The EPT travelled to Greece for the first time. More specifically to Loutraki which is a very nice little seaside town.

336 players entered, and 48 got paid. With Zimnan Ziyard becoming the very first EPT Loutraki winner. Here are the top finishers:

1 Zimnan Ziyard 347,000 Euros
2 Hauke Heseding 221,800 Euros
3 John Taramas 134,400 Euros
4 Florian Schleps 100,800 Euros
5 Pierre Mothes 67,200 Euros
6 Andras Kovacs 53,700 Euros
7 Charalampos Kapernopoulos 40,300 Euros
8 Mario Puccini 27,000 Euros
9 David Elyashar 20,100 Euros
10 Sergey Serafimov 20,100 Euros
11 Georgios Grigoropoulos 14,800 Euros
12 Vasileios Chantzaras 14,800 Euros
13 Rupert Elder 12,100 Euros
14 Dimitris Mpinas 12,100 Euros
15 Panagiotis Kouloukakos 10,100 Euros
16 Pim van Riet 10,100 Euros

If you are interested in qualifying for EPT events accross Europe then you can play EPT satellites at Pokerstars
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691 players entered the EPT London Main Event.   With a few ups and downs on route the Day 1B chipleader, Benny Spinder, managed to navigate a total of 6 days of play to emerge as the victor.

1 Benny Spindler £750,000
2 Steve O’Dwyer £465,000
3 Andre Klebanov £265,000
4 Juan Manuel Pastor £200,000
5 Mattias Bergstrom £155,000
6 Kevin Iacofano £120,000
7 Martins Adeniya £86,350
8 Miroslav Benes £64,000

The European Poker Tour (EPT) will soon arrive at London.  It runs from 29th Sept until 6th October 2011, and takes place at Hilton Metropole Hotel (with the occasional side event taking place at The Vic).  You can qualify or register to play via Pokerstars.

This is the 8th season of the EPT and you can expect a very well run London series.

Here is the schedule of events at the EPT London:

Thurs Sept 29th
12:00 1 Hilton NL Holdem - Day 1 £1,000 + £100
14:00 2 Vic NL Holdem - Single Rebuy - Super Sat to Main Event £500 + £50
15:00 3 Hilton 5 Card PLO - 8 or Better £500 + £50
18:00 4 Hilton NL Holdem - Super Satellite to Main Event £1,000 + £70
20:00 5 Hilton NL Holdem - Turbo £300 + £30
Fri Sept 30th
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 1A £5,000 + £250
13:00 1 Hilton NL Holdem - Final Day £1,000 + £100
13:00 3 Hilton 5 Card PLO - 8 or Better (second day if necessary) £500 + £50
14:00 7 Vic NL Holdem - Single Rebuy - Super Sat to Main Event £500 + £50
19:00 8 Hilton NLHE/PLO Turbo - Bounty £500 + £500 + £50
Sat Oct 1st
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 1B £5,000 + £250
14:00 9 Vic NL Holdem - Single Rebuy - Super Sat to £2,000 NL (Event 12) £200 + £20
19:00 10 Hilton NL Holdem Turbo - Bounty £1,000 + £1,000 + £100
Sun Oct 2nd
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 2 £5,000 + £250
14:00 11 Vic NL - Holdem - Women’s Event £500 + £50
18:00 12 Hilton NL Holdem - Day 1 £2,000 + £150
20:00 13 Hilton NL Holdem Turbo - Win the Button! £300 + £30
Mon October 3rd
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 3 - TV £5,000 + £250
12:00 14 Hilton NL Holem Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Day 1 £5,000 + £250
14:00 15 Hilton European 8 Game Championships - Day 1 £2,000 + £150
14:00 16 Vic NL Holdem - Single Rebuy - Super Sat to £20,000 High Roller (Event 19) £1,000 + £70
15:00 12 Hilton NL Holdem - Final Day (3rd day if necessary) £2,000 + £150
18:00 17 Hilton NL Holdem - Day 1 £1,000 + £100
20:00 18 Hilton NL Holdem Turbo - Bounty £300 + £100 + £30
Tues October 4th
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 4 - TV £5,000 + £250
12:00 19 Hilton NL Holdem High Roller - “8 Max” - Day 1 £20,000 + £500
12:00 20 Hilton NL Holdem Turbo £1,000 + £100
13:00 12 Hilton NL Holdem - 3rd day if necessary £2,000 + £150
13:00 14 Hilton NL Holdem Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Final Day £5,000 + £250
13:00 15 Hilton European 8 Game Championships - Final Day £2,000 + £150
14:00 21 Vic PLO - Single Rebuy - Super Sat to £2,000 PLO (Event 24) £200 + £20
15:00 17 Hilton NL Holdem - Final Day £1,000 + £100
18:00 22 Hilton NLHE/PLO - Day 1 £1,000 + £100
20:00 23 Hilton NL Holdem Turbo - Rivers (each player receives own River card) £300 + £30
Weds October 5th
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 5 - TV £5,000 + £250
12:00 19 Hilton NL Holdem High Roller - “8 Max” - Day 2 £20,000 + £500
12:00 24 Hilton PLO - Day 1 £2,000 + £150
12:00 25 Hilton NL Holdem Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Day 1 £1,000 + £100
13:00 22 Hilton NLHE/PLO - Final Day £1,000 + £100
16:00 26 Hilton NL Holdem - Day 1 £1,000 + £100
20:00 27 Hilton NL Holdem - Hyper Turbo (10K Stack / 10 Min Levels) £100 + £20
Thurs October 6th
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT - Final Table - TV £5,000 + £250
12:00 19 Hilton NL Holdem High Roller - “8 Max” - Final Day £20,000 + £500
12:00 24 Hilton PLO Final Day £2,000 + £150
12:00 25 Hilton NL Holdem Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Final Day £1,000 + £100
12:00 26 Hilton NL Holdem Holdem - Final Day £1,000 + £100
12:00 28 Hilton EPT Country of the Year Freeroll - Ireland Invitation
13:00 29 Hilton NL Holdem PokerStars SNE Invitational Invitation
14:00 30 Hilton NL Holdem High Roller - Turbo - “6 Max” £10,000 + £300
16:00 31 Hilton UKIPT Super Turbo - £25,000 GTD - 30K Stack / 15 min Levels £300 + £30

