£1 million London EPT event

The new EPT season kicks off in Barcelona in September with a wealth of stars set to play in the glamorous Catalan capital. Barcelona is always a highly popular and fiercely-contested tournament, and the Season 5 launch event is likely to be no exception.
EPT London, which takes place from October 1-5, 2008, is set to be a spectacular tournament this season, thanks to PokerStars adding on £250,000 to create a cool £1 million guaranteed first prize. This is the first time that PokerStars has offered a guaranteed first prize at an EPT and it’s likely to attract a massive field of players from all over the world
London is regarded as a home away from home for many of the world’s top poker players, with growing popularity in the UK for the Online format, and a great Venue the first PokerStars EPT £1 Million Showdown looks certain to attract a plentiful and competitive field.
The EPT London is scheduled for Oct. 1-5 with a £5,400 buy-in main event. There are plenty of preliminary events on tap as well starting on Sept. 24, but the high-rollers may make the extra effort to come for the £20,300 £1 million Showdown taking place after the main event.
The schedule of other events is as follows:
• Sept. 24 at 8 p.m £220 No-Limit Hold'em w/rebuys (two-day tournament)
• Sept. 25 at 8 p.m £385 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout (two-day tournament)
• Sept. 26 at 8 p.m £550 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout (two-day tournament)
• Sept. 27 at 6 p.m £1,575 No-Limit Hold'em Double Chance Freezeout (two-day tournament)
• Sept. 28 at 6 p.m £1,060 Omaha Double Chance Freezeout (one-day tournament)
There will also be live super satellites for the main event and the Omaha Double Chance Freezeout scheduled over those days as well.
Satellites for this year’s £5,200 buy-in event started on PokerStars on August 4 but there are plenty set to run until late September, giving you dozens of opportunities to win a seat. A total of 60 qualifiers played in last year’s tournament – and four of those reached the top five, cashing well over a million pounds between them. Aside from Mouawad, there was rising German star Marcel Baran who won £203,840 for 3rd place, Josh Egan from New Zealand who took home £152,880 for 4th place and 19-year-old Swede Fredrik Haugen who came 5th for 124,342.
For your chance to hit the tables in London during the EPT events, visit PokerStars to take in some online qualifiers.
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PokerStars EPT Awards – The Judges!

Get to know a bit more about the judges of the first ever European Poker Tour Awards (EPT) will take place in Barcelona on September 9th 2008 - the eve of Season 5 opening event EPT Barcelona.
There will be five categories decided by a panel of judges, Best Newcomer, Best Performance, Best Overseas Player, Best PokerStars Qualifier and Player of the Year.
The Judges:
Lee Jones, currently living in North Carolina US, is a highly respected poker player and author. He is also the former poker room manager at PokerStars.com, a role he held for five successful years. The job gave Lee the chance to work closely with the European Poker Tour, helping it to grow into the Europe’s richest tour.
John Duthie, the first player to win $1,000,000 in a televised poker tournament. He worked as a TV producer and director before he launched the European Poker Tour. He used his knowledge of TV production and poker to create the EPT and it’s through his hard work and dedication that the tour has developed into the huge success it is today.
Victoria Coren is a popular face on the European poker scene. When she isn’t travelling to many major events as part of Team PokerStars Pro, she is a successful writer and TV presenter with several published books, newspaper and magazine articles, and also hosted TV and radio shows. Victoria proved her skill at the poker table when she won the London leg of the EPT in 2006, a victory that was all the more sweet because it was at her local card room, at the famous Victoria Casino in London.

John Caldwell is Editor-In-Chief of PokerNews, a leading poker information portal. Before joining the company, John spent 15 years in music management, working with artists such as the Stone Temple Pilots and Hootie & the Blowfish. Originally from Redondo Beach, CA, John currently lives in California, and spends about three months a year in Las Vegas.
The first European Poker Tour Awards, hosted by PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu and Gloria Balding will be held on the eve of the EPT opening event in Barcelona at Opium Mar with a ceremony that will see the best and most popular players from EPT Season 4 rewarded for their hard work and success - the perfect way to celebrate the start of Season 5!
The EPT Barcelona Open will begin September 10th at the Gran Casino Barcelona and play until September 14th.

