It's day two of EPT Prague, season six, and a spectacular 328 players are still involved in this one. Many of them, as well as weary spectators and press representatives, have now had the chance to sample all that majestic Prague has to offer, and in the wake of that fun I'd imagine most are simply in need of two things: details of the day two seat draw and a dazzling picture of the Hilton hotel at night. They've come to the right place. (Although anything more complex, such as the details of how day 1a went down, and the
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EPT Prague: Marius Heiene out-shines day 1B's brightest stars
Like little twinkling lights strung around a Christmas tree in Prague's Old Town Square, the stars of European poker came out to play at the Hilton this afternoon. And if you can bear to read on after perhaps the most ghastly, twee, laboured and crow-barred lead into a PokerStars blog...more
EPT Prague: Day 1b, level seven and eight updates
Updates from day 1b, levels seven and eight of EPT Prague, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc "The Conv" Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Latest selected chip counts are on the chip count page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. Full...more
EPT Prague: Day 1b, level five and six updates
Updates from day 1b, levels five and six of EPT Prague, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc "The Conv" Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Latest selected chip counts are on the chip count page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. Blinds:...more
EPT Prague: Czech-check for chess champs
There are countless stories of poker players arriving at the baize having surmounted their first calling and wanting a more profitable challenge. And we're not talking about pursuits that involve running around and jumping - like soccer or tennis. Noah Boeken famously made the switch to poker from Magic:...more
EPT Prague: The bridesmaids
No one remembers the guy who came second. It's the adage that haunts every sportsman as they look down upon their silver medal, listening to the congratulations heaped upon the champion, peering through misty eyes at the winner thinking: "That would be me if it wasn't for that donkey my...more
EPT Prague: Day 1b, level three and four updates
Updates from day 1b, levels three and four of EPT Prague, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc "The Conv" Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Latest selected chip counts are on the chip count page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. Blinds:...more
EPT Prague: Wish fulfillment
If you rubbed a lamp and a genie granted you the wish of seeing all the cards of one poker player throughout an entire tournament, who would you choose? Few would argue against a nod for ElkY, or for Dario Minieri; they play pretty much any two cards in any...more
EPT Prague: The Italians
If you followed the PokerStars Blog's coverage of European Poker Tour a year ago you might remember how the shape of the tour changed in front of our very eyes. Poker's evolutionary trail has always wound its way through different jurisdictions, be it north America, Scandinavia, Germany, Luton or...more
EPT Prague: Day 1b, level one and two updates
Updates from day 1b, levels one and two of EPT Prague, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc "The Conv" Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Latest selected chip counts are on the chip count page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. Blinds:...more
EPT Prague: The best Who's Who list in the world....ever!
The "who's playing" post has become a staple of PokerStars Blog's EPT main event coverage, so much so that we're thinking of releasing a "Best Of The PokerStars Blog's Who's Playing Today At This EPT" compilation album. If we did, today's "Who's Playing Today At This EPT" post would...more
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