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.

25 year old Brit poker babe Liv Boeree recently ploughed through a field of 1240 players to win the Pokerstars EPT San Remo netting a nice €1.25 Million.

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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Its crunch time, the points won in tonight’s game will decide who make the final of the Cyprus Poker Network league in January. There is still time to register, but be quick!

Want to meet fellow poker players in Cyprus? Want to play in the WSOP Main event in Las Vegas?

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.

Last night saw game 3 of the Cyprus Poker Network league and what a cracker it turned out to be. Click on the pic for more…

Another Tuesday and another exciting Cyprus Poker Network League game.
It was great to see a lot of people from our first game turned up again to fight for a place in the final in January and it was an excellent match played by some very skillful poker players.

In Cyprus this weekend (21st/22nd November 2009) there is a fantastic poker tournament happening at the Merit Hotel, find our more information here.