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PokerStars EPT Awards

The first ever European Poker Tour Awards (EPT) will take place in Barcelona on September 9th 2008 - the eve of Season 5 opening event EPT Barcelona.
The first European Poker Tour Awards, hosted by PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu and Gloria Balding will be held on the eve of the EPT opening event in Barcelona at Opium Mar with a ceremony that will see the best and most popular players from EPT Season 4 rewarded for their hard work and success - the perfect way to celebrate the start of Season 5!
The EPT Awards will give out awards in seven categories.
There will be five categories decided by a panel of judges, Best Newcomer, Best Performance, Best Overseas Player, Best PokerStars Qualifier and Player of the Year.
The general public will be voting to determine the People's Choice Award at the EPT.com Web site; the media will also vote on the Poker Writers' Award through the site.
Heading up the Judging panel is John Duthie, EPT executive producer who described the People's Choice Awards as "the public's chance to pick any player who competed in EPT Season 4 to win this special award." The other judges are Lee Jones, former PokerStars cardroom manager; Victoria Coren, writer, TV presenter and Team PokerStars Pro; and John Caldwell.
The nominations for each category are:
Best Newcomer
• Trond Erik Eidsvig
• Denes Kalo
• Jason Mercier
• Annette Obrestad
• Mike McDonald
Best Performance
• Jason Mercier
• Julian Thew
• Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
• Glen Chorny
• Mike McDonald
Best Overseas Player
• Tim Vance
• Isaac Baron
• Raymond Rahme
• Danny Ryan
• Mike McDonald
Best PokerStars Qualifier
• Mike McDonald
• Glen Chorny
• Christian Harder
• Isaac Baron
• Danny Ryan
Player of the Year
• Luca Pagano
• Trond Erik Eidsvig
• Johannes Straussman
• Jan Heitman
• Thierry Van der Berg
The Poker Writers' Award allows accredited media members to vote for the player from Season 4 they most enjoyed writing about or interviewing in the course of the season. Voting is open until Aug. 29.
The awards ceremony will take place Sept. 9 in the Opium Mar in Barcelona. The EPT Barcelona Open will begin September 10th at the Gran Casino Barcelona and play until September 14th.

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Reimer Koester Wins Nearly $30,000 in First Ever Online Tournament!

Reimer from Germany is celebrating after winning $27,500 at Titan Poker's $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament - just four days after signing up at the popular poker room.
Reimer Koester, a talented poker player from Germany is celebrating after winning $27,500 at Titan Poker's $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament
Koester claimed second place and $27,500 in cash at the $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament on Sunday the 3rd of August. The skilled player had signed up at Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, just four days previously on the 31st of July 2008.
However, he is understandably delighted with his extraordinary early success and is confident that this isn't a case of 'beginners luck'.
He said: "I'm very happy that I did well in my very first tournament at Titan Poker. The tournament went smoothly and was a lot of fun - from the very start I managed to play well. Next time I'll try for first place!!"
After four days as a Titan Poker player, he opted for the popular poker room's weekly $250,000 guaranteed to be his first online tournament - and astounded everybody when he finished second place and won $27,500. The Titan Poker newcomer competed against nearly 2,000 players in this tournament for seven and a half hours, and was even leading with 4H KD as it got to the last hand. Unfortunately for Reimer, an unlucky turn on the flop ensured a pair of Sixes and victory for a rival player and second place for him.
Titan Poker stages the $250,000 Guaranteed every Sunday night. Players can buy-in directly for $200 + $15 or they can win their seat at ongoing satellite tournaments. The $250,000 Guaranteed is just one of the many guaranteed prize tournaments regularly staged at Titan Poker. The poker room awards more than $16,000,000 in monthly prizes and will stage a $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Tournament in September, its biggest ever guaranteed prize tournament. Titan Poker also regularly sends its players to huge overseas poker events, such as the Aussie Millions, the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, and various European Poker Tour events.
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Reimer Koester Wins Nearly $30,000 in First Ever Online Tournament!

