04.13.08
Posted in Poker at 1:47 pm by Administrator
The renowned World Poker Tour Foxwood Poker Classic wrapped up in the early hours of April 9, 2008 .
It took him until almost 5 a.m. (and close to 12 hours of play on the final table) but Eric Seidel emerged as the winner and took home his first-ever WPT title and $992,890 in prize money.
Here are the final 6 payouts
1.Erik Seidel - $992,890
2.Robert Richardson - $558,792
3.Andrew Barta - $281,011
4.Frank Cieri - $200,261
5.Adam Katz - $151,811
6.Ted Forrest - $103,360
The WPT World Championship Final is coming up at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas April 19 -26,2008.
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04.12.08
Posted in Poker at 2:40 pm by Administrator
American Jason Mercier, 21, a PokerStars qualifier from Fort Lauderdale ,Florida, has won €869,000 and the EPT San Remo title. Jason turned his back on a career in teaching after discovering online poker and developing that into a lucrative source of income. The EPT San Remo was just his second major live poker tournament.
A total of 701 players entered the sell-out event creating a record Italian prize pool of €3,195,860.
The event was held in the beautiful Casino Sanremo in San Remo, a popular resort in Liguria on Italy’s north west coast.
The final event of the European Poker Tour, the Monte Carlo Grand Final, takes place April 12-17, 2008 at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco.
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