I apologise if this is a bit hastily written, but you have to understand the more time I spend indoors writing this for you, the less time I'm out in the 29 degree sun drinking Pina Coladas. (Although you can see exactly what went on at the event by clicking here) The UKIPT got its bucket and spades out and teamed up with the ESPT for the first ever Marbella Poker Festival. Players voted with their feet and declared the event a big hit exceeding expectations with a 763 runner...more
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Season 4
PokerStars Marbella Festival: Final table, level 30-32 updates (100,000-200,000)
8.35pm: Ludovic Geilich (€130,000) wins the PokerStars Marbella Festival! It was four aggressive days of poker from our champion, who bested 763 runners, fueled by guts and favoured by fortune. The gregarious Pablo Rojas, who already had an Estrellas title - the 2012 Ibiza leg - on his C.V. finishes...more
PokerStars Marbella Festival: Day 4, level 26-29 updates (50,000-100,000, ante 10,000)
End of level 29 - Time for a pause We've scarcely been able to snatch a breath of fresh air, so blistering has been the start but the end of level 29 means the clock has been paused and the players, rail and media have all been given time to...more
PokerStars Marbella Festival: Day 3, level 23-25 updates (20,000-40,000, ante 5,000)
9.05pm: Geilich leads PokerStars Marbella Festival final table field Day 3 of the PokerStars Marbella Festival was always guaranteed to be a cracker and after a tough day's poker, it was Ludovic Geilich who beat off all and sundry to claim the chip lead. Geilich proved a conundrum impossible to...more
Season 3
UKIPT3: Good Evans! Richard Evans wins UKIPT3 Champion of Champions
Gareth Bale is not the only Welsh wizard with a grin permanently etched on his face, for tonight Richard Evans won the UKIPT Champion of Champions. And as we saw when he took down UKIPT Dublin in May it was immediately obvious how much it meant to him. "I'm made...more
UKIPT3 Champion of Champions: Level 1-18 updates (blinds 3,000-6,000 ante 500)
1.05am: Richard Evans wins UKIPT Champion of Champions Congratulations to Richard Evans who has just won the UKIPT Champion of Champions. In the final hand he raised to 12,000 on the button and Robert Baguley called from the big blind. On the 7♠6♦2♦ flop Baguley open-shoved for roughly 40,000 and...more
EPT9 London: Marc Daubach wins UKIPT High Roller for £101,950
Marc Dubach last night topped the UKIPT High Roller beating out a tough final table to secure his first six-figure score. The likes of Byron Kaverman ($1,296,799 career live winnings), Martin Hanowski ($407,289), and EPT winner Zimnan Ziyard ($962,578) were close on Dubach's heels. Tom Hall's 6th place finish did...more
Season 2
UKIPT Champion of Champions: Season 2, Level 9-13: (blinds 1,200-2,400)
7.20pm: Richard Sinclair is the UKIPT Champion of Champions Richard Sinclair today won the UKIPT Champion of Champions event at Dusk Till Dawn and the prize of buy-ins and hotel to all regular UKIPT Season 3 stops. The Scotsman had won his seat to this star-studded sit-and-go by winning...more
UKIPT Champion of Champions: Season 2, Level 5-8: (blinds 300-600, ante 75)
4.24pm: Break time The six remaining players are now on a 20 minute break, join me in a new post for level 9 updates. 4.21pm: Gareth Walker eliminated in seventh place From under-the-gun Gareth Walker moved all-in for 5,800 with pocket sevens and next to act Sam Razavi isolated him...more
UKIPT Champion of Champions: Season 2, Levels 1-4: (blinds 100-200)
2.50pm: Break time That's four levels in the books and a 10 minute break. Join me in a new post for level 5 updates. 2.45pm: McDerra continues to hold Hex on Abou Risk Matthew McDerra is seemingly winning every pot he plays, mostly at the expense of Nick Abou Risk....more
Season 1
UKIPT Dublin: Day 1B, level 1 & 2 updates (blinds 50-100)
4.02pm: Break That's the first break of the day and a 20-minute rest for all. They'll need, there's another eight one-hour levels left to play today. Join us in a new post around 4.20pm. -- RD 3.56pm: Vamplew and Brammer out Two players won full UKIPT passport last season...more
Vamplew at the double, wins UKIPT Champion of Champions
David 'Vampy' Vamplew, the PokerStars EPT London winner, has completed a quickfire double by taking down the UKIPT Champion of Champions event. Vamplew, who won the EPT London/UKIPT Main Event on Monday for £900,000, yesterday beat the eight other PokerStars UKIPT winners from Season 1 to earn a seat at...more
Vamplew beats Juanda to win EPT London title
Three-handed, the result of the EPT London looked a hard one to predict. The remaining players were each sizably stacked, each had fire in their eyes, and with a dinner break on the horizon no one felt any need to be hasty. Then the earth suddenly moved, two hands collided,...more


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