The European Poker Tour
This was published 28-04-2010The Monte Carlo round of the European Poker Tour is one of my favorites, as it takes place in one of the grandest casinos known to mankind. The setting is apt for Europe’s premier poker tour, as its known to be the home to some of the richest people on the continent.
Some of the globe’s biggest Poker stars have already paid their ten thousand euro entry fee. This large sum of money is of course peanuts to these players who are used to winning large poker pots. Some of the poker stars included local players Patrik Antonius, as well as Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu. All of these poker pros are ready to ‘fight to death’ to win Europe’s most prestigious poker title.
Many of the European Poker Tour’s best players sank in day one of the tournament’s shark infested waters, the sport star poker enthusiasts held their own nicely. Sporty poker players included Teddy Sheringham, former Tottenham & Man U striker. Sheringham is no stranger to the UK poker circuit and has won very large prizes, including the 2009 London based WSOPE.
The European Poker Tour will take place later this week and 1 lucky player will walk away with a swagger in his step and one million Euros in his back pocket.
Several hopefuls belong to Team PokerStars Pro. More than twenty of their members managed to complete day one, including: Johannes Steindl, Joe Cada, Alex Gomes, Chris Moneymaker, and Vicky Coren.
The PokerStars team online members that continued to day two of the tournament included: Grayson Physioc, Alfio Battisti, Luca Moschitta, Jorge Arias, Liv Boeree, Aaron Gustavson, Anton Wigg, Harrison Gimbel, Carter Phillips, and Kevin MacPhee.
The European Poker Tour runs from April 25 to 30 2010 at the prestigious Le Sporting venue, based at the luxurious Monte Carlo Bay Hotel. Dutch Team PokerStars Pro Pieter de Korver won last year’s European Poker Tour – the first prize was a whopping €2,300,000.
You can find full reports of the The European Poker Tour Grand Final on the PokerStars video blog and blog at PokerStars.tv.
