Poker news tagged with 'talal shakerchi'

The 13th edition of PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) kicked off yesterday with the €100,000 buy-in Super High Roller event. 43 players entered the event but just 32 remained after 8 one-hour levels of play.

Read more » PCA 2016: Talal Shakerchi Leads Super High Roller

A total of 15 players entered the World Poker Tour Alpha8 London event for £60,000 each, and 5 players re-entered the tournament during Day 1's eight levels of play. 

Read more » WPT Alpha8 London: Hedge Fund Millionaire Leads After Day 1

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

There is now only 1 heat left to be played in Group B as Talal Shakerchi, a hedge fund manager who won EPT London High Roller last week, defeated Tobias Reinkemeier heads-up in Heat 3 for 16 well-deserved points.

Read more » PartyPoker Premier League: Shakerchi Wins Heat 3 of Group B

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)