Reimer from Germany is celebrating after winning $27,500 at Titan Poker's $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament - just four days after signing up at the popular poker room.
Reimer Koester, a talented poker player from Germany is celebrating after winning $27,500 at Titan Poker's $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament
Koester claimed second place and $27,500 in cash at the $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament on Sunday the 3rd of August. The skilled player had signed up at Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, just four days previously on the 31st of July 2008.
However, he is understandably delighted with his extraordinary early success and is confident that this isn't a case of 'beginners luck'.
He said: "I'm very happy that I did well in my very first tournament at Titan Poker. The tournament went smoothly and was a lot of fun - from the very start I managed to play well. Next time I'll try for first place!!"
After four days as a Titan Poker player, he opted for the popular poker room's weekly $250,000 guaranteed to be his first online tournament - and astounded everybody when he finished second place and won $27,500. The Titan Poker newcomer competed against nearly 2,000 players in this tournament for seven and a half hours, and was even leading with 4H KD as it got to the last hand. Unfortunately for Reimer, an unlucky turn on the flop ensured a pair of Sixes and victory for a rival player and second place for him.
Titan Poker stages the $250,000 Guaranteed every Sunday night. Players can buy-in directly for $200 + $15 or they can win their seat at ongoing satellite tournaments. The $250,000 Guaranteed is just one of the many guaranteed prize tournaments regularly staged at Titan Poker. The poker room awards more than $16,000,000 in monthly prizes and will stage a $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Tournament in September, its biggest ever guaranteed prize tournament. Titan Poker also regularly sends its players to huge overseas poker events, such as the Aussie Millions, the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, and various European Poker Tour events.
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V0id Case Against Pokerstars – Dropped

Natalie Teltscher, who is the sister of well-known pro poker player Mark Teltscher, will not be seeing any of the $1.2+ million that was won on her PokerStars account in the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker last fall.
Natalie Teltscher was Disqualified after 2007 WCOOP Main Event Victory when it was rumored Natalie, who owned the account TheV0id, had breached tournament rules by letting someone else play her account for the entirety of the WCOOP main event and because that
Teltscher filed a complaint in the Isle of Man courts after PokerStars disqualified her account’s victory in the Online Poker event, for which she was awarded more than $1.2 million (after the players agreed to a deal) but when faced with the evidence PokerStars collected proving that she was not the person playing under the username registered to her name (TheV0id), she eventually admitted she hadn't played. According to PokerStars, Teltscher also agreed to pay a sum of PokerStars’ legal fees.

PokerStars released the following Statement to the Press:


“PokerStars is pleased to announce that Natalie Teltscher has recently withdrawn her claim in the Isle of Man Courts against PokerStars. Furthermore, in discontinuing her claim, she has agreed to contribute a sum towards the legal costs incurred by PokerStars in this matter.

Ms Teltscher brought her claim against PokerStars because she was disqualified from first place of the 2007 WCOOP Main Event after PokerStars internal investigations demonstrated beyond doubt that she had not played on the account. On her disqualification all other players were moved one place higher in the prize table and the money confiscated from her account, TheV0id, was redistributed in full, according to the amended tournament placings.

Ms Teltscher initially claimed that she had played the account. However, when faced with the results from PokerStars’ investigation she eventually admitted she hadn’t played.

The decision of Ms Teltscher to withdraw her claim fully vindicates PokerStars’ decision to disqualify her from the tournament and subsequently defend the claim, actions which were taken in order to protect the integrity of the games on offer at PokerStars.

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PokerStars ups Tournament Guarantees

Starting this Sunday, the PokerStars Sunday Million will now have a $1.5 million guaranteed prize pool. And not for just one week - that’s the way it’s going to be all the time.
More I hear you ask……..The Sunday Million is not the only big tournament getting a boost PokerStars has upped the guarantees on most of its online poker guaranteed tournaments. Also starting this Sunday, the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up will see its $500,000 guarantee increased to $750,000.
If you don’t win big in the Sunday Million, you can still register for the Sunday Second Chance. With a buy-in of $215, the event has a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000! Join the action every Sunday at 18:30 (ET).

Last but not least, don’t forget about the Sunday Warm-Up, a $215 tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $750,000! The action begins every Sunday at 12:45 (ET).
The Super Tuesday, held online each Tuesday night at 19:55 ET, is changing from a $250,000 guarantee to a $300,000 guarantee.
Overall, the site is now hosting 483 guaranteed prize pool online poker tournaments per week, up from 199 just last week. The overall guaranteed prize pool? That’s going up by quite a bit as well, from approximately $7.5 million to more than $13 million.
So, there you have it. It’s not the kind of news you see very often, but when it happens, it’s big. The guarantee increases have already started, so go forth and get your share.
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The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP)

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is the biggest online poker tournament series with a guaranteed prize pool of $30,000,000!

Now in its seventh year, the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is a collection of tournaments that brings players from around the world together to compete for WCOOP bracelets and of course, millions in cash prizes.

The Series will start on September 5th and go on for 17 days, finishing off with the Main Event on September 21st. There are 33 different events in total, covering a wide range of poker games, including:

$10,300 High-Roller No-Limit Hold'em, Eight-Game Mixed tourney, Four-Max No-Limit Hold'em, Mixed Hold'em, PLO with one rebuy, one add-on, $25,500 High-Roller Heads-up No-Limit Hold'em, Six-Max Mixed Hold'em, No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw and Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em w/ rebuys.

