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 that much more about the place as the sun sets on our first day in the neighbourhood. It's definitely warm, the Algarve is certainly a beautiful place, and they're sticklers about that photo law. But we can also now add this: it's a terrific spot for a poker tournament. The
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EPT Vilamoura: Levels 7 and 8 updates
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
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
EPT Vilamoura: Still crazy after all these years
Vilamoura is the 16th destination the European Poker Tour has made its own. Back in season one a full season was made up of just seven events making familiar the sights of Barcelona, London, Dublin, Copenhagen, Deauville and Monte Carlo. While some places dropped off the calendar new ones...more
EPT Vilamoura: Levels 3 and 4 updates
Updates from levels three and four 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: The boy Barbosa
There are some notable sights and sounds as we press on through level two. As you'd expect at a large event like this all you can hear are the riffle of chips and the occasional rumble of Shaun Deeb laughing. In the corner of the room some people have...more
EPT Vilamoura: Levels 1 and 2 updates
Updates from levels one and two 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: Your bullet point guide
Welcome all to Portugal for the first time Europe's premiere poker tour has made it to the Algarve. The surroundings are unfamiliar, but for many of us the drill is exactly the same. We'll be playing the same structure, the same game, and for the same amount of time as...more
EPT Vilamoura: Beaches, sunshine, poker.
Arriving anywhere late, and in total darkness, and it's not easy to get the lay of the local land, to get your bearings. Touching down last night in Portugal and all you could see from the windows of 90-mph taxis, for the moments you don't have your eyes closed,...more
European Poker Tour Season 6 full of surprises
The European Poker Tour is rarely without a surprise or two. From one year to the next, the new schedule almost always contains some sort of happy revelation. This year, the entire schedule is a surprise, and it's spectacular by just about any definition. We have just seen a document...more
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