Poker news tagged with 'ept malta'

A big congrats to Mike "Timex" McDonald who won the EPT Malta High Roller (his first-ever High Roller title) yesterday! According to PokerStars Blog, McDonald, Juha Helppi and Nick Petrangelo started discussing a potential deal when they were the last remaining three players of 63 entrants.

Read more » EPT Malta: Mike McDonald Defeats Juha Helppi To Claim First High Roller Title!

PokerStars' European Poker Tour will return to Malta and Portomaso Casino tomorrow for the second season running! A total of 76 events (7 more than last year) will be played between 20th and 31st October - including the events BankrollMob will write about in the news section: the €5,000 Main event, €1,000 Italian Poker Tour Main Event, €10,000 high Roller and €25,000 High Roller!

Read more » EPT Malta Begins Tomorrow

The final day of the €10,300 High Roller saw 18 players returning to the tables on Saturday. All were guaranteed €32,300 each, but, of course, everyone's eyes were on the first-place prize of €597,000!

Read more » EPT Malta: David Peters Wins The High Roller And €597,000!

Valentin Messina (7,805,000) and Jean Montury (7,185,000), both from France, were at the top of the chip counts when the first ever EPT Malta Main Event final table kicked off on Saturday.

The French duo used their big stacks well and made it to heads up after several hours of play. After coming back from a dinner break, they quickly agreed on a deal: Messina was guaranteed €615,000 while Montury secured €587,000, and there was still €100,000 left to play for.

Read more » Jean Montury Wins The First Ever EPT Malta Main Event

Ten levels were completed on the second day of the €10k High Roller, and it was American poker pro Nick Petrangelo (1.1 million USD in live tournament earnings) who bagged up the chip lead when the day came to an end. Petrangelo will bring 1.66 million chips to the final day and is up against another 17 players for the title, the €597,000 first-place prize and a luxurious SLYDE watch.

Read more » EPT Malta High Roller: Nick Petrangelo Leads Final 18

Dominik Panka, best known for winning the 2014 PCA Main Event for $1.4 million, is the biggest name among the finalists of the first ever EPT Malta Main Event. The Polish poker pro was all in at least three time during Day 5, and he rived an ace in one of them to beat the pocket kings of Fedor Holz, who was the chip leader at one point but finished in 9th place (offical final table bubble).

Read more » EPT Malta Main Event: The Final Table Is Set - Dominik Panka Looking To Win A Second EPT Title!

The first day of the EPT Malta €10,300 High Roller drew a massive field of 228 unique players who made a total of 61 re-entries. This means that 289 entries have been made so far, plus registration is open till 11:45 a.m. today. The current prize pool is over €2.8 million - just €1.5 million less than the Main Event (895 entries).

Read more » EPT Malta High Roller: 289 Entries So Far!

The final table of the first ever EPT Malta Main Event is getting closer and closer as only 23 players out of 895 entries remain after four thrilling days of play. Czech Republic's Antonin Duda will bring the biggest stack (3.4 million) into the the fifth day.

Read more » EPT Malta Main Event: Antonin Duda Leads Final 23

Just as the previous three days, Day 3 of the EPT Malta Main Event ended with a new chip leader, Javier Gomez. The Spaniard, who qualified for the tournament through a €250 satellite, bagged up 1,690,000 and is now guaranteed €12,800 - with the chance of going all the way to the top prize of €810,400!

Read more » EPT Malta Main Event: 56 Players Left, Satellite Qualifier Out In Front

Another six players entered Day 2 of the EPT Malta Main Event to bring the total field size to 895 players and a prize pool of €4,340,750 - of which 121 players will receive a share of (the winner will take home €810,400).

Read more » EPT Malta Main Event: 186 Players Ready For Day 3

A massive field of 629 runners entered Day 1B of the EPT Malta Main Event, which brings the total to 899 entries - with registration open until tomorrow at noon. This means that the tournament is already the second-largest debut for a new destination on the European Poker Tour.

Read more » EPT Malta: Max Silver Tops Massive Day 1B Field

The first day of the first ever European Poker Tour Main Event in Malta has come to an end. Approximately 260 players turned up for Day 1A, and 153 remained after eight 75-minute levels of play in the Grand Masters Suite of the Portomaso Casino.

Read more » The First Ever EPT Malta Main Event Has Started

At around 14:30 on Friday, after four intensive days of poker, Connor Drinan and Dzmitry Urbanovich were the last men standing from a field of 88 entries of the European Poker Tour Malta €25,000 High Roller.

Read more » Dzmitry Urbanovich Wins EPT Malta High Roller (€572,300)

On February 27th, 2015, the first American Poker Awards Ceremony took place in Beverly Hills. Around 200 guests showed up for the event and Daniel Colman, who didn't attend the event, took home the most prestigious award: GPI Poker Player of the Year.

Read more » 2015 European Poker Awards: Nominees Announced

The PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Malta Poker Festival is set to become the biggest event in EPT history, with over 30 cash game tables running 24/7 and 69 tournaments over the course of 12 days (March 17-28).

Read more » EPT Malta Set To Break Records

A warm subtropical climate, excellent airport links, several casinos within a short distance, friendly English-speaking people, and low taxes. These are just a few reasons why hundreds of poker players have relocated to the Mediterranean island of Malta in the past few years, including Team PokerStars Pro Isaac Haxton.

Read more » Malta Added To EPT Season 11 Schedule