Each event has a huge guarantee prize pool, with many reaching more than $2,000,000!
Anyone with a PokerStars account in good standing can enter. You can buy in directly, win a satellite or even get in the game free...through Frequent Player Point freerolls. In fact, to give all of our loyal players a chance to get in the game, we're putting up $1.5 million of our own money toward free entries to our frequent players. Perhaps the best way is to sign up through LTDPoker.com where you will receive exclusive promotions including free bankrolls to deposit to top rated poker sites including Pokerstars. Don’t forget to check the site for regular updates as the WCOOP tournament progresses.
Below you see a schedule of all WCOOP 2008 events. For players who would like to take part in these events, but might not have the bankroll to cover the buy-ins, there will be plenty of satellite tournaments on offer, starting from July 1st.

Friday, September 5th, 14:30, $215 NL Hold'em (6-Max), $1 million Guaranteed

Friday, September 5th, 16:30, $215 PL 5-Card Draw, $100,000 Guaranteed

Saturday, September 6th, 14:30, $215 Limit Hold'em, $300,000 Guaranteed

Saturday, September 6th, 16:30, $215 2-7 Triple Draw, $100,000 Guaranteed

Sunday, September 7th, 14:30, $10,300 High-Roller NL Hold'em, $2 million Guaranteed

Sunday, September 7th, 16:30, $530 NL Hold'em, $3 million Guaranteed (2-Day Event)

Monday, September 8th, 14:30, $215 PL Omaha (6-Max) $300,000 Guaranteed

Monday, September 8th, 16:30, $320 8-Game Mixed Event, $200,000 Guaranteed

Tuesday, September 9th, 14:30, $215 NL Hold'em (4-Max), $400,000 Guaranteed

Tuesday, September 9th, 16:30, $215 Razz, $100,000 Guaranteed

Wednesday, September 10th, 14:30, $320 PL Omaha Hi/Lo, $300,000 Guaranteed

Wednesday, September 10th, 16:30, $320 Mixed Hold'em (6-Max), $300,000 Guaranteed

Thursday, September 11th, 14:30, $215 NL Hold'em w/ Rebuys, $1 million dollars Guaranteed

Thursday, September 11th, 16:30, $320 7-Card Stud, $100,000 Guaranteed

Friday, September 12th, 14:30, $320 No Limit Hold'em (Heads-Up), $500,000 Guaranteed

Friday, September 12th, 16:30, $215 PL Omaha (1 Rebuy, 1 Add-on), $300,000 Guaranteed

Saturday, September 13th, 14:30, $530 PL Hold'em (6-Max), $400,000 Guaranteed

Saturday, September 13th, 16:30, $215 HORSE, $300,000 Guaranteed

Sunday, September 14th, 14:30, $25,500 High-Roller HU No Limit Hold'em, $1.6 million dollars Guaranteed

Sunday, September 14th, 16:30, $1,050 NL Hold'em, $3 million Guaranteed (2-Day Event)

Monday, September 15th, 14:30, $530 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo, $200,000 Guaranteed

Monday, September 15th, 16:30, $530 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo (6-Max), $200,000 Guaranteed

Tuesday, September 16th, 14:30, $530 NL Hold'em (1 Rebuy, 1 Add-on), $500,000 Guaranteed

Tuesday, September 16th, 16:30, $530 NL 2-7 Single Draw, $200,000 Guaranteed

Wednesday, September 17th, 14:30, $320 PL Omaha w/ Rebuys, $500,000 Guaranteed

Wednesday, September 17th, 16:30, $320 NL Hold'em (6-Max), $500,000 Guaranteed

Thursday, September 18th, 14:30, $530 NL Hold'em Triple Shootout, $300,000 Guaranteed

Thursday, September 18th, 16:30, $530 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, $400,000 Guaranteed

Friday, September 19th, 14:30, $530 NLHE w/ Rebuys (6-Max), $400,000 Guaranteed

Friday, September 19th, 16:30, $1,050 PL Omaha, $500,000 Guaranteed

Saturday, September 20th, 14:30, $1,050 Limit Hold'em (6-Max), $500,000 Guaranteed

Saturday, September 20th, 16:30, $10,300 HORSE, $500,000 Guaranteed

Sunday, September 21st, 16:30, $5,200 NL Hold'em Main Event, $10 million Guaranteed

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