Former Canadian child chess prodigy Jeff Sarwer (pictured), ended day 3 as the major chip leader at the EPT in Warsaw last night with a stack of 956,500 chips.

When the dust settled at the end of day 2 of the EPT in a very cold but beautiful Warsaw online qualifier Clayton Mozdzen (pictured) was chip leader. As the players shuffled off to enjoy their sour cabbage soup the 148 players at the start of the day had been reduced to just 56.

Welcome to Warsaw Poland, home to the latest leg of the 2009 European Poker Tour.
It is day2 and although the weather may be cold outside but the Poker inside the Hyatt Regency Hotel has been warming up nicely. EPT Barcelona-champion Carter Phillips is currently chip leader as day 2 gets underway.

The IPO is now but a distant memory, we enjoyed Dublin so much we thought we’d stay a couple of extra days and taste some of that special Guinness they don’t let out of Ireland.
Now the dust has cleared (and the hangovers) here is a quick rundown of the Boyles sponsored IPO 2009 tournament.

After a gap of almost five years, Phil ‘Unabomber’ Laak (pictured) takes the Party Poker 2009 World Open V title

The Poker world heads to Dublin this weekend for the 2009 IPO International (not Irish) Poker Open. The event is being held at the Regency Hotel this Fri/Sat/Sun (16th/17th/18th October).

The final of the Party Poker World Open final looks like it should be a real corker!
Irish Poker pro Andy Black (pictured) secured his seat on the final table yesterday.

Luke ‘Egg Mayo’ Schwartz (pictured) let his playing do the talking at the Party Poker World Open V in London yeaterday.
Despite almost not playing in the tournament and being escorted by a minder where-ever he went (including the toilet!) he still somehow managed to win heat 1 of the Part Poker event.

Poker news – Vladimir Geshkenbein took first place at the PKR Heads Up Grand Slam Poker Tournament in London over the weekend. By beating 32year old Finnish player Juha Helpp in the final game Vladimir takes a nice cheque for £120,000 back to Russia.

The London Poker Circuit is back after announcing its closure only last month.
Originally running tournaments in swanky hotels they have risen from the ashes and will now be based at The Sportsman Casino in London’s West End.