A slightly larger field of 203 players took to the felt on Day 1b a large number turning up late probably due to the free party the night before night on the beach…

Notable names at the tables Pieter de Korver EPT Monte Carlo Winner, UK Pro Toby Lewis, Finnish Boxer Amin Asikainen, Unibet Open Runner-Up Marco Adams, Miss Belgium Alizee Poulicek and film star Axel Daeseleire.

After 10 gruelling hour long levels of poker 56 players go through to day 2 at the Unibet Open Golden Sands. Finnish player Jussi Tapani Nevalinna leads the way with a stack of 89,700 while Christiaan Slierendrecht (NL) limps in with 3,500 less than 3 big blinds.

The first ever Cyprus Poker Network league came to an exciting end last Tuesday as the top 20 players from the league took part in the grand final. Much to the credit of all the players involved the final was an exciting affair with all twenty players taking part.

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Cyprus Poker Network are pleased to tell you about the new Poker League happening in 2010 in Cyprus. Based at the Club Teez club. There are only 64 seats available for the league and half of them have been taken already.

We know you probably know by now Joe Cada is the 2009 WSOP of Poker Champion, but here is the moment again the 21year old Poker player won $8.5million on the turn of a card.

Joe Cada (pictured) is the 2009 WSOP Main Event winner. He wins a WSOP bracelet and a cool $8.5 million dollars.

At the Penn and Teller theatre in Vegas the WSOP November Nine re-gathered to play out and exciting day of
Poker as the Final Nine players became two.

So there we are, its all over for the EPT Warsaw 2009.
Its been a fantastic Poker tournament in Warsaw and the final day has not been a disappointment. Christophe Benzimra (pictured) takes the title after a closely fought and exciting battle in Poland.

Its was another exciting day of poker at the EPT 2009 in Warsaw. Chip leader from Friday, former child chess prodigy Geoff Sarwer departed the tournament in 10th with a couple of unlucky hands first against Debus and then against Oleksandr Vaserfirer to give Vaserfirer a big lead going into the last 8.