Along London's Edgware Road you can find just about any kind of storefront you want. You can enjoy a piece of fried fish the size of a human infant, a warm bitter ale, or a big messy plate of bangers and mash. There are betting shops, fruit stands, and more curry joints than you'll every be able to visit. Down this road from the Marble Arch has long sat an old casino known as The Vic. It was in this place that for five seasons the European Poker Tour held its London event. Like many places in this fine city,
...more
Latest Day 1A Post
EPT London: Cordero leads on Day 1a down Edgware Road
Latest Posts
Page 1 of
2 »
EPT London: Day 1a, level 9 updates
Live updates from day 1A, level nine of the EPT London Main Event event brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains, Brad Willis and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below. The up-to-date selected chip counts are on the chip count page. Blinds: 500-1,000/100...more
EPT London: Rio happily in tears
If you see tears in Maria "maridu" Mayrinck's eyes, don't bother comforting her. She doesn't need it right now. Her tears will only fall as far as her highest stack, and with one of the biggest counts in the room, it's not a long trip from her eyes to the...more
EPT London: Day 1a, level 8 updates
Live updates from day 1A, level eight of the EPT London Main Event event brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains, Brad Willis and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below. The up-to-date selected chip counts are on the chip count page. Blinds: 400-800/100...more
EPT London: Day 1a, level 7 updates
Live updates from day 1A, level seven of the EPT London Main Event event brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains, Brad Willis and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below. The up-to-date selected chip counts are on the chip count page. Blinds: 300-600/50...more
EPT London: Sun still shining
In the background Boris Becker does another piece to camera about the high roller, you may even have seen it on EPTLive. But in the foreground though is another PokerStars SportStar - Fatima Moreira de Melo. She may be less high profile than Becker, whose hair shines the same...more
EPT London: Generation gap
"That's dumb." The sexagenarian woman stood with her back to the elevator wall. She stared with a grandmother's eye at the young man on the other side of the lift. "To lose all that money, it's dumb," she said. Philip Byers didn't scowl. He didn't smile. He said, as matter-of-factly...more
EPT London: Mattern matters
I can't be certain but I thought I noticed a bounce in the step of Arnaud Mattern, the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro - French wing. When I passed him going down the stairs he was galloping up them and talking to three people at the same time....more
EPT London: Day 1a, level 4 updates
Live updates from day 1A, level four of the EPT London Main Event event brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains, Brad Willis and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below. The up-to-date selected chip counts are on the chip count page. Blinds: 150-300...more
EPT London: Day 1a, level 3 updates
Live updates from day 1A, level three of the EPT London Main Event event brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains, Brad Willis and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below. The up-to-date selected chip counts are on the chip count page. Blinds: 100-200...more
EPT London: Coren, Canadians, and tilt
The world of Twitter belongs to Vicky Coren and it's best not to cross its borders unless you plan to behave. Today, the Team PokerStars Pro sits across this vast room with a look on her face that makes it appear we can approach. Then, just as well do, she's...more
EPT London: Day 1a, level 2 updates
Live updates from day 1A, level two of the EPT London Main Event event brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains, Brad Willis and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below. The up-to-date selected chip counts are on the chip count page. Blinds: 75-150...more
EPT London: Picture a room full of poker tables...
Take a look around. What do you see? Well, wipe the sleep from your eyes and you'll find a couple of interesting match ups to focus on for a while. Shaun Deeb and Andrew Chen; Teddy Sheringham and Marcel Luske; Carter Phillips and Erik Seidel; even Michael Greco, Florian...more
EPT London: Day 1a, level 1 updates
Live updates from day 1A, level one of the EPT London Main Event event brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Mark Convey, Howard Swains, Brad Willis and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below. The up-to-date selected chip counts are on the chip count page. Blinds: 50-100...more
EPT London: At last day one begins
What with high roller final tables, World Series main events finishing a few hours ago and countless side events already done and not yet started, it's easy for forget that the real reason we're tucked in on the third floor of the Hilton Metropole in London is for today...more
Contact us
To contact the PokerStars Blog team, simply email blog@pokerstars.com. To subscribe to the PokerStars Blog RSS feed, click here. Follow us on Twitter under the handle PokerStarsBlog. Brought to you by PokerStars.com.
