As the dust settles on EPT Sanremo, for another season at least, they'll be plenty looking back on the festival with a smile on their face and a bulge in their wallet. Among the happiest of that crew will be Jose Carlos Garcia who won the last big tournament of...more

Kilian Kramer tonight won €68,200 in Event #28 beating a tough six-handed final table. Kramer is an easy figure to pick out in a crowd. Not only is he a tall guy but, handy if your eyesight is lacking, he's easy to find given his deep booming voice. Up close...more

Roger Hairabedian has continued an incredible run of form this autumn by beating Team PokerStars Pro Max Martinez in Event #24: €990 Heads-up. Hairabedian made two final tables in the recent WSOPE, winning one event, to score his first bracelet and take him up to $3,777,458 in live tournament winnings....more

I'm writing this blog as I sit in my hotel lobby in Sanremo, Italy, waiting for my taxi to Nice, where I will begin my long journey back to Australia. For the past 10 days I've been in Sanremo for the PokerStars.it European Poker Tour. When flying all the way...more

A couple of weeks ago, Ludovic Lacay's Facebook friends were subject to a polite request. "Until new notice poker is going terrible," Lacay wrote on his status update. "Please stop asking :)" The smiley face could not disguise the fact that here was a poker player running bad. But those...more

Lynn Gilmartin talks to the new EPT9 Sanremo champion Ludovic Lacay about a long day at the table. The Frenchman, who looked content in front of his stack of chips and winning hand, spoke about his performance, his expectations, running good and playing to his best. We also saw...more

Benny Spindler will be dining in style tonight after taking down the EPT9 Sanremo High Roller event, good for €253,000 - and a pristine silver cutlery set. Spindler also now wins his second Shamballa bracelet, adding this title to his EPT London crown, where he also won the exclusive bling....more

The final stages of the €10,000 High Roller event are taking place in the middle of some civilised chaos. Benny Spindler and Keven Stammen are heads up, playing for a bunch of cash and a bundle of additional prizes, but there are a lot of other people busy doing what...more

The contrast between the main event and the high roller is pretty stark. While the main event rumbles on in the theatre, with beams of bright light illuminating the central stage and the final table, the high roller event plays on in relative obscurity, beneath the mural of a...more