Yesterday Joao Barbosa was 25-years-old and one of the hottest rising stars on the European Poker Tour. Today Joao Barbosa is 26-years-old and €367,141 richer. On the day he celebrated his birthday, the kid from Porto, Portugal, also underlined his serious talent. Barbosa's EPT record now reads: one title and two other cashes from four events played. Here is our Best Newcomer-elect. Joao Barbosa, Portugal's first EPT champion Barbosa out-gunned one of the highest-quality final tables in recent memory, featuring the reigning EPT Prague champion Arnaud Mattern and the Team PokerStars Pro Dario Minieri. Minieri and Barbosa had previous. They
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EPT Warsaw: Level 24 updates
Play on the final is underway. We're in level 24 with blinds at 12,000-24,000 (3,000 ante). This post contains the latest action from the level, and will also include approximate chip counts throughout play. The official counts, taken at the end of each level, are on the chip count page....more
EPT Warsaw: Level 23 updates
Play on the final is underway. We're in level 23 with blinds at 10,000-20,000 (2,000 ante). This post contains the latest action from the level, and will also include approximate chip counts throughout play. The official counts, taken at the end of each level, are on the chip count page....more
EPT Warsaw: Level 22 updates
Play on the final is underway. We're in level 22 with blinds at 8,000-16,000 (2,000 ante). This post contains the latest action from the level, and will also include approximate chip counts throughout play. The official counts, taken at the end of each level, are on the chip count page....more
EPT Warsaw: Level 21 updates
Play on the final is underway. We're in level 21 with blinds at 6,000-12,000 (1,000 ante). This post contains the latest action from the level, and will also include approximate chip counts throughout play. The official counts, taken at the end of each level, are on the chip count page....more
EPT Warsaw: Level 20 updates
Play on the final is underway. We're in level 20 with blinds at 5,000-10,000 (1,000 ante). This post contains the latest action from the level, and will also include approximate chip counts throughout play. The official counts, taken at the end of each level, are on the chip count page....more
EPT Warsaw: Level 19 updates
Play on the final is underway. We're in level 19 with blinds at 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante). This post contains the latest action from the level, and will also include approximate chip counts throughout play. The official counts, taken at the end of each level, are on the chip count page....more
EPT Warsaw: Level 18 updates
Play on the final table begins in level 18 with blinds at 3,000-6,000 (500 ante). This post contains the latest action from the level, and will also include approximate chip counts throughout play. The official counts, taken at the end of each level, are on the chip count page. 3.18pm:...more
EPT Warsaw: The final table
Last night in the PokerStars lounge, as reporters, staff and players celebrated an early halt to tournament proceedings, a small sit and go broke out for that most costly of buy-ins: pride and bragging rights. Several hands in, and with the tension at its peak, Dario Minieri popped his head...more
EPT Warsaw: Another new November nine
You can take your pick of the stories on day three at the EPT Warsaw. A Team PokerStars Pro makes the final table? A former champion on course to win an historic double? A PokerStars "steps" qualifier looking to turn $7.50 into a fortune? All that and more on a...more
EPT Warsaw: Level 17 updates
In order to better capture the fast and furious action here, we're reverting to time-stamped, level-by-level commentary. This post contains the latest action from level 17, with blinds at 2,500-5,000 (500 ante). Latest chip counts are on the chip count page. 5.45pm: As we work on the day report, here's...more
EPT Warsaw: Level 16 updates
In order to better capture the fast and furious action here, we're reverting to time-stamped, level-by-level commentary. This post contains the lates action from level 16, with blinds at 2,000-4,000 (400 ante). Latest chip counts are on the chip count page. 4.15pm: Martesson moving in the right direction Patric Martensson...more
EPT Warsaw: The fate of former champions
A raising war of sorts between Sergey Shcherbatskiy and Frenchman Arnaud Mattern had everyone’s attention for the full ten minutes it took to play. The wait came on a board already dealt and showing 8c-6s-Kc-2-s-Ts. Shcherbatskiy bet 25,000 on the river, a move that sent Mattern into the tank...more
EPT Warsaw: The Minieri show
Stefan Rotach just became the latest player to be Minieri’d, moving all-in after first Christoffer Egemo raised and Minieri re-raised, making it 21,000 more for the Italian to call. Whilst Egemo folded Minieri thought for a while, expressed the opinion that he couldn’t fold and called instead, showing Qs-4h....more
EPT Warsaw: Big pots, not necessarily big hands
Two big pots on adjacent tables, one going all the way to showdown, the other stopping short. The first featured the notably aggressive Roland de Wolfe being handed a spoonful of his own medicine by Michael Muheim, the PokerStars qualifier from Switzerland. Muheim raised pre-flop from the cut-off -- a...more
EPT Warsaw: First of the fallers
Talking of Dario Minieri he’s responsible for the first elimination, seeing off Josh Gould. Minieir had made a typical stealing move on the hand prior and now raised on the button with Gould moving all-in behind him. The Englishman showed pocket fives to Minieri’s K-Q, the king dutifully arrived...more










