http://www.pokernews.com/news/poker-tournaments/ Daily news from poker and online poker world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:15:07 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-5-antonio-matias-keeps-the-7578.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:59:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-5-antonio-matias-keeps-the-7578.htm The final day of the first-ever PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Vilamoura is in the books after a thrilling and successful Main Event. Fittingly, it was a local amateur from Portugal that rose through the field of 322 runners to claim the title... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/latin-american-poker-tour-day-3-canadians-invade-costa-rica-7576.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/latin-american-poker-tour-day-3-canadians-invade-costa-rica-7576.htm With all due respect to our neighbors up north, the last place you’d expect more than half of the finalists in the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour Costa Rica Main Event final table to call home would be Canada. Forgive me if I’m missing... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-4-wild-day-sets-up-tomorro-7573.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-4-wild-day-sets-up-tomorro-7573.htm With rainclouds lingering along the Portuguese coastline, the remaining 24 players were back inside the cozy confines of the casino today for Day 4 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Vilamoura. And did they ever come to play. With each of... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/latin-american-poker-tour-day-2-eric-levesque-sits-in-pole-p-7572.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/latin-american-poker-tour-day-2-eric-levesque-sits-in-pole-p-7572.htm The 2009 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour Playa Conchal concluded its second day of action on Friday. At the beginning of the day, 119 players returned to the felt after having made it through from Day 1 and when things were all said and... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-3-7571.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-3-7571.htm Day 3 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Vilamoura has come and gone in a flash with two-thirds of the remaining field eliminated in less than four levels. Just after noon local time, the final 69 players sat down at the table for the push... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/lapt-playa-conchal-day-1-7568.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/lapt-playa-conchal-day-1-7568.htm Living the “pura vida” (pure life in English), is how they do things down in Costa Rica, and the 259 players who showed up yesterday afternoon to play the PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal stop will get a small taste of the laid-back Tican... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-2-jeff-sarwer-leads-the-wa-7565.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-2-jeff-sarwer-leads-the-wa-7565.htm As Day 1a and Day 1b survivors combined in a single Day 2 field, 177 players trudged back from the beach to the bunkeresque confines of the Casino Vilamoura today when play began to get serious at the inaugural PokerStars.com... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-hard-rock-casino-is-set-to-host-the-all-in-for-cp-2-char-7559.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/the-hard-rock-casino-is-set-to-host-the-all-in-for-cp-2-char-7559.htm Poker is full of philanthropists who use their love of the game to help others when they have the chance, so it should surprise no one that a number of players and people within the industry are getting together for the second annual All In for CP... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-1b-chess-prodigy-jeff-sarw-7562.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-1b-chess-prodigy-jeff-sarw-7562.htm Perhaps it was the weather that was more gray today compared to yesterday, perhaps it was because of the super-satellite last night. Whatever the reason, today's Day 1b at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Vilamoura attracted 186 runners, a... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-1a-ljubomir-josipovic-jump-7556.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/european-poker-tour-vilamoura-day-1a-ljubomir-josipovic-jump-7556.htm Middle of November it may be, but the weather was glorious at the beaches and on the picturesque streets of Vilamoura for Day 1a of the Pokerstars.com European Poker Tour Vilamoura, the first EPT ever held in Portugal. Lounging on the beach was not on...