Season 4 of the LAPT arrived at Punte del Este in Uruguay, and a very respectable 422 players entered the main event

56 places got paid in total.  Here are the biggest winners:

1 Alex Komaromi   $244,720
2 Claudio Piedrabuena   $141,220
3 Engelberth Varela   $88,970
4 Carlos Watanabe   $65,430
5 Felipe Pasini   $46,600
6 Nelson Trad Neto   $37,190
7 Fernando Araujo   $27,770
8 Rafael Monteiro   $18,360
9 Oded Minond   $12,700
10 Andrey Tsitovich   $12,700
11 Luis Alberto Bonnet   $10,830
12 Erik von Buxhoeveden   $10,830
13 Il Suh   $8,940
14 Christian Diego Pereira   $8,940
15 Cassio Kiles   $7,060
16 Olaru Narcis Cristian   $7,060
17 Alejandro Federico de Arruabarrena   $6,120
18 Mariano Balaguer   $6,120
19 Nicasio Toranzo   $6,120
20 Martin Fuentes   $6,120
21 Max Stern   $6,120
22 Juan Jose Perez   $6,120
23 Gabriel Gomes  $6,120
24 Jose Munoz   $6,120

You can qualify for future LAPT events (Latin American Poker Tour) at Pokerstars

Phil Hellmuth had his third near miss in the 2011 WSOP series, once again coming in 2nd place, this time in the $50K Players Championship.

This is one bracelet that Phil really really wanted.   Emulating only one other (Scotty Nguyen) who has won both the 50K and the Main Event.

Sadly respite a huge chip advantage heads-up at one point the cards didnt fall for Hellmuth, and Brian Rast clawed his way back into the match and into victory.

