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star saw a field of 44 players play down to a final table of 6. Paul Volpe finished second in the WPT L.A. Poker Classic main event last week and now has another chance to lay hands on his first WPT title.

Read more » WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star: Volpe and Seidel On The Final Table!

The second day of World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star is over and now there are only 44 players left , all of whom are guaranteed $16,890 each. Paul Volpe, a well-known online grinder who finished second in the WPT L.A. Poker Classic last week, is in a decent lead with 1,394,00. In fact, his closest opponent, Brendon Rubie, has less than 900k.

Volpe is not the only poker star who's doing well. Mario Ho, Antonio Esfandiari and Erik Seidel all have about 800,000 chips and all are looking very strong. It will be interesting to see how Day 3 plays out. Right now it looks like we have some big names on the final table - where a $1,138,350 first prize is up for grabs!

Both Day 1A and Day 1B of the UK and Ireland Poker Tour London (UKIPT London) are in the books now. 194 players signed up for the first day and 414 for the second flight and now there are 132 players left with Luke Bird out in front. Bird, who works in the travel industry, qualified for £22 on PokerStars and is now playing the biggest tournament of his career.

He hit a hit a straight flush half way into Day 1B, doubled up and continued playing well throughout the day. He will bring 196,800 to the poker tables this afternoon when the tournament resumes. Tom Hall, a familar face on the tournament circuit, is lurking behind Bird with 181,600 chips.

In case you missed it: Last Tuesday PokerStars began the countdown to its 95 billionth hand (Road To 100 Billion Promotion) with $1,000,000 is cash to play for. On Monday, hand ninety-five billion was dealt on a $0.08/$0.16 No-Limit Hold'em table and action froze while PokerStars set up the hand. One of 9 players would take home the Mega Milestone payout, the rest would get a minimum of $10,000 each! But before the milestone hand was dealt... things turned into high drama

Read more » PokerStars Road To 100 Billion: RichB17 Won The 95 Billionth Hand

It has been an very turbulent year for young Swede Viktor "Isildur1" Blom at Full Tilt Poker. Blom started the year by winning $5 million in about 2 weeks time, then he lost almost everything of the enormous profit during the month of February.

Read more » Viktor Blom Wins Over $1.1M in 48 Hours!

The second starting day of World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star kicked off yesterday and saw a massive field that matched the size of this entire tournament last season. The total number of participants stands at 635, but the number is still unofficial according to WPT's website.

Read more » Largest WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star in History!

PokerStars Sunday Million celebrated its seventh birthday last Sunday. PokerStars guaranteed a prize pool of $7,000,000, with at least $1 million to the winner. The tournament attracted 49,287 players ($215 buy-in) which made the total prize pool an incredible $9,857,400 - a great prize pool than the 2013 PCA Main Event.

Read more » Sunday Million 7th Anniversary: Three Players Received Over $800k Each!

On Monday, the first starting day of World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star (San Jose, California) kicked off with 270 players. The field included some of the biggest stars in the game of poker, however, only 109 made it through the day and, unfortunately, many big names hit the rail: Phil Hellmuth (picture), Daniel Negreanu, Michael Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Jason Mercier, Vanessa Selbst (to mention a few).

Read more » WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star: Lots of stars showed up for the first day!

 The World Poker Tour has now landed at the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California. The tournament, which will be televised, is set to run from March 4 to March 8 and some of the biggest names in poker are expected to show up. The highlight of WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star is, of course, the $7,150+$350 buy-in Main event (single Re-Entry, Featuring Two Days Ones) and The $24,500+$500 High Roller Event.

Day 1A of the Main Event begins today at 11:00 AM (local time) and the High Roller begins on Wednesday at 04:00 PM. We will keep you up-to-date on both events, so make sure to check our news section every day!

The schedule for the 2013 PokerStars European Poker tour Grand Final has now been released. The festival will feature 55 events including the €10,600 buy-in Main Event, a €100,000 Super High Roller, a €25,000 High Roller, €10,300 High Roller Turbo, and a special €500,000 guaranteed €1,000 buy-in event.

Last season's Grand Final attracted lots of well-known pros and Mohsin Charania, from USA, ended up taking home the Main Event and €1,350,000 in prize money. This season (season 9), will run May 6-16 at the Monte-Carlo Casino with a big schedule of side events and EPT-run cash games for the first time.

The complete schedule can be found here.

This tournament has been arranged by BankrollMob members. We post it in our news section to give it some extra publicity and hope that even more members will join in on the game:

Could it get any better being a BankrollMob member...?

BankrollMob have teamed up with a "BankrollMob members only" Home Game Group on Poker Stars, called "The Rigged Place", to bring an exclusive tournament with $50 added by BRM, with further donations from our members to spice up the game. The current guaranteed prize pool is up at $75.Read more » Dead money at PokerStars - is it yours?

The World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic came to an end just a few hours ago. Paul "Paulgees81" Volpe, a well-known online pro, brought the largest stack to the final table and  Paul Klann was ranked second (about 800,000 less chips than Volpe) when the final table kicked off.

Read more » WPT LA Poker Classic: Paul Defeated Paul Heads up