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It's a thankless task following British poker players at major international tournaments across the world. Sure, there have been the occasional triumph, but more often than not it's a story of so near and yet so far. No one told us - no one even hinted - that all we...more

This post contains live updates from day two, levels 15 and 16 of the PokerStars Baltic Festival in Tallinn. At the level's start, 29 players remained from a starting field of 307. The full chip counts at the start of the level are available on the chip counts page. Approximate...more

This post contains live updates from day two, levels 12 and 13 of the PokerStars Baltic Festival in Tallinn. At the level's start, 85 players remained from a starting field of 307. The full chip counts at the start of the level are available on the chip counts page. Approximate...more

A few years ago, when jetting was not yet Easy and before Ryan had taken to the Air, the idea of a Briton visiting Estonia would have been laughed out of the departure lounge. But low-cost air travel has not only allowed stag nights to go rampaging around Europe's medieval...more

This post contains live updates from day three, level 20 of the PokerStars Baltic Festival in Tallinn. It's now final table time. The full chip counts at the start of the level are available on the chip counts page. Approximate counts will appear here updated throughout the level. A full...more

This post contains live updates from day two, levels 18 and 19 of the PokerStars Baltic Festival in Tallinn. It's now final table time. The full chip counts at the start of the level are available on the chip counts page. Approximate counts will appear here updated throughout the level....more

Day 1B of the PokerStars Baltic Festival is done. And that means day one proper - of the A and the B variety - is also at a close, giving us all we need to know for the shape of the tournament ahead. This time yesterday, it was Bo Erichsen...more

The past hour has not been kind to our sports stars. Kenneth Carlsen, the Danish tennis player, was seen wandering around the tournament floor and his chair, next to Morten Ramm, was empty. Carlsen went to the other side of the tournament room, near to where Mats Sundin was sitting....more

Team PokerStars Pro has lost its first representative, not just of today but of this whole tournament. Yesterday's solitary player in the familiar garb, JC Alvarado, bagged up one of the chip-leading stacks at the end of the day. And Peter Eastgate, Johnny Lodden and Katja Thater are still going...more

Today in Tallinn, there was not just a new location but an almost entirely fresh line up of players for the inaugural PokerStars Baltic Poker Festival. But wouldn't you know it, the two players among 130 starters we knew most about hogged the headlines pretty much all day. The Team...more

Although we're not actually in Scandinavia, and Finland (a short ferry ride away) isn't officially Scandinavia either, no one could be blamed for thinking that's precisely where we are. There's a lot of "fashionable" angular hair-cuts (much of it blonde), there's a lot of beautiful people dressed impeccably, and there's...more

Shaun Deeb has been seen more of this tournament room than most, having had his table broken three times already in the first five levels of the first day. Everywhere he has gone, though, he's been picking up chips -- and he's an equal opportunities vacuum cleaner. Most recently, he's...more