The German player Oliver Weis took down the EPT Cyprus Main Event for a top prize of just over a million dollars last night as he won a rollercoaster heads-up clash against local player Georgios Tsouloftas in Northern Cyprus. The final table was packed with drama as eight different poker nations were represented and only […]

The Spanish poker player Elias Gutierrez likely travelled to Cyprus to play multiple European Poker Tour events with the intention of winning a famous ‘Spadie’ trophy. A week after landing in the Turkish territory of Northern Cyprus, Gutierrez has two titles and over $800,000 in winnings, after another astonishing victory against some of the best […]

The Spanish poker professional Elias Gutierrez won the EPT Cyprus Super High Roller Warm Up for $417,570 last night after defeating Russian player Alexander Zubov heads-up. Gutierrez, who also got the better of his fellow Spaniard Adrian Mateos deep in the event, triumphed in the $25,000 buy-in event, which had 57 entries and created a […]

The first event of the 2024 European Poker Tour’s Cyprus stop is in the books and the relatively unknown Uruguayan Marcelo Bonanata won the title in the $10,200-entry Mystery Bounty event for a total score of $156,800. Beating the popular and talented WSOP bracelet winner, the Latvian Aleks Ponakovs heads-up, Bonanata’s victory landed him the […]

This week sees PokerStars return to the beautiful island of Cyprus. With the European Poker Tour festival in town at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, there are plenty of events to suit anyone’s pocket taking place and many players who are at the felt will be selling pieces of their action. We’ve […]

The Canadian poker professional Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson took home the trophy in the last €10,000-entry EPT Barcelona High Roller as Italian Enrico Camosci bagged the biggest score after a heads-up deal. With legends of the felt such as Markkos Ladev and Jesse Lonis both making the final table of nine, it was a race to […]

The European Poker Tour’s 20th Anniversary was celebrated in the Spanish city of Barcelona this weekend, and no-one was happier in the Catalan home of history than the American player Stephen Song. The United States professional took down the EPT Barcelona Main Event for over $1.4m, the biggest score of his professional poker career, and […]

The Estonian chess grandmaster and poker professional Ottomar Ladva has won the latest high roller in Barcelona as he turned Barcelona into a city of fond memrories overnight. Ladva, who has earned over a million dollars playing his ‘second’ game, can now look back on winning his career-high score in the Catalan city famous for […]

The €50,000-entry High Roller took place in Barcelona this week, as German poker pro Leonard Maue and American high roller regular Nick Petrangelo shared glory at the conclusion of another classic. The European Poker Tour’s latest big winners bagged over $870,000 between them at a final table containing impressive players such as Patrik Antonius and […]

The latest event to thrill Barcelona not only pleased poker fans but supporters of the city’s La Liga soccer outfit. Former Barcelona F.C. central defender Gerard Piqué arrived to take on some of the best players in the world and certainly Europe. Did the former UEFA Champions League winner make it at the felt, or […]

With nine players left, Steve O’Dwyer sat fifth in chips, the middle pin at a final table populated by poker legends. As the clock ticked around to five in the morning in the Catalan former city of culture in Spain, O’Dwyer had his latest major title in a poker career that defies description. Over decades, […]

The UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) returned to London at the weekend as the important event on the European calendar took place at the London Hippodrome. One of the most visually stunning settings to play poker in, the venue in the heart of London’s iconic Leicester Square attracted 725 entries, with just 13 players […]

In just a fortnight’s time, poker will once again descend on Barcelona, as the European Poker Tour returns to the cultural home of Catalan Spain. It isn’t just the latest and potentially greatest EPT Barcelona festival yet, however. It’s 20 years since the first ever EPT Barcelona saw Alexander Stevic become the original winner on […]

A memorable victory took place in Monte Carlo for young Swiss star Luca Marki won the first major title of his burgeoning career. At a final table including legends of the modern game such as Pedro Neves, Lander Lijo and Masashi Oya, Marki triumphed and won the biggest prize of his poker career to date, […]

The newest champion in Monte Carlo is a first-time winner. Dutch player Derk van Luijk had lady luck on his side as he won the first- major title of his poker career. A massive 1,208 entries created a record prizepool in the province on the French Riviera, and over $6 million was won, the bulk […]