PokerStars releases weekly round-up
13 Feb 2013
Sunday Majors
Kyle ‘KJulius10’ Julius missed out on winning his second Sunday Million title by one spot last weekend, as he finished runner-up to ‘parmupill’ from Estonia. However, as part of a three-way deal Julius did manage to get the biggest cut – $199,000 – while ‘parmupill’ pocketed $170,000 for the win. A total of 7,848 players bought into the $215 tourney to create a prize pool of $1,569,600. Read the PokerStars Blog report for more.
In the $215 Sunday Warm-Up, 3,693 players entered to create a prize pool of $738,600. A total of 540 players made the money, but it was ‘Slips713’ from Canada who took the biggest chunk, after coming first for $108,877.08. Again, this was adjusted as part of a deal heads-up with second-placed ‘matt86ck’ from Poland. Check out the full report on the PokerStars Blog.
MTT Sit & Go payout changes
PokerStars has this week made some changes to the payout structure of 90-man and 180-man Sit & Go tournaments, which will ensure that more players reach the money. For 180-man SNGs, 27 people now make the money instead of 18, while in 90-man SNGs, 13 people now make the money instead of 12; this ensures fairer bubble play as there will be an equal number of players on each table. First-place prize money remains the same for both types of Sit & Go, with prizes rebalanced in lower-placed positions.
EPT Deauville
Remi Castaignon became the latest European Poker Tour champion last Saturday, as the Frenchman took the EPT Deauville Main Event title to win €770,000. Castaignon topped a field of 782 to scoop the lion’s share of the €3,753,600 prize pool, while PokerStars qualifier Walid Bou Habib, from Lebanon, finished second to earn €475,000. Check out the PokerStars Blog report for more details.
The €10,300 High Roller event was won by Vojtech Ruzicka from the Czech Republic for €313,000. He finished top of a field of 71 players (85 entries including rebuys), eventually beating Timothy Reilly of the USA heads-up. Read the PokerStars Blog report for more.
EPT London
The next EPT event will take place in London from March 5-16, with 37 events scheduled over 11 days in two different venues. The £5,250 Main Event will take place at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino from March 10-16, along with the £10,300 High Roller (March 14-15) and £10,300 8-Game Championship (March 13-14), while many of the side events will be held at the new ‘PokerStars LIVE’ poker room at the Hippodrome Casino. For a complete schedule breakdown of events and venues, go to http://www.europeanpokertour.com/tournaments/london/.
The UKIPT Grand Final will also be incorporated into the wider EPT festival, with the £770 Main Event taking place from March 5-10 in the Vic. For more information about the UKIPT schedule in London check out http://www.ukipt.com/tournaments/london/.
Online satellites to both EPT Main Event and UKIPT Main Event are running now at PokerStars.com. Go to ‘Events’ > ‘EPT’ or ‘Events’ > ‘More’ > ‘UKIPT’ to find the qualifiers.
LAPT Chile
The LAPT Chile National Poker Championship takes place March 13-17 and is aiming to become the biggest and richest poker festival ever held on Chilean soil. In addition, there is expectation that it may surpass the previous largest LAPT Main Event field of 681, which was set in Colombia in Season 4. This year it’s anticipated that the combined prize pool for all the festival events will break the USD $1 million mark, surpassing any previous prize pools for LAPT or any other live poker event held in the country.
Online satellites to the event are proving popular both online at PokerStars and live at Enjoy’s casinos across the country and there is still time to qualify either live or online. One notable change for LAPT Season 6 Main Events is that there are unlimited re-entries available for the first four levels of play. For details on live satellites, please visit http://www.lapt.com/live-satellites/ and for details on the event, go to http://www.lapt.com/tournaments/chile/.
UKIPT Cork
The U.K. & Ireland Poker Tour heads to Cork, Ireland this week for a 12-tournament festival at the Rochestown Park Hotel from February 13-18. The feature tournament is a €770 Main Event with €250,000 guarantee. For more information about the full tournament schedule, check out http://www.ukipt.com/tournaments/cork/.
ANZPT Perth
The Crown Perth Casino is the venue for the third Australia New Zealand Poker Tour stop of Season 5 from February 14-24. The 11-event festival features an AUD $2,200 NL Hold’em Main Event from February 20-24, and also includes an AUD $4,000 High Stakes tourney. For more details about the schedule, go to http://www.anzpt.com/tournaments/perth/.
Masters Finale
From February 22 to March 2, players from around Europe will head to Spielbank Hohensyburg Casino in Dortmund, Germany for the Masters Finale presented by EPT. The nine-event festival will have a €1,100 Main Event (Feb 24-28) and feature members of Team PokerStars, including Boris Becker, Michael Kiener and Sandra Naujoks, who won her EPT Main Event title at the same Dortmund venue back in 2009. For more information, go to http://mastersfinale.com/. For those who can attend there will be a welcome drinks on Sunday, February 24 from 9-11pm.