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EPT Vilamoura: Local hero Antonio Matias wins EPT title

european_poker_tour There was a story waiting to be written in Vilamoura tonight, one of a child chess prodigy turned poker player winning an EPT event and rocking the poker world after he'd only narrowly missed out three weeks ago in Warsaw. But as anyone who has played this game will know, poker is nothing if not unpredictable. Instead, in front of huge crowds in Casino Vilamoura, another story will be written. A 54-year old economist named Antonio Matias from Setubal, Portugal, a cash game player who couldn't resist playing in the first EPT in his ...more

Day 5

EPT Vilamoura: Day 5, level 28 updates


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Updates from level 28 of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. The full...more


EPT Vilamoura: Day 5, level 27 updates


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Updates from level 24 of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. The full...more


EPT Vilamoura: Day 5, level 26 updates


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Updates from level 26 of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. The full...more


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Day 4

EPT Vilamoura: Final table player profiles


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The final table is set for the Main Event of EPT Vilamoura, with the following players gunning for the €404,793 first prize. For a full list of prizewinners to date, see the prizewinners page. There's also a full prize structure there. Stay tuned to PokerStars Blog throughout the day for...more


EPT Vilamoura: Matias heads the home charge and takes lead to final table


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Day four of the inaugural EPT event in Vilamoura was not for the faint-hearted. This year's tournament structure is one of the best in the world, but remarkably even a stack of more than a million chips going into the penultimate day doesn't guarantee a thing. Just ask Antony Lellouche....more


EPT Vilamoura: Day 4, level 22 updates


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Updates from level 22 of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey and Howard Swains. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. The full payout structure...more


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Day 3

EPT Vilamoura: Lellouche or Sarwer, take your pick


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Yesterday we reported how Antony Lellouche and Jeff Sarwer were once again setting the benchmark for a successful day on an EPT, just as they had a few weeks earlier in Warsaw. Well, not a lot has changed since then. Tonight those two are still the leaders - all...more


EPT Vilamoura: Day 3, level 17 updates


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Updates from level 17 of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. The full...more


EPT Vilamoura: Day 3, level 16 updates


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Updates from level 15 of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. The full...more


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Day 2

EPT Vilamoura: Sarwer and Lellouche; Lellouche and Sarwer - chip leaders again


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We've definitely been here before. Late last month in Warsaw, the chip leaders on days 1b and then day three were Antony Lellouche and Jeff Sarwer respectively. Today on the Algarve, on day two of the inaugural EPT Vilamoura, the chip leaders are Jeff Sarwer and Antony Lellouche respectively. It's...more


EPT Vilamoura: Day 2, level 13 updates


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Updates from level 13 of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. The full...more


EPT Vilamoura: Day 2, level 12 updates


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Updates from level 12 of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page. The full...more


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Day 1B

EPT Vilamoura: Jeff Sarwer finishes best on day 1b


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Yesterday things were much easier as the close of play loomed. A couple of guys had mighty stacks, easily distinguished from the rest, with Ljubomir Josipovic on top with close to 200,000. Today has been a different story. Put it down to the larger field, bigger names, fatigue or...more


EPT Vilamoura: Day 1b levels seven and eight updates


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Updates from levels seven and eight of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page....more


EPT Vilamoura: Day 1b levels five and six updates


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Updates from levels five and six of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page....more


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Day 1A

EPT Vilamoura: Josipovic makes most from first day on the Algarve


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We didn't know much about Vilamoura before we jumped on the EPT bandwagon and rolled it into town. It was a region on the Algarve in Portugal, it was warm even in November and you couldn't take photos in the casino. That was about it. In truth, we don't know...more


EPT Vilamoura: Levels 7 and 8 updates


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Updates from levels seven and eight of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page....more


EPT Vilamoura: Levels 5 and 6 updates


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Updates from levels five and six of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Selected approximate chip counts, updated throughout the day, are available on the chip counts page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page....more


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