1 Brian Rast $1,720,328
2 Phil Hellmuth $1,063,034
3 Minh Ly $665,763
4 Owais Ahmed $482,085
5 Matt Glantz $376,750
6 George Lind $300,441
7 Scott Seiver $243,978
8 Ben Lamb $201,338
9 Jason Lester $168,529
10 Vladimir Shchemelev $168,529
11 Jeffrey Lisandro $143,400
12 Yan Chen $143,400
13 Josh Arieh $124,723
14 Michael Binger $124,723
15 Barry Greenstein $108,503
16 Sebastian Ruthenberg $108,503

Chris “Genius28″ Lee has won Event 29 of the WSOP - the $2500 10-Game Mixed Event.  431 players entered to compete in 10 different types of poker, and Lee showed himself to be a solid multi-skilled player by working his way through them all.  Shaun Deeb, another well known online poker player, finshed in 4th position.

1 Chris “Genius28″ Lee $254,955
2 Brian Haveson $157,491
3 Travis Pearson $101,258
4 Shaun Deeb $67,146
5 Kendall Fukumoto $45,839
6 John D’Agostino $32,200
7 Kevin Chance $23,248
8 Don McNamara $23,248
9 David Whitis $17,237
10 Josh Weiland $17,237
11 Tad Jurgens $13,119
12 Septi Popescu $13,119

Ivan Freitez has won the 2011 EPT Grand Final in Madrid. He beat a field of 686 players to secure a very impressive 1.5 million Euro payday.

1 Ivan Freitez €1,500,000
2 Torsten Brinkmann €900,000
3 Tamas Lendvai €550,000
4 Andrey Danilyuk €400,000
5 Juan Maceiras   €315,000
6 Eugene Yanayt  €250,000
7 Alex Gomes   €185,000
8 Andrew Li €130,000
9 Thomas Pettersson €95,000
10 Alessandro Limblici €95,000
11 Pedro Pellicer €70,000
12 Simon Higgins €70,000
13 Ankush Mandavia €60,000
14 Dag Palovic  €60,000
15 Shiraz Soltaninassab €50,000
16 Domantas Klimciauskas €50,000

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Roberto Romanello from Wales has won the WPT Bratislava, beating a field of 211 players.  It was a 2720 Euros Buy-in event.   Here is the list of the top finishers:

1  Roberto Romanello 140,685 Euros
2  Mayu Roca 75,220 Euros
3  Alexander Jager 42,000 Euros
4  Frank Dollinger 33,000 Euros
5  Jesper Hoog 26,000 Euros
6  Christopher Williamsson 21,000 Euros
7  Bodo Sbrzesny 17,000 Euros
8  Marek Tatar 14,000 Euros
9  Lubomir Kudlicka 11,000 Euros
10  Marek Blasvo 9,000 Euros
11  Florian Langmann 9,000 Euros
12  Scott Shepherd 9,000 Euros
13  Ingo Paulus 7,500 Euros
14  Bernard Yoann 7,500 Euros
15  Simon Charette 7,500 Euros
16  Jakob Carlsson 6,250 Euros
17  Rokni Itay 6,250 Euros
18  Michal Kovac 6,250 Euros

This is his 3rd highest payday, and fairly fresh off the back of his EPT Prague win back in December.  Expect more from this Welsh wonder in years to come.

721 players entered this year’s Aussie Millions main event.  It was shaping up to be a final table of legend with about 10 players left, with the likes of Randy “Nanonoko”Lew, Sorel Mizzi, Patrik Antonius and Chris “Moorman1″ Moorman all still fighting it out.  However after a series of bustouts it was left to the less well known players to play for the top spots.  David Gorr secured the title, a particularly great acheivement as he was playing in his home town of Melbourne.

1 David Gorr  $2,000,000
2 James Keys $1,035,000
3 Jeff Rossiter $700,000
4 Michael Ryan $450,000
5 Randy Dorfman $325,000
6 Samad Razavi $225,000
7 Chris Moorman $175,000 (Moorman1 - Member of Brunson 10)
8 Patrik Antonius $130,000 (Team Full Tilt)
9 Sorel Mizzi $130,000 (Team Titan Poker)
10 Randy Lew $100,000 (Pokerstars Pro)
11 Shane Sigsbee $100,000
12 David Menz $100,000
13 Eli Heath $70,000
14 Tyler Bonkowski $70,000
15 Manny Stavropoulos $70,000
16 Cliff Lee $70,000
17 Tobias Reinkemeier $70,000
18 Mark Vos $70,000

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