Oh Vienna!
The fourth EPT event of Season 7 gets under way in Vienna on October 26. It’s the first time the tour has been back to the Austrian capital since Season 1, when Frenchman Pascal Perrault won what was only the sixth ever EPT event, earning €184,500. This time around the field and prize pool are expected to be substantially greater, with the magnificent Kursalon Palace in City Park playing host to the event.
Taking the sting out of Monday morning
It’s Monday, which means a few hours ago somebody won a big chunk of money in the Sunday Million. This week that honour went to Sherkadil, who overcame a field of 7,989 to win $239,674.32. On his way to victory he beat Par4mindy (second) and ggman (third), although the triumvirate had already done a deal three-handed. The massive field meant that the $1.5 million guaranteed prize pool was exceeded by $97,800. There were also several cashes for members of Team PokerStars Pro, with Jude Ainsworth, Victor Ramdin, Veronica Dabul and Chad Brown among the 1,170 players to finish in the money.
Another COOP for PokerStars players
Coming hot on the heels of the record-breaking World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and multi-stakes tournament action of the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is a brand new online festival – the regional Championships of Online Poker
The regional COOP takes in 13 different regions across the world, where players will compete against other people exclusively from their territory, in a bid to win huge amounts of money and become a national champion.
Kozlov takes the lot
The Melbourne leg of the PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour was won by Martin Kozlov on October 11. Despite starting the final table as the short stack, Kozlov battled valiantly to claim his first ANZPT title, beating top pro James Obst heads-up. Obst is better known online as Andy_McLEOD – the Player of the Series in this year’s World Championship of Online Poker. Kozlov earned AUD$195,700 for his win, while Obst pocketed AUD$124,000 for second place. A field of 310 showed up at the Crown Casino, which created a prize pool of AUD$775,000.
In the ANZPT Player of the Year contest, current leader John Maklouf (203.8 points) is now only 1.15 points ahead of Andrew Scarf (202.65 points) with just one event to go. Team PokerStars Pro Tony Hachem (191.65 points) is in third. For more details of Kozlov’s victory.
Back to San Remo
The Italian poker boom continued this week with IPT San Remo – the second of three trips to the Riviera in Season 2. After four days’ play, the latest event concludes today. Leading going into the final stage is Paolo Rigano with 1,849,000 chips, ahead of Alessandro Minasi on 1,558,000. Claudio Cecchi, who has cashed at both EPT Vilamoura and EPT London in Season 7, is in fourth place with 734,000.
Oui, Jaoui wins in Saint Amand
While IPT San Remo is still waiting to find its next champion, the latest leg of the France Poker Series has already found one. The two-day event at Saint Amand ended late last night with a victory for David Jaoui, who earned €63,000 for defeating a field of 223 players. Jaoui beat David Herbez heads-up to take the title. It was the third event of a first season that concludes with a Grand Final in Paris next February. Next stop for the FPS is a €1,200 event in Lyon, which takes place November 13-14.
