Max Lykov EPT player of the year
May 6, 2010 | Published in: Poker news
Russian Max Lykov, winner of EPT Kyiv at the start of Season 6, has been named Player of the Year at the EPT Awards in Monte Carlo.
The ceremony was hosted by Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren and EPT founder John Duthie and took place at the Karement Club at the start of the EPT Grand Final wrap party on Friday.
“This is awesome. I worked very hard to win this. I played almost all the EPT Main Events, I played a lot of side events. I am very pleased. This is great for my profile as a player.”
Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad signs with Full Tilt Poker
May 3, 2010 | Published in: Poker news
Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad just signed with Full Tilt Poker and became a “Red Pro”.
She becames famous by winning the WSOPE Main Event 2009, 2nd place finish at EPT Dublin and a wining in a PLO event during the Aussie Millions.
But most people know here by winning a $4.40 180 people SNG at Pokerstars without looking at her cards.
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Tyron Krost signs with PartyPoker
April 25, 2010 | Published in: Poker news
The 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event champion signed with PartyPoker.
“I feel incredibly lucky to be a member of Team PartyPoker, and offered the chance to help make PartyPoker one of the best places to be online.”
Liv Boeree wins EPT San Remo
April 22, 2010 | Published in: Poker news
Liv Boeree is the 3rd woman to win an EPT. Yesterday Liv won the EPT San Remo with a first prize of €1,250,000!
“It’s exactly what I’ve been working towards when I started playing poker four years ago; to win a major tournament,” zo zegt Liv Boeree. “I just didn’t think it’d come so quickly.”
Results Final table:
1 – Liv Boeree, UK, €1,250,000
2 – Jakob Carlsson, Zweden, PokerStars player, €750,000
3 – Toni Pettersson, Finland, PokerStars qualifier, €420,000
4 – Michael Piper, UK, PokerStars qualifier, €345,000
5 – Alexey Rybin, Rusland, €270,000
6 – Giuseppe Diep, Italië, €210,000
7 – Claudio Piceci, Italië, €150,000
8 – Atanas Gueorguiev, Bulgarije, €90,000
Bracelet-bet Phil Ivey and Howard Lederer
April 21, 2010 | Published in: Poker news
At the WPT World Championship in the Bellagio in Las Vegas the livereporting team of PokerListings spoke with Daniel Negreanu who told the reportingteam that Phil Ivey and Howard Lederer made a $5,000,000 bracelet-bet.
In order to win this bet Phil must win 2 WSOP bracelets in the coming 2 WSOP events. During this period Ivey will play about 80 events so that is 1 bracelet for every 40 tournements. Last year he won 2 bracelets in 2 weeks, in 2002 he won 3 bracelets during that WSOP.
